The Business Essentials for Managers graduate business certificate is for students interested in advancing their career into business management and the obtaining the knowledge to train entry-level employees.

Designed for professionals seeking advancement in organization, change of career into business management, or knowledge to train entry-level employees.  

Admission to the Program

Open to students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution with a satisfactory grade point average. Applicants must have at least one year of work experience. Applicants whose first language is not English are required to take and earn minimum acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and demonstrate English language proficiency. 

Certificate Requirements

• 15 credit hours of approved course work with grades of B or better. 

Grades of C or D in certificate program courses are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during each 12 month period. Students must complete the certificate within four years. 

Prerequisites

Passing grade in introduction to economics course. 

Course Requirements

• ACCT-600 Ethics in Business and Accounting (3) 

or 

ACCT-623 Business Law (3) 

• FIN-630 Financial Analysis: Concepts and Applications (3) 
• ITEC-601 IT Tools for Managers (1.5) 
• ITEC-617 Information and Technology (1.5) 
• MGMT-609 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource  Management (3) 

or 

MGMT-633 Leading People and Organizations (3) 

• MKTG-612 Marketing Management (3) 

or 

MKTG-632 Fundamentals of Marketing (3)