Non-Business Majors: Take Your Degree to the Next Level

In just 18 credits, you can learn the business basics, build a competitive advantage, and 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.

To declare a certificate or for more information, contact JabsAdvising@montana.edu or meet with a Jabs Advisor: https://www.montana.edu/business/oss/advisingappt.html.

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.

It 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. Full list of courses is available in the course catalog: https://catalog.montana.edu/undergraduate/business/business-minors/business-certificate/index.html.

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.

It is available to degree seeking MSU students; it is not available to business majors or to students pursuing the entrepreneurship & small business management minor.

The Entrepreneurship Certificate consists of a total of 18 credits (four required courses and two electives) that introduce students to basic concepts in business, finance, accounting, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Full list of courses is available in the course catalog: https://catalog.montana.edu/undergraduate/business/entrepreneurship_certificate/.