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Management Accounting Graduate Certificate

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The Management Accounting graduate certificate prepares you to use timely managerial accounting information to facilitate decision making for business owners, managers, and employees.

Certificate earners are awarded a digital badge for each certificate they complete. Badges can be digitally displayed anywhere to recognize attaining a new level of knowledge.

Courses are offered in convenient, seven-week sessions, which are available in several delivery modes: in-person, hybrid, or online. They may be taken  as a stand-alone certificate, as an initial step toward, or concurrently with our Master of Professional Accounting.

Learning Goals

Upon completion of the program, you’ll be able to:

  1. Develop a deep understanding of evaluating business performance using accounting information.
  2. Apply management accounting knowledge analyzing and offering recommendations to improve business performance.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must hold either (1) a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or (2) a tertiary (post-secondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution. International applicants may be required to satisfy an English proficiency requirement. The successful applicant is generally expected to have a minimum combined junior/senior grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale.

Application instructions

Certificate Requirement

To be awarded the graduate certificate, students must successfully complete nine credits of course work consisting of six required credits and three elective credits. All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 3.0.

Management Accounting Certificate Plan of Study213.76 KB

Penn State’s schedule of courses lists availability.

Course Offerings

Spring 2023

The PDF below is the Spring 2023 Management Division Great Valley Course Schedule. If you have any issues viewing this document or have any questions, please contact the division at [email protected].

Management Division Spring Course Schedule219.41 KB

Summer 2023

The PDF below is the Summer 2023 Management Division Great Valley Course Schedule. If you have any issues viewing this document or have any questions, please contact the division at [email protected].

Management Division Summer Course Schedule180.1 KB

Management Accounting Graduate Certificate

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