Management

A Step Ahead

Explore an area of deep interest, fine tune your major and get ahead in your field with a management certificate program from Fort Hays State University. Our advanced programs require 12 credit hours of study and are composed of courses specific to an area of influence – all to help you hone in on your management skills and refine your existing propensity to lead. As you continue advancing your studies, you’ll continue to support your future job, career and skillset, while further developing the contributions that you’ll directly utilize in your career as a manager, entrepreneur or business owner.

Management Certificates

All classes leading to a certificate must be taken for credit, and courses cannot be counted toward more than one certificate. Only non-majors are eligible for certificates (for example, a student majoring in management cannot pursue a certificate in management but would be eligible to pursue a certificate in business law). Otherwise, students can complete a certificate program regardless of their major. 

Business Law

• GBUS 204 Business Law (3 Credit Hours)
• GBUS 403 Commercial Law (3 Credit Hours)
• GBUS 404 Business Organizations & Government Regulation (3 Credit Hours)
• Choose one of the following:

• • GBUS 601 Employment Law (3 Credit Hours)
  • FIN 670 Estate Planning (3 Credit Hours)
  • INF 658 Law of Cyberspace (3 Credit Hours)
  • AGRI 321 Agriculture Law & Policy (3 Credit Hours)
  • CRJ 331 Criminal Law & Procedure (3 Credit Hours)
  • SOCW 615 Top is in Social Work: Social Work & the Law (3 Credit Hours)
  • INF 610 Public Policy, Law, Ethics in Telecommunications (3 Credit Hours)
  • PHIL 401 Philosophy of Law (3 Credit Hours)
  • POLS 320 Introduction to the Law (3 Credit Hours)
  • POLS 620 Constitutional Law (3 Credit Hours)

Entrepreneurship

• ENTR 301 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 Hours)
• ENTR 350 Opportunity Development and Creativity (3 Hours)
• ENTR 401 Opportunity Evaluation (3 Hours)
• ENTR 605 New Venture Creation (3 Credit Hours)

Human Resource Management

• MGT 611 Human Resource Management (3 Credit Hours)
• MGT 612 Recruitment, Selection, and Retention (3 Credit Hours)
• MGT 613 Total Compensation (3 Credit Hours)
• MGT 614 Training and Development (3 Credit Hours)

Management

• MGT 301 Management Principles (3 Credit Hours)
• Choose three of the following:

• • INF 304 Management Information Systems I (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 410 Organizational Behavior/Development (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 411 Applied Management Skills (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 475 Business, Society, Ethics (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 611 Human Resource Management (3 Credit Hours)

Operations Management

• MGT 301 Management Principles (3 Credit Hours)
• MGT 602 Production and Operations Management (3 Credit Hours)

• • (Non-BBA major pre-requisites include MGT 301, MATH 250 or with permission)
• Choose two of the following:
  
  
  • MGT 600 Lean Systems (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 601 Project/Program Management (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 603 Supply Chain Management (3 Credit Hours)
  • MGT 608 Total Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)

Application Procedure

Students are designated as "certificate students" when they submit an Intent to Complete Certificate form (see below). Please print and mail the completed form to:

Department of Management
College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
McCartney Hall 302
Hays, KS 67601

You may also deliver the form to the Department of Management in McCartney Hall 302 on campus. If you are unable to get to our office, you may also fax it.

Intent to Complete Certificate Forms (PDF)

Certificate in Business Law
Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Certificate in Human Resource Management (Undergraduate)
Certificate in Human Resource Management (Graduate)
Certificate in Management
Certificate in Operations Management

Program Requirements

Program summaries are below. A student must complete certificate courses with a cumulative 2.0 GPA.

Upon completion of certificate requirements (demonstrated by the student submitting an official FHSU transcript to the department), the department chair will authorize the issuance of a printed certificate. Please note that certificate programs are not listed on a student's official transcript; however, completion of a certificate should be included on a student's resume to demonstrate attainment of a level of education in a management-related discipline which is more than completing a certain number of academic courses.