Mini-MBA Graduate Certificate
Program Description
The focused Mini-MBA Graduate Certificate is designed to provide professionals with practical, foundational business knowledge drawn from our comprehensive MBA program. This certificate efficiently equips learners with essential skills across key management disciplines, creating a well-rounded business offering. They will gain critical insights into the global business environment, learning how organizations operate and compete effectively on an international scale, and sharpen their ability to develop and implement impactful marketing strategies suited for today’s dynamic marketplace.
Furthermore, learners will build crucial leadership and organizational skills, understanding how to motivate teams, manage change, and foster productive workplace dynamics. Essential financial literacy forms the final cornerstone of the program, covering core accounting principles and the effective use of financial data to drive informed business decisions. Completing this certificate provides a robust understanding of core business functions, equipping learners with versatile, immediately applicable skills for enhanced performance and career growth.
Program Outcomes
Evaluate business situations and organizational performance by integrating insights from global markets, marketing strategy, and financial reporting.
Recommend data-informed strategies for market engagement, financial management, and organizational development, incorporating effective leadership principles.
Program Structure
Core Requirements | ||
BUS 6100 | Global Business | 3 credits |
ACC 6050 | Accounting and Financial Reporting | 3 credits |
BUS 6070 | Leadership and Organizational Development | 3 credits |
ENT 6001 | Essential Power Skills for Leaders & Entrepreneurs * | 1 credit |
MKT 6080 | Marketing Strategy | 3 credits |
Program Total: 13 credits | ||
* A four-week, one-credit seminar course represents approximately 10 hours of work per week. The time is spent on several types of collaborative learning, including synchronous and asynchronous work. The synchronous sessions are a mix of large-group and small-group breakout sessions facilitated by the course instructor. Sessions include simulations, role plays, and inquiry-based conversations. The synchronous work includes scripted feedback, personal and shared reflections, and individual assignments.
The late work submission policy does not apply to seminar courses.