Decision Support for Operations Managers
Students can earn a MicroCertificate to gain skills for their job and improve their resume.
Program Overview
The 6-credit hour Graduate MicroCertificate in Decision Support for Operations Managers is open to students with a STEM undergraduate degree. Students will learn how to develop and implement a mathematically sound decision process for single or multiple objective decisions, with both known and uncertain inputs; clean, join and analyze disparate data from multiple sources to support operations management decision-making; analyze and visualize multi-dimensional datasets; and communicate data and analysis results to support operations management decision-making.
This MicroCertificate, which can be added to your resume, is one step in an educational pathway that could lead to a master’s degree.
With the MS in Operations Management and the MS in Engineering Management, you can start with a two-course MicroCertificate, continue with additional MicroCertificates or four-course Graduate Certificates, then apply all courses to a 10-course graduate degree. You can obtain your first credential in as little as eight weeks.
Decision Support for Operations Managers MicroCertificate Curriculum
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! These are considered graduate classes and you will receive graduate level credit for the courses you take toward the microcertificate.
Only courses completed within six years of certificate completion will count toward the certificate.
To be admitted, you must have a conferred STEM bachelor degree from a regionally accredited institution with at least 60 graded credit hours. You must also have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better, OR a 2.5 or better GPA in the last 60 credit hours. The GRE is not required for admission.
The application fee is free if you are currently enrolled as a graduate student. Otherwise, the fee is $30.
Micro-certificates are not shown on the diploma, but are listed on a student’s transcript upon completion. Students do not receive a certificate in the mail upon completion of a micro-certificate, like they do for Graduate Certificates or Master’s degrees.