Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate of Graduate Study

Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate of Graduate Study

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Earn a Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate

The Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) courses offered by Rowan University’s Rohrer College of Business (RCB):

  • will expand your entrepreneurial mindset and ability to cultivate business ventures within already established corporate settings;
  • will train entrepreneurs in strategic planning using advanced statistical forecasting techniques;
  • are a valuable stand-alone credential on your way to earning a master’s degree;
  • are ideal for those who have not yet taken the Graduate Admission Test (GMAT) as the GMAT is not required for admission to the COGS program; and
  • are fully transferrable into the MBA program to satisfy an Entrepreneurship area of concentration at Rowan in the future.

Stand Out in Your Field

Entrepreneurial mindsets are in demand across industries. A COGS in Corporate Entrepreneurship is ideal for current or aspiring professionals interested in cultivating new business ventures from within a corporate paradigm.

Hone your creativity to maximize innovation and develop an entrepreneurial mode of thinking, planning, and organizing. Solve business issues using predictive analytics. Entrepreneurship know-how benefits managers, CEOS, HR personnel, and any business leaders who act as decision-makers with responsibilities including enhancing the health of an organization and leveraging it for success.

Long-term career goals might include working with large corporations and transforming current business processes or even starting a unique business concept from scratch. Specific career opportunities include:

  • startups;
  • venture capital;
  • real estate;
  • corporate innovation;
  • new product development, and sales.

Why Choose a COGS?

A COGS pathway makes it possible to immediately focus on a specialized area of interest strategically tailored for your next career move or the next step in your education. The admissions process for a COGS is more streamlined than for a full degree, allowing a simpler entry point to explore graduate studies. 

Pursuing a Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) can contribute to your earning a promotion or higher pay, expand your responsibilities in your current role, and make your resume stand out. 

Gain expertise you can add to your repertoire and resume now. Elevate your strategic and critical-thinking dexterity, revitalize your skill set, improve your leadership and management potential, and give your work performance more agility and depth.

Curriculum

Learn how to launch new ventures for maximum success within a corporate environment. Develop an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset. Utilize advanced statistical forecasting techniques for strategic planning in a forward-thinking organization.

A Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) at Rowan’s Rohrer College of Business requires completion of 9 graduate-level credits made up of 3 courses. Find out more about Corporate Entrepreneurship course offerings below.

  • 3 Courses / 9 Credits
  • Foundation Courses: No
  • Graduation / Exit / Thesis Requirements URL: No

Note: To allow for some flexibility and exploration of emerging topics in business, academic departments may choose to run special topics courses in place of the below standard offerings for this COGS. The below courses for this COGS are typically offered each year, but might be distributed across semesters, so students should expect that it will take more than one semester to complete all coursework. Typically, one course for this COGS is offered each Fall and Spring semester, with the potential for a Summer semester course offering.

Coursework—Course Codes, Titles and Descriptions—Select 3 Courses

ENT 06505 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation

ENT 06505 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits)

  • This course provides a broad framework for understanding the nature of entrepreneurship in multiple organizational settings. The course introduces students to the innovation and idea generation process and helps students apply an alternative way of "thinking" to assist in solving difficult issues for government, business, and the nonprofit sector.
ENT 06506 - Corporate Entrepreneurship

ENT 06506 - Corporate Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

  • This course provides an overview of the potential for innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities or new ventures within a corporate environment. The course covers various aspects of corporate entrepreneurship. Major topics include understanding the corporate entrepreneurial revolution, learning about the nature of entrepreneurship within established organizations (intrapreneurship), understanding the requirements for setting up an environment conducive to being intrapreneurial within a corporate setting, and learning about the entrepreneurial direction of firms as they grow and evolve. Among the issues discussed are the role of creativity within corporate entrepreneurship, the relation to product innovation and technology, the importance of corporate strategy within an entrepreneurial framework, and what it takes to create an entrepreneurial culture in a corporate setting.
ENT 06555 - Driving Innovation

ENT 06555 - Driving Innovation (3 credits)

  • Students in this course will work to gain an in-depth understanding on the role that innovation plays in driving process and cost efficiencies, strategy development, decision making, addressing customer demands and market trends, financial performance, and business growth. Key models from Entrepreneurship will be analyzed for learning how to target and implement innovation.

MGT 06601 - Strategic Planning

MGT 06601 - Strategic Planning (3 credits)

  • This course prepares the operating manager for the responsibilities of performing strategic planning. The course will identify what goes into and how strategic planning is performed. Strategy formation and evaluation will be assisted by computer decision models and management games. The interrelationships of organizational units and proactive management posture with respect to environmental forces will be stressed. This course may not be offered annually.

MGT 07600 - Predictive Analytics

MGT 07600 - Predictive Analytics (3 credits)

  • This course is designed to acquaint the graduate student with advanced statistical forecasting techniques. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to identify a forecasting problem, gather data and use computerized statistical packages to obtain solutions, analyze results, determine the validity and reliability of the model, and if necessary, recommend alternative methods to solve the model. This course may not be offered annually.

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Admissions Requirements

The following is a list of items required to begin the application process for a Certificate of Graduate Study in Corporate Entrepreneurship. Further action or materials may be required. Upon receipt of the materials below, a representative from the Rowan Global Admissions Processing Office will contact you with confirmation or to indicate any missing items.

  • Completed Rowan Global Application Form
  • $65 (U.S.) nonrefundable application fee
  • Bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) from an accredited institution of higher learning
  • Official transcripts from all colleges attended (regardless of number of credits earned)
  • Current professional resume
  • Typewritten statement of professional objectives
    • Provide reasons for pursuing the program. Describe how you might use this program to advance your career (educational goals beyond the master's level, if applicable, are also relevant).
  • Minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale)

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