The Business Administration Certificate serves as the core certificate building block of the Helzberg MBA. This certificate is designed to provide the fundamental courses needed to grow your career in business.
Program Overview
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The Business Administration Certificate is required for anyone seeking to complete the Helzberg MBA. This certificate includes courses in management, marketing, business intelligence and economics. This certificate is made unique by the competition of a Jesuit core values course, where you can choose from one of four courses: Leadership for Others, Spirituality and Values in Leadership, Ethical Leadership, or Corporate Social Responsibility. This is how Rockhurst brings the Jesuit culture to business. The Business Administration Certificate is 14 credit hours and can be completed online or in person.
Learning Outcomes
The Helzberg Stackable MBA is all about adding value to your education by allowing you to build and customize a degree that makes sense for your future. Certificates on their own hold value in the workforce by helping you meet your career goals sooner. You will work toward a full MBA degree by stacking two earned certificates and the foundational Business Administration Certificate.
Our faculty has developed the foundational curriculum of one of the best MBA programs in Kansas City into a stand-alone certificate – the Business Administration certificate. This and two additional specialized certificates make up the Helzberg MBA. Students earn a custom MBA with specializations in areas that are selected and flexible based on the direction you want your career to go.
In other words, flexibility has been built into every facet of the Helzberg Stackable MBA: Program Details
Required Coursework
Each course is 2 credit hours:
- AC 6110 - Financial Analysis (2)
OR - The AC 6110 requirement may be replaced with one of the following courses for students who were undergraduate Accounting majors or have documentation of commensurate experience (NOTE: some of the following classes have prerequisites that must be met):
- BIA 6302 - Data Visualization or BIA 6322 - Advanced Data Visualization (2)
(* Students who completed BIA 3000 Data Visualization during their undergraduate degree will take BIA 6322) - Performance Metrics and Dashboards (2)
- AI, Analytics, and Strategy (2)
- AI in the Workplace (2)
- Corporate Evolution in Venture Capital, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions (2)
- Managerial Communications (2)
- Global Markets (2)
- Conflict Management and Negotiation (2)
- Developing Leadership in Organizations (2)
- Organizational Development and Consulting (2)
- Innovation (1-2)
- Organizational Change (2)
- BIA 6302 - Data Visualization or BIA 6322 - Advanced Data Visualization (2)
- Business Intelligence (1-2) (*students who have already taken BIA 6300 for another certificate will take MG 6320 - Project Management (2)
- Competitive Analysis (2)
- Financial Strategy and Decision Making (2)
- Organizational Behavior (2)
- Marketing Strategy (2)
Select one core Jesuit values class: (2 credit hours required)
- MB 6001 Spirituality and Values in Leadership (2)
- MG 6130 Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
- MG 6230 Leaders for Others (2)
- MG 6920 Ethical Leadership (2)
Course Map
Course details are listed below via the Rockhurst catalog.
Additional Degree Info
Leadership
- Advanced Leadership
- Business Administration (Required for MBA)
- Change Management
- Justice, Belonging, and Community Change
- Nonprofit Administration (IP)
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Communication
Finance
Data
Health Care
* STEM-certified
(IP = In-person classes required)
(PR = Requires prerequisites)
Note: MBA students take Business Administration, then choose two additional certificates.
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