Entrepreneurship Certificate

Location(s): Catonsville, Dundalk, Essex, Hunt Valley, Online

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

Department Chair:

Mark Williams
Office: BESS 211
443-840-4334 or mwilliams8@ccbcmd.edu

Program Coordinator:

Melissa Stitt
Office: E.BESS 134
443-840-5710 or mstitt2@ccbcmd.edu

Additional Information:

These programs are offered both face to face and fully (100%) online: Business Management A.A.S. degree, Entrepreneurship Certificate, and Human Resources Management Certificate.
Opportunities for Prior Learning Assessment - Several General Education classes offer Prior Learning Assessment. 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

Pathway

Business Pathway

Curriculum Maps

Curriculum Maps are a tool to provide students with a clear understanding of which courses to take and the order in which to complete them. Curriculum Maps help define a student’s individual path towards graduation, ensuring their time and efforts are not spent on credits that fall outside their program of study.

Each map identifies critical courses that must be completed in order to progress through the program and graduate. Curriculum Maps come complete with helpful hints for students - like recommended course electives and a reminder to apply to graduate.

Select the link(s) below to view the Curriculum Map(s) for this program:

Entrepreneurship Certificate Curriculum Map

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 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 216 - Capstone in Business Management & 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 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s). **
MNGT 216 - Capstone in Business Management & 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 132 - Fundamentals of Insurance 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 101 . 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.