MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
A qualified faculty member in the Entrepreneurship program meets the program standard with a minimum of 3 years of entrepreneurial (one who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise provide Articles of Incorporation) and/or intrapreneurial (an individual who develops new enterprises within the corporation) experience, completes the RISE (Readiness Inventory for Successful Entrepreneurship) Training, and meets one of the following:
• Possesses an earned master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in entrepreneurship, business administration, management, marketing, or a business-related field as appropriate to the program; or
• Possesses an earned related or out-of-field master’s degree, from a regionally accredited institution, with documented 18 semester hours or equivalent of courses beyond the introductory principle(s) level in entrepreneurship, management, marketing, or a business-administration-related field as appropriate to the program; or
• Possesses an earned related or out-of-field master’s degree, from a regionally accredited institution, with documentation in two or more of the following:
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Professional field related certification (national, regional, or state)
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Three or more documented years of entrepreneurial and/or intrapreneurial experience;
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Documentation of research and publication in the field; or
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Documented relevant additional coursework beyond the bachelor’s degree, equivalent to 18 semester hours or equivalent subject matter coursework, CEU’s, vendor, or military; or
• Possesses an earned bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution, in entrepreneurship, business administration, management, marketing, or a business-administration-related field as appropriate to the program, with documentation in one of the following:
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Professional field related certification (national, regional, or state);
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Three or more documented years of entrepreneurial and/or intrapreneurial experience;
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Documentation of research and publication in the field;
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Documented relevant additional coursework beyond the bachelor’s degree, equivalent to 18 semester hours or equivalent subject matter coursework, CEU’s, vendor, or military.