Certificate in Entrepreneurship

Covenant has a strong history of graduating entrepreneurs. Undoubtedly that is a testament to our strong liberal arts core (fostering broad-based curiosity) and our strong Reformed underpinnings (fostering provocation and making “all things new”). Both of these behavioral tendencies (curiosity and provocation) are central to entrepreneurial endeavor. In short, entrepreneurs are risk-taking profit makers driven by their curiosities to find untapped needs in the marketplace and to provoke others to come alongside them (as investors, employees, suppliers, etc.) to meet the untapped need. The College is missionally well suited to equip students with such leanings. Program coordinator: Leda Goodman.

Program Components: the course of study is designed to provide foundational knowledge/skills related to the strategy, management, marketing, and financing of entrepreneurial enterprises, while complimenting that foundation with tangential knowledge/skills related to creativity, innovation, and inclusiveness. Students seeking to pursue the certificate should contact Professor Leda Goodman for a program application.

Required Courses

ACC 150 Accounting Concepts 3 hour(s). Students pursuing a business major or minor may substitute ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I for ACC 150 .
BUS 250 Principles of Management 3 hour(s).
BUS 335 Entrepreneurship 3 hour(s).
MKT 300 Principles of Marketing 3 hour(s).

Choose 2 of the following:

ART 220 Introduction to Graphic Design 3 hour(s).
BUS 360 Management Lessons from Literature and Film 3 hour(s).
CDV 300 Living and Working in a Multicultural Context 3 hour(s).
MKT 332 Consumer Behavior 3 hour(s).
or MKT 335 Promotion 3 hour(s).

Required Fieldwork:

Enter the Seed Project competition (https://www.covenant.edu/students/resources/career/seedproject)
Complete BUS 411 – Business Internship with a pre-approved entrepreneur, 1 to 3 credit hours.