Our MBA students now have the opportunity to sharpen their entrepreneurial skills and assess and promote business opportunities thanks to a newly established concentration in entrepreneurship.

The Faculty of Business Administration is now offering a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with concentration in entrepreneurship. The new concentration will allow students to further specialize in this area, and to receive the designation on their degree when they graduate.

“This concentration in entrepreneurship is a great opportunity for our students, the province and employers,” said Dan Coleman, dean of the faculty of business administration.  “Students completing the concentration will graduate with the knowledge and skills to start their own ventures.”

Even if students do not choose to start their own companies after completing this program, they will be equipped with the entrepreneurial skills to recognize new viable opportunities for the companies they work for, and the tools to gauge the marketplace and assess risk effectively in uncertain and changing environments.

“Either way, the Province will benefit by having more graduates with entrepreneurial skills,” added Dr. Coleman.

The concentration in entrepreneurship will require students to complete a series of required courses in entrepreneurship in the second year of the two-year MBA program. Students who began their MBA in the fall of 2008 will be able to take advantage of this new option. Students graduating in May 2009 will also be able to receive this designation on their degree as long as they complete the prescribed courses.