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Management
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Today, many workplaces require knowledge of management principles from multiple disciplines. The online certificate in management at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ can help you gain knowledge and skills by focusing on fundamental concepts of business management and leadership, problem solving, and effective data communication strategies.
Program Highlights
- Gain skills: Gain knowledge and skills in fundamental concepts of business management and leadership.
- Prepare statements: Identify and analyze business transactions, prepare financial statements, and communicate information.
- Apply theory: Apply market theory and select microeconomic theories to real-world situations.
- Build knowledge: Study the skills required to effectively and efficiently manage employees and workflow.
- Explore policy: Study economic growth, technological innovation, unemployment, inflation, and monetary policy.
- Advance your skills: Use knowledge of technical, ethical, and security considerations to select and use IT effectively.
Required Courses
Take the following two required courses:
- BMGT 160
- (3 Credits, BMGT 110)
Choose four courses from the following:
- (3 Credits, ACCT 220)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 221)
- (3 Credits, ECON 201)
- (3 Credits, ECON 203)
- (3 Credits, IFSM 201)
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you learn about management principles and develop career-focused business knowledge.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Human Resource Management
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Gain the theoretical and practical knowledge you need to advance in the human resource field with the online undergraduate certificate in human resource management at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ. You'll learn how to resolve problems in the workplace, approach employees with a sensitivity to cultural diversity, develop reward programs, and help employees reach their full potential.
Program Highlights
- Apply business knowledge: Learn about human behavior, labor relations, and employment law.
- Manage conflict: Practice using negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and arbitration.
- Rely on data: Research, collect, analyze, interpret, and effectively communicate about data.
- Identify issues: Diagnose problems within a real organization and propose solutions.
- Recognize diversity: Understand differences in cultures and world views that inform human behavior.
- Employ best practices: Create, implement, and assess programs that foster workforce development.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, BMGT 364)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 300)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 362)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 400)
- Two supporting electives chosen from the following:
- (3 Credits, BMGT 365)
- (3 Credits, BMGT 464)
- BMGT 465
- HRMN 302
- (3 Credits, HRMN 367)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 395)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 406)
- (3 Credits, HRMN 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you develop leadership capabilities, grow your people skills, and add value to your career.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Data Analytics
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Employers are looking to hire professionals who possess data analytics skills and can inform and enhance decision-making within corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or the military. The online certificate program in data analytics at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ provides a valuable introduction to data science and can enhance your career opportunities. In this program, you will earn how to manage and manipulate data, create data visualizations, and use cutting-edge technology to gain insights from traditional and emerging data sources to make strategic data-driven recommendations that influence managerial decision-making and organizational outcomes.
Program Highlights
- Evaluate a business problem: Determine if data science can provide a viable solution.
- Apply leadership skills: Promote communication, ethical behavior, and quality performance.
- Implement methodology: Implement data science methodology including data extraction and cleaning.
- Execute best practices: Use diverse technologies in data science and artificial intelligence.
- Develop solutions: Incorporate data security, data privacy, and risk management best practices.
- Analyze ethical issues: Analyze social, global, and ethical issues and their implications.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 320)
- (3 Credits, DATA 330)
- (3 Credits, DATA 335)
- Take one of the following courses:
- (3 Credits, CSIA 300)
- (3 Credits, DATA 300)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you gain introductory skills in data analytics that can benefit you in a number of industries.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
