Defense Management Foundations - Curriculum 192 (DL)
Brief Overview
The certificate in Defense Management Foundations delivers a core of defense-focused management courses to equip students with essential skills for management and leadership roles in the defense establishments of the United States or allied nations. The program prepares graduates to manage organizations, resources, and programs in complex environments. Students choose among foundational courses in organizational leadership; financial management; manpower and economic analysis; operations and logistics; or acquisition management.
Convenes
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Program Length
Four consecutive quarters
Outcomes
- Expand understanding about processes that occur in public organizations, apply qualitative and quantitative analysis skills.
- Demonstrate expertise in managing defense organizations.
- Develop knowledge, skills, and abilities that are most valuable for the student's career path.
Four Quarter Certificate
This certificate requires the completion of four courses (at least 12 credits) that were not counted for another certificate and includes five academic areas that provide a variety of perspectives about managing defense organizations. Courses must be selected from at least two academic areas and may be completed in any order. You may choose four courses from the following options.
Acquisition Management Course Options:
| MN3301 | Acquisition of Defense Systems | | 4 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3331 | Principles of Acquisition and Program Management | | 5 | 1 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3221 | Principles of Acquisition and Program Management I | | 3 | 0 |
| -and- | | | |
| MN3222 | Principles of Acquisition and Program Management II | | 3 | 0 |
| MN3303 | Principles of Acquisition and Contract Management | | 4 | 0 |
| MN3309 | Software Acquisition Management for Defense Systems | | 3 | 2 |
| MN4307 | Defense Acquisition Program Management Case Studies | | 4 | 0 |
Students can choose MN3301 or MN3331 or BOTH MN3221 and MN3222.
Financial Management Course Options:
Students can choose GE4053 or MN3172 or MN4053.
| GE4053 | DoD Mission and Resource Determination | | 4 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3172 | Resourcing National Security: Policy and Process | | 3 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN4053 | Defense Budget and Financial Management Policy | | 4 | 0 |
| MN3911 | Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management | | 3 | 0 |
Strategic Leadership and Management Course Options:
| GE3010 | Organizations as Systems and Structures | | 3 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN4474 | Organizational Analysis | | 3 | 1 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3010 | Leading Innovative Organizations and People | | 4 | 0 |
| MN3118 | Negotiation and Consensus Building | | 4 | 0 |
| GE3109 | Ethics and Moral Development | | 3 | 0 |
| MN4017 | High-performance Decision Practices | | 3 | 0 |
| MN4012 | Maneuver Warfare for the Mind: The Art and Science of Interdisciplinary Learning for Innovation and Warfighting Leaders | | 4 | 0 |
Manpower and Economics Course Options:
| GE3070 | Economics for Defense Managers | | 3 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| GB3070 | Economics of the Global Defense Environment | | 4 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3070 | Fundamentals of Cost Benefit Analysis | | 4 | 0 |
| GE3040 | Statistics for Executive Management | | 3 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3911 | Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management | | 3 | 0 |
Operations and Logistics Course Options:
| GE3042 | Process Analytics | | 4 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3042 | Operations Management | | 3 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| MN3442 | Process Analytics | | 4 | 0 |
| MN3441 | Tools for Managerial Data Analysis | | 4 | 0 |
| MN3911 | Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management | | 3 | 0 |