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Campus Certificate Program
In today's fast-paced world, individuals frequently find themselves in new positions that require additional or updated education. Whether you already have a MBA and want to broaden your background in a specific field, are interested in just taking courses in a specific field, or are interested in a starting point for a MBA , the Graduate Certificate program offered by the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs may be the perfect solution for you.
Graduate Certificate courses are taught by full-time, doctorally qualified faculty of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
The following Graduate Certificates in Business are available on campus:
- Business Administration
- Accounting
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Service Management
- Technology Management
The Program
A curriculum change has been implemented that will effect all students who are admitted in Summer 2008 and forward. Therefore, if you are a certificate student who was admitted before this date you can contact the MBA Advising office for questions about your curriculum.
Each graduate certificate consists of a minimum of 12 hours of graduate course work in a specific field of study, in addition to any required prerequisites. Students may take the prerequisites at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
All course work required for a certficate must be completed within three calendar years after the first semester a student enrolls in classes. (The three calendar year time frame begins with a student's first 600 level course.)
Certificate students may use the completed course work towards an MBA degree. All course work for the MBA must be completed within five calendar years after the first semester a student enrolls in classes.
Course Requirements
Requirements for each of the Certificate options are outlined below:
Business Administration: 18 Credit Hours
ACCT 610 Accounting for Decision Making
FNCE 600 Corporate Financial Management
INFS 600 Information Systems
MGMT 600 Leading and Managing in Changing Times
MKTG 600 Marketing Strategy
OPTM 600 Operations: Competing Through Capabilities*Prerequisites: ACCT 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for ACCT 610. ACCT 550, BUAD 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for FNCE 600, and ACCT 610 is a corequisite. ACCT 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for OPTM 600.
Accounting: 12 Credit Hours
Designed for individuals with an accounting and/or business background
ACCT 601 Seminar: Financial Accounting Theory
ACCT 611 Seminar: Managerial Accounting Issues
ACCT 661 Seminar: Issues in Auditing
ACCT 67X ACCT elective
*Prerequisites: ACCT 201, 202, 301, 302, and 311 or equivalent. QUAN 550 is a prerequisite for ACCT 610.
Finance: 12 Credit Hours
FNCE 600 Corporate Financial Management
Select 3 of the following:
FNCE 610 Problems and Policies in Financial Mgmt.
FNCE 620 Investment Management & Analysis
FNCE 640 International Financial Management
FNCE 650 Managerial Economics & the Business Cycle
*Prerequisites: ACCT 550, BUAD 550, and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for FNCE 600, and ACCT 610 is a corequisite. FNCE 600 is a prerequisite for FNCE 610, FNCE 620, FNCE 640, and FNCE 650.
International Business: 12 Credit Hours
Select 4 of the following:
BUAD 690 Managing in Global Markets
FNCE 640 International Financial Management
MKTG 690 International Marketing and Export Mgmt
BUAD 699 Regional Business Environment - Europe
*Prerequisites: FNCE 600 is prerequisite for FNCE 640. MKTG 600 is a prerequisite for MKTG 690. BUAD 699 is an international trip and requires instructor approval.
Management: 12 Credit Hours
MGMT 600 Leading and Managing in Changing Times
Select 3 of the following:
MGMT 610 Development of Groups and Organizations
MGMT 630 Managing Human Resources for Competitive Advantage
MGMT 620 Managing Organization Development and Change
MGMT 640 Legal and Social Issues in Human Resources*Prerequisites: MGMT 600 is a prerequisite for MGMT 620.
Marketing: 12 Credit Hours
MKTG 600 Marketing Strategy
Choose any 3 of the following:
MKTG 630 Marketing Research and Decision Making
MKTG 640 Services Marketing
MKTG 650 Marketing Communications
MKTG 670 E-Commerce
MKTG 690 International Marketing and Export Mgmt.
*Prerequisites: MKTG 600 is a prerequisite for MKTG 630, 650, and 690. QUAN 550 is a prerequisite for MKTG 630.
Operations Management: 12 Credit Hours
OPTM 600 Operations: Competing through Capabilities
Select 3 of the following:
OPTM 610 Customer-Focused Processes: Quality Mgmt. And Metrics
OPTM 620 Managing Supply Chains
OPTM 630 Managing Projects for Competitive Advantage
BUAD 670 World Class Service Management
*Prerequisites: ACCT 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for OPTM 600 and OPTM 630. OPTM 600 is a prerequisite for OPTM 610 and OPTM 620.
Service Management: 12 Credit Hours
BUAD 670 World Class Service Management
MKTG 640 Services Marketing
MKTG 630 Marketing Research for Decision Making
OPTM 610 Customer-Focused Processes: Quality Mgmt. and Metrics
*Prerequisites: MKTG 600 is a prerequisite for MKTG 630. OPTM 600 is a prerequisite for OPTM 610. ACCT 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for OPTM 600.
Technology Management: 12 Credit Hours
BUAD 661 Managing Technology for Strategic Advantage
BUAD 671 Transforming Technology Organizations and Employees
BUAD 680 New Venture Management
OPTM 630 Managing Projects for Competitive Advantage
*Prerequisites: ACCT 550 and QUAN 550 are prerequisites for OPTM 630.
