Certificate Programs
Graduate Certificates:
Accountancy
Business Ethics
Fraud and Forensic Accounting
Marketing Analytics
Master Personal Financial Planner (MPFP®) Certificate
Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
Taxation
Advanced Graduate Certificates:
Advanced Graduate Business Certificate
Certificate in Advanced Studies in Financial Planning
Certificate in Advanced Studies in Taxation
Accountancy
This certificate is intended for individuals who do not have an undergraduate business degree in accounting, as preparation for careers in various accounting fields. Students take four required courses and complete pre-program requirements as needed. Prerequisites must be satisfied for all courses. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have passed the CPA exam, or received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Students must complete all requirements within five years.
Students without two semesters of intermediate accounting and one semester of cost accounting may be required to take the following courses:
- AC 611 Financial Accounting Problems I
- AC 612 Financial Accounting Problems II
- AC 621 Cost Accounting
Business Ethics
This certificate helps students learn more about ethical thinking in business contexts, and develops the skills and expertise needed to work with an organizational ethics office or program. Students complete two required courses and two elective courses; prerequisites must be satisfied for all courses. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Students must complete all requirements within four years.
Required Courses
- ETH 700 Ethical Issues in Corporate Life
and one of the following:
Elective Courses (choose two)
- AC 766 Risk and Performance Measurement
- ETH 701 Internship in Business Ethics
- ETH 750 Managing Ethics in Organizations
- ETH 810 Research in Business Ethics
- IMP 722 Information Privacy, Policy and Strategy
- IMP 723 Information Security, Controls and Ethics
- LA 720 Law and Ethics in Business
- MG 630 Interpersonal Behavior in Management
- MG 645 Managing Organizational Change
- MG 656 Managing Workers in a Service Environment
- MG 661 International Management Behavior
- MG 670 Managing in a Diverse Workplace
- MG 671 Management of the Transnational Corporation
Fraud and Forensic Accounting
This five course certificate is intended for individuals who have an undergraduate business degree and are interested in this emerging area of the accounting profession. Students in this certificate build on basic accounting knowledge to develop skills in fraud investigation and forensic accounting procedures, enabling them to serve as an investigator, expert witness or litigation consultant. Prerequisites must be satisfied for all courses. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have passed the CPA exam, or received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Students must complete all requirements within five years.
Foundation Work
Students with a limited accounting background may be required to take the following course:
- AC 611 Financial Accounting Problems I
- AC 730 Business Process and Systems Assessment (or AC 731 if appropriate)
- AC 741 Financial Statement Auditing (or AC 742 or AC 744 if appropriate)
- AC 772 Principles of Fraud Investigation
- AC 773 Fraud and Forensic Accounting
- AC 701 Internship in Accounting (must be in the area of forensic accounting)
- AC 742 IT Audit (if not taken as the audit course in the required above)
- AC 744 Internal Audit (if not taken as the audit course in the required above)
- IPM 722 Information Privacy: Policy and Strategy
- IPM 723 Information Security, Control and Ethics
- LA 701 Business Law
- LA 725 Cyberlaw
Marketing Analytics
This certificate allows students with an undergraduate degree to gain essential marketing and IT skills. Students complete five required courses - four in marketing and one quantitative - as well as foundation courses as needed. Prerequisites must be satisfied for all courses. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Students must complete all requirements within five years.
Foundation Work
Students with a limited marketing or quantitative background may be required to take the following courses:
- PPF 501 Statistics (3 credits)
- PPF 502 Economic Environment of the Firm (3 credits)
- PF 506 Marketing Management (2 credits)
Required Marketing Courses
- MK 612 Strategic Marketing
- MK 711 Marketing Research and Analysis
- MK 726 Customer Data Analysis and Relationship Marketing
Required Quantitative Courses (choose one)
- ST 635 Intermediate Statistical Modeling for Business
- ST 625 Quantitative Analysis for Business and Finance
Required Marketing Elective Courses (choose one)
Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
The concentration in Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions is designed for professionals looking to gain a competitive advantage through the sound use of data resources. The concentration provides a solid grounding in applied statistical methods with emphasis on the use of appropriate software tools. The elective courses give students the opportunity to see how these methods are used in current practice in a particular business area. Exposure to real data takes places in courses in the concentration, in an optional internship, and in other courses in the curriculum where students with quantitative skills often fill vital roles in group consulting projects. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Students must complete all requirements within four years.
Required Course
- ST 625 Quantitative Analysis for Business and Finance
Elective Courses
Choose one of the following methodology courses:
- EC 621 Business and Economic Forecasting
- MA 611 Analysis of Financial Time Series
- MA 631 Mathematical Foundation of Quantitative Finance
- ST 635 Intermediate Statistical Modeling for Business
- CS 603 Object Oriented Application Development
- CS 605 Data Management and Systems Modeling
- CS 753 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
- EC 611 The Macroeconomics of Financial Markets
- EC 631 Market Structure and Firm Strategy
- FI 635 Fixed Income Valuation and Strategies
- FI 640 Equity Valuation
- FI 645 Derivatives
- ID 790 International Short-Term Program
- MA 639 Asset Valuation and Derivative Pricing
- MA 731 Applied Modeling
- MK 711 Marketing Research and Analysis
- MK 726 Customer Data Analysis and Relationship Marketing
- ST 701 Internship in Business Data Analysis
Taxation
This certificate enables individuals who have earned an undergraduate degree to gain essential knowledge in the foundation of taxation principles. Students complete three required courses and one elective course. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have passed the CPA exam, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam, or bar examination, as well as for those who received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Certificate recipients may choose to pursue the full MST degree without having to meet any additional admission requirements. Students must complete all requirements within four years.
Required Courses
- TX 600 Professional Tax Practice
- TX 601 Federal Taxation of Income
- TX 604 Multi-Jurisdictional Taxation
It is strongly recommended that students take TX 600 as one of the first courses in the program.
Elective Course (Choose one)
- TX 602 Transactions
- TX 603 Corporations and Shareholders
- TX 704 Federal Taxation of Income from Trusts and Estates
- TX 707 Pass-Through Entities and Closely-Held Businesses
- TX 711 Mergers and Acquisitions
- TX 731 Investment Companies
- TX 732 Intellectual Properties
- TX 733 Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business
- TX 741 Tax Accounting Problems
- TX 742 Affiliated Corporations
- TX 751 Tax Dispute Resolution
- TX 752 Research Methodology
- TX 761 State and Local Tax Practice
- TX 771 International Tax Practice
- TX 791 Practicum in Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Master Personal Financial Planner (MPFP®)
This certificate enables students who have earned a bachelor's degree to gain essential knowledge in the foundation of financial planning. Students develop a firm grasp of the concepts, tools and techniques essential to helping individuals meet life goals through proper management of their financial resources. The program comprises four courses: three required and one elective. Prerequisites must be satisfied for all courses. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have passed the CPA exam, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam, or bar examination, as well as for those who received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission. Certificate recipients may choose to pursue the full MSFP degree without having to meet any additional admission requirements. Students must complete all requirements within four years.
Required Courses
- FP 600 Professional Financial Planning Practice
- FP 601 Investments and Capital Accumulation
- FP 620 Trusts, Gifts and Estates
It is strongly recommended that students take FP 600 as one of the first courses in the program.
Elective Course (choose one)
- FP 610 Benefits, Compensation and Retirement
- FP 700 Investment Vehicles
- FP 701 Portfolio Management
- FP 703 Marriage, Separation and Divorce
- FP 704 Financial Planning for Non-Traditional Families
- FP 705 Elder-Planning Techniques
- FP 706 Psychology in Financial Planning
- FP 710 Insurance and Wealth Preservation Planning Techniques
- FP 720 Charitable and Estate Planning Techniques
Advanced Graduate Business Certificate
This certificate is designed for experienced professionals who already hold an MBA or an MS degree in business and want to continue building skills and expertise through additional study. Students complete at least four courses, along with any prerequisites needed. The GMAT requirement is waived for certificate applicants who have received an MBA from an institution that required the GMAT for admission.
The curriculum is a custom-designed selection of at least four graduate business courses at the 600 level or higher, and any required prerequisite courses. Students work with the appropriate program director to select courses that align with the student's academic background, work experience, and career development goals. All requirements must be completed within four years.
Certificate in Advanced Studies in Financial Planning
This certificate program is designed for experienced professionals who already hold an MS degree in business, an MBA or a JD. To receive this certificate students must successfully complete four elective courses from the MSFP curriculum.
Choose four
- FP 600 Professional Financial Planning Practice
- FP 601 Investments and Capital Accumulation
- FP 610 Benefits, Compensation and Retirement
- FP 620 Trusts, Gifts and Estates
- FP 700 Investment Vehicles
- FP 701 Portfolio Management
- FP 703 Marriage, Separation and Divorce
- FP 704 Financial Planning for Non-Traditional Families
- FP 705 Elder-Planning Techniques
- FP 706 Psychology in Financial Planning
- FP 710 Insurance and Wealth Preservation Planning Techniques
- FP 720 Charitable and Estate Planning Techniques
- FP 781 Internship in Financial Planning Practice
Certificate in Advanced Studies in Taxation
This certificate program is designed for experienced professionals who already hold an MS degree in business, an MBA or a JD. To receive this certificate students must successfully complete four elective courses from the MST curriculum.
Choose four
- TX 600 Professional Tax Practice
- TX 601 Federal Taxation of Income
- TX 602 Transactions
- TX 603 Corporations and Shareholders
- TX 604 Multi-Jurisdictional Taxation
- TX 704 Federal Taxation of Income from Trusts and Estates
- TX 707 Pass-Through Entities and Closely-Held Businesses
- TX 711 Mergers and Acquisitions
- TX 731 Investment Companies
- TX 732 Intellectual Properties
- TX 733 Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business
- TX 741 Tax Accounting Problems
- TX 742 Affiliated Corporations
- TX 751 Tax Dispute Resolution
- TX 752 Research Methodology
- TX 761 State and Local Tax Practice
- TX 771 International Tax Practice
- TX 791 Practicum in Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
