Class Offerings

Certificates of Proficiency

Idea Development and Opportunity Recognition for

Entrepreneurs

4 units

Complete the following courses: Units

ENTR 200 Pathways to Success 1

ENTR 201 Creativity and Idea Generation 1

ENTR 202 Innovations and Opportunities 2

Research Tools for Entrepreneurs

4 units

Complete the following courses: Units

ENTR 200 Pathways to Success 1

ENTR 211 Business Models 2

ENTR 212 Market Validation and Research 1

Entrepreneurial Planning and Presentation

5 units

Complete the following courses: Units

ENTR 200 Pathways to Success 1

ENTR 241 The Successful Business Plan 2

ENTR 242 Persuasive Presentations 2

Understanding Entrepreneurial Operations

7 units

Complete the following courses: Units

ENTR 200 Pathways to Success 1

ENTR 221 Money, Account. & Finance for Entr 2

ENTR 222 Business Structure and Legal Requirements 1

ENTR 223 Building the Entrepreneurial Team 2

ENTR 224 Ops Management for Entrepreneurs 1

Entrepreneurship Skills

16 units Complete the following courses: Units

ENTR 200 Pathways to Success 1

ENTR 201 Creative and Idea Generation 1

ENTR 212 Market Validation and Research 1

ENTR 117 Social Media Marketing 3

ENTR 221 Money, Account. & Finance for Entr 2

ENTR 222 Business Structure and Legal Requirements 1

ENTR 223 Building the Entrepreneurial Team 2

ENTR 241 The Successful Business Plan 2

MGT 160 Entrepreneurship: Managing Your Business ( 3

OR

ENTR 211 Business Models 2

AND

ENTR 224 Ops Management for Entrepreneurs 1

Rev. 10/18

5500 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, CA 92618 www.ivc.edu

Program Contacts:

Dr. Daniel Scott John Russo, MBA

Phone: 949-451-5545 Phone: 949-451-5518

Fax: 949-451-5775 Fax: 949-451-5775

E-mail: dscott@ivc.edu E-mail: jrusso@ivc.edu

Entrepreneurship

Create your future

around passion,

personal mastery,

and purpose.

INNOVATION—CREATIVITY—PASSION

• If you could create a future around your passion

would you do it?

• If you could impact the lives of others in

meaningful ways would you try?

• If you could position yourself for a secure financial

future would you begin today?

If your answer to any of these question is yes, then this

program can help develop your entrepreneurial mind.

Successfully charting your own course in the business

world requires well-guided effort, commitment, and

knowledge linked with effective communication skills

and leadership abilities. The Irvine Valley College

Entrepreneurship Program

can help you pursue and

implement your ideas,

whether you are starting your

own company or leading new

initiatives within existing

organizations.

Course Descriptions:

ENTR 200 - Pathways to Success

1 Unit, 8-Week Format

Promotes entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and

assists participants in developing a process for

transforming ideas into sustainable success. The course

includes individualized learning assessments designed to

assist the student in exploring their frameworks of

thought and entrepreneurial potential.

Entrepreneurship - Dream . . . Discover . . . Do . . . ENTR 201 - Creativity and Idea Generation

1 Unit, 8-Week Format

Helps students discover that creativity is a process that can

be learned. Students will explore the use of creativity tools

and processes to develop solutions for business problems.

ENTR 202 - Innovations and Opportunities

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format

Helps students develop mental frameworks that enable them

to link invention and insight as a means to create social and economic value.

ENTR 211 - Business Models

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format

Helps student understand the profitability and the process of

identifying business goals, developing strategic objectives,

critical success factors, and key performance indicators for

entrepreneurial endeavors.

ENTR 212 - Market Validation and Research

1 Unit, 8-Week Format

Explores a variety of available research resources, tools, and

techniques for collecting and analyzing market research data.

Students discover how to implement a market validation

strategy and learn how to do more with marketing while

spending less.

ENTR 117 - Social Media Marketing

3 Units, 16-Week Hybrid Format

This course introduces social media tools used for marketing

in business. Topics include use of social networking and

creating an online presence. Students create a social media

marketing campaign using Web applications, such as

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Also listed as CIM 217;

credit given in either area, not both.

ENTR 221 - Money, Accounting, and Finance for

Entrepreneurs

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format

Examines tools and practices necessary for entrepreneurs to

access financing, manage cash flow, and measure financial

performance.

ENTR 222 - Business Structure and Legal

Requirements

1 Unit, 8-Week Format

Examines the primary forms of business structure, i.e.

sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation, and

legal elements needed to comply with regulations and

guidelines of various governmental agencies.

ENTR 223 - Building the Entrepreneurial Team

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format Designed to help entrepreneurs build successful

management teams and personal partnerships with great

coaches, mentors, and advisors, who can help them to

make the most of their own potential and to develop

their business ideas.

ENTR 224 - Operations Management for

Entrepreneurs

1 Unit, 8-Week Format

Investigates differences between the entrepreneurial

environment and the operations environment. Examines

the set of actions that are necessary to produce goods

and services effectively and efficiently.

ENTR 241 - The Successful Business Plan

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format

Provides a systematic process for developing a business

plan.

ENTR 242 - Persuasive Presentations

2 Units, 8-Week Hybrid Format

Provides students with the opportunity to collaborate

and use business plans as the foundation for crafting the

story of their business that will engage others to be a

part of that story.

MGT 160 - Entrepreneurship: Managing Your

Business

3 Units, 16-Week Online & Traditional Formats

Introduces key elements of entrepreneurship and small

business development. Provides preparation for

individuals seeking to engage in entrepreneurial ventures.