The Micro MBA Certificate Program

Micro MBA General Description

The Micro MBA certificate program is designed for people who want to enhance, renew, or significantly update their current business knowledge and skills. It provides not only a certificate credential but awards 12 hours of credit toward the actual MBA degree, should the student later decide to pursue it. Although the program is offered only in an online modality, a completing student could elect to join the full MBA program in either an online or in an on-ground, face-to-face format.

Micro MBA Program Mission

The Micro MBA Program exists for multiple reasons. In its simplest form, the program allows a student to gain or update business knowledge and skills. Second, it permits an aspiring student to try out the MBA Program in an initial 12-hour block rather than committing to a full 36-hour program. Reduction of the risk of loss to the uncertain student in terms of both time and money is a significant benefit. Third, this program fills in gaps in the most essential business knowledge necessary for career advancement or for better managing one's own business or professional practice. For some, it provides a bridge to a richer and fuller graduate experience in the broader MBA Program. Finally, for still others already in possession of a master's degree in a non-business area who would like to join Trevecca's Doctor of Business Administration program, the Micro MBA provides most of the prerequisites necessary for such admission.

Micro MBA Academic Program

The Micro MBA Certificate program is 28 weeks in length. This program is offered in a fully online format. Each course is 6 weeks in length (except for the first course which lasts only four weeks) and requires about 15 to 20 hours of work per week.

Micro MBA Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the Micro MBA certificate program should be able to:

1. Understand foundational business concepts and vocabulary.
2. Apply their critical thinking and APA skills to their professional writing.
3. Analyze and synthesize current best practice research in organizational leadership.
4. Understand the basics of Accrual Accounting.
5. Analyze a market segment using fundamental marketing principles.

Micro MBA Program Curriculum

BUS 5900	Foundations for Graduate Business Studies	1
BUS 6000	Introduction to Graduate Business Studies	2
BUS 5013	Organizational Behavior and Leadership	3
BUS 6015	Accounting and Finance for Managers	3
MKT 5093	Marketing Management	3

Total Credit Hours: 12