Flexible Pathway to Enhance Your Career
At Michigan Tech’s College of Business, our certificate programs are designed to provide focused, practical knowledge in critical domains like data analytics, artificial intelligence, fraud detection, and environmental economics. These credentials offer flexible pathways that can bolster your résumé, enhance your career prospects, or serve as stackable credentials toward a full master’s degree.
These nine-credit, AACSB-accredited certificates are tailored for working professionals, recent alumni, and degree-seeking students who want to deepen their expertise without committing to a full graduate program. Whether you're looking to lead AI transformation in your organization, strengthen your accounting acumen with data-driven insights, or build a robust understanding of environmental policy and markets, Michigan Tech provides agile, high-impact learning opportunities.
By earning one of these graduate certificates, professionals can demonstrate specialized competence in areas that are highly relevant in today’s job market, reassuring employers of both technical ability and business savvy. Meanwhile, students can strategically stack these certificates into their graduate studies, helping them enter the workforce with credentials that differentiate them from their peers.
Accounting Analytics Certificate
The Accounting Analytics Certificate program equips students with the skills to apply common accounting analytics techniques and drive informed business decision-making. Via coursework that bridges accounting and data science, learners gain a foundation for communicating with programmers and data experts.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Business Information Systems Certificate
Offered fully online (or on campus), the AI for Business Information Systems Certificate teaches how AI integrates into business information systems to automate operations, spot patterns, and support strategic decision-making. With no prior programming knowledge required, the curriculum develops leaders who can guide AI initiatives within organizations.
Forensic Accounting Certificate
The Forensic Accounting Certificate prepares students to investigate fraud, assess risk, and support litigation with a curriculum rooted in accounting, auditing, and data analysis. Forensic accountants trained through this certificate can pursue professional credentials such as the CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) or CFF (Certified in Financial Forensics).
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Certificate
Deepen your understanding of the economic forces that shape environmental policy, resource use, and sustainability with a certificate in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. Through courses blending economics, public policy, and environmental theory, graduates develop the analytical toolkit needed to assess natural resource projects and address ecological challenges.