Refresh your skills; broaden your expertise

Whether you want to update your skills or need to broaden your knowledge in a new area of expertise, a graduate certificate provides the opportunity to:

  • Revitalize your skills
  • Reposition your résumé
  • Recharge your professional network

To qualify for the graduate certificate program, there is no need to submit GMAT/GRE scores. 

FDU MBA alumni enjoy these added benefits

  • No application fee.
  • No additional steps — we’ll access your MBA transcript for you.
  • Opportunity to renew your contacts at FDU.

Academic Information

College of Business
Departments
MBA Programs

Certificate Requirements

Accounting

For professionals seeking to learn accounting practices and procedures, including activity, based costing, budgeting, standard costing, break-even analysis, capital budgeting, process and activity decisions, leases and income taxes.

Classes are likely campus-based on either the Florham or Metro campuses.

  • ACCT 6400 – Accounting Decision Making. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • ACCT 6630 – Intermediate Financial Accounting I
  • ACCT 6635 – Intermediate Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT 6640 – Advanced Financial Accounting
  • Choice of two courses (or 6-credits) of graduate coursework in accounting.

Students who have completed equivalent courses to ACCT 6630, ACCT 6635, and/or ACCT 6640 may be advised to take a different set of classes to complete their certificate in accounting.

Data Analytics

Classes are likely campus-based on the Metro campus.

  • DSCI 6400 – Data Science and Analytics. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • DSCI 6401 – Introduction to Supply Chain Management. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • DSCI 6920 – Python Fundamentals and Data Visualization
  • DSCI 6930 – Introduction to Data Mining and Machine Learning
  • DSCI 6940 – Data Analytics for Business Applications
  • DSCI 7006 – Data Analytics Capstone
Finance

For professionals seeking knowledge in managing an organization’s cash resources, financial planning, budgeting, creating matrices for enhancing shareholder value, setting investment and borrowing policies and managing an organization’s banking relationships.

Classes are likely campus-based on either the Florham or Metro campuses, or remote via a video conferencing platform and a communication and collaboration software service.

  • ECON 6400 – Economics for Business Decisions. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • FIN 6400 – Financial Decision Making. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • DSCI 6400 – Data Science and Analytics
  • FIN 6600 – Financial Markets and Instruments
  • FIN 6601 – Strategic Global Corporate Finance
  • FIN 6605 – Investment and Portfolio Management
International Business

For business and government professionals seeking timely information about the ways and means of conducting business globally.

Classes are likely campus-based on either the Florham or Metro campuses, or asynchronous online.

  • ECON 6400 – Economics for Business Decisions. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy. Up to two of the eligible three classes can be waived.
  • FIN 6400 – Financial Decision Making. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy. Up to two of the eligible three classes can be waived.
  • MGMT 6400 – Organizational Behavior and Leadership. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy. Up to two of the eligible three classes can be waived.
  • IBUS 6672 – International Business Management

Choose two of the following three options:

  • International Trade
  • International Business Finance
  • Concept of International Management
Leadership and Managing Innovation

For professionals seeking to improve their people management skills. The program is designed to build skills in leadership, team building and motivation of the workforce in the light of current human resource demands. The program builds knowledge of how business strategy impacts on organizational interaction with the marketplace and how to structure the workplace to enhance organizational growth and productivity.

Classes are likely campus-based on either the Florham or Metro campuses, or remote via a video conferencing platform and a communication and collaboration software service.

  • ACCT 6400 – Accounting Decision Making. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • MGMT 6400 – Organizational Behavior and Leadership. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • ENTR 6400 – Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • ENTR 6606 – Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation
  • MGMT 6605 – Leadership Development
  • MGMT 6607 – Leading Strategic Change and Sustainability
Marketing

For managers and practitioners involved in charting the direction of an organization and contributing to product-market decisions that create and sustain competitive advantage and impact on long-term organizational performance. The program is designed to build skills in defining an organization’s business, identifying organizational opportunities, formulating strategy in product pricing, distribution and promotions, and developing reformulation and recovery strategies.

Classes are likely asynchronous online.

Pharmaceutical Management

For professionals interested in assuming a leadership role in managing the challenging issues in today’s dynamic pharmaceutical industry. Courses emphasize exposure to the industry, government regulations, specialized marketing and managing within research and production-quality control environments.

Classes are likely campus-based on either the Florham campus, or remote via a video conferencing platform and a communication and collaboration software service.

  • MGMT 6400 – Organizational Behavior and Leadership. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • MKTG 6400 – Marketing Decision Making. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • MKTG 7702 – Sales Management
  • PHAR 6601 – Healthcare Systems and Policy
  • PHAR 6620 – Marketing and Sales of Pharmaceutical Products
  • PHAR 6630 – Management of Pharmaceutical Research and Development
Supply Chain Management

Classes are likely campus-based on the Metro campus.

  • DSCI 6400 – Data Science and Analytics. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • DSCI 6401 – Introduction to Supply Chain Management. This course may be eligible for a waiver following the Silberman College of Business waiver policy.
  • DSCI 6780 – Sustainable and Lean Six Sigma
  • DSCI 6820 – Logistics Management
  • DSCI 6840 – Global Sourcing, Procurement, and Negotiations
  • DSCI 7004 – Supply Chain Management Capstone