M.B.A. with a major in Entrepreneurship - Online

You’re an entrepreneur at heart – either an aspiring one or already running a business. To grow as a business leader, you need to broaden your perspective. Gain a competitive advantage at one of the few schools in the country with Entrepreneurship in its name.

The M.B.A. with a major in Entrepreneurship provides you with the advanced business expertise you seek, but with a focus on entrepreneurial development. You’ll learn from industry leaders who’ve operated profitable companies themselves, giving you an edge to successfully running your business. You’ll do hands-on work on real-world projects while learning how to solve tough problems and navigate roadblocks now before they derail your business. In addition, you’ll gain the expertise to create business plans, participate in consulting assignments for real businesses with real problems, and build an impressive portfolio.

Ultimately, you’ll learn how to start a business, acquire an existing business, or run a division of a large corporation, so you can grow financially and as a leader. It’s all part of the NSU Edge.

Beginning in Winter 2020, all entrepreneurship courses will be offered Saturdays for 8 weeks. Each course will meet for 4 hours either 8 am- 12 pm or 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. If you live a minimum of 75 miles from the main campus, you may qualify for a 20% discount. Contact your academic advisor for more information.

• All of the professors teaching in the Entrepreneurship Department have managed successful businesses. Learn management skills from a professor who has lived it.
• M.B.A. core courses are offered on weeknights or during the day on the main campus and online. Entrepreneurship courses are offered Saturdays on the main campus.
• The program can be completed in as little as 21 months.
• The program begins five times annually with starts in August, October, January, March, and May.

Halmos Entrepreneurship Certificate of Excellence

The Halmos Entrepreneurship Certificate of Excellence is designed to encourage academic excellence as well as achievement in entrepreneurial activities outside the classroom.

Qualifications

A minimum of a 3.75-grade point average for all entrepreneurship courses. Students must participate in at least one business plan competition. The competition must be pre-approved by the Director of the Entrepreneurship Program. Students must submit an original idea to their employers to address one of the following: To improve service To Increase profits To reduce expenses

Proposals that have been accepted and approved by the respective employers must be submitted and approved by the Director of the Entrepreneurship Program. Students that are not employed may use an organization that is accepted by the Director.

Award

At graduation, qualified students will receive a certificate signed by the Dean and the Director of the Entrepreneurship Program. The names of the award recipients will be placed on a plaque prominently displayed in the Carl DeSantis' building at the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Press releases with the names of the award winners will be issued to local newspapers each term. Hometown newspapers for out-of-town students will be notified when applicable.

One of the premier business schools in Florida, the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship at NSU reaches students globally with online and on-site, internationally recognized bachelor's and master's degree programs.

Get to know one of the few schools in the nation with entrepreneurship in its name, and where:

• Real-world faculty deliver an up-to-date curriculum that fosters the spirit of innovative thinking in the workplace.
• More than 3,000 students pursue a variety of bachelor's and master's degrees.
• You choose how to study, whether full-time or part-time, online.
• A dynamic main campus in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida.

Vision

The H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship is a worldwide provider of academic, professional, and practical education for individuals in business, academia, government, and nonprofit organizations. With a recognized reputation for quality, the Huizenga College of Business & Entrepreneurship's corporate relationships and modern technology provide superior real-world learning experiences for students.

Mission

The H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship ’s mission is to educate future business leaders and entrepreneurs by providing them with an edge that will prepare them to best serve our unique international and service economy of southeastern Florida.

Philosophy

We believe in this fast-paced, rapidly changing world, individuals in business, academia, government, and nonprofit organizations need convenient, accessible, superior-value educational opportunities. Only by utilizing faculty possessing scholarly and professional qualifications, providing personal interaction with students, and effectively using technology, can we prepare students for success.

We can only realize our vision if all faculty and staff of the Huizenga College of Business, with the support of our other stakeholders, are dedicated to innovation in courses, curricula, delivery methods, and services to students according to the students' needs. The success of the Huizenga College of Business is contingent upon the ability of our faculty, staff, and students to apply newly-acquired knowledge to create value in their respective business, academic, government, and nonprofit organizations in particular, and society as a whole.

Principles

• Conduct all of our academic affairs with integrity.
• Be committed to the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship's vision, mission, philosophy, and principles.
• Treat each other with dignity, respect, and sensitivity so as to create a caring environment that allows faculty, staff, and students to reach their greatest potential.
• Stay focused on, and anticipate the needs of our constituents so we can prepare our students to be "shapers" of our society, not mere "reactors."
• Set high expectations for ourselves and demonstrate initiative, judgment, flexibility, and teamwork so we may fulfill our mission and vision.
• Have a compelling desire to advance the knowledge of how organizations function and apply this knowledge so that developing creative solutions is a major focus of life.
• Have the vision, creativity, openness, and receptivity to challenge the status quo, to create learning and change, and view our role in the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and the University as part of a dynamic process rather than a set of static, fixed relationships with related tasks.
• Constantly try to understand the contributions we can make to the vision and mission of the organization, and seek to contribute where there is a clear, comparative advantage.
• Believe that lifelong learning, and the application of that learning greatly enhances society.
• Be culturally mature and demonstrate a strong appreciation for diversity and the richness it brings to life and learning.