Further refine your focus
Extend your expertise beyond your major and Academy to address some of the most pressing issues organizations face—now and in the future. Kelley offers three certificates for Full-Time MBA students:
Extend your expertise beyond your major and Academy to address some of the most pressing issues organizations face—now and in the future. Kelley offers three certificates for Full-Time MBA students:
The Certificate in Global Business Achievement will give you a deeper understanding of the cultural, economic and regulatory forces that affect multinational organizations. In addition to related language and culture class work, you’ll also expand your international perspectives through this program, participating in at least one global learning opportunity that fits your focus.
To qualify for the certificate, you must satisfy the three categories listed below, complete the coursework during your MBA program, and apply to the MBA Office for the certificate before graduation. Previous experience or training cannot be applied.
Category 1, Specialized Coursework: Three credit hours of global business courses, completed within or in addition to your MBA major or minor.
Category 2, Global Experience: Complete one of the listed opportunities.
Category 3, Language and Culture: Complete one of the listed opportunities. Language studies must be in a language other than your native tongue. English language training is not acceptable for this certificate. Culture study must be of a culture other than your native culture. American culture is acceptable for international students.
Courses must be approved by the MBA Program before they are taken.
Eligible Options | Category | ||
1: Course Work | 2: Global | 3: Language and Culture | |
D503 International Business Environments | Selected | ||
D590 Independent Study in International Business | Selected | ||
D594 International Competitive Strategy | Selected | ||
D595 International Management | Selected | ||
F570 International Financial Markets | Selected | ||
F571 International Corporate Finance | Selected | ||
G593 International Monetary Systems and Hedging | Selected | ||
M594 Global Marketing Management | Selected | ||
P561 Supply Chain Management and Technologies | Selected | ||
Approved study abroad program | Selected | ||
Recognized summer international experience (credit or non-credit) | Selected | ||
Global research project | Selected | ||
Approved work for a campus international center | Selected | ||
For-credit foreign language course | Selected | ||
Approved non-credit language experience (e.g. CIBER language training) | Selected | ||
For-credit culture course | Selected | ||
Approved non-credit culture course | Selected |
Product managers own the development and success of a product, working with engineering, finance, marketing, and operations to ensure the viability and profitability of the product. The Product Management Certificate will prepare you for an exciting career at the intersection of technology, business, and design.
Product management positions are found in many industries, although the role varies from firm to firm. Product managers need both product and business expertise as they make strategic decisions beginning with the creation of new ideas for products and continuing with the formulation of the supply chain and marketing strategies, all in the context of ensuring a positive cash flow.
Product managers must be able to work on teams and must have the skills to influence individuals and organizations without authority over them.
The certificate requires 15 credit hours from the list of courses below (or alternative courses approved by the Kelley MBA program). Interested MBA students should talk to their academic advisor before January of their first year.
Course # | Title | Credits |
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Project Management (required) | 1.5 | |
New Products Management (required) | 1.5 |
Course # | Title | Credits |
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Design Thinking | 1.5 | |
Creating New Venture Ideas | 1.5 |
Course # | Title | Credits |
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C575 | Effective Communication | 1.5 |
Financial Analysis for Corporate Decisions | 1.5 | |
Marketing Strategy | 1.5 | |
Legal Issues in Marketing Management | 1.5 | |
Business Marketing Strategy and Management | 1.5 | |
Consumer Insights | 1.5 | |
Pricing Management | 1.5 | |
Marketing of Technology | 1.5 | |
Supply Chain Management | 1.5 | |
Business Applications of Machine Learning | 1.5 | |
Big Data Technologies | 1.5 | |
The Business of Technology* | 1.5 x 2 | |
AI in Business | 1.5 | |
Power, Persuasion, Influence, and Negotiation | 1.5 | |
Management Consulting | 1.5 | |
Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation | 1.5 |
*Class of 2021 and forward: S535 The Business of Technology is a two-course class. If you do not take both semesters of S535 The Business of Technology (Industry Perspective AND Tech Trends), the course taken will not count towards the Product Management certificate.
With the Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship program, you’ll put your business know-how to work solving global problems—from building clean water supplies to improving opportunities in emerging economies. This is a cooperative program between the Kelley School of Business and the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
The certificate takes 18 credit hours of coursework—six of which are required courses. Of the remaining 12 credit hours, Kelley students must take three credit hours through the O'Neill School.
This certificate also requires participation in Kelley's GLOBASE (Global Business and Social Enterprise Program) or a qualifying internship in social entrepreneurship with a business, nonprofit or public agency.
Interested students should talk to their academic advisor about pursuing this certificate before January of their first year.
Courses | Required | Electives | School |
V559 Principles and Practices of Social Entrepreneurship | Selected | O'Neill | |
W508 Social Entrepreneurship | Selected | Kelley | |
W510 Sustainability | Selected | Kelley | |
A545 Introduction to Financial Statements Analysis and Valuation | Selected | Kelley | |
F509 Financial Analysis for Corporate Decisions | Selected | Kelley | |
F517 Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance | Selected | Kelley | |
J501 Developing Strategic Capabilities | Selected | Kelley | |
M512 Marketing Strategy | Selected | Kelley | |
M594 Global Marketing Management | Selected | Kelley | |
P552 Project Management | Selected | Kelley | |
P561 Supply Chain Management and Technologies | Selected | Kelley | |
W504 New Venture Business Planning | Selected | Kelley | |
W506 Entrepreneurship: Leadership and Practice | Selected | Kelley | |
W511 Venture Strategy | Selected | Kelley | |
W532 Organization Design Alternatives | Selected | Kelley | |
W574 Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Selected | Kelley | |
X574 GLOBASE: Business Leadership/Social Outreach | Selected | Kelley | |
X577 Strategic Client Project Practicum GLOBASE Leadership Team | Selected | Kelley | |
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V502: Public Management | Selected | O'Neill | |
V504: Public Organizations | Selected | O'Neill | |
V510: Government Regulation in Market Economies | Selected | O'Neill | |
V516: Public Management Information Systems | Selected | O'Neill | |
V519: Database Management Systems | Selected | O'Neill | |
V521: The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector | Selected | O'Neill | |
V522: Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations | Selected | O'Neill | |
V525: Management in the Nonprofit Sector | Selected | O'Neill | |
V526: Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations | Selected | O'Neill | |
V539: Management Science for Public Affairs | Selected | O'Neill | |
V541: Benefit and Cost Analysis for Public and Environmental Affairs | Selected | O'Neill | |
V542: Government Financial Accounting and Reporting | Selected | O'Neill | |
V558: Fund Development for Nonprofits | Selected | O'Neill | |
V560: Public Finance and Budgeting | Selected | O'Neill | |
V561: Public Human Resource Management | Selected | O'Neill | |
V562: Public Program Evaluation | Selected | O'Neill | |
V568: Management of Urban Government Services | Selected | O'Neill | |
V602: Strategic Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations | Selected | O'Neill | |
V622: Urban Economic Development | Selected | O'Neill |