New Product and Venture Development Certificate

Program Coordinator/Contact

Barb Heller, Entrepreneurship Coordinator
Ness School of Management and Economics
Harding Hall
605-688-4141

Program Information

The certificate in New Product and Venture Development will prepare students with the skills essential to building innovative and entrepreneurial organizations and taking their product and service ideas to the market place.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students earning a certificate in New Product and Venture Development will be able to:

• participate in innovative and creative thought processes.
• identify and assess innovative business opportunities.
• comprehend business research and analysis and incorporate it in oral and written communication.
• identify the steps to start an entrepreneurial venture in new and established organizational settings.
• evaluate opportunities for growth of entrepreneurial ventures.
• identify growth challenges and actions and steps related to harvest of an entrepreneurial venture.

Course Delivery Format

Course content is delivered on campus and online.