Overview
The Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (EIM), offered by the Department of Management, is an indicator that you are a proactive self-starter who can creatively solve problems and turn ideas into reality. Entrepreneurial thinking and innovation are the lifeblood of any organization. Even if you plan to work in a well-established company, the EIM certificate shows that you are able to go beyond your functional expertise and innovate when it counts. Companies are looking for employees that have specialization in a relevant field, as well as broad understanding of the business environment that allows them to approach issues from a strategic, outside-the-box perspective. This is part of what you will learn in the EIM certificate program.
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management certificate is open to non-Fox students only. Fox students should consider the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (EIM) minor or a dual major instead.
Campus Location: Main
Program Code: BU-EIM-CERT
Related Program
In collaboration with Fox, the Tyler School of Art and Architecture offers the certificate in Creative Entrepreneurship.
Related Institute: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI)
Contact Information
John A. McClendon, Chair
Alter Hall, Room 354
215-204-1910
johnmac@temple.edu
Alan B. Kerzner, Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management program and Director of the Temple University Entrepreneurship Academy
215-204-8188
alan.kerzner@temple.edu
Department of Management Office
Alter Hall, Room 333
215-204-5183
mgmtdept@temple.edu
Learn more about the undergraduate certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.
Requirements
- Students must complete the following three-course sequence:
Course List Code Title Credit Hours Select 9 credits from the following: 1 9 Creativity and Organizational Innovation 2 Leading and Managing Small Businesses and New Ventures (for non-business students) Planning to Start Your Own Business Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas Launch a New Venture in 100 Days Doing Well by Doing Good: Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Social Impact Pitching and Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures Special Topics - Strategic Management 3 Social Impact Internship - Work with Benefit/B-corps, Non-profits, or Multi-bottom-line Ventures or SGM 3685New Venture Internship: Learning to be a High-Value Employee, Manager, or Founder Independent Study 4 Skill Building for Social Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement The Entrepreneurial Bioengineer Entrepreneurial Engineering (Engineering students only) The Artist in the Business World Horticulture Business Management Intrapreneurship in the 21st Century The Entrepreneurial Journalist Creating a Media Business Arts Enterprise Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology Entrepreneurship in Sport, Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Creative Cottage Industrialist Total Credit Hours 9 - 1
A maximum of 3 credits can be taken from outside of the Fox School of Business and Management for this certificate.
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A maximum of 3 credits of GenEd courses can be utilized for completion of this certificate.
- 3
SGM 3580 course topics vary by semester. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required. Not all SGM 3580 topics are appropriate for EIM students.
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SGM 3682 Independent Study projects will be identified or created by the department or may be proposed by faculty/students collaborating where coursework does not match student's goals or needs and faculty are available to oversee a project. Approval of the academic director, chair, or approved department personnel is required.
- Courses cannot be used to meet certificate requirements if already used to meet the requirements for a major or a different minor or certificate.
- For more information and to declare or rescind this certificate, contact the entrepreneurship advisor in the Center for Undergraduate Advising, Fox School of Business, Speakman 101.
Interested students should discuss with their home college advisors or with personnel in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (1810 Liacouras Walk, 1st Floor) how the courses in the certificate will fit into their overall degree plan. Students are strongly encouraged to declare the certificate early in their academic career.