Master of Entrepreneurship
Program Overview
Location: Online
App Deadline: Aug 1, Dec 15
Pre-Requisites: None
Time: 18 months 鈥� 30 Credit Hours
AACSB accredited
About The Program
The Master of Entrepreneurship (ME) Program focuses on launching or growing a start-up organization. Many of our students have launched successful new ventures while in the program, benefiting from both faculty and fellow student entrepreneurs through our learning community experience, mentorship, and professional network access.
The ME program will help students develop the tools, assets, experience, and network needed to lead an entrepreneurial initiative, whether it鈥檚 a business, organization, or groundbreaking product or service. It emphasizes how to start a new venture, from your first idea to the official launch date, to the scaling effort. Many of the program鈥檚 coursework assignments can be immediately applicable to tasks that entrepreneurs will need to complete to move forward with their venture. Examples include developing a press kit, 鈥減itching鈥� the business to various audiences, establishing a partnership and/or management team, and exploring the financial feasibility of an endeavor to assess and manage risk.
Customize Your Learning Experience
Taught completely online, the ME program allows students to continue working while pursuing their degree. Students typically complete 6 credits of coursework per semester for a total of 30 credits at the conclusion of the program. Students can earn their degree in five semesters, starting enrollment with fall or spring semester.
More Than a Diploma
After completing our program, you will gain more than just a degree. Students can expect to leave with the skills and experience needed to thrive in the real world. You鈥檒l learn how to create start-up plans, develop go-to-market strategies, secure funding, and build a team. Many students launch their ventures during the program, gaining valuable experience before graduation.
The hallmarks of our programs align with the professional demands across numerous industries to develop and support startup entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders who are able to:
- Apply innovation and creativity to managing people/projects
- Consider new and innovative approaches to solving problems
- Navigate uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk, while supporting teams
- Demonstrate and apply industry-specific expertise, responsibility, critical thinking, initiative, and communication skills
Learn From Faculty With Real-World Expertise
During our program, you will get valuable experience from entrepreneurs, consultants, and industry leaders with experience in start-ups, economic development, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. Their skills and guidance will ensure you acquire practical, applicable knowledge to take with you as you start your venture.
- Entrepreneurial Planning (ENT 600)
Tools for venture creation and management including marketing, accounting, risk management, human resources, legal issues, and intellectual capital. - Entrepreneurial Innovation (ENT 601)
Examination of invention, enhancement, originality, divergent thinking, and innovation in research, development, enhancement, and strategy in businesses and organizations. - Entrepreneurial Creation (ENT 610)
Examination of the resources, demand, industry and competitive forces, and strategies required for successful entrepreneurial activities. - Entrepreneurial Growth (ENT 630)
Developing the materials to institute and expand a successful entrepreneurial venture. - Entrepreneurial Feasibility Analysis (ENT 640)
Financial forecasting to include pro forma cash flow development, and the design and development of reporting systems. - Entrepreneurial Marketing (ENT 645)
Methods of creating and delivering a marketing plan using media and online approaches. Course requires the development of marketing plan, market analysis, collateral material, and online promotions. - Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance (ENT 650)
Financial statements analysis, performance and sensitivity analysis and sources and types of debt and equity funding. - Planning a New Venture (ENT 655)
Culmination of three semesters of work leading to the creation of a business plan that is capable of supporting substantial financial investment. - Entrepreneurial Strategy I (ENT 660)
Strategic leadership, deliberate strategy, environment scanning, competitive assessment, entrepreneurial vision and communication. - Entrepreneurial Strategy II (ENT 670)
Strategic leadership, deliberate strategy, environmental scanning, competitive assessment, entrepreneurial vision and communication.
To support the diverse applicant pool, prospective students are strongly encouraged to present their best possible case for admission. You will be among peers who are passionate about creating and growing new entrepreneurial ventures. Accordingly, students must submit required items, and should submit any, or all, of the preferred/optional items as may be necessary to build their case for acceptance.
Required Items:
- Transcript showing an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited US institution of higher learning
- Resume
- An essay addressing your rationale for entering the program, how you will meet the challenges of graduate-level academic study, your passion for persisting throughout the program until graduation, your leadership, innovation, and/or entrepreneurial experience, and your goals and aspirations after earning the degree
Preferred Items:
- Letters of recommendation
- Documentation of leadership/innovation/entrepreneurial achievements
- Awards
Additional Optional Items:
- Interview with the program director or another faculty member*
- GRE, GMAT, MAT
*If deemed necessary to support an applicant's case beyond other materials submitted.
Although tuition and fees tend to change from year to year, in-state students are expected to be able to finish the program for less than $10,000. Out-of-state and international students can expect to finish the program for less than $30,000. There are special rates for those who are out of state and using military benefits.
91热爆网 has limited scholarship options for graduate students. University scholarship applications are due via an online portal by August 1. The university offers a payment plan through an external vendor, and students can apply for federal loans through FAFSA.gov. For assistance with the FAFSA application, students can contact the Financial Aid Office at 828.227.7290.
Join a program designed for today鈥檚 visionaries and problem solvers. Apply today and take the next step toward launching or expanding your entrepreneurial venture. Looking for more information about 91热爆网's Master of Entrepreneurship program? Click the link below to gain access to the online brochure.
