Effective: Fall 2024

Entrepreneurship is more than just starting a business. Entrepreneurs transform the world around us through risk-taking actions and value-creating organizations. They drive enormous social and economic changes at local, national, and global levels.

The Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Certificate of  Competency has three main aims:

1. to create focused pathways through a curriculum that allows students to supplement work in their academic interests with an understanding of entrepreneurship and social innovation;

2. to leverage, expand, and enhance the academic and career pursuits with an entrepreneurial spirit; and

3. to promote an interdisciplinary approach to entrepreneurship.

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

  • Determine and explain how business enterprises create value for society.
  • Identify and evaluate the creation of positive impact on society through commercial and social enterprises.
  • Identify, develop, and evaluate opportunities for new businesses.
  • Design a practical business plan for a new business.
  • Identify and explain key legal concepts and laws relevant to new businesses.

The College will award a certificate of competency to students who complete an approved credit-bearing career program that requires less than 30 credits. General education courses may not be required for programs that have less than 30 credits. The student must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher. At least six (6) credits, or 50% of the total credits required, whichever is greater, must be completed at Delaware County Community College.

 
Plan of Study Grid
First SemesterHours
BUS 100 Introduction to Business 3
BUS 128 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3
 Hours6
Second Semester
ACC 111 Financial Accounting 3
BUS 215
Human Resource Management
or Labor Relations
3
 Hours6
Third Semester
BUS 129 Entrepreneurship II Seminar 3
Select one of the following 3
Business Communication 1
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Legal Environment of Business 2
 Hours6
 Total Hours18