DoD Financial Management Certificate - Curriculum 196 (DL)

Brief Overview

This program is only open to enrollment for Winter quarter.

Academic Associate

Phil Candreva, JD
Ingersoll Hall, Room 215

(831) 656-2884
pjcandre@nps.edu

Program Director

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

(831) 656-6269, DSN 756-6269
cchart@nps.edu

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:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
MN3156Financial and Managerial Accounting

4

0

MN4510Strategic Resource Management

4

0

MN4053Defense Budget and Financial Management Policy

4

0

-or-

MN4052Managerial Finance

3

0

Elective courses (Students will choose):

Audit Track:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
MN4520Internal Control and Audit

3

0

-and-

MN4530Management Control Systems

4

0

or Data Analytics Track:

Course NumberTitleCreditsLecture HoursLab Hours
MN3911Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management

3

0

MN4912Multivariate Data Analysis

3

0