Graduate Certificate in Business

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The Graduate Certificate in Business program is intended primarily for individuals with degrees in areas other than business, who are interested in learning some basic concepts of business or are considering the eventual completion of an MBA. (Students with a bachelor’s in business are encouraged to pursue the MBA program.)

The certificate may be earned in conjunction with a degree program or as a stand-alone credential. (Students pursuing a stand-alone credential are not eligible for federal financial aid and may not participate in Commencement.) After the student applies for graduation, the certificate is posted to the student’s official transcript and an official diploma stating the area of the certificate is issued.

Admission to the Program

Students pursuing certificates in business are admitted to the program using the same criteria as those currently existing for the MBA program with the exception of GMAT or GRE scores. Applicants should have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in their bachelor’s degree. The applicants must also have completed a college level mathematics, statistics, or quantitative course to be eligible for the program. Applications for admission are available from the School of Management Office, its website, or from the Office of Graduate Programs. Admission to the program is not granted until the application materials are submitted and reviewed.

Application Deadlines

Priority application deadlines are:

August 1 for fall entry
November 15 for winter entry
March 15 for spring entry
May 15 for summer entry

International applications are due:

May 1 for fall entry
September 1 for winter entry

Completed files received by the deadline receive priority in review; files completed after the deadline are reviewed if seats remain.

Completed applications should be received by the Office of Graduate Programs by the published deadlines. For additional information consult:
School of Management
University of Michigan-Flint
1 Riverfront Center West
Flint, MI 48502-1950
(810) 762-3160

Requirements (12 credits)

A minimum grade of B (3.0) is required in each course.

Four from:

ACC 521 - Accounting for Managers (3)
FIN 551 - Business Economics (3)
FIN 561 - Financial Management (3) (PR: ACC 521, FIN 551)
INB 585 - Global Dimensions of Management (3)
MGT 501 - Organizational Communication and Negotiation (3)
MGT 541 - Organizational Behavior (3)
MGT 552 - Nonmarket Strategy (3)
MGT 581 - Management Information Systems (3)
MKT 531 - Marketing Management (3)
SCM 512 - Applied Business Analytics (3)
SCM 571 - Operations Management (3) (PR: SCM 512)
At most one equivalent 3-credit course from another UM-Flint graduate program, with an approved petition to the SOM graduate programs committee

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 9 credits in the program must be completed at UM-Flint.

Students who received credit for undergraduate courses with graduate course equivalents cannot receive graduate credit for those courses.

Coursework more than 3 years old must be reviewed by the Public Health & Health Sciences Department for content alignment with current certificate requirements.

Certificate credits may be applied toward at most 1/6 the total credits of a relevant master’s program.

Note

All requirements must be completed within four calendar years of initial enrollment in the program.

An overall grade point average of at least 3.0 is required for program completion. A grade point average of less than 3.0 constitutes a sufficient basis for probationary status and, if the grade point average is not improved, dismissal from the program. Students with probationary status must make progress toward “good standing.” Failure to do so may result in required reduction in the maximum courses the student may enroll in or other actions. Courses with a grade of D or less must be retaken. Courses in which a grade below B is received may be retaken once for credit. In such cases, both the original grade and the grade received when the course is retaken appear on the transcript and are used in determining the student’s grade point average.