The Management Certificate is intended for students in any graduate level degree program at Valparaiso University who want to add a management component to their graduate study. The program is also open to people who are not enrolled in a VU graduate program but who have an undergraduate degree and wish to take a set of courses to increase their management education and abilities. The certificate consists of 14 credits and includes the following courses:

Should a student already have an undergraduate equivalent to one or more of the above courses, appropriate MBA 600 or 700 level classes will be substituted. All substitutions require the approval of the director of the MBA program and the Dean of the Graduate Division.

Admission to the program is selective and requires that the applicant meet the standard admission criteria of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate Division. Current degree-seeking students at VU will be considered for admission following review of a Management Certificate application and their VU graduate transcript. Students who are not currently graduate level degree-seeking students at VU should submit the Management Certificate application, remit the $30.00 application fee, and arrange to have undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts and one letter of reference submitted on their behalf.

Applicants who do not meet the course prerequisites for specific MBA courses may be accepted with the condition that they complete the appropriate preparatory coursework prior to enrollment in the course.