Graduate Management Certification at Anderson School of Management
Management Certification for Professionals That Applies Toward an MBA
Earn a qualification now that you can apply toward an MBA later. Anderson School of Management's graduate management certifications help you quickly strengthen your business skills to advance your career. Certificates are ideal for working professionals who want to build on undergraduate or graduate work by advancing knowledge in areas like accounting or management.
You may apply up to 15 credit hours from your certificate program to the UNM MBA or Master's in Accounting business management degrees.
Whether you select the program's taxation track or pursue a management fundamentals track, you can enhance your professional development as a:
- Director
- Manager
- Consultant
- Accountant
- Organizational Leader
Complete the Certificates on Your Schedule
Anderson's graduate management certificate programs are flexible, allowing you to complete the work while also managing your work commitments. With in-person courses after 5 p.m. on weekdays and eight-week self-paced online courses you can complete anytime, you can move at the pace that works for you. You have up to seven years to earn your certificate, if you choose.
Transfer Credits Toward a Degree or Certificate
Graduate management certificates also can help you pursue Master's in Accounting or MBA degrees.
The 15 credits from the Taxation certificate can apply toward the Master's in Accounting degree.
Up to 15 credits from the upcoming Fundamentals of Management 1 or 2 certificate can apply toward an MBA.
Additionally, if approved, you may transfer up to six credits completed in a nondegree status toward one of the 15-credit-hour graduate management certifications.
Graduate Management Certifications Curriculum
Select from three graduate management certificate tracks, with one focused on accounting and two leading to fundamentals of management certification.
Track 1: Fundamentals of Management 1
(15 credit hours)
Broaden your expertise in critical issues ranging from analysis to organizational behavior through the following management courses:
- Data Driven Decision Making
- Financial Accounting and Analysis
- Managerial Economics
- Managing People in Organizations
- Business and Society
Track 2: Fundamentals of Management 2
(15 credit hours)
Continue your professional development by focusing on concepts such as technology and strategy. Management courses in this track include:
- Operations Design and Decision Making
- Managerial Marketing
- Financial Decision Making
- The Strategic Management Process
- Technology, Commercialization and Global Environment
Track 3: Taxation (15 credit hours)
This is an accelerated online certificate program featuring eight-week courses.
Accelerated Taxation Graduate Management Certificate
Build your knowledge of tax research or learn about personal tax planning. Focus on your professional development in a program that you can complete in as little as one year. The accelerated online program features three eight-week sessions.
Session 1 (Offered in Fall)
- Tax Research, Procedure, Compliance and Practice
- Advanced Corporate Taxation
Session 2 (Offered in Spring)
- Seminar - Personal Tax Planning
- Real Estate Taxation
Session 3 (Offered in Summer)
- Partnership and LLC Taxation
Admissions
Applicants to Anderson's graduate programs must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or international equivalent.
What is a rolling deadline?
We're accepting applications on a rolling basis. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and spots will be filled accordingly. We encourage you to apply early to secure your spot. Applications submitted after all spots have been filled will be considered for the following term.
Find out more and apply now!
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Questions?
Contact andersongrad@unm.edu.
