Entrepreneurship (CERT)
Got a business idea? Turn it into a reality with Stark State’s 1-year entrepreneurship certificate. Gain the core tools to start your small business today. Take classes that directly apply to the associate degree in business management entrepreneurship.
Major code: 2071 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Management, Marketing, and Culinary Arts Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| ENT120 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENT124 | Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | 3 |
| ENT225 | Global Entrepreneurialship | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS124 | Business Analysis | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| ITD122 | Computer Applications for Professionals | 3 |
| or AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | |
| Total Hours | 31 | |
The classes in this certificate also apply toward the completion of a Business Management - Entrepreneurial Major (2079).
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for students who plan to finish in four semesters.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| ENT120 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| BUS124 | Business Analysis | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ENT124 | Managing Entrepreneurial Growth | 3 |
| ENT225 | Global Entrepreneurialship | 3 |
| ITD122 or AOT226 |
Computer Applications for Professionals or Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel |
3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 31 | |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Formulate goals and strategies to analyze the internal and external environment of business and demonstrate proficiency with developing strategies to identify and solve organizational problems for new and existing businesses.
- Describe and analyze patterns of organizational behavior within contemporary organizations and apply management skills, human relations skills and motivational methods to create and maintain a positive work environment.
- Apply appropriate mathematical, statistical and other quantitative and business methods to analyze business situations.
- Demonstrate and apply professionalism, teamwork, and written and oral communications skills.
- Utilize specialized business skills in the areas of marketing, entrepreneurship, business development, operations, economics, as applicable, to understand businesses and how they interact with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.