Automotive Entrepreneurs and Leaders Certificate

Overview

Learn to integrate the functions of business through an in-depth examination of the largest single industry in the U.S.A. You will acquire the expertise needed to become a successful entrepreneur in any industry while focusing on your personal leadership skills. Each course features numerous presentations by corporate executives, industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs.

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Benefits

• You learn the workings of a single industry through coursework dealing with the challenge of creating strategy in a dynamic global economy and the difficulty of managing operations in a highly uncertain world.
• Coursework is focused on business management and operations, current issues and trends in the automotive industry and the role of the sustainability revolution in the automotive industry.
• An internship or comparable experience serves as a capstone opportunity for the certificate program.
• The in-depth content presented in classes, networking with guest speakers and the hands-on enrichment of the internship builds on basic business knowledge such as finance, accounting, marketing, management, and economics.
• The certificate is added to your ASU transcript with your business major, a way to differentiate yourself from the crowd when applying for employment.

Post-graduate opportunities are available to qualified women and minority applicants through Ford Motor Co.'s Automotive Dealership Education Program for Minorities.

Requirements

Individual courses are open to all students:

• MGT 494 Sustainable Dealership Management (3 credits –spring semester)
• MGT 494/294 Human Resources (1 credit – fall semester second half)
• MGT 494/294 Customer Service (1 credit – spring semester first half)
• MGT 494/294 Accounting & Finance (1 credit – spring semester second half)
• MGT 484 Automotive Internship (3 credits – fall, spring, or summer semester)
• 6 credit hours of upper division business or economics courses 

Course overlap with a major

6 credits of the certificate may generally be used within a business major (check with your advisor)

Contact Information

Gail Christian
Assistant Director
Office: BA 150C
Phone: 480-965-9640
Fax: 480-965-8883
E-mail: Gail.Christian@asu.edu