College of Business and Public Administration

Graduate Certificates

Drake’s graduate certificates are designed to provide local professionals with the competencies necessary to demonstrate expertise in their chosen area of interest without pursuing a full graduate degree. Upon completing the certificate program, participants should have the ability to design and implement strategies in their chosen area that provide organizations a competitive advantage.

Business Analytics

Cybersecurity Management

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Business Analytics

The Business Analytics certificate provides a base skill set of recognizing the importance of data for solving operational, tactical, and strategic level organizational problems.  Additionally, students will learn how to evaluate the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of digital data as well as understand data-related laws and ethical practices.

Course Credits
IS 210 - Business Analytics, Teams, and Projects 3
IS 220 - Information Technology Legal and Ethical Issues 3
IS 231 - Data Management and Visual Analytics 3
STAT 240 - Statistical Modeling 3
STAT 260 - Applied Analytics Project 3

 

Cybersecurity Management

The Cybersecurity Management certificate encompasses five courses targeting individuals in the workforce looking to further their expertise and careers to include facets of cybersecurity management.

This certificate requires 15 credit hours including three required courses plus two additional courses from a predetermined list of electives.

Course

Credits

IS 298 – Cybersecurity Management

3

IS 298 – Cyber Attack Prevention and Mitigation

3

MBA 256 – IT and Business

3

Select two courses from the following

ACCT 276 – IT Auditing

3

ACCT 277 – Fraud Examination

3

ACCT 278 – Internal Auditing

3

INS 280 – Operational Risk Management

3

BLAW 225 – Practical Contract Interpretation

3

The information in this catalog does not constitute a contract between the university and the student. The university reserves the right to make changes in curricula, admission policies and processes, tuition and financial aid, academic standards and guidelines, student services and any other regulations or policies set forth in this catalog without giving prior notice.