Department of Graduate and Professional Studies in Business
Graduate and Professional Studies in Business offers a variety of degrees and graduate certificates, outstanding faculty, and flexible online options, all at an unbeatable value. Whether you are a local, international, returning, distance education, or military professional seeking to further your credentials, we have an affordable and high-quality option for you.
The program's mission is to prepare its graduates for positions of leadership and organizational responsibility. Hence, we expect our graduates to be competent problem solvers who possess the relevant technical and professional skills to make good decisions. We also expect our graduates to act ethically, based not just on an understanding of their own role in organizations and business, but also based on their understanding of the role and context of business in society. Finally, we expect our graduates to be able to apply and integrate a variety of relevant skills in making their decisions.
Our MBA@FayState provides quality education with real business world implication. Our award-winning MBA Program offers 12 Specializations (Concentrations) in
- Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
- Cyber Security Management
- Digital Enterprise and Cloud Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business
- Healthcare Management
- Health Informatics
- International Business
- Marketing
- Management
- Project Management.
The MBA@FayState concentrations will allow you to intensify your knowledge in the specific field.
We also offer a variety of Graduate Certificates for the professionals who are interested in obtaining additional knowledge in the specific field. Find more about our following Graduate Certificates:
- Graduate Certificate in Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIDA)
- Graduate Certificate in Business
- Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security Management
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Enterprise and Cloud Management
- Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Management
- Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management
- Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics
- Graduate Certificate in Project Management
Quality and Flexibility
The MBA@FayState and Graduate Certificate programs offer you great flexibility in achieving your goal. The classes are offered in either regular 16 weeks per Semester or in 8 weeks to accommodate your busy schedule or for those who would like to finish their MBA degree or receive graduate certificate faster.
Message From the Director
Thank you for your interest in the MBA and Graduate Certificate Programs at Fayetteville State University. We have designed our programs to be relevant, flexible, up to date, and suitable for people with different backgrounds, including active professionals from a variety of different fields, recent graduates, and military personnel.
Beyond core MBA subjects, such as management, finance, marketing, managerial economics, business analytics and strategy, our programs aim to prepare our graduates for positions of leadership and organizational responsibility. Our learning goals focus on giving our graduate:
- An ability to solve structured and unstructured business problems.
- An ability to use technology to create actionable intelligence from business data.
- An ability to communicate findings and recommendations to a professional audience.
- An understanding of the global, historical, regulatory and ethical context within which business operates.
- An ability to integrate business skills across the core curriculum. If you would like to explore the opportunities provided by our programs, please do not hesitate to reach out to us for further information.
Sincerely,
Dr. Burcu Adivar
MBA Director
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