Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Administration Certificate

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The Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Administration Certificate program is designed to provide students who hold a doctoral degree in business or a non-business field with core knowledge in a business discipline outside their previous doctoral studies. Students explore such topics as marketing, business strategy, supply chain management, and compliance. This certificate program emphasizes business aspects in a global context and explores relevant trends students can apply in settings that include postsecondary education, research, and consulting.

With the exception of DDBA 8006 and DDBA 8161, any courses used toward the completion of a doctoral program cannot be applied toward the completion of the post-doctoral bridge certificate.

Certificate Requirements

Hold a recognized terminal degree in a business or non-business field
15 total semester credit hours
Foundation course (3 sem. cr.)
Core course (3 sem. cr.)
Specialization courses (9 sem. cr.)

Curriculum

Foundation Course (3 sem. cr.)

DDBA 8006 - Contemporary Challenges in Business

Core Course (3 sem. cr.)

DDBA 8161 - Business Strategy and Innovation for Competitive Advantage

Specialization Courses (9 sem. cr.)

Choose from one of the following three-course specialization sequences:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Global Supply Chain Management

Healthcare Management

Homeland Security

Human Resource Management

Information Systems Management

International Business

Leadership

Marketing

Project Management

Social Impact Management

Technology Entrepreneurship

Course Sequence

Semester	Course	Credits
1	DDBA 8006 - Contemporary Challenges in Business	3 sem. cr.
1	DDBA 8161 - Business Strategy and Innovation for Competitive Advantage	3 sem. cr.
2	Specialization courses (2)	6 sem. cr.
3	Specialization course (1)	3 sem. cr.

*Note: Students take courses in the sequence they are listed.

Program Data

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