Program Overview

Business Administration Certificate Curriculum

The Business Administration Certificate program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of business principles and practices. The program requires students to complete a series of prerequisite courses, followed by a set of required courses.

Certificate Prerequisite Courses

The following courses are required as prerequisites for the Business Administration Certificate:

• ACCT 101: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
• DS 110/MATH 110: Calculus with Business Applications
  • CLEP Exam may be taken to have DS 110/MATH 110 waived
• ECON 101: Introduction to Microeconomics
• ECON 102: Introduction to Macroeconomics
• ISYS 263: Introduction to Information Systems
  • Prerequisite: DS 212 or GE B4 Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
  • Any basic quantitative reasoning class (ex., college algebra) can meet the GE B4 Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning requirement
  • CLEP Exam may be taken to have ISYS 263 waived

Required Courses

All Business Administration Certificate students are required to take and pass the following courses to meet certificate requirements:

• ACCT 100: Introduction to Financial Accounting
• BUS 300GW: Business Communications for Professionals
• DS 212: Business Statistics
• DS 412: Operations Management
• FIN 350: Business Finance
• ISYS 363: Information Systems for Management
• MGMT 405: Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior
• MKTG 431: Principles of Marketing

Roadmap

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability and prerequisites needed.

• Total certificate units required: 24
• Prerequisite units: 15
• Roadmap:
  • Semester 1:
    • ACCT 100
    • BUS 300
    • DS 212
    • ISYS 363
    • Units: 12
  • Semester 2:
    • DS 412
    • FIN 350
    • MGMT 405
    • MKTG 431
    • Units: 12
  • Semester 3:
    • N/A
• Alternative roadmap for students with no prerequisites:
  • Semester 1:
    • ACCT 100
    • DS 110 or MATH 110
    • ECON 101 or ECON 102
    • ISYS 263
    • Units: 12
  • Semester 2:
    • ACCT 101
    • BUS 300
    • DS 212
    • ECON 101 or ECON 102
    • ISYS 363
    • Units: 15
  • Semester 3:
    • DS 412
    • FIN 350
    • MGMT 405
    • MKTG 431
    • Units: 12

Preparation Courses

Global Business Communication Skills This topic is delivered as Global Business Communication Skills I and II. The two CEU courses are designed to prepare students for a successful job or internship search and the professional skills needed to excel in this internship or job. These classes are not required for the certificate but strongly encouraged enrichment options if you are planning to apply for graduate school, Optional Practical Training (OPT), an internship, or a job.