Graduate Certificates

The Graduate Certificate program is for individuals who want to acquire specialized knowledge without completing a graduate degree. Certificate Programs are available a variety of areas and are designed to prepare business leaders for today's competitive global environment.

Each Certificate Program consists of 15-18 credit hours. Students are responsible for satisfying any prerequisite requirements for certificate courses. This may extend the number of courses required to complete the certificate program. Certificates are awarded upon successful completion of the required coursework, submission of the application for certificate, as well as a completed file, and payment of all tuition and fees. The certificate courses may be applied to the MBA or the MM degree programs if the student wishes to pursue either of those degrees and satisfies Graduate School of Management admission requirements. *Courses with prerequisites.

The following is a list of certificate programs and their requirements:

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Accounting
ACCT 5325 Intermediate Financial Accounting I*
ACCT 5326 Intermediate Financial Accounting II*
Select three Accounting electives
NOTE: ACCT 5340 & OPER 6370 may not be used.

Business Management+
MANA 6305 Value Based Leadership*
MARK 6305 Value Based Marketing*
ECON 6305 Economics & Competitive Strategy*
FINA 6305 Managerial Finance*
OPER 6305 Management of Operations*
+requires completion of all foundational knowledge courses

Corporate Finance
FINA 6305 Managerial Finance*
FINA 7310 Intermediate Corporate Finance*
FINA 7320 International Finance*
FINA 7330 Financial Forecasting*
Select one of the following:
ACCT 5325 Intermediate Financial Accounting I*
ECON 6310 Monetary and Fiscal Policy*
FINA 7325 Corporate Treasury Management*

Engineering Management
BUAD 6350: Intermediate Data Analysis*
OPER 6305: Management of Operations*
OPER 6370: Project Management
TECH 6370: Process Mapping & Management
Select one BUAD or OPER course from the following areas:
Engineering Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management

Entrepreneurship
MANA 6340 Entrepreneurship
MANA 6349 Managing a Growing Business
MANA 7345 Business Planning*
Select two Entrepreneurship electives

Financial & Estate Planning (CFP)
FINA 6350 Principles of Financial Planning
FINA 6352 Securities Analysis*
FINA 6360 Personal Risk Management
FINA 6365 Tax Planning
FINA 7355 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits
FINA 7360 Estates & Trusts

Global Business
Select 5 Global Business electives

Health Service Management
ACCT 6370 Planning and Control of Services*
MANA 6357 Ethical and Legal Issues in HCM
MANA 6359 Healthcare Management
MANA 7357 Contemporary Issues in HCM
MARK 7330 Services Marketing

Human Resource Management
MANA 6360 Human Resource Management* (Students with previous course work or work experience may elect to take Strategic HR Management)
MANA 6363 Employee and Workforce Law
MANA 6365 Staffing and Employment*
MANA 7360 Compensation Management*
MANA 7365 Employee and Labor Relations*

Information Assurance
IA CERTIFICATE 4011-4015
TECH 5350 Principles of Information Assurance
TECH 6350 Cryptography and Network Security*
TECH 6355 Trusted Systems*
TECH 6357 Securing Electronic Business*
TECH 7355 Information Security Risk Mitigation*
Students seeking Certificate 4011-4016 must also complete
TECH 7350 Managing Information Security

Information Technology
TECH 6370 Process Mapping & Management
Select four IT electives

Information Technology Service Management
TECH 5340 ITSM
TECH 6340 Advanced IT Service Support*
TECH 6370 Process Mapping & Management
TECH 7340 Advanced IT Service Delivery*
Select one IT elective

Marketing Management
MARK 6305 Value Based Marketing*
MARK 6323 Consumer Behavior
MARK 7325 Strategic Marketing
BUAD 8380 Applied Research Methods* (taken last)
Select one Marketing elective

Not-for-Profit (NFP) Management
ACCT 6370 Planning and Control of Services*
MANA 7370 Management of NFP Organizations
MANA 7374 Partnerships, Fund Development, and Sponsorships
MARK 7330 Services Marketing
Select one Not-for-Profit elective

Organization Development Certificate
MANA 6305 Value Based Leadership*
MANA 7367 Training and Employee Development*
MANA 7380 Organization Development*
MANA 7387 Power, Influence and Leadership *
Select one additional Organization Development elective

Project Management
OPER 6370: Project Management
OPER 7370: Technical & Project Management*
OPER 7377: Advanced Project Management Leadership*
OPER 7379: Quality & Financial Project Management*
Select one BUAD or OPER course from the following areas:
Engineering Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management

Services Management
ACCT 6370 Planning and Control of Services*
MARK 7330 Services Marketing
TECH 5340 IT Service Management
Select two courses from electives in the following concentration areas:
Health Services Management
IT Service Management
Not-for-Profit Management
Sports & Entertainment Management

Sport & Entertainment (S&E) Management
MARK 6340 Contemporary Issues in S&E Management
MARK 7330 Services Marketing
Select three Sport & Entertainment electives.

Strategic Leadership
MANA 6305 Value-based Leadership*
MANA 7387 Power, Influence and Leadership*
Select three Strategic Leadership electives

Supply Chain Management
OPER 6380: Import/Export
OPER 6385: Strategic Procurement
OPER 6387: Supply Chain Management
OPER 7380: Advanced Supply Chain Management
Select one BUAD or OPER course from the following areas:
Engineering Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management