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21 undergraduate microcredentials in business and communications available

Undergraduate microcredentials (21)

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AI Fundamentals for Business Analytics

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Learn to use AI tools ethically to collect and interpret critical business data, improve operational efficiency and make informed decisions that create strategic advantages.

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Business and Professional Writing

Microcredential (introductory)

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Sharpen your professional writing and communication skills and gain helpful strategies for creating clear and concise technical documents, presentations and more.

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Business of Viral Content Creation

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Learn to strategically analyze and produce content with the intention of building your own platform and brand, and sharpen your content gathering, evaluation and writing skills.

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Consumer Analytics Fundamentals

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Equip yourself with the marketing and analytics skills to make decisions that advance organizations, and learn to apply human behavior principles to various business contexts.

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Content Development and Production

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Enhance your creativity and gain the applied skills to visualize a text narrative into an audio/visual media production, and develop the ability to manipulate sound media.

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Digital Marketing Fundamentals

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Understand digital channels, tools and trends — including search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) — so you can grow your business and advance its goals.

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Disparities and Discrimination Through an Economic Lens

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Take part in the economic analysis of disparities with a focus on theories and evidence of discrimination, sources of employment and wage disparities, and policies to remedy economic inequality.

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Economic Foundations

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Study how institutions allocate resources, the consequences of resource distribution, and learn to analyze decisions in markets and everyday settings.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Opportunity Identification

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Learn design-thinking principles that will help you identify and scale emerging business opportunities, and learn entrepreneurship basics and a framework for process innovation.

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Innovative Healthcare Leadership

Microcredential (advanced)

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Use exercises, simulations and real-world business scenarios to learn the key principles of healthcare management, and discover the forces that shape organizational performance.

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Innovative Healthcare Management

Microcredential (introductory)

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Learn how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to health care delivery systems and create innovative management solutions that better support health care workers and patients.

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Occupational Safety in Supply Chain Management

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Maximize the health and safety of workers by learning how to manage exposures to hazards that come about from the products, processes and services organizations provide.

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Organizational Leadership

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Explore effective leadership styles that best fit your personality and preferences, and develop vital skills in the capacity of mentoring and cross-cultural communication.

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Professional Readiness

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Acquire the knowledge that employers need most when it comes to hiring and promoting individuals, and become a skilled problem-solver who makes sound decisions.

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Professional Sales

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Study the concepts and principles of effective sales strategies, and become skilled in persuasive communication, personal selling techniques and how to identify opportunities.

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Retail Management Fundamentals

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Learn about all levels of management responsibility related to merchandising and store operations, and gain the ability to effectively market brands, products and services.

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Sports Business

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Empower yourself to develop marketing strategies, evaluate strategic implications of sponsorship and apply analytical skills to improve sports business decision-making.

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Sports Marketing

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Gain the skills to craft compelling marketing campaigns, build effective sponsorship strategies, foster fan engagement and apply sales techniques to drive growth in the sports industry.

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Supply Chain Analytics

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Develop critical analytical skills and learn how to make data-driven business decisions. Learn how to analyze and improve supply chain challenges using proven, data-informed research methods.

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Supply Chain Logistics Management and Procurement

Microcredential (advanced)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Discover how to blend practical analysis skills with knowledge of supply chain management, and fine-tune your interpersonal and innovation skills through experiential learning.

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Supply Chain Management Fundamentals

Microcredential (introductory)

Overview | Courses | Skills

Build decision-making skills related to project and inventory management as well as the ability to apply process management concepts needed to solve workplace problems.

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