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School of Business and EntrepreneurshipInnovation Certificate

  • Graduate Certificate
  • Hybrid

About the Innovation Certificate

Turn creative ideas into practical solutions with 51ÉçÇø’s Innovation Certificate. Designed for working professionals, creative practitioners, entrepreneurs, and career changers, the program helps you strengthen your ability to solve complex problems, explore emerging media, and develop new ventures in creative and innovation-driven industries. 

Through three graduate courses, you’ll learn to apply creative problem-solving methods, evaluate new media strategies, and develop ideas for products, services, projects, and ventures. 

Complete the nine-credit certificate as a standalone credential or apply all nine credits toward 51ÉçÇø’s Master of Business Innovation or 51ÉçÇø’s Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management master’s degree.  

Examples of Innovation Careers 

  • Innovation Specialist
  • Innovation Strategist
  • Creative Strategist
  • New Venture Developer
  • Emerging Media Specialist
  • Product Development Specialist
  • Creative Project Manager  

The Student Experience

In the Innovation Certificate program, you’ll develop practical skills you can immediately apply whether you’re solving organizational challenges, developing a new venture, exploring emerging technologies, or bringing new ideas to creative projects. 

  • Solve problems creatively 

    Use innovation frameworks and creative problem-solving methods to examine challenges, generate ideas, and develop practical solutions. 

  • Explore emerging media 

    Examine new media platforms, technologies, and audience behaviors while considering how emerging tools can support communication, engagement, and innovation. 

  • Turn ideas into action 

    Apply research, experimentation, and strategic thinking to refine ideas and create practical plans for moving them forward. 

  • Develop new ventures 

    Learn how to recognize opportunities, shape new concepts, and develop products, services, projects, or ventures for creative marketplaces. 

  • Balance work and graduate study The mostly online curriculum gives you the flexibility to balance graduate study with work and personal commitments. 
  • Make connections that matterJoin a cohort of creative professionals, entrepreneurs, strategists, and organizational leaders who bring diverse experiences to every discussion. You’ll gain new perspectives, exchange ideas, and build professional relationships that extend beyond the classroom. 

Career Advancement

The Innovation Certificate prepares you to solve complex problems, explore emerging media, develop new ventures, and bring innovative thinking to organizations across creative, media, arts, nonprofit, and business sectors. Through applied, practice-driven coursework, you’ll build competencies that support innovation, strategic thinking, and organizational growth. 

  • Apply what you learn

    Use what you learn to address challenges, evaluate emerging media opportunities, develop new concepts, and move ideas forward within your current organization, professional practice, or future venture. 

  • Expand your professional network

    Learn alongside innovators, entrepreneurs, creative professionals, and organizational leaders from a variety of industries and career stages who bring real-world perspectives to class discussions and collaborative projects. 

Alumni Success

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Shaping Creative Industries

Discover where a degree at 51ÉçÇø can take you. . 

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