Cert in Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

Offered with Purdue Polytechnic New Albany, this certificate serves business owners, family-firm successors, corporate intrapreneurs and students pursuing entrepreneurship credit. It introduces entrepreneurship theory alongside practical use. A core of three required courses covers contemporary entrepreneurship, new venture creation and marketing. Students then choose supporting courses and shape a capstone from IU Southeast subjects or Purdue options focused on generating ideas, developing, testing and launching products. Classes mostly meet at one or two campuses, and online options exist for distant students. The program totals 15 credit hours and expects a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. Classes are held on campus. Interested students can request information or apply directly from the program page. The program belongs to IU Southeast, a campus near New Albany in southern Indiana across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.