Graduate Certificate

Entrepreneurship Online Certificate

Convert business ideas into well-structured plans.

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Accredited by AACSB International

Develop and present new venture ideas

Recognize new venture ideas and synthesize into a well-structured business plan

Entrepreneurship Online Certificate Overview

In The University of West Florida’s fully online Graduate Entrepreneurship Certificate program, you will learn how to transform concepts into action. Knowledge of foundational business principles plus coursework in business ventures and consulting will prepare you to lead new business ventures, propose plans and manage outcomes.

Our expert faculty will lead course activities that familiarize you with economic activity including national income, price level determination and economic growth. In your future career, you will be able to confidently evaluate potential business opportunities, formulate viable solutions and present findings to administration. To finish your certificate program, you will create a business plan for a new business venture.

This certificate is only available to graduate non-degree seeking students. Degree-seeking students cannot pursue this certificate.

Candidates for This Program Include:

Graduate non-degree seeking students
Those who work in business and are seeking career advancement
Students who will later pursue an MBA

You Will Be Able To:

Create and describe new venture ideas.
Formulate and articulate an elevator speech to effectively outline and sell a new venture idea to a client.
Recognize new venture ideas and synthesize into a well-structured business plan for a new business endeavor.
Consult with a small business to assess a real business problem and generate a plan with solutions.

Refer to UWF Cost of Attendance Estimates and Financial Literacy for more information on UWF costs and financial aid.

Courses and Requirements

Once all prerequisites are met, the certificate in entrepreneurship requires completion of the following courses with a C or better. Students must secure a combined grade-point average of 3.0 or higher for the course required by the certificate.

: GEB 5871 - MBA Foundations: Managerial Economics
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Managerial Economics
A course in the Accelerated MBA Foundations Series in which students will gain an understanding of basic economics. Special emphasis will be placed on the determinants of supply and demand and the desirable properties of a competitive equilibrium; followed by the undesirable properties of markets with a monopoly and with externalities. Permission is required.
GEB 5872 - MBA Foundations: Financial Management I
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Financial Management I
A course in the Accelerated MBA Foundations Series in which students are introduced to the accounting process of analyzing, measuring, and reporting business activity. Explores the precise language, assumptions, concepts, principles, and logic patterns inherent in the analysis and measurement of business activity. Describes the form and content of major financial statements. Briefly introduces the recording and reporting process used by accounting systems and examines basic financial reporting issues.
GEB 5873 - MBA Foundations: Financial Management II
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Financial Management II
A course in the Accelerated MBA Foundations Series in which students who have an understanding of financial accounting are introduced to the business relationships that exist between the generation and use of financial information. Includes the role of accounting in measuring financial performance, an overview of financial management, keys to understanding financial information via financial ratio analysis, effective use of financial analysis, and a brief introduction to the time value of money.
GEB 5874 - MBA Foundations: Financial Management III
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Financial Management III
A course in the Accelerated MBA Foundations Series in which students with an understanding of financial analysis are introduced to financial valuation and decision making tools that are used by managers and owner/managers of business organizations. The three foundation concepts covered are the Time Value of Money, the Risk- Return Relationship, and the use of Incremental After-Tax Cash Flows. Provides a theoretical understanding and a practical application in financial decision-making. Permission is required.
GEB 5875 - MBA Foundations: Management Skills and Applications
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Management Skills and Applications
Covers the historical evolution of management, organizational design, motivation, team building, leadership, change management, culture, strategic planning, and critical implementation/control elements critical to successful management and strategy. Social responsibility, ethics, globalization, and futures are also stressed.
GEB 5876 - MBA Foundations: Marketing Management
1.5 Credit Hours
MBA Foundations: Marketing Management
A course in the Accelerated MBA Foundations Series in which students are introduced to foundational concepts of marketing management processes. Provides students with intensive exposure to the basic philosophy, concepts, and knowledge common to effective marketing management.
: GEB 5116 - Venture Development
3.0 Credit Hours
Venture Development
Students develop the knowledge and skills to begin a start-up business and evaluate it for possible launch. The curriculum includes constructing a board of directors, adding managers for key functions, reaching revenue targets and examining the steps of taking a company public. Prerequisite: GEB 5118
GEB 5118 - New Ventures
3.0 Credit Hours
New Ventures
Students will develop the knowledge and skills needed to start a new business. They create potential opportunities, assess the opportunities and evaluate how to seek seed capital through an elevator speech and business plan with an eye toward the profitability horizon. Students are expected to have an understanding of financial accounting and the business relationships that exist between the generation and use of financial information.
MAN 5806C - Small Business Management Consulting
3.0 Credit Hours
Small Business Management Consulting
Practicum in providing management assistance to small businesses in area. Usually students work in pairs and provide assistance to two business firms. Weekly meetings, teaching in consulting and final written report on each firm constitute principal elements. Senior or graduate status, 3.0 GPA and permission are required.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to the University of West Florida’s online Entrepreneurship Certificate program, you must be admitted to the University as a graduate non-degree seeking student.

How to Apply

Once accepted as a graduate non-degree seeking student, students should contact the MBA department and speak to an advisor about course availability and scheduling, and to complete the online Graduate Certificate Declaration Form on MyUWF.

Have questions about this program or the admissions process? Contact our graduate admissions team at gradadmissions@uwf.edu. If you are a current UWF student, please reach out to the department academic advisor.

Costs & Financial Aid

Component	Cost	Total*
In-State Tuition	$384.60 per credit hour	$3,461.40
Full Out-of-State Tuition	$1,044.24 per credit hour	$9,398.16
90% Out-of-State Tuition Waiver	$478.83 per credit hour	$4,309.47

Tuition waivers cover up to 90 percent of the non-resident portion of your tuition and are available to non-Florida residents (including international students) admitted to online programs and registered for online courses in active pursuit of that degree or certificate. You must pay all other assessed tuition and fees.

Time to completion varies by student, depending on individual progress. Fees are charged per semester unless otherwise noted. This program takes up to 12 months to complete, depending on course availability.

* Tuition and fees are subject to change.

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Alabama Differential Out-of-State Tuition

Residents of Alabama are eligible for Alabama Differential Tuition, a reduced out-of-state tuition rate. For more information and to verify residency status for tuition purposes, new undergraduate students should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and new graduate students should contact the Graduate School. Current enrolled students should contact the Office of the Registrar.

Military Students

UWF is a Military FriendlyⓇ School proudly serving active-duty U.S. military members and veterans. As UWF has been a participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program since 2011, you could be eligible to receive free tuition with your military benefits.

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Financial Aid

Funding your college education should not empty your wallet. We offer various financial aid options for our online students, including loans, scholarships and grants for degree-seeking students.

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