Core Business Competencies Certificate

Core Business Competencies

Certificate Overview

Expand your career potential and prepare for strategic leadership roles with this distinctive online business certificate program. Designed for working professionals, this program allows you to earn college credit while maintaining your full-time job responsibilities.

  • Gain knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to provide greater value to your company.
  • Grow revenues, streamline costs, and enhance productivity.
  • Broaden your experience and perspective.
  • Be proactive rather than reactive.
  • Learn concepts you can use immediately for the challenges you face in the business world.

In this series of five courses, you will gain a strong foundation in fundamental business practices, including accounting, finance, legal and ethical issues, management, and marketing. Case studies are used to broaden you perspectives and experiences, and give you real-world knowledge that can be applied immediately on the job.

Curriculum

The curriculum emphasizes practical skills that businesses demand from today's management professionals. A total of five courses (15 credits total) is required to complete the Core Business Competencies Certificate.

The curricula included in the program provided me with a solid background, particularly regarding management techniques and the legal considerations important in the current business environment. The flexibility afforded by the online format was essential in enabling me to complete the program and provided me with a unique learning opportunity that I would not have otherwise had.

– Christel Beckers

Admission to the University is not required to earn the Certificate of Completion in Core Business Competencies. You can register for any course in the certificate program as long as you meet the course prerequisites. Prior CSU coursework can be applied toward this certificate, though transfer courses are not accepted.

Questions? Ask us.

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- or contact -

Frances Betts
(970) 491-0675
frances.betts@colostate.edu

Receive periodic emails about this program.

For curriculum questions:

Dennis Middlemist, Ph.D.
College of Business
dennis@middlemist.com

Certificate at a Glance

Delivery

Online. On-campus attendance is not required.

Total credits

15 credits

Tuition

$319 per credit

Time frame

Completion of the certificate varies based on the amount of credits completed each semester.

Designed for

Mid-managers, small business owners, non-business majors, and career changers seeking a strong foundation in fundamental business practices.

What you will earn

Upon completion of this series of courses with passing grades, you earn a Certificate of Completion. Individual courses, but not the certificate, will appear on your official University transcript.