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Eligibility Criteria

High school diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

18 Hours

Course Duration

2 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

3

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Retail Supply

  • Retailing is one of the largest sectors in the world economy. In this course, you will develop analytical skills related to retail operations and the retail environment by considering retail development and understanding the academic debate surrounding retail activity, with a view to putting this knowledge into practice.

  • 6 Credits

  • Marketing and High Technology Products

  • This course focuses on the marketing of technology-based products. It examines how technology products differ from non-technology-based products and how that influences the marketing of those products. The course covers issues such as diffusion of high technology products obtaining customer information and insight in technology-based markets.

  • 6 Credits

  • Principles of Finance

  • The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic principles of financial decision taking and the theory of finance. It will help provide you with a good understanding of the principles underlying financial theory and reasoning and the ability to apply these principles in a practical context.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Retail Supply

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal heritage and critical legal thinking
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Constitutional law for business and online commerce
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Traditional, alternative, and e-commerce dispute resolution
    Torts and privacy
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Business and cyber crimes
    Agreement and consideration
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Capacity and legality

Marketing and High Technology Products

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to high-technology.
    Strategy and corporate culture in high-tech firms.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Relationship marketing: partnerships and alliances.
    Market orientation and r and d?marketing interaction in high-technology firms.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Marketing research tools in high-tech markets.
    Understanding high-tech customers.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Product development and management issues in high-tech markets.
    Distribution channels and supply chain management in high-tech markets.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Pricing considerations in high-tech markets.
    Advertising and promotion in high-tech markets: tools to build and maintain customer relationships.
    E-business, e-commerce and the internet.
    Realizing the promise of technology.

Principles of Finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The financial environment: firms, investors and markets.
    Financial institutions and markets.
    Corporate securities: bonds and stocks.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Interest rate fundamentals.
    Time value of money.
    Risk and return.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Valuation.
    Financial statements and analysis.
    The firm and its financial environment.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Capital budgeting: cash flow principles.
    Capital budgeting techniques: certainty and risk.
    Cost of capital.
    Capital structure and dividends.
    Financial planning.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Short-term financial management.
    Investment information and transactions.
    How external forces affect firm's value.
    Investing in stocks.
    Investing in bonds.
    Mutual funds and asset allocation.
    Derivative securities.
    Corporate control and governance.