Business Fundamentals Certificate (0599)

The Advanced Certificate in Business Fundamentals is designed to provide the non-business undergraduate degree holder with a business background. The courses of the Certificate may be applied to the MBA degree program should the student wish to continue for that degree.

The Certificate is also applicable to those business undergraduate degree holders who need a refresher in business fundamentals either because they have been out of college for some significant length of time and wish to enter the MBA Program in the near future or who did not perform well enough in the undergraduate counterpart courses to earn waivers for these courses in the MBA Program.

Business Fundamentals program is comprised of 6 courses (18 credits) as shown in the table below.

Required Course (1) (3 credits)

MBA 500 - Business Perspectives 3 Credits

Elective Courses (5) 15 credits (3 credits each)

MBA 520 - Financial Accounting and Reporting 3 Credits
MBA 550 - Finance for Managers 3 Credits
MBA 560 - Marketing Management 3 Credits
MBA 570 - Management and Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
MBA 580 - Information Systems 3 Credits

Substitution Courses

To be used if a student has taken one of the above at the graduate level or received a grade of at least B in the undergraduate counterpart.

MBA 510 - Quantitative Tools for Management 3 Credits
MBA 530 - Economics for Managers 3 Credits
MBA 540 - Operations Management 3 Credits

Note:

All 8 Elective Courses are required for the MBA degree. The Certificate courses may be applied to the MBA degree.