Business Micro-Credentials

Undergraduate Micro-Credential Programs

• Accounting Analysis
• Business Analytics and Intelligence
• Cybersecurity
• Financial Analysis
• Supply-Chain Management

Graduate Micro-Credential Programs

• Data Analytics

I’m Not a Business Student. Why Would I Complete a Micro-Credential?

Thousands of modern careers can benefit from the skills and hands-on experience you’ll can gain from the College of Business Administration’s micro-credential programs.

Whether you’re an artist, pilot, teacher, or zoologist, the knowledge and experience you gain from business micro-credentials will add to your value to employers and better equip you to deal with real-world demands you’ll face in your career.

Undergraduate Micro-Credentials

Accounting Analysis

This three-course micro-credential gives students outside the accounting major a deeper understanding of how to use financial and managerial accounting information in the decision-making process. You’ll develop real-world skills and a working knowledge in the concepts of accounting, accounting and financial data analytics, and cost accounting.

• ACCT 3300 – Accounting Concepts (or ACCT 3303 Intermediate Accounting I) (3 credits)
• ACCT 3301 – Accounting and Finance Data Analytics 1 (3 credits)
• ACCT 3302 – Cost Accounting (3 credits)

Business Analytics & Intelligence

The micro-credential in Business Analytics & Intelligence program provides students fundamental knowledge and skills in data analytics methods and techniques, and show how to harness the power of data for data-driven decision making. Business Analytics is the study of how organizations use data to analyze performance, make strategic decisions, and achieve business goals. You’ll become a user of in-demand business analytics tools, including data visualization, web and social analytics, and data mining.

• CIS 3302 – Introduction to Business Analytics (3 credit hours)
• Two courses from the following (6 credit hours):
  • CIS 3306 – Data Visualization
  • CIS 4302 – Web & Social Analytics
  • CIS 4303 – Data Mining

Cybersecurity

The micro-credential in Cybersecurity addresses key points in one of the most important challenges facing business, giving students the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to secure organizational data and systems. You’ll understand computer forensics, practical hands-on computer security practices, network and system security, security trends, and malware analysis.

• CIS 4341 – Information Technology Security and Risk Management (3 credit hours)
• Two from the following (6 credit hours):
  • CIS 4346 – Applied Security
  • CIS 3361 – Introduction to Computer Forensics
  • CIS 4342 – Computer Security Principles and Practices
  • CIS 4345 – Network and Systems Security
  • CIS 4348 – Security Trends and Malware Analysis

Financial Analysis

This micro-credential is a nine-hour cluster of courses intended to deepen students’ understanding of financial decision making. learn the guiding principles of advanced financial management, investments, and analysis of financial statements.

• FIN 4300 – Advanced Financial Management (3 credit hours)
• FIN 4304 – Investments (3 credit hours)
• FIN 4307 – Analysis of Fin Statements (3 credit hours)

Supply Chain Management

This micro-credential provides an opportunity to gain the professional knowledge and skills needed to conduct business in a supply chain, including purchasing and sourcing, manufacturing, warehouse management, and transportation logistics. This micro-credential is intended for individuals who are interested in entering and furthering their careers in all aspects of supply chain management. Typical job titles which utilize the knowledge and skills delivered by this micro-credential include supply chain analyst, sourcing specialist, warehouse lead, and transportation coordinator, among others. In addition, this micro-credential helps prepare students for professional certifications such as those offered by the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) and the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

• MGMT 4321 – Production and Operations Management (3 credit hours)
• MGMT 4323 – Supply Chain Management (3 credit hours)
• MGMT 4324 – Transportation Logistics and Distribution (3 credit hours)

Graduate Micro-Credentials

Data Analytics

A graduate micro-credential provides focused upskilling opportunities for graduate students with at least one specific overarching objective and two student-learning outcomes. The A&M–Central Texas graduate micro-credential in data analytics delivers real-world experience with data analytics and data management, decision-support systems, advanced big-data analysis and visual analytics.

• CIS 5353 – Data Analytics and Management (3 credit hours)
• Two of the following (6 credit hours):
  • CIS 5319 – Decision Support Systems
  • CIS 5354 – Advanced Methods in Big Data Analytics
  • CIS 5355 – Visual Analytics