Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (C.A.G.S.) in Business Administration

The Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) is a non-degree program designed to provide the opportunity for advanced graduate study beyond the MBA degree and serve the continuing education needs of MBA graduates and other professional managers with comparable advanced degrees.

The CAGS Program consists of five courses normally selected from the list of elective courses in the MBA Program, which must be completed within a period of seven years. To enroll in these courses, students must have completed any prerequisites, either through prior coursework or through enrollment in the appropriate MBA courses.

Functional Core Courses (MBA600-605)

Ordinarily, no more than one Functional Core course from the MBA program may count toward the CAGS. Generally, credit for such a course will be approved only if a student has not taken that course or a comparable one at another school within the last three years, and if the student intends to concentrate his/her study in the area of the Functional Core course.

MBA Foundation and Core Courses are offered all three semesters: fall, spring and summer. Most courses in the fall and spring are offered in a hybrid or blended format (meeting every other week) where they will meet both in-person and online using Brightspace. Classes run from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. and are offered Monday-Thursday.

The structure of the blended class and the online weeks at the instructor’s discretion; therefore, no two hybrid classes may be the same. The summer semester commonly offers intensive formats for courses a 6-week format in each of two summer sessions.

Foundation Courses are accelerated and are offered online.

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