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Graduate Programs

The Business Foundation Certificate is a fully online program that focuses on core business skills and knowledge necessary to understand the structure and operations of contemporary organizations.

Develop Your Core Business Skills

The goal of this program is to provide students with the fundamental business skills and knowledge required to successfully enter and participate in today’s business enterprises (either for-profit or non-profit organizations). All classes are online.

This program suits the needs of:

  • Students requiring graduate business coursework to meet the pre-requisite requirements of programs such as UNCW’s International MBA program
  • Graduate students in certain programs, such as the UNCW Master of Science in Chemistry, that need graduate business coursework to fulfill a business option requirement
  • Adult learners who want to acquire essential business knowledge and skills without undertaking a full Master of Business Administration degree

Certificate Requirements

The program requires 12 credit hours. Students seeking to earn the Business Foundations certificate must complete courses in at least four of the following six graduate business areas:

  • MBA 508 Accounting (3)
  • MBA 514 Information Analysis & Management (3)
  • MBA 530 Economics (3)
  • MBA 532 Corporate Finance (3)
  • MBA 542 Marketing (3)
  • MBA 562 Management (3)

Frequently Asked Questions

Students are not eligible for financial aid in this program.

The flexible format of the Business Foundations Certificate allows students to complete the program at their convenience. Each course takes place over a 7-week span with offerings in the spring, summer I, summer II and fall semesters.

Classes are online, via Canvas Course Management System.

Application Deadline Dates

Program Deadline
MBA Online and Executive Rolling Admission
MBA International June 1st (Fall)
MS Accountancy June 1 (Fall)
MS Business Analytics Rolling Admission
MS Computer Science Information Systems June 15 (Fall)
Oct 31 (Spring)
MS Finance and Investment Management Rolling Admission
MS Supply Chain Management Rolling Admission
Business Foundation Certificate Rolling Admission

Contact Us

Graduate Programs Office

Phone: (910) 962-2055

csbgrad@uncw.edu

Cameron School of Business - Congdon Hall 1004
601 S College Rd
Wilmington, NC 28403

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