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Free-Standing Graduate Certificates

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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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Sales Management and Business Development 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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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We are not currently accepting new applications to the Investment Management program. Please contact mba@uhd.edu with any questions or concerns.

 

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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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
6102 Graduate Colloquium (required for all concentrations) 1
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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.

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