Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration Specializations

Students may elect to enroll into any one, or more, of the following Graduate Business Certificates. These certificates do not lead to the completion of an MBA Degree; however, successful completion of the courses embedded within the Graduate Business Certificates can be applied to the MBA program. Students must adhere to the admission procedures of the Master of Business Administration Program to enroll into any Graduate Business Certificate.

The designated list of Graduate Business Certificates includes the following areas: Accounting, Business Analytics, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, Global Management, Health Care Management and Leadership, Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, Project Management, Sport Management, and Supply Chain Management.

Accounting Certificate

This certificate is designed to provide students with the course content necessary for a Certified Public Accounting Exam Review Course. Upon the successful completion of the Certificate and the Review course, students will be provided with a path to obtain their Certified Public Accounting license.  Additionally, it provides students with multiple career opportunities in accounting as students can also choose to pursue coursework that will prepare them for careers as Certified Management Accountants, Certified Fraud Examiners, and Certified Internal Auditors. 

*The program builds on a student’s undergraduate accounting experience and coursework by using graduate accounting courses to develop broader and deeper technical accounting knowledge

Business Analytics Certificate

This graduate certificate provides students the skills to analyze, understand, and interpret data.  Based on statistical methods, business analytics searches for new insights and patterns in the data to improve organizational performance.  The specialization is designed to equip students with business analytics and intelligence (BI) skills, which is a broad category of analytical techniques, technologies, and applications for accessing, and analyzing data to help users make better business decisions. 

This certificate requires the successful completion of the four courses listed below.

Digital Marketing Certificate

This certificate introduces students to the skills needed for success in the digital marketing field. Students will work on various simulations, create ads, and monitor/interpret results. The digital marketing curriculum will include pay-per-click (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), web development, and email marketing.

Entrepreneurship Certificate

This graduate certificate provides students with the fundamental skills needed to start, fund, and run their own business.  Students learn the techniques used by successful entrepreneurs for idea creation, feasibility analysis, business planning, and funding options. 

This certificate requires successful completion of two (2) required courses and two (2) elective courses listed below.

Financial Management Certificate

This certificate provides a global perspective to financial markets, risk, and return.  Special emphasis is placed on corporate financial management, emerging financial markets, and global financial management.  Students learn how transition economies join the wave of globalization through liberalization of financial markets, deregulation of industries, and relaxation of policies governing foreign direct investment.

Global Management Certificate

This graduate certificate offers a thorough understanding of globalization of firms, industries, and markets.  Core principles of international business and international finance are applied through practical analyses of major industries.  Suitable strategies are developed for building a portfolio of competitive advantages and ensuring future success. 

This certificate requires successful completion of one (2) required courses and two (2) electives listed below.

Health Care Management and Leadership Certificate

This graduate certificate provides students with both the theoretical knowledge associated with health care management and leadership plus a set of practical tools to aid in the challenges faced or may be faced in this dynamic industry.  Through real world scenarios of how to incorporate solutions and weekly health care related current events discussions, students are able to gain more than a clinical perspective into the world of healthcare management. 

This certificate requires successful completion of the four courses listed below.

Human Resource Management Certificate

This graduate certificate offers students the opportunity to create strategic human resource plans, initiatives, and activities to meet organizational needs and significantly impact the success of an organization.  Key topic areas include creating and implementing strategic human resources initiatives; evaluating the effectiveness and financial impact of human resource activities; talent recruitment, training, development, management, reward and retention strategies; effective labor relations practices; and creating healthy, safe, and compliant work environments. 

This certificate requires successful completion of two (2) required courses and two (2) electives listed below.

Management Information Systems Certificate

This graduate certificate is designed to equip students to manage technology to solve business problems, transform business processes, and assist in decision making.  The courses are designed to provide students with a broad understanding of business analytics and intelligence, data modeling, information system strategy, e-commerce and Structured Query Language. 

This certificate requires the successful completion of the four courses listed below.

Project Management Certificate

This graduate certificate provides students with a comprehensive overview of the tools needed to prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.  The courses are designed to equip students with necessary techniques of managing resources, applying specialized knowledge, and using techniques and methodologies to meet today’s changing business needs and objectives. 

This certificate requires the successful completion of the four courses listed below. 

Sport Management Certificate

This graduate certificate provides students with the specific application of business concepts to the field of sport.  The certificate is designed to meet the accreditation guidelines established by the Committee on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).  This certificate provides students not only with the critical skills necessary to succeed in the sport industry, but numerous field experiences to apply those skills in “real world” sport settings.  Faculty work closely with students to provide a quality learning experience in the sport organization of their choice. 

This certificate requires successful completion the courses listed below.

Supply Chain Management Certificate

This graduate certificate will introduce students to the importance of purchasing, logistics, warehousing, inventory, and more.  This certificate is ideal for students seeking a leadership role within the Supply Chain industry, students that work in a career that calls for collaboration with professionals in this field, or students who want to become more knowledgeable on the supply chain management systems in general.

This certificate requires the successful completion of the four courses listed below.

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