Foundations in Business Certificate
The Foundations in Business Certificate is a comprehensive program designed to provide a solid understanding of fundamental business concepts. Whether you aim to launch your own startup, advance in your current career, or embark on a new professional journey, this certificate program will equip you with the foundational knowledge you need to succeed in today’s competitive business environment.
Cost
$350 per course or $990 package price for all five courses. Upon completion of all five courses, certificate recipients receive a printed and digital Foundations in Business badge.
Cost: $350
This course reviews basic principles and application of financial and managerial accounting needed to develop an understanding of the materials. The course includes seven (7) lessons with readings, video and power point lectures, practice exercise, and self-assessment.
Competency Area Objectives
The topics covered are designed to help you achieve proficiency in the accounting competency area objectives measured in the course competency exam. Before you take the exam, you will be able to:
- Identify basic concepts, terminology, and tools of financial and management accounting.
- Appropriately apply accounting information to for-profit firms.
- Analyze and interpret accounting information to make decisions about organizations, from both an external (i.e., investor) and an internal perspective (i.e., a manager of the firm).
- Measure and analyze the efficiency and effectiveness with which a company executes its mission and goals
- Use the language of business (i.e., accounting) to effectively communicate accounting viewpoints to management and subordinates.
Cost: $350
This course reviews basic principles and application of microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts needed to develop an understanding of the materials. This course is organized into 8 Lessons, with Lessons 1-4 covering microeconomic topics and Lessons 5-8 covering macroeconomic topics. Lessons consist of multiple short lecture videos on specific topics, suggested reading in the text, spreadsheet models, and short quizzes for checks on comprehension.
Competency Area Objectives
The topics covered are designed to help you achieve proficiency in the economics competency objectives measured in the course competency exam. Before you take the exam, you will be able to:
- Apply the concepts of specialization, trade, and division of labor.
- Apply the supply and demand and equilibrium model to determine prices and quantity.
- Apply and interpret the costs of production.
- Explain the behavior and organization of firms in various forms of competition.
- Interpret and apply models of GDP, CPI, and unemployment to business and economic decision-making.
- Explain and apply the model of loanable funds in determining real interest rates and economic growth.
- Explain the role of the Federal Reserve in setting monetary policy and the effect on inflation.
- Apply the aggregate demand and supply model in explaining short and long term economic fluctuations due to fiscal policy.
Cost: $350
This course reviews basic principles and application of Financial Management concepts needed to develop an understanding of the materials. This course includes five (5) lessons and is designed to be self-paced. It includes readings, video lectures, power points, practice exercises, and a practice exam at the end of the course.
Competency Area Objectives
The topics covered are designed to help you achieve proficiency in the financial competency area objectives. Before you take the exam, make sure you can:
- Explain the relevance of value maximization as the primary organization goal.
- Distinguish between accounting and cash flows.
- Critically evaluate financial statements.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of working capital management
- Apply time value of money concepts.
Cost: $350
This course reviews basic principles and application of Marketing needed to develop an understanding of the materials. The course includes nine (9) lessons consisting of multiple short lecture videos on specific topics, suggested reading in the text and short quizzes for checks on comprehension. Make sure to read the notes pages for each power point lecture.
Competency Area Objectives
The topics covered are designed to help you achieve proficiency in the economics competency objectives measured in the course competency exam. Before you take the exam, you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of the marketing function in the contemporary business organization.
- Describe concepts and frameworks that help position a firm in its market environment and successfully establish a firm as a viable competitor in its targeted market(s).
- Recognize the value of being customer-driven as an employee and as an organization
- Identify marketing problems and apply appropriate marketing strategies and tools.
Cost: $350
This material introduces people-focused issues that can be applied to any setting where people work together – whether it be a traditional for-profit business, a not-for-profit organization, a church, hospital, school, government organization, even an athletic team. No matter what the setting,
Organizational Behavior will help you to better understand the behavior of your coworkers, direct reports and your supervisor, and with that understanding comes an improved ability to work with people – which will not only help you to FEEL more confident on the job but also help you to BE more effective.
The course includes six (6) lessons with readings, video lectures, practice question, and self-assessment.
Competency Area Objectives
The topics covered are designed to help you achieve proficiency in the economics competency objectives measured in the course competency exam. Before you take the exam, you will be able to:
- Explain how perceptions can influence behavior and interactions within a work setting.
- Evaluate organizational practices to motivate employees and make recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of those practices.
- Apply team performance and decision-making factors to improve team effectiveness.
- Explain how to effectively exercise power and influence others.