Innovation Management Certificate

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Reflective of current entrepreneurial thinking, the Innovation Management courses are designed to be lean and expedited yet high impact in learning. These courses uniquely integrate thinking from the entrepreneurial cognition, critical thinking, multi-sensory learning, technology transfer, experiential learning, self-identity, and learning transfer literature to comprehensively develop student entrepreneurial capabilities. The impetus for the proposed approach is driven by recognition of the need within industry and academe for curricula that develop and promote understanding of innovation processes, particularly with respect to an entrepreneurial mindset

Certificate Requirements

A minimum of 6 credit hours toward the certificate must be completed at the University.
Credit hours earned for a certificate may be applied toward another degree program. However, a student cannot earn a certificate that is fully embedded (or subsumed) with the requirements of his/her majors or minor, but must include at least three (3) unique credit hours.
Coursework taken more than 4 years before the certificate is awarded may not be applied toward certificate requirements.

Required Courses (12 credits)

MNGT 352 - Entrepreneurship Ideation and Innovation Credits: 3
MNGT 353 - Entrepreneurship Feasibility Analysis and Business Plan Development Credits: 3
MNGT 354 - Strategic Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
FIN 335 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credits: 3 or
MNGT 455 - Small Business Consulting Credits: 3