Professional Development Certificate in Business

The Certificate programs within the School of Business and Management are not accepting new enrollments after February 1, 2024.

The Professional Development Certificate in Business (PDCB) demonstrates the ethical and social dilemmas commonly encountered in small businesses and human resource departments. Learners will be introduced to strategies that enable leaders and managers to advance global policies within an organization. These strategies will also be applied to aligning individual and group behaviors with strategic and organizational goals. Learners will practice using effective, clear, courteous, and concise communications suitable for professional environments through the extension of basic concepts of business and operations into policy-based and procedural decision-making processes. They will also learn how to relate private property, sales, negotiations, employment, and risk into an appreciation of business and its operations.

Program Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the Professional Development Certificate in Business include the following:

1. Illustrate ethical and social dilemmas commonly encountered in small businesses and human resource departments.
2. Develop strategies enabling leaders and managers to advance global policies within an organization.
3. Develop strategies aligning individual and group behaviors with strategic and organizational goals.
4. Practice using effective, clear, courteous, and concise communications suitable for professional environments.
5. Extend basic concepts of business and operations into policy-based and procedural decision-making processes.
6. Relate private property, sales, negotiations, employment, and risk into an appreciation of business and its operations.

Required Courses (18 Total Credits Required)

BUS 3110	Business Ethics	3
BUS 3300	Introduction to Business	3
BUS 3301	Business Law	3
BUS 3414	Business Communications	3
IB 4100	International Management	3
MGT 4404	Contemporary Management	3

This program is not designed to meet the educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification required for employment in an occupation. As such, CalSouthern has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.

While California Southern University, as a member of the AIU System, is part of a Title IV eligible institution offering Title IV eligible programs, CalSouthern has elected and designated this program as not participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. This means students enrolling in this program may not use Federal Student Aid to help pay for this program. Instead, it offers a variety of zero interest payment options for students.