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Essentials for Business Decision Making - Undergraduate Certificate

The Essentials for Business Decision Making undergraduate certificate provides a background for both experienced and aspiring business managers. For the business manager who may already have a degree in a field other than business, the program offers professional certification. For the person who aspires to be a management position, the certificate articulates well into the or the .

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Program Information for Essentials for Business Decision Making - Undergraduate Certificate

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Identify and define contemporary approaches to applied business and management practice.
  2. Develop and apply critical thinking, research and analysis skills necessary for professional success.
  3. Discuss various aspects of teams in business: team dynamics, different types of teams, meeting rules and management.
  4. Analyze and assess basic financial reports for evaluation and performance of a business.
  5. Apply principles of organizational leadership and management to ethical business practices.
Admissions for Essentials for Business Decision Making - Undergraduate Certificate

Admission Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.

First-Year Students on the Kent Campus: First-year admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the Kent Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework. For more information, visit the .

First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses: First-year admission to Kent State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent. For more information on admissions, contact the Regional Campuses admissions offices.

International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning a minimum 525 TOEFL score (71 on the Internet-based version), minimum 75 MELAB score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score or minimum 48 PTE Academic score, or by completing the ELS level 112 Intensive Program. For more information, visit the admissions website for international students.

Transfer Students: Students who have attended any other educational institution after graduating from high school must apply as undergraduate transfer students. For more information, visit the admissions website for transfer students.

Former Students: Former Kent State students or graduates who have not attended another college or university since Kent State may complete the reenrollment or reinstatement form on the University Registrar’s website.

Admission policies for undergraduate students may be found in the University Catalog's .

Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program. For programs with progression requirements, the information is shown on the program's Coursework tab.

Coursework

Program Requirements

Certificate Requirements
ACCT 23020
UC 10162
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
and INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
4
or ACTT 11000 ACCOUNTING I: FINANCIAL
BMRT 11000INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS 3
or BUS 10123 EXPLORING BUSINESS
BMRT 11009INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 3
or MGMT 24163 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
CIS 24053INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES 3
or IT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS
ECON 22060PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
Minimum Total Credit Hours:16

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Certificate GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
Roadmap

Roadmap

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.

Plan of Study Grid
Semester OneCredits
ACTT 11000
or ACCT 23020 and UC 10162
ACCOUNTING I: FINANCIAL
or INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING and INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
4
BMRT 11000
or BUS 10123
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
or EXPLORING BUSINESS
3
 Credit Hours7
Semester Two
BMRT 11009
or MGMT 24163
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
or PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
3
CIS 24053
or IT 11000
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
or INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS
3
ECON 22060 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
 Credit Hours9
 Minimum Total Credit Hours:16
Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • Fully online
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Ashtabula Campus
    • East Liverpool Campus
    • Geauga Campus
    • Kent Campus
    • Salem Campus
    • Stark Campus
    • Trumbull Campus
    • Tuscarawas Campus
    • Twinsburg Academic Center

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for Essentials for Business Decision Making - Undergraduate Certificate

Management analysts

10.7%

much faster than the average

876,300

number of jobs

$87,660

potential earnings

Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other

5.9%

faster than the average

1,361,800

number of jobs

$77,420

potential earnings

Notice: Career Information Source
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' . Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
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