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CIP Code: (32) 52.0701.00     
SOC Code: 11-1021

For more information, visit the Business Department webpage or contact the Business and Technology division at 615-230-3301 or bustechinfo@volstate.edu.

The Entrepreneurship Technical Certificate provides students the key, foundational business knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage their own small business or support the goals and success of an employer’s small business.  The knowledge and skills developed in this program are also highly applicable to a broad range of business positions with diverse employers in virtually every sector of the economy.  Student learning in this program can also provide a strong foundation for continued studies in pursuit of an associate degree or beyond.

Embedded Certificate
Courses in this certificate may be used to award the following:

• Associate of Applied Science in Business - Accounting Concentration
• Associate of Applied Science in Business - Logistics and Supply Chain Management Concentration
• Associate of Applied Science in Business - Management Concentration
• Associate of Applied Science in Business - Marketing Concentration
• Associate of Arts, General Studies 
• Associate of Science, General Studies

Program​ Learning Outcomes
Upon completion, the graduate will have developed the skills, knowledge and abilities to accomplish the following

1. Students will demonstrate initiative, self-direction, productivity, and accountability skills necessary to maintain their own business or effectively support the small business of an employer.
2. Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of financial statements, budgets, and other documents necessary to plan, track and measure the financial well-being of a business.
3. Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of the key principles and skills of entrepreneurship and marketing needed to develop and execute basic business capture strategies
4. Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively utilize basic capabilities of several computer software programs widely utilized by most small businesses today.
5. Students will develop decision-making and problem-solving skills.