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Program Description
Learn and practice the entrepreneurial mindset in the Product Innovation Entrepreneurship Certificate. This certificate prepares you to run an entrepreneurial venture or to be an intrapreneur where you utilize the entrepreneurial mindset within an existing organization. Learn and practice business fundamentals from an entrepreneurial perspective and deal with the challenges of leading a creative entrepreneurial organization and the associated ambiguity. The certificate is open to any student who has the goal to own their own business or wants to learn to think outside the box. This certificate will help the student work effectively within any organization, always looking for ways to be more creative and innovative.
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You want to take control of your career, whether working for yourself or within an existing organization. The students completing this program look for careers where they have the autonomy to make decisions and take pride in their accomplishments. This program helps you build confidence to pursue opportunities that you identify. The projects you work on in these classes are a fun way to put all your major skills to use in real-world activities.
Program Requirements
To earn an undergraduate certificate in Product Innovation Entrepreneurship, a minimum of 9 credits is required.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BA 250 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| or ENGR 411 | Entrepreneurship Business Basics | |
| Select 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| Entrepreneurial Leadership | ||
| Technology-Based Entrepreneurship | ||
| Launching Innovation: Ideas to Opportunities | ||
| Principles of Entrepreneurship | ||
| Entrepreneurship and New Product Development | ||
| Managing an Entrepreneurial Start-Up Company | ||
| Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management | ||
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
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University Park
Ted Graef
Director, Engineering Entrepreneurship
319 Engineering Design and Innovation Building
University Park, PA 16802
tedgraef@psu.edu
Career Paths
This certificate has applications to all careers as it will provide the student with the entrepreneurial mindset, where you use your creativity, persistence, optimism and educated risk tolerance to solve recognized opportunities. Companies actively seek students with the entrepreneurial mindset as they recognize that these students will become leaders within their organizations.
Opportunities for Graduate Studies
Some of the classes in this program can be applied to the School of Engineering Design and Innovation graduate programs including the Master of Engineering in Engineering Design and the Master of Engineering in Leadership and Innovation Management, and as electives in other programs.
Contact
University Park
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING DESIGN AND INNOVATION
Engineering Design and Innovation Building
University Park, PA 16802
eship@engr.psu.edu