Graduate Certificates
Upgrade your skills and improve your competitiveness on the job market without committing to a master's program.
Certificates
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Corporate Communications & Marketing
Grad Certificate
With a strong foundation focused on essential management principles, this four-course certificate can be completed in as few as eight months. You’ll be prepared to handle the challenges—and take advantage of the opportunities—in this highly competitive and creative field.
Required courses:
- Communication in a Global Work Environment
- Social Influence
- Public Relations & Crisis Communications
- Marketing Analytics
Credit is fully transferable to the MS in Leadership and Administration Program.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Editor
- Public Relations Officer
- Senior Technical Writer
- Underwriter
- Reporter
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Data Analytics
Grad Certificate
This program is ideal for students who are interested in advancing their skills and improving their competitiveness in the job market but are not yet ready to pursue a master’s degree. Students may complete this program in as few as eight months, and for-credit courses can be transferred to Boston College’s Master of Science in Applied Economics program.
Curriculum:
- Data Analysis
- Econometrics
- Big Data Econometrics
- Predictive Analytics/Forecasting
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Data Analyst
- Web Analytics Associate
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Market Researcher
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Executive Sports Leadership
This certificate is designed for professionals looking for education, mentoring, and a catalyst to an executive-level role in athletics.
Requirements:
- Introduction to Sports Management
- Sports Law and Compliance
- Sports Communication and Marketing
- Sports Finance
- Sports Leadership and Ignatian-Based Ethics
- Applied Research Project or Internship
- 5 elective courses that you can choose to enhance your career
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Athletics Director
- Sales Associate
- Associate Athletics Director
- Communications Manager
- Head Coach
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Graduate Certificate in Leadership
Graduate Certificate in Leadership
This four-course graduate certificate can be completed in as few as eight months.
Required courses:
- Daring to Lead
- Leading Change from the Middle
- The Self Aware Leader
- Problem Solving through Critical Thinking
- Leading High Performing Teams
Credit is fully transferable to the MS in Leadership Program.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Technical Manager
- Human Resources Manager
- Director
- CEO
- Recruiting Specialist
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Human Resources
Graduate Certificate
With topics that range from employee management to labor relations to employment law, this program helps you learn the skills and theories needed to excel in today’s HR landscape. Our four-course program is aligned with the major testing requirements of the Professional in Human Resources Exam.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Human Resources Associate
- Recruiting Specialist
- Benefits Specialist
- Talent Manager
- Program Administrator
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools or just understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you first step foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Management & Organizational Excellence
Courses:
- Art and Science of Strategy
- Power, Influence and Persuasion
- Flourishing Through Inclusivity
- Leading High Performing Teams
- Managing Conflict and Negotiations
- Leveraging Networks and Partnerships
Credit is fully transferable to the MS in Leadership Program.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Editor
- Public Relations Officer
- Senior Technical Writer
- Underwriter
- Reporter
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Project Management
This hybrid, four-course certificate program provides a foundational understanding of practices and principles of modern management, including accounting, finance, marketing, leadership, and organizational behavior. The curriculum is particularly well-suited to the needs of aspiring managers and business professionals.
Required Certificate Course:
- ADGR 8110 Agile Methodologies
- ADGR 8130 Risk Management/Quality Management
- ADGR 8201 Applied Techniques, Software & Reporting
- ADGR 8203 Stakeholder Management and Procurement
Credit is fully transferable to the MS in Leadership and Administration Program.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Career Paths
- Project Manager
- Director of Project Management
- Program Manager
- Technical Manager
- Analyst
Career Support
Career development is a campuswide effort, with many faculty and staff professionals personally helping you find internships, apply to graduate schools, or simply understand your options. Your career discernment and planning starts from the moment you set foot on campus and continues throughout your life.
Sports Analytics Certificate
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
Student-Athlete Development
Grad Certificate
Prepare to help student-athletes thrive with an online or hybrid Graduate Certificate in the fast-growing field of student-athlete development. The certificate’s four courses focus on supporting student-athletes on and off the field with skill sets in areas ranging from mental health and social work to diversity and inclusion.
Degree Options
Grad Certificate
“I was hearing about the rise of data science, big data, and machine learning from many friends in other fields. I started this program to learn more about the fundamentals of data analytics. With no background in coding, I could easily follow the program, and I enjoyed it a lot. I suggest the program to anyone interested in data analytics as a nice introduction to the subject.”
Woods College of Advancing Studies
Woods College of Advancing Studies offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees, certificates, and professional education opportunities. If you're interested in furthering your education, we have something for you.
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