Examples of Possible Careers*
Management analysts
- 10.7% much faster than the average
- 876,300 number of jobs
- $87,660 potential earnings
Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other
- 5.9% faster than the average
- 1,361,800 number of jobs
- $77,420 potential earnings
Contact Information
- Program Coordinator: Joe Muscatello | jmuscate@kent.edu | 440-834-4187
- Speak with an Advisor
Fully Offered
- Delivery:
- Location:
- Ashtabula Campus
- East Liverpool Campus
- Geauga Campus
- Salem Campus
- Trumbull Campus
- Tuscarawas Campus
- Twinsburg Academic Center
*Note
Source of occupation titles and labor data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
Description
The Business Management Technology undergraduate certificate provides a background for both experienced and aspiring business managers. For the business manager who may already have a degree in a field other than business, the program offers professional certification. For the person who aspires to a management position, the certificate articulates well into an Associate of Applied Business degree.
Admission Requirements
The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, and the Twinsburg Academic Center, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent.
For more information on admissions, contact the Regional Campuses admissions offices.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Identify and define contemporary approaches to applied business and management practice.
- Develop and apply critical thinking, research and analysis skills necessary for professional success.
- Discuss various aspects of teams in business: team dynamics, different types of teams, meeting rules and management.
- Analyze and assess basic financial reports for evaluation and performance of a business.
- Apply principles of organizational leadership and management to ethical business practices.
