Interdisciplinary Students
Earn a graduate certificate during your master's program
D'Amore-McKim offers graduate students at other Northeastern colleges the ability to complete a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration as a part of your master's curriculum.
Careful curriculum planning with your academic advisor is essential to ensure you're eligible and ready to start your business coursework.
Business skills prepare you to make an impact
Are you fascinated by the business environment? Would you like to gain essential business knowledge that you can immediately use? Do you have an idea or technology to commercialize?
By incorporating business education into your graduate studies, you'll master effective communication techniques, build confidence in project-based work, enhance your problem-solving abilities, and deepen your understanding of how technology and data drive business strategy. You'll gain essential business skills, enhance your resumé, and earn an valuable credential.
A Graduate Certificate in Business Administration will augment your master's degree. No matter your career path, the innovative skills imparted by D'Amore-McKim's world-class faculty will give you an edge.
Curriculum
The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration on our Oakland and Silicon Valley campuses requires 12 credits. You may be able to count courses as electives in your degree program or add them and earn a certificate concurrent to your master's program.
Eligibility
You're eligible to enroll in D'Amore-McKim's business courses after consulting with your program advisor.
Pre-approved masters programs
If you are earning your Master of Science in Computer Science, apply to take business courses by submitting this Internal Graduate Certificate Application. This process requires no additional application, test scores, transcripts, or approvals.
Approval-required masters programs
If you're enrolled in a master's program at Northeastern and wish to build business skills, your first step is to consult with your academic advisor early in your program, ideally in the first semester. This discussion is crucial as business credits might fulfill degree elective requirements.
Upon receiving approval, you'll complete a simple Internal Graduate Certificate Application, without the necessity for additional applications, test scores, or transcripts.