Post M.B.A. Certificate Program
The Pamplin School of Business M.B.A. program has a wide array of elective coursework and offers rigorous courses in many specialized areas that provide a unique opportunity for training and scholarship to graduate students.
Students can update an older degree, gain additional training, and add a new specialty to their skills by completing the post M.B.A. certificate program.
Students complete a 12 credit hour program in one of the following areas: entrepreneurship, finance, health care management, marketing, operations and technology management, or sustainability, and then receive a post M.B.A. certificate in that area. To be admitted to this program, students must hold an M.B.A. degree from an AACSB accredited institution, and submit the following application components: an application, $50 application fee, official transcripts documenting graduate work, and a statement of goals. The courses to choose from are listed below.
Degree Requirements
Entrepreneurship
| BUS 523 | Negotiation and Persuasion Strategies | 3 |
| BUS 544 | Managing Innovation and Technology | 3 |
| BUS 561 | New Venture Funding | 3 |
| BUS 570 | Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BUS 571 | New Venture Management | 3 |
| BUS 572 | Family Business Planning | 3 |
| BUS 577 | Technology, Entrepreneurship and Law | 3 |
Finance
| BUS 530 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| BUS 531 | International Finance | 3 |
| BUS 532 | Security and Portfolio Analysis | 3 |
| BUS 533 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 |
| BUS 534 | Derivatives and Risk Management | 3 |
| BUS 535 | International Economics and Trade | 3 |
| BUS 536 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
| BUS 537 | Applied Financial and Economic Forecasting | 3 |
| BUS 538 | Corporate Financial Strategy: M&A and Restructure | 3 |
| BUS 539 | Research Methods in Finance | 3 |
| BUS 545 | Project Management | 3 |
| BUS 553 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| BUS 561 | New Venture Funding | 3 |
| BUS 562 | Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| BUS 564 | Macro Economics in the Global Economy | 3 |
| BUS 568 | Income Tax Planning | 3 |
Health Care Management
| BUS 551 | Introduction to Healthcare Management | 3 |
| BUS 552 | Health Care Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 553 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| BUS 554 | Health Care Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 556 | Ethical Issues in Health Care | 3 |
Marketing
Operations and Technology Management
| BUS 505 | Introduction to Operations & Technology Management | 3 |
| BUS 540 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 542 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| BUS 543 | Decision Modeling | 3 |
| BUS 545 | Project Management | 3 |
| BUS 546 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| BUS 547 | Inventory Management | 3 |
| BUS 548/BUS 454 | Project Management Processes and Certification | 3 |
| BUS 549 | Business Data Communications & E-Commerce | 3 |
| BUS 550 | Excel Spreadsheet Modeling | 3 |
Sustainability
| BUS 510 | Economics and Metrics for Sustainability | 3 |
| BUS 513 | Social Responsibility in Organizations | 3 |
| BUS 526 | Sustainable Marketing | 3 |
| CST 591 | Seminar | Variable |
| ENV 501 | Systems Thinking, Resilience and Sustainabilty | 3 |