A new option is available for those seeking to enhance their careers and their education credentials. A graduate-level program, the Certificate in Professional Skills, was approved for 大象传媒 Western in December 2012.
Several of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 graduate programs are professional master鈥檚 degrees that contain a business component, and the new certificate features courses for 18 credit hours. The courses include management, marketing, mathematics and statistics, economics, and a capstone course that pulls all the courses together, according to Dr. Ben Caldwell, dean of graduate studies.
Dr. Caldwell noted that in some disciplines, students who earn bachelor鈥檚 degrees have not taken any business courses, and this certificate will give them a background in business. 鈥淭his will complement what they already have and augment their skill set.鈥� He said the courses are 鈥渧ery applied courses,鈥� where students use problems from a variety of disciplines and work in multi-disciplinary teams.
Additionally, anyone who earns this certificate may continue in several of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 master鈥檚 programs that have the business courses, and they are already halfway to their master鈥檚 degree.
鈥淭his certificate will bolster a resum茅, and give students an advantage in their job searches,鈥� Dr. Caldwell said.