Inspired leadership
9 - 12 months
5737015
This Program is Perfect For
- Professionals seeking to enhance leadership and management skills
- People interested in applying supply chain operation principles and techniques to cost effectively create products or services that can be competitively sold in the global marketplace
- Career changers aiming to enter the business field
- Professionals looking for guidance in a dynamic and changing business environment
Program review underway
As we evolve our programs to reflect today’s technology landscape, the certificate in Business Administration is under review and is not currently open for new enrollment. If you are enrolled in this certificate and are finishing up your courses, please reach out to us at extension@ucsc.edu. We will help you plan your journey.
After reviewing the current market conditions and engaging with industry, we are now offering new short programs, that are flexible paths to get the skills you need fast. During this time, our certificate programs continue to be under review and we are committed to assisting all enrolled students to finish the certificate programs. To learn more, visit our Short Programs page.
Courses are open to everyone
You are invited to enroll in individual courses to build your knowledge and develop new skills.
Build the foundation of successful leadership
Our program builds on the huge body of science underlying the latest best practices for management. You will gain practical skills to handle the day-to-day aspects of running a business and study evidence-based methods to maximize company performance. Network with industry professionals who teach facilitation, negotiation, coaching, and how to help employees carry out a unified vision. Choose elective courses from the following areas:
- Business Essentials
- Financial Analysis/Accounting
- Management Development
- Marketing Business Development
Courses
Program Requirements
Total: 7–10 courses (minimum 19 quarter units)
- 5 required courses (13 quarter units)
- 2–5 elective courses (6 quarter units)
- End with a certificate of completion review.
1. Required Course(s):
BUSM.X419
$750
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Apr. 10 - Jun. 19, Sat, 9:00am - 12:00pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 04-10-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 04-17-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 04-24-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 05-01-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 05-08-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 05-15-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 05-22-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 06-05-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 06-12-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Sat, 06-19-2027 | 9:00am | 12:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
No meeting on May 29, 2027. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Tools & Materials: Operations and Supply Chain Management, 15th Edition, 2018, F. Robert Jacobs and Richard B. Chase, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 978-1-259-66610-0. New and used copies are readily available through Amazon, both printed and e-book versions. Both the 13th and 14th editions will work for this class.
Additional materials for this class include industry reports, case studies, and supply chain articles, all of which will be provided to students at no additional cost.
Recommended Tools & Materials: Matching Supply with Demand, An Introduction to Operations Management, 4th edition, 2018, Gerard Cachon and Christian Terwiesch, McGraw Hill, ISBN13: 978-1-260-31706-0. Keeping the cost of the textbook in mind, earlier editions have relevant information. Students may also be able to find it via online resources such as Amazon, AbeBooks, etc.
Spring
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Fall
BUSM.X405
$745
(Estimated Cost)
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Winter
MKTG.X400
$650
(Estimated Cost)
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Fall
2. Core Course(s): (Choose 1)
BUSM.X402
$775
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Apr. 12 - Jun. 21, Mon, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 04-12-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 04-19-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 04-26-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 05-03-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 05-10-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 05-17-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 05-24-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 06-07-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 06-14-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Mon, 06-21-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
No meeting on May 31, 2027. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Tools and Materials:: International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, 10th Edition (MyLab), 2023, John J. Wild, Kenneth L. Wild, ISBN-13: 9781292450278.
**Important** Please wait until start of course for unique registration instructions for MyLab.
Spring
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Winter
3. Electives: Business Essentials
BUSM.X400
$880
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Apr. 14 - Jun. 23, Wed, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 04-14-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 04-21-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 04-28-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 05-12-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 05-19-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 05-26-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 06-02-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 06-09-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 06-16-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 06-23-2027 | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
PLEASE NOTE: This 3-unit course combines 20 hours of class meetings with 10 hours of outside work, including homework and case studies to be prepared for in-class discussion.
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
No meeting on May 5, 2027. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Tools & Materials:
Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, 2nd ed, PMI, PMI Practice Guide, 2023, ISBN: 978-1628258080. Note: If you are PMI member, you get this for free. Otherwise you may either buy this from PMI.org, amazon.com or other places. Use this guide to embrace a business analysis mindset for successful investigation and discovery-and as a tool to achieve outcomes.
Organizational Behavior Simulation: Judgment in a Crisis, Roberto, Michael A., Harvard Business Publishing Education, 2014, Product Number:
7077-HTM-ENG. Note: You need to buy this to play the simulation. You also may need to create a Harvard Business Publishing student account, and they charge about $16.25 per student.
Spring
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Fall
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Fall
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Summer
4. Electives: Financial Analysis
BUSM.X403
$600
(Estimated Cost)
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Winter
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Fall
5. Electives: Management Development
BUSM.X404
$700
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Feb. 2 - Mar. 16, Tue, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 02-02-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 02-09-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 02-16-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 02-23-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 03-02-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 03-09-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Tue, 03-16-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Tools & Materials: None. Required readings for this course include a series of published articles (by the instructor and others) who are experts in communication, leadership, linguistics, etc. Sources include Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. (All reading materials will be made available to students to read or download.)
Professional Credit:
HRCI(R)---PHR(R), SPHR(R) and GPHR(R) general recertification credit: 19.25 hours.
SHRM-CP(R) or SHRM-SCP(R) 19.25 PDCs.
Winter
PPMT.X422
$750
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Jan. 15 - Feb. 12, Fri, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 01-15-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Fri, 01-22-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Fri, 01-29-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Fri, 02-05-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Fri, 02-12-2027 | 6:00pm | 9:00pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Tools & Materials: None
Recommended Tools & Materials:
Project Management Body of Knowledge 6 (PMBOK), Project Management Institute.
Choose your WoW (Way of Working), Ambler, S. and Lines, M., PMI, 2022, ISBN: 978-1628257540.
Choose your WoW - A Disciplined Agile Delivery Handbook for Optimizing your Way of Working (WOW), Ambler, S. and Lines, M., Disciplined Agile Press, 2019, ISBN: 978-1790447848.
Introduction to Disciplined Agile, Ambler, S. and Lines, M., Disciplined Agile Press, 2018, ISBN: 978-1983891304.
Leading the Agile Enterprise, Dr. Gail Ferreira, Prima Leader, 2018, ISBN: 978-0692100844.
|| Prerequisites:
Prerequisites / Skills Needed
Winter
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Fall
6. Electives: Marketing Business Development
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
MKTG.X401
$700
(Estimated Cost)
Currently no classes scheduled. Would you like to be notified when a class is available?
Winter
7. Completion Review:
O-CE0405
$95
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Schedule
Please enroll in the Business Administration Certificate Completion Fee only when all of the certificate requirements have been met and your final grades are posted.
Recommended course sequence
Flexible course sequence
Courses may be taken in any order provided the prerequisites are met. You can learn more about each course in the Syllabus Library.
Substitutions
You may take one elective outside the certificate curriculum if you receive prior approval from the Academic Services Department. If you have not yet declared your candidacy in the Business Administration certificate program, please follow the current curriculum requirements.
To receive your certificate
Upon completion of the course sequence, you may request your Business Administration Certificate Completion Review.
Professional development
The credit you earn in many Business Administration certificate courses qualifies as credit within professional organizations. Check with your professional association.
Transfer your Business Administration certificate units to NDNU
Completion of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Business Administration certificate program allows you to transfer up to nine UCSC SV quarter units (equal to six NDNU semester credits) toward two advanced programs at Notre Dame de Namur University.
Transferrable UCSC Silicon Valley courses
- Organizational Development and Change | HRMT.X401
- Customer-Driven Marketing: Principles and Practice | MKTG.X400
- Applied Market Research for Strategic Decisions | MKTG.X401
Transfer requirements
- Complete the identified Business Administration courses before enrolling in the NDNU MBA Program.
- Have received a grade of B or higher in each UCSC course to be transferred.
- Be in good academic standing.
- Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Meet NDNU admission requirements.
Grade requirements
Please note that only letter grades of C or higher may be applied to a certificate, and in some programs, students may have more stringent requirements. Students in most employer- and government-sponsored payment programs, such as workforce development, as well as international students on F-1 visas, need to maintain a B average to meet their requirements.
See Grading and Credits Policy for further information.
Establish Candidacy
Instructors
Co-Chair
Reynold H Lewke
Startup CEO Coach and Recruiter | Career and Ironman Coach
REYNOLD LEWKE, M.S., M.B.A, LLB, a corporate attorney, litigator, author and business advisor, runs his own strategic talent management consulting and executive search firm. He has worked with startups and global Fortune 100 companies integrating engineering, business and legal perspectives. He offers actionable insights into issues ranging from domestic and international contracts to products liability, technology, human resources, and construction. Reynold, a certified personal trainer and Ironman coach with more than 22 Ironman distance races behind him, also offers career coaching services for professionals and fitness and personal training services. He has served as chair or co-chair of the Business Administration certificate program since 2020.
Co-chair
Dianne Conry
Consultant, Kranz & Associates | Program Chair | Instructor
DIANNE V. CONRY, M.S., CPA, is a consultant with Kranz & Associates and has more than 30 years of accounting experience both in public accounting and in private industry. She has been teaching with UCSC Silicon Valley Extension since 1996, served many years as chair of the former Accounting certificate program, and currently serves as co-chair of the Business Administration certificate program.
Advisory Committee
PHIL BROTHERTON, B.S.M.E, M.B.A
Principal, Phil Brotherton Consulting
Vice President, Solutions and Alliances
NetApp
LARRY O'CONNELL M.S., M.A., M.B.A
Former Instructor, Business Administration Program
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
DIANNE V. CONRY, M.S., CPA
Consultant, Kranz & Associates
Co-Chair / Instructor, Business Administration Program
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
REYNOLD LEWKE, M.S., M.B.A, LLB,
Co-Chair, Business Administration Certificate Program
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
WENLEI SHAN, M.B.A
Former Instructor, Business Administration Program
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
BENJAMIN WANG, MD.
Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer
NeVap, Inc
