Each of the MBA Concentrations can be taken as a separate free-standing Graduate Certificate. When the Graduate Certificate option is pursued, students may be required to do some preliminary work to adequately prepare the student to gain full benefit from the corporate-defined coursework.
Graduate Certificate options is specified below: (NOTE: All courses are 3 credit hours)
Accounting Graduate Certificate
|
6310 |
Advanced Taxation |
3 |
|
6312 |
Advanced Auditing |
3 |
|
6314 |
Accounting Research Writing |
3 |
|
6315 |
Advanced Accounting Topics |
3 |
|
6316 |
Professionalism for Accountants |
3 |
| 6318 | Industry Specific Topics in Accounting | 3 |
| | |
18 |
Business Development / Sales Management Graduate Certificate
| 6350 | Advances in Personal Selling | 3 |
| 6352 | Sales Negotiation & Communication | 3 |
| 6354 | Integrated Marketing Programs and Sales Force | 3 |
| 6356 | Sales Leadership and Managerial Performance | 3 |
| 6358 | Sales Management Strategy | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Finance Graduate Certificate
| 6360 | Ethical and Professional Standards | 3 |
| 6362 | Business Development and Communication for Financial Professionals | 3 |
| 6364 | Industry Trend Analysis and Behavioral Finance | 3 |
| 6366 | Capital Markets and Investment Planning | 3 |
| 6368 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate
| 6330 | Legal Environment of Human Resource Management | 3 |
| 6332 | Talent Acquisition | 3 |
| 6334 | Talent Management | 3 |
| 6336 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| 6338 | Strategic HRM | 3 |
| | | 15 |
International Business Graduate Certificate
|
6370 |
Risk Management |
3 |
|
6372 |
International Strategic Sourcing and Procurement |
3 |
|
6374 |
Ethics, Law and Compliance |
3 |
|
6376 |
International Logistics |
3 |
|
6378 |
International Banking and Finance |
3 |
| | |
15 |
Investment Management Graduate Certificate
| 6360 | Ethical and Professional Standards | 3 |
| 6362 | Business Development and Communication for Financial Professionals | 3 |
| 6364 | Industry Trends Analysis and Behavioral Finance | 3 |
| 6366 | Capital Markets and Investment Planning | 3 |
| 6367 | Investment Management Statistics | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Leadership Graduate Certificate
| 6340 | Leadership in the Business | 3 |
| 6342 | Effective Leadership Communication | 3 |
| 6344 | Personal Leadership Effectiveness | 3 |
| 6346 | The Leader's Role in Talent Performance and Development | 3 |
| 6348 | Leading High Performing Teams | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Project Management and Process Improvement Graduate Certificate
6381
|
Project Management Overview | 3 |
| 6382 |
Project Life Cycle-Initiating, Planning and Executing | 3 |
| 6383 |
Project Life Cycle-Monitoring, Controlling & Closing | 3 |
| 6384 |
Change Management & Leadership | 3 |
| 6385 |
Process Improvement Tools & Techniques | 3 |
| 6386 |
Process Improvement Applications | 3 |
| | | 18 |
Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate
| 6320 | Legal Aspects of SCM | 3 |
6325
| Decision Modeling for Supply Chain Managers
| 3 |
| 6328 | Logistics
| 3 |
| 6324 | Operations and SCM | 3 |
| 6322 | Leadership | 3 |
| 6326 | Strategic Sourcing and Procurement | 3 |
| | | 18 |
How are the courses in the Graduate Certificate programs different from those in the MBA Program?
They are not. In fact, the courses are identical. The Davies College of Business went to incredible lengths to understand company needs in each of the five areas. Further, the College is taking documented steps to be able to demonstrate execution in the delivery of the courses that comprise each of the corporate-driven concentrations in the MBA Program. It is the value that these concentration courses are going to drive to companies that is going to effectively differentiate our program and abilities of our graduates. The Graduate Certificates drive the same discipline-specific value to the students as is found in the MBA Program, just without the breadth that the MBA Core would provide. These Graduate Certificates are aimed at a market that needs the enhanced knowledge and skills that the various options can provide, but they don’t need and/or want the additional coursework the MBA Program would require.
Students pursuing a corporate-driven Graduate Certificate may have preliminary work that is required to prepare them to be successful in the coursework. Please see a specific concentration (above) to determine whether or not preliminary work is required.
