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:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
MN3301Acquisition of Defense Systems

4

0

-or-

MN3331Principles of Acquisition and Program Management

5

1

-or-

MN3221Principles of Acquisition and Program Management I

3

0

-and-

MN3222Principles of Acquisition and Program Management II

3

0

MN3303Principles of Acquisition and Contract Management

4

0

MN3309Software Acquisition Management for Defense Systems

3

2

MN4307Defense 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.

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
GE4053DoD Mission and Resource Determination

4

0

-or-

MN3172Resourcing National Security: Policy and Process

3

0

-or-

MN4053Defense Budget and Financial Management Policy

4

0

MN3911Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management

3

0

Strategic Leadership and Management Course Options:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
GE3010Organizations as Systems and Structures

3

0

-or-

MN4474Organizational Analysis

3

1

-or-

MN3010Leading Innovative Organizations and People

4

0

MN3118Negotiation and Consensus Building

4

0

GE3109Ethics and Moral Development

3

0

MN4017High-performance Decision Practices

3

0

MN4012Maneuver Warfare for the Mind: The Art and Science of Interdisciplinary Learning for Innovation and Warfighting Leaders

4

0

Manpower and Economics Course Options:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
GE3070Economics for Defense Managers

3

0

-or-

GB3070Economics of the Global Defense Environment

4

0

-or-

MN3070Fundamentals of Cost Benefit Analysis

4

0

GE3040Statistics for Executive Management

3

0

-or-

MN3911Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management

3

0

Operations and Logistics Course Options:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
GE3042Process Analytics

4

0

-or-

MN3042Operations Management

3

0

-or-

MN3442Process Analytics

4

0

MN3441Tools for Managerial Data Analysis

4

0

MN3911Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management

3

0