Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Certificate

Graduate Programs
Program Overview

Why Earn Your Certificate in Entrepreneurship?

This certificate has an emphasis on building an entrepreneurial mindset in sales and marketing. It is intended for someone starting a new company or social enterprise.

Students will learn the tools necessary to apply entrepreneurial thinking in their work and life.

  1. Students will learn the creative solving problem process, which helps them to recognize opportunities for improving performance, choose correctly from a wide variety of resources for solving problems efficiently, anticipate problems in project planning, and promote the continuous involvement of others.
  2. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of sales, review the relationship of customer need identification, and discuss reasons that make people buy. Students will learn the basic six steps of selling and discuss the real world marketing challenges involved in launching an entrepreneurship venture or sustaining competitive advantage.
  3. Students will learn how to create a competitive analysis, prepare a customer analysis, determine target market and positioning, understand pricing management, and develop marketing objectives and goals.

At a Glance

Entrepreneurship Certificate

Terms of Admission:
Fall, Spring

Campus Locations:
Catonsville

Schedule:
Part-time

Department:
Office of Professional Programs

College:
Division of Professional Studies

Program Designations:
Professional Programs
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What Are My Career Options Studying Entrepreneurship?

This certificate has an emphasis on building an entrepreneurial mindset in sales and marketing. It is intended for someone starting a new company or social enterprise.

Tuition, Scholarships & Financial Aid

Find opportunities to further advance your career and academic studies.

UMBC participates in all federal and state student financial aid programs and offers scholarships and assistantships through the Graduate School, Graduate Departments and the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Ready to Apply?

1

Review Entrepreneurship Certificate Requirements

A bachelor’s degree (in any subject) and 3.0 GPA. Please visit our website for detailed admissions requirements.

 

2

Start Your Graduate Admissions Application

Please note that application decisions can take 6-8 weeks after the program’s deadline, and depend on how many applications a department receives. You will receive an email once the department processes your decision letter. You will be able to see your decision letter by logging in to the application website. Your decision letter will be where the application checklist was. You may also check your recommendation statuses to send reminders or update contact information from the user page. If you are having trouble logging back in, you can recover your account.

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Have Questions?

Please contact the appropriate Graduate School staff member for assistance, or contact our Main Office at gradschool@umbc.edu or 410-455-2537.

Application Deadlines

Fall Semester

All Students:
Apply by August 1

Spring Semester

All Students:
Apply by December 1

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Contact Information

Entrepreneurship Program Contacts

Main Contact

Admissions
eil@umbc.edu

Graduate Program Director

Gib Mason
443-562-7912
gibmason@umbc.edu

Program Coordinator

Current Student Help
opp-studentsuccess@umbc.edu

UMBC Graduate School Admissions Office Contact Information

Mailing Address

UMBC Graduate School
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

Admissions Staff

Staff are available from
Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 410-455-2537

Request Help

Email Graduate Admissions at gradschool@umbc.edu.

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