Certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship

A certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship is available to only business majors at ASU.

Requirements

To earn the Certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, business majors must accumulate fifteen (15) credit hours by completing the following coursework:

MGT 440 Small Business and Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
MGT 445 Business Plan Development (3 credits)
Nine additional credits from the “Approved Electives for Business Majors for Certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship” attached.

Additionally,

Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in MKT 300 and MGT 300 (or be a MGT major) before taking MGT 440
MGT 440 Small Business and Entrepreneurship is a prerequisite for taking MGT 445 Business Plan Development.
A maximum of 6 credits can overlap with credits used in the student’s major.
There can be no credit hour overlap with courses used to satisfy any other certificate program.
No courses from the business core can be used to satisfy the requirements for the Certificate in Small Business and Entrepreneurship for Business Majors.
Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in each course used to accumulate the fifteen (15) credit hours.

Approved Electives

MKT 365 - Advertising Management (3 hours)

MKT 302 Applied Marketing Management and Leadership(3 credits)

MKT 402 Consumer Behavior (3 hours)

MKT 394 ST: Intro to Selling

MKT 410 Sales and Sales Management. (3 hours)

ACC 315 Financial Accounting and Reporting (3 credits)

ACC 316 Management Uses of Accounting (3 credits)

ACC 444 Enterprise Process Analysis and Design. (3 credits)

ACC 350 Internal Reporting (3 credits)

ACC 430 Taxes and Business Decisions (3 credits)

MGT 294 Automotive Entrepreneurship (1 hour)

MGT 394 ST: Entrepreneurship (2 hours)

MGT 464 Collaborative Design Development I. (5 credits)

MGT 465 Collaborative Design Development II. (5 credits)

Must send resume to james.hershauer@asu.edu to apply for MGT 464 and/or 465 (see www.innovationspace.org)

FIN 361 Managerial Finance. (3 credits)

FIN 461 Financial Cases and Modeling. (3 credits)

ECN 314 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory. (3 credits)

ECN 410 Applied Business Forecasting. (3 credits)

ECN 404 History of Economic Thought (3 credits)

SCM 345 Logistics Management. (3 credits)

SCM 440 Quality Management/ Measurement. (3 credits)

SCM 455 Research and Negotiation. (3 credits)

CIS 300 Web Design and Development (3 credits)

CIS 440 Systems Design and Electronic Commerce (3 credits)

CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy. (3 credits)

¹The above courses offer business majors the opportunity to pursue issues important to success in entrepreneurial ventures. Courses in bold are recommended as best matching the purpose of the Certificate. Satisfying the prerequisites for these courses is the responsibility of the student electing to take them.

Application
You can access the application here.

Contact Information

Kirk Hagen
Office: BA 135
Main Campus
PO BOX 873406
Tempe, AZ 85287-3406

(480) 965-6058
FAX: (480) 965-8883
E-Mail: Kirk.Hagen@asu.edu