Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Many students entering the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business will eventually work for or with small companies, or will launch enterprises of their own. The Entrepreneurship Certificate is designed to offer business students the opportunity to complement their major field of study with an additional concentration in entrepreneurship. Students will take a coordinated series of courses and receive a certificate that signifies their knowledge in this area.

Students completing the Entrepreneurship Certificate will have coursework in venture financing, business-to-business transactions, marketing, and a variety of topics relating to entrepreneurship. With this background in addition to a major field, students can gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new enterprise opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability.

To obtain the certificate, you must complete a minimum of 15 approved entrepreneurship credits, meeting all prerequisites, while fulfilling the requirements of the baccalaureate degree. The certificate is open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors, and to students who have previously earned a bachelor's degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

Required CoursesThe following courses are required:
(12 credits)

Bus Adm 447 Entrepreneurship
Bus Adm 458 Venture Financing
Bus Adm 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing
Bus Adm 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures (counts as a repeat of Bus Adm 495: Special Topics in Business: Start-up and Business Plans)

Business students completing this certificate may count 6 credits as part of their business elective requirements.

Plus one of the following courses:
(3 credits)

Bus Adm 380 Introduction to Real Estate Markets
Bus Adm 444 Human Resources Management
Bus Adm 450 Intermediate Finance
Bus Adm 462 Marketing Research
Bus Adm 465 International Marketing
Bus Adm 467 Marketing Seminar
Bus Adm 490 Entrepreneur Internship
Bus Adm 495 Special Topics in Business (Entrepreneurship topics only)

Business students may count no more than 6 credits from a major towards a business certificate.

Non-Business MajorsNon-business majors are required to complete Microeconomics (Econ 103), Macroeconomics (Econ 104), Introduction to Financial Accounting (Bus Adm 201), Introduction to Management Statistics (Bus Adm 210), Principles of Finance (Bus Adm 350) and Principles of Marketing (Bus Adm 360), in order to fulfill requirements for this certificate. Students taking Human Resource Management (Bus Adm 444) as their fifth course must first complete Organizations (Bus Adm 330).

Other RequirementsAll coursework required for the Entrepreneurship Certificate must be completed with at least a 2.5 GPA in order to post the certificate on the transcript. At least half of the credits required for the certificate must be taken in residence at UWM. No courses may be taken on a credit/no credit basis.

Students interested in the certificate program should contact the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business Undergraduate Student Services Center and make a formal declaration of their intentions. The office is located in Lubar Hall Room N297 (414-229-5271); the e-mail address is uwmbba@uwm.edu.


The UWM-Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business makes every effort to ensure that the information on this page is accurate and up-to-date. However, it is the student's responsibility to verify all program requirements with an academic advisor in the Student Services Center.