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With this online BA from Metropolitan State, you can choose creative learning pathways to earn your degree quicker, saving time and money.  Transfer credits are widely accepted and you can design a degree that fits both, your existing credits and your interests.  Guidance comes from experienced faculty in tailoring your program, but you are in control of your education.

Looking at systems and apps from a user perspective can be overwhelming. With this online graduate certificate from Metropolitan State, you’ll gain the insight and knowledge to develop attractive interfaces with rewarding digital experiences to keep users coming back. Design, research methods, content and architecture are explored through curriculum such as:

• Ussr Experience & Design Thinking
• User Research
• Usability & User Experience

With the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration online degree students complete courses that teach the fundamentals of business and business management.  The curriculum covers such subjects as:

• Economics
• Marketing
• Management
• Human Resources

Courses cover a wide range of topics including communication, critical thinking skills, professionalism, and diversity and multiculturalism in business.  Graduates are qualified for entry-level positions in management and administration, and positions in nonprofit and government organizations.  

Courses are taught by expert faculty, helping students gain a better understanding of the diverse business world.  Even though you are learning on your own schedule, you are still able to build a network with business administration professionals and alumni.

Gain a solid foundation in the finance industry with this Bachelor of Science in Finance degree online.  Learn tools and concepts from mathematics, statistics, and economics for financial decision making.  Courses also improve oral and written communication and critical thinking skills.  Become proficient in financial theory and application.  Graduates are prepared for careers in corporate finance, financial institutions, and personal investment services.

Prepare for a career working with an organization’s most important asset, its employees, with this Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management degree online.  Learn to focus on maintaining, securing, and effectively working with employees as a leader in the organization.  Courses promote leadership qualities, teaching you how to govern, measure, integrate, and reward others.  Topics covered include:

• Strategic management
• Principles of staffing
• Compensation and benefits
• Employee development
• Labor management

The online nature of this degree ensures students are able to balance their education with other obligations.

The Bachelor of Science in Management, an online business management degree, prepares students for leadership roles.  Learn to direct employees to maximize their capabilities and inspire leadership in others to help increase a company's productivity and prosperity.  Focus is placed on the management aspects of most businesses and organizations.  This includes an understanding of the external and global influences that affect businesses and the need for responsible decision making.  Courses cover subjects that include:

• Organizational behavior
• Principles of management information systems
• Staffing organizations
• Compensation management

The online nature of this degree ensures students are able to balance their education with other obligations.

The Bachelor of Science in Marketing online degree prepares students for careers in the marketing area of business.  Gain an understanding of business markets and how to advertise and relate products to customers.  Learn about market identification, messaging strategy, and choices in media.  Courses cover such topics as:

• Marketing research 
• Analyzing consumer behavior
• Current issues in marketing
• Travel and tourism marketing
• Supply chain management

The online nature of this degree ensures students are able to balance their education with other obligations.

The Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain & Operations Management online degree prepares students for a wide range of careers in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.  Courses provide knowledge of logistics, transportation, supply chain management, inventory and warehousing, and sourcing and purchasing.  Learn about the distribution of goods and raw materials.  Gain the knowledge, along with the technical and managerial skills, which allow you to manage complex network of internal facilities related to Supply Chain and Operations Management.  Graduates are ready to coordinate with vendors on a national and international scale.

Metropolitan State brings you this 100% online graduate certificate for you to broaden your knowledge of contemporary systems requirements in business. You’ll learn how to implement relevant systems into your organization that can support strategic goals and improve overall performance and efficiency. By widening you skill set, you may be ready to move your career in management, mastering classes such as:

• Project Management
• Management of Distributed Computing
• Management Information Systems

The online MBA from Metropolitan State University allows you the flexibility to enroll full, or part-time, so you can learn when it is conducive to your individual schedule.  You will learn how to become a successful leader within your organization with this 3-phased graduate degree:

• Phase I:  You will study the core disciplines of business, including theory, and learn the skills you need to become a manager in today’s corporate environment.
• Phase II:  Focuses on electives that you select to tailor your online MBA to your intended career path.
• Phase III:  A capstone course, involving strategy and policy, will enable you to culminate what you have learned from your coursework and professional experience.

Financial analysis plays a role in every major corporate decision.  If you work within the financial world, in investments, insurance or commercial banking and want to dive into the depths of finance, consider an online MBA in Finance from Metropolitan State University.  With this graduate degree, your coursework will span three stages:

• Phase I:  You will study the core disciplines of business, including theory, and learn the skills you need to become a manager in today’s corporate environment.
• Phase II:  You will focus on subjects of this concentration, which may include:  financial modeling, investment project valuation, financial markets, capital and risk assessment and management.
• Phase III:  A capstone course, involving strategy and policy, will enable you to culminate what you have learned from your coursework and professional experience and apply it to becoming a leader in finance.

There are many pitfalls which can occur in a supply chain.  That’s why it takes a manager with strong skills and contemporary knowledge to keep every link of that chain connected.  You can become that highly skilled, highly sought after manager with your online MBA in Global Supply Chain Management from Metropolitan State University.  With this graduate degree, your coursework will span three stages:

• Phase I:  You will study the core disciplines of business, including theory, and learn the skills you need to become a manager in today’s corporate environment.
• Phase II:  You will focus on coursework and subjects within this concentration, including:  international business, supply chain logistics and global sourcing.
• Phase III:  A capstone course, involving strategy and policy, will enable you to culminate what you have learned from your coursework and professional experience and apply it to becoming a leader in supply chain management.

If your organization is data and information system-driven, consider an online MBA in Management Information Systems from Metropolitan State University.  This graduate degree program is intended to blend a strong background in business with IT expertise.  With Metropolitan State’s MBA, you will acquire your degree in three stages:

• Phase I:  You will study the core disciplines of business, including theory, and learn the skills you need to become a manager in today’s corporate environment.
• Phase II:  You will focus on electives of this concentration, including:  Project Management, Project Risk Management and Project Management Leadership and Problem Solving
• Phase III:  A capstone course, involving strategy and policy, will enable you to culminate what you have learned from your coursework and professional experience and apply it to becoming a leader in IT.

The online MBA in Project Management from Metropolitan State University allows you the flexibility to enroll full, or part-time, so you can learn when it is conducive to your outside obligations. You will learn how to manage a team to complete projects on schedule and to original specifications.  You can become a successful leader within your organization with this 3-phased graduate degree:

• Phase I:  You will study the core disciplines of business, including theory, and learn the skills you need to become a manager in today’s corporate environment.
• Phase II:  You will focus on electives of this concentration, which can include:  systems development, systems analysis and design, information security, business analytics or database administration.
• Phase III:  A capstone course, involving strategy and policy, will enable you to culminate what you have learned from your coursework and professional experience and apply it to becoming a Project Management leader.

The Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management, an online nonprofit management degree, is a great program for those interested in starting a nonprofit or pursuing social enterprise options in a business environment.  Prepare for leadership roles at all levels of organizational management with a practical education that addresses critical challenges found in these roles.  The rigorous curriculum strengthens skills in three areas:

• Organization and management
• Analytics
• Ethical and accountable leadership

Benefit from a program taught by qualified professionals that features a highly diverse student body.  The flexibility of online learning ensures students can earn their degree without sacrificing their current obligations.

The online Master of Public and Nonprofit Administration is designed for those interested in leading and managing organizations and programs in an ethical, strategic, effective, and efficient manner by preparing students for roles in management and administration of organizations where profit is not the chief goal.  Courses will cover the social responsibilities of nonprofit and government organizations, and how these organizations operate and are utilized to promote the quality of life for the people they represent.  Graduates will have the capabilities and qualifications necessary to operate in nonprofit or government organizations, including the ability to solve problems in new and creative ways, lead in an ethical manner, and understand diversity and multicultural issues.

Prepare for a variety of career and leadership opportunities in the public administration field with the Master of Public Administration degree online.  Learn about the challenges public administrators face at all levels of government while strengthening skills in organization and management, analytics, and ethical and accountable leadership.  The curriculum integrates the study of public administration and issues with non-profit and for-profit perspectives.  Focus on courses in:

• Public Policy Analysis
• Public Budgeting
• Finance

Gain a practical education that prepares you to design and manage new ways to handle social problems while also learning to lead and manage a broad range of organizations and programs ethically.

Students benefit from rigorous yet flexible courses that allow them to graduate without sacrificing their current career.  Courses are taught by outstanding practitioner scholars and feature a highly diverse student body.

The online Master of Management Information Systems provides specialized knowledge by studying advanced topics in technology relating to business performance and combining business and technology strategies to provide the necessary skills to lead information technology and information systems teams for process design, integration, and implementation applications.  Courses prepare students to manage information systems and demonstrate the qualities of trained professionals in management.  

Graduates are able to:

• Design software systems to meet application needs, organizational environment, and technical ecology 
• Make appropriate design choices based on system, service, and business process needs
• Analyze social, legal, ethical, and professional issues in decision making 
• Employ best communication practices 
• Manage business processes through analysis, design, and optimization in response to organizational needs

Whether you want to enhance your professional skill set or test the waters for pursuing your MIS, this online graduate certificate from Metropolitan State may align with your goals. The certificate will give you a foundation in databases and related systems to guide decision making within organizations. The curriculum is designed within the rigors of several industry standards. Courses generally offered are:

• Database and Client/Server Systems
• Introduction to Information Assurance
• Data Mining Tools
• Supply Chain Information Systems

The College of Management at Metropolitan State offers this online graduate certificate where you will benefit from a curriculum aligned with INFOSEC standards. The knowledge you acquire will integrate the latest tools used to protect digital information and infrastructure on a local, state or federal level. Curriculum, which entails the study of cyber threats and thwarts, usually includes:

• Risk Analysis in IT
• Enterprise Security Management
• Analysis of Strategic & Tactical Security IT Planning