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Academic Catalog 2018-2019
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Business (Sheldon B. Lubar School of)

  • Accounting, BBA
  • Business Administration, MBA
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Information Technology Management, MS
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Language, Literature, and Translation, MA
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Nursing Practice, DNP
  • Business Administration, MBA: Business Analytics
  • Business Administration, MBA: Entrepreneurship
  • Business Administration, MBA: Finance
  • Business Administration, MBA: Health Care Management
  • Business Administration, MBA: Marketing
  • Business Administration, MBA: Supply Chain Management
  • Business Analytics, Graduate Certificate
  • Business of Media and Film Studies, Undergraduate Certificate (Lubar School of Business)
  • Business Scholars Program
  • Enterprise Resource Planning, Graduate Certificate
  • Enterprise Resource Planning, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Executive, MBA
  • Finance, BBA
  • General Business, Minor
  • Global Studies, BA: Global Management
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations, MHRLR (Lubar School of Business)
  • Human Resources Management, BBA
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  • Information Technology Management, MS
  • International Business, Undergraduate Certificate
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  • Management, MS: Accounting
  • Management, MS: Finance Analysis
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  • Management, MS: Professional Accounting
  • Management, MS: Taxation
  • Marketing, BBA
  • Nonprofit Management and Leadership, MS (Lubar School of Business)
  • Nonprofit Management, Graduate Certificate (Lubar School of Business)
  • Public Administration, MPA (Lubar School of Business)
  • Public Administration, MPA/​Criminal Justice, MS
  • Public Administration, MPA/​Urban Planning, MUP
  • Real Estate, Undergraduate Certificate
  • State and Local Taxation, Graduate Certificate
  • Supply Chain and Operations Management, BBA
  • Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate Certificate
  • Technology Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Certificate
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Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business

Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate Certificate

  • Overview
  • Requirements

Admission to the Technology Entrepreneurship graduate certificate program is temporarily suspended.

On This Page
  • Admission Requirements 
  • Credits and Courses
  • Certificate Requirements

Admission Requirements 

Application Deadlines

Application deadlines vary by program, please review the application deadline chart for specific programs. Other important dates and deadlines can be found by using the One Stop calendars.

Admission

Students currently enrolled in a UWM graduate program are eligible to earn the Graduate Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship. Persons not currently enrolled must apply for admission to the Certificate and must possess, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree with an overall GPA of 2.75 or better.

Application

  • Students wishing to obtain this certificate must declare their intention by applying to the program office or director.
  • All graduate certificate applicants—even those already enrolled in a UWM graduate program—must apply to the Graduate School through the Panthera Admission Application.
  • Graduate degree and previously admitted graduate non-degree students who decide to pursue a certificate program must submit the Panthera application before completing 6 credits in the certificate sequence.
  • Applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree and have a minimum 2.75 cumulative undergraduate grade point average to be admitted in to a certificate program.

Credits and Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
BUS ADM 544New Product Development3
BUS ADM 546Global Innovation Management3
BUSMGMT 741Management of Technology Ventures3
BUSMGMT 742Technology Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship3
BUSMGMT 743Technology Entrepreneurship Project3

In addition, to fulfill graduation requirements, students will complete pre-approved zero-credit professional activities. 

Certificate Requirements

Transfer Credit

No more than 20% of the required credits may be taken at an institution other than UWM. These courses are subject to Graduate School transfer policy and must be approved by the director of the certificate program.

Grade Point Average Requirement

A minimum cumulative 3.00 grade point average in certificate courses taken at UWM is required.

Articulation with Degree Programs

  1. Credits and courses required for a certificate may double count toward meeting UWM graduate degree requirements subject to the following restrictions:
    • Degree programs must approve the courses from certificates that can double count toward the degree.
    • All credits taken in completion of certificate requirements may count towards a UWM graduate degree as long as they do not contribute more than 90% of the total credits needed to obtain the degree. (Note: Students in PhD programs must still complete the minimum residency requirements)
    • Certificate courses used toward meeting degree requirements must be completed within the time limit for transfer credit.
  2. Courses completed for a degree may be counted toward a subsequent certificate, subject to all certificate policy requirements.
  3. A course may count toward no more than one certificate and one degree.
  4. Students may not earn a certificate subsequent to a concentration in the same area.

Time Limit

Certificate program time limits shall be established as follows:

  • 18 or fewer credits/Three years from initial enrollment in the certificate sequence.
  • 19 or more credits/Four years from initial enrollment in the certificate sequence.

For certificates that are designed as add-ons to degree programs and are awarded concurrent with the degree, the time limit shall be the same as that of the degree program.

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Business (Sheldon B. Lubar School of)

  • Accounting, BBA
  • Business Administration, MBA
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Information Technology Management, MS
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Language, Literature, and Translation, MA
  • Business Administration, MBA/​Nursing Practice, DNP
  • Business Administration, MBA: Business Analytics
  • Business Administration, MBA: Entrepreneurship
  • Business Administration, MBA: Finance
  • Business Administration, MBA: Health Care Management
  • Business Administration, MBA: Marketing
  • Business Administration, MBA: Supply Chain Management
  • Business Analytics, Graduate Certificate
  • Business of Media and Film Studies, Undergraduate Certificate (Lubar School of Business)
  • Business Scholars Program
  • Enterprise Resource Planning, Graduate Certificate
  • Enterprise Resource Planning, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Executive, MBA
  • Finance, BBA
  • General Business, Minor
  • Global Studies, BA: Global Management
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations, MHRLR (Lubar School of Business)
  • Human Resources Management, BBA
  • Information Technology Management, BBA
  • Information Technology Management, MS
  • International Business, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Investment Management, Graduate Certificate
  • Investment Management, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Management Science, PhD
  • Management, MS: Accounting
  • Management, MS: Finance Analysis
  • Management, MS: Marketing
  • Management, MS: Professional Accounting
  • Management, MS: Taxation
  • Marketing, BBA
  • Nonprofit Management and Leadership, MS (Lubar School of Business)
  • Nonprofit Management, Graduate Certificate (Lubar School of Business)
  • Public Administration, MPA (Lubar School of Business)
  • Public Administration, MPA/​Criminal Justice, MS
  • Public Administration, MPA/​Urban Planning, MUP
  • Real Estate, Undergraduate Certificate
  • State and Local Taxation, Graduate Certificate
  • Supply Chain and Operations Management, BBA
  • Technology Entrepreneurship, Graduate Certificate
  • Technology Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Certificate
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