Learn and Earn a Digital Badge
Study at your own pace with Maverick FlexPath. Earn digital badges as you complete each competency and finish with a mastery badge you can add to your resume and social platforms.
100%
Online
14
Competencies
Flexible
Self-paced through Maverick Flex Path
$
Flat Rate Tuition
Refine Your Leadership
The Graduate Certificate in Executive Business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha prepares experienced professionals to lead with confidence across key areas of business.
This 14-credit certificate is designed for working professionals who want to sharpen in-demand business skills and move forward in their careers. Offered through Maverick Flex Path, it provides a flexible, guided path to advance your skills while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
Who is the Graduate Certificate in Executive Business for?
The Graduate Certificate in Executive Business is designed for experienced professionals looking to strengthen in-demand business skills and stay competitive in a changing workplace.
As organizations evolve, the need for leaders who can think strategically, make informed decisions, and guide teams effectively continues to grow.
This certificate helps you build critical, immediately applicable skills so you can improve performance, increase your marketability, and keep progressing on your career path.
What Skills Will I Learn?
Courses in the Graduate Certificate in Executive Business program are designed for professionals who want to build skills across key areas of business. The coursework also prepares students for further graduate study in executive business.
No prior business experience is required, making this certificate ideal for those looking to strengthen or gain in-demand business skills. All courses are offered by UNO and are taught by the same faculty who lead on-campus and online courses, ensuring the same high-quality academic experience in a flexible learning environment.
Courses You'll Take
This course aims to enhance the leadership effectiveness of students by developing knowledge of what constitutes effective leadership and how to apply leadership concepts and models.
Using Porter's famous "Five Forces" stakeholder framework, students taking this course learn both how successful business executives can apply economic analysis to inform business strategy from both an internal operations and external stakeholder perspective.
Internal operations involve the managing labor, equipment, and materials acquisition from suppliers in cost effective ways. External stakeholder perspectives involve consideration of a company's domestic and global industry structure, behavior of its competitors, consumer behavior, as well as broader community influences.
Students will learn how to employ decision-making skills to create a long-term competitive advantage for an organization through operational and technical excellence.
Key concepts in this course will include developing a view of organizations as technical and behavioral systems, operations management, quality management, strategies related to IT procurement, deployment, maintenance and security, and the supply chain.
Specific topics will include applied systems theory, process improvement, quality assurance, supply chain management, IT systems development strategies, and issues related to systems security, data security, and data privacy.
This course focuses on the use and reporting of accounting information, with an emphasis on financial statements and how executive decisions can influence these statements.
Financial statements, including footnotes and explanatory material, are the primary instruments used by parties external to the enterprise in making judgments about the enterprise.
By understanding how management decisions are reflected in the financial statements, managers will understand how they can influence their judgment.
Students will develop strategic decision making skills by using financial concepts including time value of money, capital budgeting processes, cash flow forecasting and project risk analysis.
Topics covered include:
- Capital budgeting
- Financial statement analysis
- Capital structure
- Financial risk analysis
This course will focus on how successful businesses match their objectives and resources with opportunities in the marketplace by identifying and measuring consumer needs, determining target markets and deciding which products and services to offer.
This course will also address pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies to create competitive advantage in domestic and international markets.
This course centers around the theme that a company achieves sustained success if and only if its managers (1) develop, and revise as needed, an action-oriented strategic plan and (2) implement and execute the plan with some proficiency.
Students will develop the strategic thinking skills needed to formulate and execute successful strategies for firms/organizations in a variety of industries and dynamic environments.
Emphasis is given to the contributions of several business disciplines of study, such as marketing, finance and management, to understanding both the internal operations of the organization and the influences of the external environment.
This course is integrative and introduces both the theory and practice that enables that integrative process.
Tuition and Types of Aid
Maverick Flex Path offers a straightforward, flat-rate tuition model. With a total cost of $15,000 and no additional fees, you can focus on your progress, not the price.
Veteran Affairs Education Benefits (VA)
VA education benefits help Veterans, service members, and eligible family members cover the cost of college tuition and other educational expenses. VA education benefits are currently eligible for the Graduate Certificate in Executive Business. Learn more about VA benefit eligibility.
Admission Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree from regionally accredited institution (if degree is in progress, the student can be admitted provisionally).
- 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (applicants with 2.7 GPA can be admitted provisionally).
- A minimum of six (6) years of professional-level work experience is required; however, applicants with fewer years of relevant experience are considered.
- English Language Proficiency: Applicants are required to have a command of oral and written English.
- Those who do not hold a baccalaureate or other advanced degree from the United States, OR a baccalaureate or other advanced degree from a predetermined country on the waiver list, must meet the minimum language proficiency score requirement in order to be considered for admission.
- Internet-based TOEFL: 80, IELTS: 6.5, PTE: 53, Duolingo: 110.
- Statement of Purpose: In one page or less, describe how your interest and completion of this program will help you achieve your career goals.
- Resume: Current resume detailing employment history, specific job responsibilities, accomplishments, leadership roles, and community involvement.
Get support from a Maverick FlexPath Student Success Coach
Maverick FlexPath Success Coaches make sure you have everything you need to enroll and stay on track at UNO. They help you get registered for classes and provide personalized guidance throughout your time in the program.
From the moment you get started to the day you graduate, Success Coaches support your academic journey, keeping you motivated and helping you navigate challenges along the way.
