Entrepreneurship

Associate Degree Program

Have you always wanted to own your own business?  Successful graduates of the Entrepreneurship Program will possess the skills and knowledge to transform innovation into a commercial product or service. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of entrepreneurship by learning the fundamentals of starting and operating your own business, and you will build connections with the people, programs, and services that entrepreneurs need.

This program is offered at the Dover and Wilmington Campuses.

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you to:

• Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership characteristics.
• Conduct market analysis and opportunity assessment.
• Perform risk assessment and select risk management strategies.
• Articulate a business vision and plan that demonstrates value to the marketplace and the investor.
• Plan capital formation to fund business start-up and operation.
• Utilize effective marketing, advertising, and customer strategies.
• Integrate personal, professional, ethical and legal standards into business decision-making.
• Transform innovation into a product or service with sustainable commercial potential.

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership characteristics.
2. Conduct market analysis and opportunity assessment.
3. Perform risk assessment and select risk management strategies.
4. Articulate a business vision and plan that demonstrates value to the marketplace and the investor.
5. Plan capital formation to fund business start-up and operation.
6. Utilize effective marketing, advertising, and customer strategies.
7. Integrate personal, professional, ethical and legal standards into business decision-making.
8. Transform innovation into a product or service with sustainable commercial potential.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!