Technology permeates every business environment within the 21st century.  As a savvy manager you need to focus not only on your core business but also on the infrastructure of your organization. 

This certificate is designed to provide business professionals like you with the necessary tools to manage information technology assets in a corporate environment.  The hands-on, instructor-led format used in presenting the materials offers essential training to all staff levels.  By completing this certificate, you will learn the various strategies used in overseeing technology initiatives.

Who Should Pursue this Program?

• Non-technical professionals who need to understand technology and how it touches everything they do as a manager.
• Aspiring managers who wish to enhance their communication skills and technical understanding and need the credentials to get ahead.
• Corporate executives who wish to gain a global knowledge of technology within their corporate structure. 

This program is open to anyone seeking a stand alone certificate program, regardless of whether you already hold a bachelor’s degree or not.  For those who wish to return to school to complete a bachelor’s degree on a part-time basis, consider completing this certificate to augment your professional skills while you work on your degree requirements.  The credits received in this certificate may be applied toward a degree.

Goals Of the Program

• To learn the practical applications of word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software as they relate to the business and management sector. 
• To understand the distinction between one-dimensional and relational databases.
• To introduce the basic building blocks of a network and show how they fit together to form a computer network.
• To present networking vocabulary and concepts, systems, configurations of the hardware and software that go into building a network.
• To create effective presentations for small and large groups.
• To improve public speaking abilities.
• To explore the changing environment of online commerce with an impartial focus on both the technological and the business aspects of electronic commerce.
• To emphasize alternative strategic business models that lead to successful electronic commerce presence.

Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of the Windows system environment, hardware, and Microsoft Word and Excel is required.  For students who need a refresher, they can enroll in AC 1000, Foundations of Software Applications and/or AC 1100 Foundations of Computer Hardware.  An academic advisor can assist you in making this assessment.