Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business’ Graduate Certificate in Business Administration helps students gain forward-thinking, relevant, in-demand business skills.
There are four ways to earn this graduate certificate:
Part-Time MBA Path
Students take six foundational quantitative and business classes from the D’Amore-McKim MBA curriculum in the Part-Time MBA Path.
Build Your Own
Students can align their courses to their professional goals by choosing one area of focus or widening their scope and building expertise on all business fundamentals as they build their curriculum.
Eight-Month International Student Cohort
Students take five courses as a part of an international student cohort. Students expand their business knowledge in financial reporting, managerial decision making, information analysis, and managing information resources.
Accelerated Four-Month
Students build business expertise in just one semester through our four-month certificate. Students can select any graduate-level business courses offered that semester, provided they meet course prerequisites.
Students may enroll in the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration for full-time or part-time study.
Part-Time MBA Path
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 6200 | Financial Reporting and Managerial Decision Making 1 | 3 |
| ACCT 6201 | Financial Reporting and Managerial Decision Making 2 | 1.5 |
| FINA 6200 | Value Creation through Financial Decision Making | 3 |
| HRMG 6200 | Managing People and Organizations | 3 |
| MGSC 6200 | Information Analysis | 3 |
| MGSC 6204 | Managing Information Resources | 1.5 |
Eight-Month International Student Cohort
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 6200 | Financial Reporting and Managerial Decision Making 1 | 3 |
| ENTR 6200 | Enterprise Growth and Innovation | 3 |
| HRMG 6200 | Managing People and Organizations | 3 |
| INTB 6200 | Managing the Global Enterprise | 3 |
| MKTG 6200 | Creating and Sustaining Customer Markets | 3 |
Build Your Own Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| In consultation with advisor, complete 12–15 graduate-level semester hours for which prerequisites have been met. Choose from the following subject codes: | ||
ACCT, BUSN, ENTR, FINA, HRMG, INTB, MECN, MGMT, MKTG, SCHM, STRT, and TECE | ||
Accelerated Four-Month Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| In consultation with advisor, complete 12–15 graduate-level semester hours for which prerequisites have been met. Choose from the following subject codes: | ||
ACCT, BUSN, ENTR, FINA, HRMG, INTB, MECN, MGMT, MKTG, SCHM, STRT, and TECE | ||
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required