Interdisciplinary Students
Earn a graduate certificate during your master's program
D'Amore-McKim offers graduate students at other Northeastern colleges the ability to complete a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship as a part of your master's curriculum.
Careful curriculum planning with your academic advisor is essential to ensure you're eligible and ready to start your business coursework.
Business skills prepare you to make an impact
Are you fascinated by the world of tech start-ups? Do you scribble innovative business ideas in the margins of your notebooks? Have you always wondered how entrepreneurs find and secure corporate and venture capital?
Interdisciplinary student status allows you to pursue your business interests, add new skills to your resume, and earn another credential without adding additional credits to your graduate course load. Through your certificate studies, you will learn effective communication techniques, develop additional confidence with project-based work, and hone your problem-solving abilities. Additionally, you will deepen your understanding of the tech industry.
Above all, a graduate certificate will enhance your master's degree by encouraging you to think like an entrepreneur. No matter where your career takes you, you'll find that the creative thinking taught at D'Amore-McKim gives you an extra advantage—whether in the board room, at the drafting board, or behind the news desk.
As an engineer, I wanted to learn how business works in real life so I can be ready to work on a corporate level whenever it's needed. I was able to become an interdisciplinary student which meant that I could earn my Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship at the same time.
Yazeed Bokhari, GC in Entrepreneurship/MS in Engineering Management
Curriculum
The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship requires 12 credits. You may be able to count courses as electives in your degree program or add them and earn a certificate concurrent to your master's program.
Eligibility
Timing
You're eligible to enroll in D'Amore-McKim's business courses after completing your first semester.
Pre-approved masters programs
If you are earning your Master of Science in Engineering Management or Master of Arts in Journalism, you may apply by submitting this Internal Graduate Certificate Application. This process requires no additional application, test scores, transcripts, or approvals.
Approval-required masters programs
If you're enrolled in a master's program at Northeastern and wish to build business skills, your first step is to consult with your academic advisor early in your program, ideally in the first semester. This discussion is crucial as business credits might fulfill degree elective requirements.
Upon receiving approval, you'll simply complete a simple Internal Graduate Certificate Application, without the necessity for additional applications, test scores, or transcripts.