Graduate Certificates

The Graduate Certificate in Accounting is designed for professionals who want to deepen their technical and analytical accounting skills. Through advanced study in auditing, forensic accounting, and taxation, you will develop the ability to analyze complex financial information, investigate irregularities, address compliance requirements, and make sound decisions grounded in professional ethics.

The program is relevant to professionals working—or seeking to work—in public accounting, corporate accounting, nonprofit organizations, financial investigation, compliance, and related fields.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Accounting certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Analyze financial statements and audit data to support evidence-based decisions.
• Apply advanced auditing and forensic accounting techniques.
• Detect, investigate, and help prevent financial irregularities.
• Apply corporate and partnership taxation principles and regulatory requirements.
• Exercise professional ethics, accountability, and integrity in accounting practice.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• ACCT 5250 – Advanced Auditing
• ACCT 5300 – Forensic Accounting
• ACCT 6150 – Corporate and Partnership Taxation

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Accounting may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with an Accounting concentration.

The Graduate Certificate in Finance prepares professionals to analyze financial information, evaluate investment opportunities, and better understand financial markets and institutions.

You will explore financial instruments, investment portfolio management, and the structure and behavior of domestic and global financial markets. The program combines financial theory with practical analysis to strengthen the quantitative, analytical, and ethical decision-making skills needed in corporate finance, investment, banking, and institutional settings.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Finance certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Analyze financial statements and market data.
• Evaluate financial instruments and securities.
• Assess investment risk, pricing, and return.
• Develop and manage investment portfolios using evidence-based strategies.
• Apply ethical and professional standards to financial decision-making.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• BUSN 5550 – Fundamentals of Financial Instruments
• BUSN 5600 – Portfolio Management
• BUSN 6350 – Financial Markets and Institutions

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Finance may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with a Finance concentration.

Healthcare organizations operate at the intersection of patient care, finance, regulation, policy, ethics, and organizational performance. The Graduate Certificate in Health Systems Management prepares professionals to understand and manage these complex relationships.

Designed for professionals interested in healthcare administration and leadership, the program examines healthcare systems, managed care, health law and ethics, financing, quality, and organizational performance.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Health Systems Management certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Analyze the structure and operation of the U.S. healthcare system.
• Evaluate managed care models, financing mechanisms, and cost-control strategies.
• Apply leadership, legal, and ethical frameworks to healthcare decision-making.
• Use data and patient-centered approaches to improve organizational performance.
• Understand the relationships among healthcare organizations, policy, regulation, and management.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• HSM 6100 – Health Systems Management
• HSM 6150 – Essentials of Managed Health Care
• HSM 6200 – Health Law and Ethics

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Health Systems Management may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with a Health Systems Management concentration.

Effective leadership requires more than technical expertise. It requires the ability to communicate, navigate conflict, understand organizational culture, lead diverse teams, and guide organizations through change.

The Graduate Certificate in Leadership develops the interpersonal, analytical, and strategic capabilities needed to lead in complex professional environments. Coursework integrates leadership practice with conflict management, global teamwork, organizational development, ethics, and communication.

The certificate is designed for emerging and experienced leaders across business, education, healthcare, nonprofit organizations, and other professional settings.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Leadership certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Apply leadership theories and frameworks to motivate and influence others.
• Manage conflict constructively.
• Build collaboration among diverse individuals and teams.
• Evaluate organizational culture and support organizational change.
• Lead effectively in cross-cultural and global environments.
• Strengthen ethical decision-making, communication, and cultural competence.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• CORE 5200 – Conflict Management Skills
• BUSN 5250 – Global Work Teams
• BUSN 5350 – Organizational Development

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Leadership may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with a Leadership concentration.

Today’s marketing professionals need to understand customers, interpret data, develop new products, and compete in increasingly global markets.

The Graduate Certificate in Marketing develops the analytical, strategic, and creative skills needed to design and manage effective marketing initiatives. You will explore international marketing, new product development, and marketing analytics while learning to make informed decisions based on customer, market, and organizational data.

The certificate is well suited for marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, managers, and business leaders who want to expand their strategic marketing capabilities.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Marketing certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Develop marketing strategies that incorporate global, digital, and analytical perspectives.
• Apply marketing research and analytics to understand customer behavior.
• Evaluate marketing and campaign performance.
• Manage new product development from concept through launch.
• Make ethical and culturally informed marketing decisions.
• Develop strategies that strengthen organizational and brand value.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• BUSN 5450 – International Marketing
• BUSN 5500 – New Product Development
• BUSN 6300 – Marketing Analytics

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Marketing may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with a Marketing concentration.

Organizations need professionals who can turn ideas and strategic priorities into successful projects. The Graduate Certificate in Project Management prepares you to plan, execute, monitor, and lead projects across a variety of industries and organizational settings.

Grounded in recognized project management principles and complemented by agile approaches, the curriculum focuses on the practical skills needed to manage project scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, stakeholders, and teams.

What You’ll Learn

Through the Project Management certificate, you will develop skills to:

• Apply recognized project management principles throughout the project life cycle.
• Plan, execute, monitor, and close complex projects.
• Use agile methodologies to respond to change and stakeholder feedback.
• Evaluate project risks, costs, and resource requirements.
• Align projects with organizational strategy and value.
• Lead project teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Apply ethical judgment to project and leadership decisions.

Courses

15 Credits

• CORE 5100 – Graduate Research and Writing
• CORE 6810 – Discipline Research
• BUSN 5650 – Project Management
• BUSN 5700 – Agile Project Management
• BUSN 6400 – Project Management in Practice

Continue Into the MBA

All courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Project Management may be applied toward Keystone College’s MBA with a Project Management concentration.