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Undergraduate Certificate in Business Management & Leadership

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Certificate in Business Management & Leadership Online

Credits: 15 Credits (630 Clock Hours)
Self-Paced: 8-month completion deadline
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Description

Washington Technical Institute's Undergraduate certificate in Management & Leadership is designed to help students and business professionals reinforce interpersonal skills that are essential for a management role. Management & Leadership has always been a desirable trait for every industry and is critical to advancement in the marketplace. Adding a foundation of management & leadership skills will enhance prospects and abilities in any business-focused discipline. Students will complete five, credit-bearing courses to complete the online certificate program. This program is 630  clock hours and offers 15-college credits from a regionally accredited institution.

Students will complete the following courses to earn the Undergraduate Certificate in Management & Leadership

BUS300 Introduction to Business
BUS302 Principles of Management
BUS304 Principles of Economics
BUS403 Managerial Accounting
BUS404 Business Ethics

What you Get

  • Online digital textbook access and comprehensive online resources and assessments
  • Access to highly qualified instructors that are experts in the field
  • Freedom to complete courses at your own speed in a self-paced learning format
  • Personalized career counseling
  • Access to MyPlan and résumé builder.

Popular careers in Management & Leadership include:

  • Business Manager
  • Operations Supervisor
  • General Manager
  • Entrepreneur

Ready to get started today? Enroll Now or call WTI toll-free: 1-800-371-5581.  *Courses start weekly, so there is no waiting to get started toward a new career.

According to usnews.com, an additional 151,000 business operations manager jobs will need to be filled by 2024. SOURCE: http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/business-operations-manager (May 6, 2016).

Washington Technical Institute is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools MSA-CESS and recognized by the US Department of Education and CHEA.

Features

Interactive Online Learning that Fits Your Schedule

At Washington Tech we understand that you have a busy schedule, and that you are looking for a school that will fit into your lifestyle.

We start new sessions every four weeks, and since there is no physical classroom to attend, you can do your coursework whenever and wherever you like, 24/7, via the Internet.

Program Starts

This program starts every day which means you do not have to wait to get started on your education! 

Technology Requirements

Students will need to have access to the internet as well as a computer that can work with the software used in this program. Using a Chromebook, tablet, or phone will not be possible for this program given the nature of the material. Most software used will be open-source, free downloads. However, students may need to purchase short-term subscriptions to software. The benefit of students purchasing this software themselves is that all the work they do will stay with them and they will have access to it after they complete their program with WTI. 

We, at Washington Online, understand that times can be tough financially so we offer all of our students the opportunity to utilize an interest free payment plan. To find out more information check out the tuition page

Tuition

Program Tuition includes:

  • 24/7 access to Washington Tech’s Online Classroom
  • All electronic resources/textbooks

Total Tuition: $2900

Available Payment Options & Financing

Financial Aid is available for those who qualify

  • Pay in full
  • Interest-free installment plan: $362.50 over 8 payments.
  • Employer Reimbursement (check with your employer)
  • Private loans & Scholarships

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Curriculum

BUS-300: Introduction To Business

In this up-to-date, comprehensive survey, BUS-300 addresses forms of business ownership, management and organization, human resources management, marketing, social media and e-business, information systems, accounting, and finance. Core topics emphasize ethics and social responsibility, small business and entrepreneurship and global issues, while new coverage examines the impact of social media on business, international business, green and socially responsible business, and sustainability

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

  • Define business and identify potential risks and rewards.
  • Identify the types of ethical concerns that arise in the business world.
  • Explain the economic basis for international business.
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of business ownership.
  • Describe the four basic management functions: planning, organizing, leading and motivating, and controlling.
  • Describe the major components of human resources management.
  • Explain why it is important for a business to use social media to promote their business.

BUS-302 Principles of Management

BUS-302 exposes students to a wide variety of Business topics. Specifically, this course addresses forms of business ownership, management and organization, human resources management, marketing, social media and e-business, information systems, accounting, and finance. Core topics emphasize ethics and social responsibility, small business and entrepreneurship and global issues, while new coverage examines the impact of social media on business, international business, green and socially responsible business, and sustainability.

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

  • Compare and contrast needs and wants, distinguish between goods and services. 
  • Define gross domestic product, describe economic measures of labor.
  • Describe importing and exporting activities and list factors that affect global currencies.
  • Discuss role of business in the U.S. economy, describe the three major types of business. 
  • Describe the levels of management in businesses and organizations.

BUS-304 Principles of Economics

In BUS-304, students learn basic economic tools and topics within the context of real-world issues. They see how economic issues are resolved nationally and globally with the course's unrivaled visual learning support, applications, and review. The latest updates introduce economic careers and the changing economic character of the U.S. Students examine pressing topics, such as federal deficit and national debt, income levels and fair pay for females, social networking, and gas prices.

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

  • Understand core economic principles and how they apply to real-world issues.
  • Explain theoretical and applied tools necessary to critique and create economic research.
  • Evaluate the consequences of economic activities for individual and social welfare.
  • Identify major economic characteristics of selected world regions.
  • Explain the concepts of scarcity and opportunity cost and how they relate to the definition of economics.

BUS-403 Managerial Accounting

This course focuses on three major themes: Ready, Reinforcement, and Relevance. BUS-403 adopts a concise, jargon-free, and easy-to-understand approach in which key concepts are provided in short segments with step-by-step instructions to simplify concepts. Since all students perform better when they can answer the “why” question, meaningful references to companies throughout the course help students tie the concepts presented in each chapter to real organizations. In addition, realistic managerial scenarios present an issue that must be addressed by the management accountant. These scenarios increase student interest and show how issues can be resolved using the concepts presented in the course.

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

  • Compare characteristics of financial and managerial accounting.
  • Distinguish between job costing and process costing.
  • Understand why organizations allocate overhead costs to products.
  • Identify how product costs flow through accounts using process costing.
  • Identify typical cost behavior patterns.
  • Perform cost-volume-profit analysis for single-product companies.
  • Describe the format used for differential analysis.

BUS-404 Business Ethics

This business ethics course streamlines the presentation of material to ensure that every page is relevant, engaging, and interesting to business students, without losing the depth of coverage that they need to be successful in their academic journeys and in their professional careers. This course contains not only substantive law, but also illustrative videos, interactive exercises for hands-on learning, and discussion questions for critical thought. The course also contains real world ethical dilemmas relevant to the topic under study. These features provide opportunities for students to apply concepts that they are learning in the context of relevant topics that shape actual decision-makers’ actions.

Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:

  • Explain the importance of individual integrity and responsibility in the business setting.
  • Understand the constitutional basis for the judicial branch. 
  • Define economic justice and explain what efforts can be made towards achieving it.
  • Learn how the Constitution resolves conflicts between state and federal laws.
  • Explore what employment practices are protected by the Civil Rights Act.

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