The Certificate in Financial Planning is ideally suited for professionals from the financial services industry, including securities and investments, accounting, insurance, banking, and financial advising. As the comprehensive online curriculum provides a solid foundation in financial planning, career changers interested in the field are also encouraged to apply. If you are interested in establishing a financial planning career dedicated to determining how best to manage your clients’ finances in order to guide them toward achieving their financial goals, consider this career education program.* Students are trained to analyze all aspects of a client’s finances income, assets, tax management, and more. Identify the client’s financial strengths, weaknesses, and goals. Forge a detailed plan to outline how your client’s finances can be best managed.

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The Environmental Sustainability Certificate is suited for business professionals who seek to advance their careers. The program teaches how to blend sustainable development and environmentalism with smart business management strategies, and to utilize innovative approaches to recognize, research, and find solutions to complex issues. Specialty tracks include business, project management, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and project management/Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Graduates of this program may pursue these career opportunities:

Corporations
Nonprofit organizations
Government agencies
Independent consultancy

The Executive Business Management Certificate is ideally suited for business professionals who wish to advance their career, capitalize on new professional opportunities, or change career paths.* The Executive Business Management Certificate is also suited for professionals who lack a formal business education, but want to obtain a foundation in business theory and practice. A bachelor's degree is required. The following specialization tracks are designed to develop specific business skill development: corporate finance, general management, international business, and marketing.

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The Executive Coaching Certificate is ideally suited for individuals with backgrounds in business, management, human resources, organizational development, consultancy, career counseling, education, or training. The program is specially designed to support professional development and provide the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to enter the field as a professional coach to senior managers. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply. If you are interested in establishing a career dedicated to coaching leaders to develop high-performing cultures that strengthen business results, consider this program.* Learn to artfully listen and question to assess the client’s strengths, needs, and coachability. Develop skills needed for observing, recognizing, and intervening for maximum effectiveness. Coach leaders to understand organizational culture and advance within the corporate hierarchy. Utilize the strategies, tools, and processes of seasoned coaches. Develop a powerful coaching presence and discover techniques to successfully market a specialized coaching practice.

Graduates of this program may pursue these career opportunities:

Independent consultancy
Nonprofit organizations
Corporations
Government agencies

The Project Management Certificate is ideally suited for business, information technology, and construction professionals. It is specially designed to provide a strong foundation in project management that may be applied to a wide variety of employment settings and to support an individual's professional development. The career education program offers advanced lessons in one of three core practice areas: business, information technology, and construction. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply. If you are interested in establishing a project management career dedicated to achieving organizational goals while optimizing resources, including time, money, and human capital, consider this program.* Students are trained to select, govern, fund, and implement organizational activities to maximize return on investment. Utilize project management tools, processes, and techniques to control all facets of the project management process.

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The Risk Management Certificate is a career education program ideally suited for individuals with backgrounds in business, human resources, operations, accounting, insurance, or finance. The program is specially designed to provide a broad base of essential knowledge and practical skills in risk management to meet the growing needs of risk analysis and control for organizations. All interested applicants with a minimum of an associate’s degree are encouraged to apply. If you are interested in establishing a risk management career dedicated to risk control and loss prevention for property, liability, human resource, and net income risks, consider this program.* Learn to assess risks, evaluate risk management solutions, make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, and monitor a risk management system. Utilize the techniques of enterprise risk management (ERM), rapidly growing due to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and the need for risk transparency, to focus on all of an organization’s risks and how they interact in a portfolio effect. Create a risk management program for corporations, public entities, or any organization.

Graduates of this program may pursue these career opportunities:

Business
Management
Insurance
Finance
Accounting
Government
Retail
Utilities
Manufacturing
Engineering
Information technology
Independent consultancy

The Six Sigma Certificate is ideally suited for professionals who are planning to spearhead complex process improvement projects. Prior coursework in statistics and/or experience in working with statistics is strongly recommended. Candidates must be willing to question all things, and exhibit a high level of self confidence and motivation. Executives, managers, support employees, sales representatives, and operational managers of all kinds are suitable candidates. If you are interested in a career that helps business improve production with a disciplined, data-driven approach, consider enrolling in this online education program.* Reduce defects from every product, process, and customer transaction utilizing the Six Sigma "DMAIC" methodology (define opportunities, measure performance, analyze opportunity, improve performance, and control performance). Gain breakthrough knowledge on how to improve processes to do things better, faster, and at a lower cost. Provide tangible business results and savings directly traceable to the bottom line.

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The Lean Six Sigma approach combines the Lean management principles of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools of process improvement. This approach is more focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of tools and is ideally suited for professionals who are planning to spearhead complex process improvement projects. Choose from three tracks: the Business track, the Lean Six Sigma for Health Care Applications track, or the Lean Six Sigma for Call Center Applications track.

Graduates of this program may pursue these career opportunities:

Banking
Financial services
Manufacturing
Information technology
Health care
Call centers
Marketing
Media