• Offering Campuses
• Program Overview
• Admissions Requirements
• Certificate Completion Requirements 

Offering Campuses

Argosy University, Chicago; Argosy University, Dallas; Argosy University, Los Angeles; Argosy University, Orange County; Argosy University, Sarasota; Argosy University, Schaumburg; Argosy University, Seattle; Argosy University, Tampa

Program Overview

The Advanced Professional Graduate Business Certificate is available to professionals who want to be more competitive in their industries. The Advanced Graduate Business Certificate is offered in the six subject areas of the DBA graduate program (availability varies by campus):

• Accounting
• Global Business Sustainability
• Information Systems
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing

This certificate program is designed for those professionals who desire additional doctoral-level knowledge, but do not need to complete a full doctorate degree program.

Admission Requirements

• A master’s degree in business administration, management, public or non-profit management, engineering management, JD, LLM, or other degree demonstrating exposure to managerial functions from a regionally accredited institution, nationally accredited institution approved and documented by the dean of the College of Business, or an appropriately certified foreign institution.
• At least three (3) graduate semester credits or six (6) undergraduate semester credits in each of the following: accounting, finance, economics
• To be eligible to select the certificates in accounting or information systems, students must have twelve (12) graduate semester credits in that respective discipline
• At least three (3) years and preferably five (5) years of full-time managerial or professional experience
• A minimum score of 550 on the written TOEFL® or 79 on the TOEFL® Internet (iBT) is also required for all applicants whose native language is not English or who have not graduated from an institution at which English is the language of instruction.

All applications for admission must be submitted to the Admissions Department. An admissions representative is available to help interested applicants complete the following required documentation:

• Completed Application for Admission Form
• Application fee (Non-refundable, except in California and Arizona. In the state of Arizona, the application fee is refundable if the application is canceled within three business days of the applicant signing the Enrollment Agreement.)
• Documentation of applicant employment with or access to a professional organization
• Official transcripts from the institution that conferred the master’s degree and any institutions where graduate coursework was subsequently taken. Bachelor’s level transcripts are not required.
• Prior to matriculation applicants will be required to submit a personal/professional goal statement (the statement is used for advisement purposes and does not become part of the academic file).

Certificate Completion Requirements

The Advanced Professional Graduate Business Certificate requires the satisfactory completion of four courses for a total of 12 semester credit hours.