DoD Financial Management Certificate - Curriculum 196 (DL)

This program is only open to enrollment for Winter quarter.

Academic Associate

Phil Candreva, JD
Ingersoll Hall, Room 215

[phone]
[e-mail]

Program Director

Christina Hart, Ph.D.
Code MN, Ingersoll Hall, Room 334

[phone], DSN 756-6269
[e-mail]

Brief Overview

The Certificate in Financial Management is a graduate academic certificate program available to NPS resident and distance learning students. Designed for mid-to-senior level leaders interested in financial management and budget, the program prepares students for business, financial, and analysis positions within the DoD. This program supports continuous financial management reform initiatives mandated by Congress and senior leaders, and also supports initiatives to educate mid-to-senior level leaders in the areas of financial management and budget. The program educates and prepares financial managers assisting the DoD's decision-making processes at all levels by providing accurate, timely, and relevant information and analysis. The students can choose between two tracks (i.e., audit or data analytics) by taking two elective courses in addition to the three core courses.

Convenes

Winter

Program Length

Five quarters

Outcomes

• Educate mid-career defense financial managers in accounting, budgeting, financial management, and audit or data analytics
• Support continuous financial management reform initiatives mandated by Congress and senior leaders
• Assist the DoD's decision-making processes at all levels by providing accurate, timely and relevant information and analysis

Five-Quarter Certificate (1 course per quarter)

The certificate requires the completion of 3 core courses and 2 elective courses (from 1 of the 2 tracks). Students would take 1 course per quarter.

Core Courses:

MN3156 is a combined Financial and Managerial Accounting Course. Students who take both MN3050 (Financial Reporting and Analysis) and MN3051 (Cost Management) have met the requirement for MN3156 as they constitute a superior substitute.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
MN4053	Defense Budget and Financial Management Policy		4	0
MN4052	Managerial Finance		3	0
MN3156	Financial and Managerial Accounting		4	0
	-or-
MN3050	Financial Reporting and Analysis		4	0
	-and-
MN3051	Cost Management		3	0

Elective courses (Students will choose):

Audit Track:

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
MN4520	Internal Control and Audit		3	0
	-and-
MN4530	Management Control Systems		4	0

or Data Analytics Track:

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
MN3911	Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management		3	0
	-and-
MN4912	Multivariate Data Analysis		3	0