Post Graduate Business Certificates
The Pamplin School of Business's Post Graduate Business Certificate has a wide range of elective coursework and offers rigorous courses in many specialized areas that provide a unique opportunity for training and scholarship to post graduate business students.
Students can update an older degree, gain additional training, and add a new specialty to their skills by completing the Post Graduate Business Certificate program.
Students complete a 12 credit hour program in one of the following areas: entrepreneurship, finance, strategy, marketing, operations and technology management, or sustainability, and then receive a post Graduate Business Certificate in that area. The course options in each area is listed below
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to this program, students must hold a graduate business degree from an AACSB accredited institution, and submit the following application components:
- Statement of Goals
- Current Resume
- Official transcripts (from all previously attended academic institutions)
Degree Requirements
Entrepreneurship
| BUS 523 | Negotiation and Persuasion Strategies | 3 |
| BUS 544 | Managing Innovation and Technology | 3 |
| BUS 571 | New Venture Management | 3 |
| BUS 572 | Family Business Planning | 3 |
| BUS 573 | International Ventures | 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 562 | Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| BUS 564 | Macro Economics in the Global Economy | 3 |
| BUS 567 | Applied Portfolio Management | 3 |
| BUS 568 | Income Tax Planning | 3 |
Marketing
Operations and Technology Management
| BUS 505 | Introduction to Operations & Technology Management | 3 |
| BUS 519 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| BUS 540 | Process Analysis & Quality Management | 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 | Project Management Processes and Certification | 3 |
| BUS 550 | Excel Spreadsheet Modeling | 3 |
Strategy
Sustainability