Specialty Certificates
Non-Business Majors: Take Your Degree to the Next Level
In just 15 or 18 credits, you can either learn the business basics and build a competitive advantage or learn about the business startup process and how to start your own business or non-profit organization.
- Build Your Resume: Adding business knowledge to your degree will give you an advantage over your competition.
- Gain the real world skills to market your work and manage your people
- Improve your communication, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and technology skills.
The business and entrepreneurship certificates are available to degree seeking MSU students; they are not available to business majors or to students pursuing the business administration minor.
To declare a certificate or for more information, contact the Office of Student Services: business@montana.edu or 406-994-4681.
Business Certificate:
The Business Certificate is for non-business majors who want an overview of business concepts in order to enhance their future career success, but do not want to pursue a full 30-credit business minor. The goal of the certificate is to enable non-business students to learn how to apply fundamental concepts in economics, accounting, finance, management, and marketing to solve basic business problems.
The Business Certificate is available to degree seeking MSU students; it is not available to business majors or to students pursuing a business administration minor.
The Business Certificate consists of a total of 18 credits (five required courses and one elective) that introduce students to basic concepts in economics, business, accounting, finance, management, and marketing, plus an assessment test.
Required Courses
(3 Credits each course)
ECNS 101IS – Economic Way of Thinking
BGEN 204– Business & Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
or BGEN 104US– Seminar: Bus & Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
BGEN 210– Accounting & Finance Basics
or BFIN 322– Business Finance
or EGEN 330– Business Fundamentals for Technical Professional
BMGT 335 – Management & Organization
BMKT 325 – Principles of Marketing
Elective: Select one (1) course from the following:
ACTG 201 – Principles of Financial Accounting
BGEN 242D– Intro to International Business
BGEN 361 – Principles of Business Law
BMGT 406– Negotiation/Dispute Resolution
BMGT 410– Sustainable Business Practices
BMGT 420– Leadership and Motivation
BMGT 448– Entrepreneurship
BMGT 461– Small Business Management
BMGT 469– Community Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Management
BMKT 337– Consumer Behavior
BMKT 420– Integrated Online Marketing
BMKT 436– Sales and Sales Management
BMKT 444– Retail management
BMKT 446– Marketing for Entrepreneurs
AGBE 345– Ag Finance and Credit Analysis
EGEN 325– Engineering Economic Analysis
EIND 300– Engineering Management & Ethics*
EIND 373– Production Inventory Cost Analysis
EIND 425– Technology Entrepreneurship
GDSN 378– Guerrilla Advertising
SFBS 429– Small Business & Entrepreneurship in Food & Health
Total Required Credits (6 Courses): 18
*counts either as 1 required course or 1 elective, not both.
In accordance with the Board of Regents’ policy, students must earn a C- or better in all courses in a
minor or certificate.
Entrepreneurship Certificate:
The Entrepreneurship Certificate provides non-business majors with an overview of the business startup process in order to prepare them to start their own businesses or non-profit organizations.
Required Courses
(3 Credits each course)
BGEN 204– Business & Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
or BGEN 104US– Seminar: Bus & Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
BGEN 210– Accounting & Finance Basics
or BFIN 322– Business Finance
or EGEN 330– Business Fundamentals for Technical Professional
BMGT 448– Entrepreneurship
Electives: Select two (2) courses from the following*:
BMGT 410– Sustainable Business Practices
BMGT 461– Small Business Management
BMGT 469– Community Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Management
BMKT 420– Integrated Online Marketing**
BMKT 436– Sales and Sales Management**
BMKT 446– Marketing for Entrepreneurs**
BMKT 491– Innovative Ideation (DSEL Course)**
BFIN 456 – Financial Mgmt for Entrepreneurs**
EIND 425– Technology Entrepreneurship**
GDSN 378– Guerrilla Advertising**
SFBS 429– Small Business & Entrepreneurship in Food & Health**
Total Required Credits (5 Courses): 15
*Or another course approved by the certificate advisor. Students are responsible for fulfilling the appropriate prerequisites for all courses.
**These courses have prerequisites in addition to the courses required for the Entrepreneurship Certificate. Students are responsible for fulfilling all prerequisites before attempting to enroll in a course.
In accordance with the Board of Regents’ policy, students must earn a C- or better in all courses in a minor or certificate.
