Academic Planning
Program Duration and Course Scheduling
Candidates are expected to complete all requirements for the certificate within a three-calendar-year period from the date of the initial enrollment in the program.
Both day and evening classes are available to certificate participants. Day classes generally meet twice a week--each class meeting for 75 minutes. Evening classes meet once a week, Monday through Thursday, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business also offers two accelerated summer sessions with evening classes that meet twice a week.
Program Requirements and Standards
Certificate candidates are required to complete 15 credits of MBA elective courses of the candidate's choice. All coursework is taken with MBA students. Certificate students should introduce themselves to the faculty as already having an MBA.
To be eligible for the certificate, candidates must successfully complete all coursework and attain a minimum grade-point average of B (3.00).
Courses not to take in the CAM Program (because they are “core” courses)
ACC7000 Financial Accounting Theory
ACC7010 Managerial Aspects of Accounting
ECN7000 Microeconomic Foundations of Business
ECN7010 Macroeconomics and the Monetary System
ECN8200 Macroeconomics and the Monetary System
FIN7000 Managerial Finance
LAW7000 Business Law
LAW8200 Managing the Legal Environment of Business
MBA8500 Leading Dynamic Organizations in the Information Age
MBA8510 Financial Reporting and Corporate Finance
MBA8520 Customers, Markets and Marketing
MBA8530 Managing Operations and Costs
MIS7500 Deploying Information Technology Strategically
MKT7000 Marketing Systems
MOB7000 Strategic Management
MOB7010 Organizational Behavior
MOB8100 High Impact Business Communication
MOB8400 Competitive Environment and Strategy
OPS7000 Managing Operations
QTM7010 Statistics
QTM7020 Decision Support Systems
QTM8200 Applied Decision Models
QTM8400 Data and Decision Making
