(30 semester hours minimum)

The certificate provides additional courses as compared to the Applied Management Certificate to enable students to successfully continue in their career in entry-level positions in a variety of profit and non-profit organizations. These additional courses provide computer, accounting and legal skills as well as practical work experience through an internship component.

Learners who complete the Advanced Management Certificate will:

• Understand individual business disciplines and their relationship to the world of business
• Understand the principles of problem solving, including creative and critical thinking, and apply these to both business and personal situations so as to be intelligent decision makers, individually and in groups
• Understand the importance of synergy in and functions of management
• Know the importance of satisfying consumer needs and the central role of marketing in the business process
• Know how to utilize people as an effective resource for management
• Understand the U.S. legal system and those facets of law applicable to the world of business
• Understand the importance of business globalization
• Understand, create, and analyze basic financial statements
• Be able to apply computer skills to business

For more information, contact Program Coordinator Jennifer Oliver.