Graduate Business Certificate
The Graduate Business Certificate is a certificate program that provides graduates of accredited programs at either the undergraduate or graduate level the opportunity to update their professional profile, develop new skills, and potentially advance in their career. In addition, applicants could update their business education and explore new career paths in teaching by meeting the typical institutional standard of having earned a minimum of 18 graduate hours in a discipline in order to teach a college-level course. The Graduate Business Certificate provides business professionals who hold master’s degrees in business with a means for keeping up with the ever-changing business environment and remaining competitive.
Graduate Business Certificate Emphasis Options
Accounting*
Economics
Finance
Healthcare Management
Human Resources
International Business
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Sport Management
*Undergraduate MAcc prerequisites are required.
Requirements
The Graduate Business Certificate requires a bachelor’s degree in business and completion of 18 graduate credit hours (six courses) in the area of emphasis, at least twelve of which must be earned at Gardner-Webb University. Students will be allowed to take more than the minimum number of credit hours if they want. Students can transfer in up to six hours toward the 18-hour requirement for the certificate. Accounting emphasis students should meet the prerequisite requirements of the MAcc program in order to take Graduate Business Certificate in accounting courses.
For Graduate Business Certificate policies on grades and reports and transfer courses while on suspension and probation, see the Academic Information section of the Catalog.
Application and Admission Requirements
The application and admission requirements are the same as the MBA, MAcc, IMBA, and MAcc.
Graduation Application Requirements
Upon completion of certification requirements, candidates are required to apply for graduation and pay the Graduate Certificate Fee. Candidates applying past the deadline for the semester in which they completed their certificate requirements will be charged the Late Graduate Certificate Fee.
Graduate Business Certificate Emphasis Options (18 hours)
Accounting
Choose six of the following.
Economics
Choose six of the following.
| BADM 610 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| BADM 611 | Health Care Economics | 3 |
| BADM 645 | Seminar in International Economics | 3 |
| BADM 648 | Seminar in Economic Development | 3 |
| BADM 692 | Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | 3 |
| BADM 696 | Topics in Economics | 3 |
| INTL 653 | Seminar in International Trade (IMBA Capstone Course) | 3 |
Finance
Choose six of the following.
| ACCT 620 | Cases in Financial/Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BADM 620 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| BADM 621 | Investment and Portfolio Management | 3 |
| BADM 622 | Financial Institution Management | 3 |
| BADM 692 | Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | 3 |
| BADM 697 | Topics in Finance | 3 |
| INTL 651 | International Finance | 3 |
Healthcare Management
Choose six of the following.
Human Resources Management
Choose six of the following.
International Business
Choose six of the following.
Management Information Systems
Choose six of the following.
| ACCT 610 | Advanced Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| BADM 634 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BADM 637 | Technical Trends in Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BADM 639 | E-Commerce and Internet Law | 3 |
| BADM 647 | Advanced Database and System Development | 3 |
| BADM 660 | Advanced Data Communications, Networking, and Business Programming | 3 |
| BADM 698 | Topics in Management Information Systems | 3 |
Sport Management
Choose six of the following.
Marketing
Choose six of the following.
Total Credit Hours: 18