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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, available starting Fall 2024 with university approval)

Broaden your expertise in critical issues ranging from analysis to organizational behavior through the following management courses:

  • Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions
  • Financial Reporting Systems
  • Economics for Managers
  • Organizational Behavior and Diversity
  • Contemporary Ethical and Legal Issues for Organizations

Track 2: Fundamentals of Management 2

(15 credit hours, available starting Fall 2024 with university approval)

Continue your professional development by focusing on concepts such as technology and strategy. Management courses in this track include:

  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Operations Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Financial Management
  • >Strategic Management

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.

Find out more and apply now!

Application Deadlines

Summer 2024
April 15, 2024
Fall 2024-1H
July 15, 2024
Fall 2024-2H
September 15, 2024

Program Details

Start Dates
Spring 2024-2H
March 18, 2024
Summer 2024
June 3, 2024
Fall 2024-1H
August 19, 2024
Fall 2024-2H
October 14, 2024
Length
Flexible, up to seven years
Modality
In person or asynchronous online
Course Times
Weekday evenings after 5 p.m. or asynchronous online
2023-2024 Tuition
$805 per credit hour + student fees

*Rate changes decided by the UNM Board of Regents may be assessed for 2023-2024 Academic Year. Tuition and fee rates are subject to change.