Programs
Entrepreneurial Curriculum
The Bard Center's graduate-level entrepreneurship courses provide valuable instruction and guidance in the following areas:
- Evaluating business opportunities and risks
- Creating business plans
- Designing and managing new ventures
- Launching technology-based businesses
- Structuring finances
- Implementing marketing and strategic planning initiatives
- Providing consulting services
- Understanding the legal issues of entrepreneurship
- Identifying international entrepreneurship trends and developments
Students also have the opportunity to earn a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies, which enables them to demonstrate their specialized expertise in areas of entrepreneurship. Certificate holders can enhance their professional credibility or gain the knowledge and confidence they need to start their own businesses. Students can earn the Certificate by taking three Bard Center courses, which must include one of the following: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, Business Plans and Seed Financing, Entrepreneurial Financial Management, or Leadership in New Ventures.