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Certificates

Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to a) impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or b) produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or c) provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field.

We offer certificate programs in the following areas:

  • Accounting
  • Human Resources
  • Information Systems Management
  • Sports Management
  • Supply Chain Management

Requirements for each include:

Accounting Certificate (36 units)

1. ACCT 211 Introductory Accounting I (4)
2. ACCT 212 Introductory Accounting II (4)

Note: Students may substitute the following course for ACCT 211 & 212:
ACCT 503 Financial Accounting

3. ACCT 315 Accounting Information Systems (4)
4. ACCT 347 Management Accounting and Decision Making (4)
5. ACCT 372 Intermediate Accounting (4)
6. ACCT 373 Problem Areas in Intermediate Accounting (4)
7. ACCT 426 Introduction to Taxation (4)
8. ACCT 440 Financial Statement Auditing (4)
9. Four units chosen in consultation with an advisor from:

ACCT 441 EDP Auditing and Control (4)
ACCT 442 Internal and Operational Auditing (4)
ACCT 444 Accounting Law, Ethics, and Institutions (4)
ACCT 536 Corporate and Partnership Taxation (4)
ACCT 539 Advanced Accounting (4)
ACCT 556 Estates and Gifts and other Specialized Taxation Topics (4)
ACCT 568 Accounting for Government and Not-for-Profit Organizations (4)
ACCT 574 Reporting Issues in Intermediate Accounting (4)
ACCT 590 Seminar in Accounting (4)

Human Resources Certificate (24 units)

1. MGMT 302 Management and Organizational Behavior (4)
2. MGMT 455 Human Resources Management (4)
3. MGMT 456 Psychology of Human Resources (4)
4. MGMT 457 Industrial and Labor Relations (4)
5. MGMT 458 Fair Employment Practices (4)
6. Four units of upper-division elective coursework chosen with the approval of a
Management Department advisor.

Information Systems Management Certificate (32 units)

Lower-division requirements (16 units)
1. INFO 102 Introduction to Information Technology (2)
2. INFO 103 Using Information Technology Applications (2)
3. Twelve units chosen from any INFO 100- and 200-level courses.
Upper-division requirements (16 units)
1. INFO 309 Information Management (4)
2. Twelve units chosen from any INFO 300-, 400- and 500-level courses.


Sports Management Certificate (28 units)

Lower-division requirements (16 units)
1. MGMT 531 Sports Management (4)
2. MGMT 533 Sports and Hospitality Business Law (4)
3. MGMT 575 Internship in Management (4)
4. MKTG 525 Sports and Entertainment Marketing (4)
5. Twelve units of electives chosen from:

INFO 378 Information Problem Solving and Risk Management (4)
MGMT 335 Business and Society (4)
MGMT 350 Administrative Communications (4)
MGMT 451 Organization and Management Theory (4)
MGMT 455 Human Resources Management (4)
SCM 350 Applied Decision Analysis (4)

Supply Chain Management Certificate (32 units)

1. SCM 205 Enterprise Systems (4)
2. SCM 210 Applied Business Statistics (4)
3. SCM 304 Principles of Supply Chain Management (4)
4. SCM 350 Applied Decision Analysis (4)
5. SCM 470 Supply Chain Management (4)
6. SCM 480 Quality Management (4)
7. SCM 490 Logistics Strategy (4)
8. Four units chosen from:

INFO 477 Decision Support Systems (4)
SCM 405 Advanced Enterprise Systems (4)