Advanced Studies in Enterprise Architecture, Certificate
The Certificate of Advanced Studies in Enterprise Architecture is designed to prepare leaders from diverse industries and organizations to become global consultants. This program focuses on the best practices in the business functions of consulting as well as in-depth education in enterprise architecture. Learners specialize in cyber security, big data analytics, entrepreneurship, or technology leadership.
At the end of the program, students are able to:
- Qualitative Research and Writing Skills: Conduct qualitative research as well as scholarly writing, and preparation of reports and presentations for practical application in an organizational setting. Demonstrate the ability to communicate ethically and persuasively via written, oral, and visual platform communications to diverse stakeholders in global organizations.
- Leadership and Consultative Skills: Solve problems and identify opportunities using critical, creative, and systematic thinking. Demonstrate ethical leadership principles and consultative skills to influence leaders and provide recommendations for organizational transformation.
- Innovation Skills: Create sustainable recommendations and solutions to complex challenges for leaders considering their organization’s current and future performance.
- Technology Skills: Apply contemporary technology theories, concepts, processes, and techniques to problems and opportunities within an organization. Work to deliver technology solutions to help create a strategic advantage for their organization.
This program typically takes 6 terms to complete for students enrolled full-time.
Required courses for Certificate of Advanced Studies in Enterprise Architecture (6 core) = 6 courses or 54 credit hours
Core Requirements (6 courses or 54 credits)
| BUS 801 | Qualitative Research & Academic Writing | 9 |
| BUS 810 | Leadership & Emotional Intelligence | 9 |
| BUS 820 | Innovative Intelligence & Creativity | 9 |
| CIS 800 | Enterprise Systems Architecture | 9 |
| CIS 825 | Enterprise Data Archictecture | 9 |
| CIS 835 | Cloud & Virtualization Architecture | 9 |