Entrepreneurship Certificate

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Important Information

Short Description

This program is designed to prepare students to own and operate a small business. As an integral part of the program, each student is required to develop a business plan which includes provisions for financing, site selection, marketing, budgeting, record keeping, physical facilities, incorporation, insurance, inventory control and possible franchising.

Type of Credential

Credit Certificate

Program Code

303

Contacts and Additional Information

Program Coordinators:

CCBC Catonsville, Gayona Beckford-Barclay
443-840-5314 or gbeckford@ccbcmd.edu

CCBC Dundalk/Essex, Steve Houston
443-840-2018 or shouston@ccbcmd.edu

Additional Information:

Opportunities for Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) - Several General Education classes offer PLA. See Portfolio, Departmental Exam, CLEP, DSST, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate. General education classes are required for associate degrees but not for certificates.
Articulation and Transfer Agreements

Semester Sequence

This is a suggested full-time schedule for a student who has completed any developmental course work and has no transfer credits.

Semester 1*

ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 101 - Introduction to Business and Industry 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 105 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 140 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s).

Semester 2

MNGT 150 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 201 - Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 206 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 216 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).
Program Elective 3 Credit(s).

Courses Needed for This Program*

Program Requirements and Electives - 27 Credits

Program Requirements:

ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 101 - Introduction to Business and Industry 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 105 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 140 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 150 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 201 - Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 206 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s). **
MNGT 216 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).

Program Electives:

Choose one elective.

ACCT 102 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 104 - Introduction to E-Business 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 158 - Salesmanship 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 159 - Managing Customer Relations and Service 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 239 - Business Communications 3 Credit(s). ***
MNGT 257 - Financial Management 3 Credit(s).

Total Number of Credits Required for Certificate: 27*

Notes

*Credit students who are new to college (no successfully completed transferable college credits from other institutions) are required to take ACDV 101 - Academic Development: Transitioning to College . This 1-credit course is designed to be taken in the first semester at CCBC. Students must provide an official transcript(s) from an accredited institution to document successful completion of college coursework for the ACDV 101 requirement to be waived.

**Contact department chair for permission to waive ACCT 102 .

***ENGL 101 prerequisite.

Program Description

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:

demonstrate mastery of the process and functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, staffing, and controlling) and the principles of managerial decision making through written assignments and in-class exercises designed to promote strategic thinking and analysis;
review employee selection and training strategies and techniques;
create, design, and deliver effective and well-organized oral and written presentations utilizing state-of-the-art technology; and
analyze the relationship between human resource management issues in the workplace and changing ethical and legal issues and how these changing paradigms impact the human resource management of a culturally diverse workforce.

Gainful Employment Disclosure

https://www.ccbcmd.edu/migrate/gainfulemployment/Entrepreneurship.html