Management Certificate

Flexible. Fast-paced. Future-proof. Turn your ambition into business impact by gaining exposure in several areas of management to help support your career growth and advancement.

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Quick Facts

Degree Options

Certificate

Program Format

Fully Online

Term Length

7 weeks

Why Earn a Management Certificate

Advance your education with classes that fit your schedule through Florida Southern College’s online Management Certificate program.

A certificate is proof. It tells an employer that you understand how a business actually runs across every function, without asking you to spend four years earning a degree to prove it.

Florida Southern's Management Certificate covers the core of a business education in nine courses: accounting, management, marketing, business law, statistics and analytics, economics, and finance. You take them fully online, on a schedule built around your job, and you can finish in less than a year. The courses come from the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise, accredited by AACSB, a standard met by fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide.

It is the fastest way to add a business credential to your resume, and the smartest way to test whether a full degree is right for you before you commit to one.

A Credential Now, a Degree Later

The Management Certificate is designed to stack. All nine courses are core courses in FSC's bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Accounting, so nothing you complete here is wasted if you decide to keep going.

Earn the certificate to move up at work now. Then, if and when you are ready, roll straight into a degree with a year of coursework already behind you. It is the lowest-risk way to start a college degree as a working adult: commit to nine courses, prove to yourself you can do it, and keep the credits either way.

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The Management Certificate requires 9 core business management courses, totaling 34 credit hours, all offered fully online.

ACC 2111	Foundations of Financial Accounting
ACC 2112	Foundations of Managerial Accounting
BUS 2217	Principles of Management
BUS 2705	Business Systems and Processes
BUS 3311	Legal Environment of Business
BUS 3320	Applied Statistics and Analytics for Business
ECO 2207	Principles of Macroeconomics
FIN 3453	Managerial Finance
MKT 3160	Marketing Principles

No more than two courses may be accepted as transient credit from another institution. Course descriptions are available in the academic catalog.

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2026-2027

Tuition per credit hour	$390
Technology fee per semester, based on credit hours enrolled	$30 to $120

At 34 credit hours, plan for tuition across the nine courses plus per-semester technology fees. Florida Southern participates in federal financial aid programs, though aid eligibility for non-degree certificate students differs from that of degree students. Ask an admission counselor what applies to you.

Starting the certificate is simple, and here are the brief steps to get you started:

Apply

Submit a non-degree seeking application* by beginning an adult undergraduate application and selecting "Adult Undergraduate Non-Degree" on the program page
Submit the Management Certificate Agreement form
Pay the $25 processing fee securely online or by mailing a check to:

*Keep in mind that no more than two of the nine courses may be transferred in as transient credit from another institution.

International Student Requirements

International students must also submit the following before beginning coursework:

Official Translated Transcripts With Course By Course Evaluation**
Bank Letter Verifying Funds of Sponsor***
Sponsor's Guarantee Form
Valid Passport
Official TOEFL/IELTS Score****

** SpanTran (discount available), Academic Evaluation Services, Inc., Josef Silny, or World Education Services or another similar approved transcript evaluation agency.

*** A bank letter is a written statement on bank letterhead and signed by a bank official.

**** Must have completed an English language training program or at least one year at an English speaking institution to waive the TOEFL/IELTS testing requirement.

How to Apply Management Certificate Agreement Form Remit Processing Fee

A Certificate From a Nationally Recognized Business School

Your certificate comes from the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise, one of a small group of business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB and recognized year after year by the guides students trust most.

The Princeton Review has named it one of the nation's best business schools for multiple consecutive years, and Colleges of Distinction highlights it among Florida Southern's signature programs. The College itself ranks among U.S. News and World Report's top regional universities in the South. It is also a business school known for something you cannot rank: its connections. The School's advisory board draws leaders from Publix and businesses across Central Florida, and its faculty are practicing CPAs, consultants, and executives, not just instructors.

When you finish, your certificate carries that name and reputation, just like any degree from FSC.

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A Certificate From a Nationally Recognized Business School

Adult Undergraduate Information Sessions

Meet us before you commit. Our virtual information sessions walk through the online accounting, business administration, communication, and certificate programs, connect you with an academic advisor, and answer your questions about the enrollment process.

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