A+B. Intro_SJ.1 - University of Maryland University College

Students must take the following courses:
ADMN 631 Financial Management in Organizations (3)
ADMN 633
Capital Markets, Institutions, and Long-Term
Financing (3)
ADMN 654 Not-for-Profit Financial Management (3)
ADMN 659
Strategic Management in Not-for-Profit
Organizations (3)
Procurement and Contract Management
(15 credits)
The certificate in Procurement and Contract Management is
designed to familiarize participants with the broad concepts and
strategies of procurement and contract management. Major topics
include the foundations of pricing and negotiations, basic aspects
of contracting, procurement of services and products, aspects of
commercial transactions, logistics, and materials management.
Students must take the following courses:
ADMN 626 Purchasing and Materials Management (3)
ADMN 627 Legal Aspects of Contracting (3)
ADMN 628 Contract Pricing and Negotiation (3)
ADMN 629 Strategic Purchasing and Logistics (3)
ADMN 660 Commercial Transactions: Law, Management, and
Technology (3)
Public Relations (15 credits)
The certificate in Public Relations provides students with solid
grounding in public relations theory, legal and ethical issues
confronted by practitioners, and the analytic and creative skills
necessary to excel in the profession. Each of the courses addresses
the impact of the explosion of Internet-enabled, networked
communications that is forcing change in the manner in which
corporations communicate with their varied publics.
Students must take the following courses:
PRPA 601 Public Relations Theory and Practice (3)
PRPA 602 Media Communications Techniques (3)
PRPA 603 Public Relations Research (3)
PRPA 604 Public Relations Law and Ethics (3)
PRPA 610 Crisis Management Seminar (3)
Note: Students must complete PRPA 601 and 602 as their first
two courses.
Systems Analysis (12 credits)
In the development of an information system, early attention
must be given to tasks such as problem definition, systems
analysis, requirements definition, and logical design. The certificate
in Systems Analysis is designed to prepare students to
undertake these early tasks. In addition to providing a technical
foundation, the certificate program provides education on managerial
uses of information systems, the software development
life cycle, and systems analysis and design.
Students must take the following courses:
ADMN 641 Information Systems Management and Integration (3)
ADMN 643 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
ADMN 644 Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems (3)
Students must choose one of the following:
ADMN 640 Information Systems for Managers (3)
Any CSMN course
Any TLMN course
Note: ADMN 640 is recommended for students with little
knowledge of management information systems. Students with
some knowledge of management information systems are
encouraged to choose a CSMN or TLMN course.
Course descriptions are found on pp. 110–56.
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