- Current business students (e.g. a management major wanting an edge in organizational business communication).
- Current UAB students with majors outside of business (e.g. an art major planning to sell designs or services).
Communicate as a leader on a personal and managerial level.
The Certificate in Organizational Communication is designed to develop students’ communication and integral managerial skills, allowing them to adapt to varying business environments and a wide range of audiences and clients. The undergraduate certificate program emphasizes the importance of business writing skills, verbal and nonverbal communication, and global communication skills.
Communications is a broad topic that includes many competencies. The certificate curriculum includes three required communications courses and allows students to choose two elective courses that align with their respective career goals.
The Organizational Communication Certificate can be completed on-campus, online, or a combination of both and requires completion of three core communication courses (three credit hours each) and two electives:
Required core courses (3)
- BUS 350: Business Communications
- MG 438: Managerial Communication Skills
- IB 439: Global Business Communications
Elective courses (choose 2)
- See UAB undergraduate catalog for full list
Elevate your career with the UAB Collat School of Business Data Visualization course
Request information about the professional Data Visualization course!
Push your career further with data communication skills gained through the new Data Visualization course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham! It’s delivered in a live-online format and designed just for professionals like you.
- One 2-hour session per week for 7 weeks
- Interactive, flexible classes
- Scholarships are available
- 20% Early Bird discount opportunity
The Art and Science of Data Visualization: A Hands-On Approach to Impactful Storytelling
In this course, you’ll learn how to transform data into compelling visual narratives and enhance your communication skills along the way. This course also fully prepares you to sit for the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam!
Alicja Foksinska Arnold
She is a corporate supervisor of Internal Audit Data Analytics who holds both a CISA and CFE. In addition to teaching classes in data visualization, she is the co-author of Wiley’s new Accounting Information Systems: Connecting Careers, Systems, and Analytics. She is a distinguished Academic Ambassador for Tableau, a recipient of the “Outstanding Chapter Leadership Award” from the Institute of Internal Auditors, a recipient of the UAB Rising Star Award, a Birmingham Business Journal NextGEN in Accounting Honoree, and a UAB Alumna of the Decade (2010-2020).
The deadline to enroll is approaching fast, so don’t wait. Take the next step in your data communications training. Learn more today or enroll!
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Take a purposeful next step in your career with a UAB Collat School of Business Project Management Course
Request information about the professional Project Management course offerings!
Want an extra boost to push your career forward? We see your drive — and can give you the tools, flexibility, and connections to get you there.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham offers professional project management courses that can be completed in five sessions over five weeks. These courses feature quick registration, PMP certification preparation, and hands-on learning to build your resume. All instruction is done through a live-online format!
Choose a course that aligns with your goals
- Advanced Project Management Certificate Course
- Foundational Project Management Certificate Course
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt Prep Course and Exam (self-paced)
Featured Course: Advanced Project Management Certificate Course
This course meets the education requirements to sit for both the PMP exam and includes access to a 6-month exam simulator. You will learn how project management can help your company thrive using the most proven and trusted practices in the industry. Plus, you will learn how to use new tools that you can immediately apply to your career!
The deadline to enroll is approaching fast, so don’t wait. Scholarships are available!
"Immediately, the Foundations of Project Management class gave me tools and techniques to apply every day in my job that I never knew about. I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone who is thinking about Project Management as a career or needs more information to help them in their current role."
- Jimmy Neely, past participant
Take the next step in your project management career and make moves toward your PMP certification with UAB. Learn more today or enroll!
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Who can benefit?
- Professionals interested in entering the field of digital marketing or expanding beyond their current role in traditional marketing.
- Students looking to enhance their resumes with a certificate and hands on experience in digital marketing.
- Individuals preparing for careers in marketing such as marketing specialist, marketing manager, advertising and promotions manager, or marketing research analyst.
Want to build a digital marketing career? You need tools.
The Marketing in the Digital Era Certificate provides a comprehensive view of digital communication tools and their role in the larger sphere of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC). IMC uses both traditional communication tools (e.g. media advertising, public relations, direct marketing, etc.) along with emerging digital communication tools to create a rich and seamless consumer experience across various media channels.
The certificate program can be completed online, in-person or a combination of both. It requires you to apply what you learn while working with a local organization to develop or manage digital marketing strategies using current best practices.
If you decide to further your education, you can apply the certificate towards UAB’s MS in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies opens a new website, which allows you to customize your degree to fit your needs by combining two areas of study from several approved graduate certificate programs.
The five-course Marketing in the Digital Era Certificate requires a practicum course that involves working with local organizations to develop or manage digital marketing strategies.
- MBA 655: Digital Marketing Strategy
- MBA 656: Integrated Marketing Communications Practicum
- MBA 657: Digital Marketing Topics
- MBA 653: Marketing Analysis and Decision Making OR MBA 650: Marketing Management: Strategies and Implementations
- Any graduate-level marketing elective approved by the Program Director
- Individuals interested in preparing for a career in real estate and obtaining an Alabama Real Estate Salesperson License.
- Students wanting to enhance their resumes with industry-specific credentials for a potential real estate career.
Building equity in your future.
Grow your career with UAB’s Real Estate Certificate, which covers fundamental principles of both commercial and residential real estate with a focus on investing and finance. It is designed to provide industry-specific credentials to individuals interested in entering the real estate profession through residential or commercial property sales, property management, land development, mortgage banking, property appraisal, or brokerage.
An internship is required and includes possibilities of working with real estate brokers, real estate developers, appraisers, or one of our in-house programs through the Regions Institute for Financial Education opens a new website, such as the HomeFirst home-buyer counseling program or the Property Advocacy program.
Upon successful completion of two of the five required courses, students can be certified to sit for the Alabama Real Estate Salesperson License Examination.
The Real Estate Certificate can be completed on-campus, online, or a combination of both and requires completion of the following five courses (three credit hours each) with a grade of C or better in each course, including a required internship:
- FN 370: Principles of Real Estate
- FN 460: Finance Internship
- FN 470: Real Estate Finance
- FN 475: Real Estate Investment Analysis
- MK 330: Professional Selling
- Students and professionals looking to fill or advance in leadership roles across a wide range of public and private organizations.
- Individuals looking to improve their understanding of relevant leadership theories and practices to create positive change in themselves, the community, and their organization.
Lead and inspire others for positive change.
The Certificate in Organizational Leadership is designed to develop students’ leadership potential to ethically lead and influence others to achieve positive outcomes. The undergraduate certificate program emphasizes the importance of developing interpersonal relationship skills and abilities that improve communication and collaboration, leading to better results.
Leadership is a broad topic that includes many competencies. The certificate curriculum includes two required leadership theory courses and allows students to choose three leadership elective courses that align with their respective career goals.
The five-course Organizational Leadership Certificate requires two core leadership theory courses and three leadership elective courses.
Required courses (2)
- MG 425: Managing through Leadership
- MG 440: Advanced Leadership Theory and Practice
Elective courses (choose 3)
- MG 305: Nonprofit Organizational Management
- MG 306: Managing Innovation
- MG 309: Hogwarts School of Leadership
- MG 405: Nonprofit Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- MG 417: Project Management
- MG 414: Talent Development
- MG 430: Management and Leadership in Sports and Entertainment Organizations
- MG 438: Managerial Communication
- MK 330: Professional Selling
- ENT 425: Entrepreneurial Engagement Seminar
- IB 439: Global Business Communications
Medical Equipment and Supplies Distribution
The Charles and Patsy Collat Industrial Distribution Program at UAB offers a concentration in Medical Equipment and Supplies Distribution. It prepares graduates for careers with manufacturers and distributors of medical and health care products, both equipment and supplies. The comprehensive industrial distribution curriculum is complimented by health industry classes such as biology, chemistry, medical terminology, anatomy, and some healthcare administration classes.
This first-of-its-kind concentration is supported by the UAB Heersink School of Medicine opens a new website, School of Public Health opens a new website, and School of Health Professions opens a new website. It provides unique learning opportunities that place students in real healthcare settings to experience first-hand how medical supply and distribution play a critical role in successful patient outcomes.
Thanks to Birmingham's vast medical community featuring some of the nation's largest medicine and health care providers, opportunities abound for year-round internships and job placement for students and research and consulting for faculty.
"Shadowing Dr. Hadley and going through the Medical Equipment and Supplies concentration exposes you to a completely different side of healthcare that most people do not know about."
Bernard Lisy Industrial Distribution major