MSM Certificate Options
MSM students are afforded the opportunity to gain specialization in several areas: New Venture Creation, Supply Chain Management, Hospitality Management, Global Management and Business Ethics. The first four of these Certificates may be earned through graduate business elective credits. The last gives an opportunity to earn a certificate through extra-curricular participation in lunch discussions and guest speaker activities offered by the Poe Center for Business Ethics, Education and Research. All certificates are awarded by the Hough Graduate School of Business in the Warrington College of Business Administration and they are not minors or specializations that appear on the official UF transcript.
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Certificate in New Venture Creation
This certificate program, offered by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), is designed to provide Warrington College of Business Administration graduate students with the education and experience necessary to pursue careers in the new entrepreneurial economy. Anyone can start a business, but a well-informed individual is more likely to lead a new business into long-term success. This certificate, which requires 8 credits for completion, is obtained by taking specified courses for your 4 electives in the MSM program. The certificate is awarded at the end of the program once passing credits are verified.
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The center also offers free workshops, a business plan competition, guest speakers, and other extracurricular activities in which students can get involved.
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Certificate in Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management Program provides students with a unique educational opportunity to integrate topics from operations management, information systems, marketing and strategic management related to complex supply chain management systems. On completion of the certificate, students might be recruited by top consulting firms with ERP/supply chain practices, or by the larger corporations (Ford, CSX, Etc.), which need experts to address problems in a large-scare supply chain. To earn the certificate, students must complete eight (8) two-credit-hour courses for a total of 16 credits. Only 12 of the 16 credits will be counted toward the MSM program (one of them being the core course "Production & Operations Management"). The remaining 4 credits are additional, beyond the 32 required for MSM.
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Certificate in Hospitality Management
The hospitality industry is a fast-growing and very global industry that seeks to hire seasoned professionals for upper-level managerial positions. Through the coursework offered through Warrington's Certificate in Hospitality Management, students will gain necessary knowledge for a career within the hotel, theme park, casino, cruise line, and vacation/tourism industries. Courses were determined through talks with executives from industry and global professors who regularly do extensive research in the field. To earn this Certificate, MSM students must take a total of 10 credits (5 courses) over the fall and spring terms. Students following this Certificate will be required to alter the pattern of some of their core MSM courses. More details about specific course offerings and term placement can be obtained from the MSM advisor.
Certificate CoursesCertificate in Global Management
It is increasingly important that business students achieve a truly global perspective as they approach their lives and careers. To recognize students who pursue this goal successfully, the Warrington College of Business offers a Certificate in Global Management. The Certificate is available to all graduate students in the Warrington College of Business. The Certificate is designed for the student who wants a stronger foundation in the international aspects of the managerial disciplines and an opportunity to attend a foreign business school or complete other international work to gain a unique and global perspective. The Certificate is awarded upon completion of requirements.
Certificate CoursesEthics - Franklin Fellows (Extracurricular)
The Poe Center for Business Ethics, Education, and Research seeks to increase student awareness of the importance of ethics in their personal and professional lives. Through graduate and undergraduate classes, and through its activities and programs, the Center provokes thought and discussion of business ethics.
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