DoD Financial Management Certificate - Curriculum 196 (DL)
Brief Overview
This program is not open for enrollment to individual students. A Sponsor is required to fund all students in order for the program to be offered.
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
Spring
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 | Financial and Managerial Accounting | | 4 | 0 |
| GE4053 | DoD Mission and Resource Determination | | 4 | 0 |
| MN4510 | Strategic Resource Management | | 4 | 0 |
| -or- | | | |
| GE4052 | Managerial Finance | | 3 | 0 |
Elective courses (Students will choose):
Audit Track:
| MN4520 | Internal Control & Audit | | 3 | 0 |
| -and- | | | |
| MN4530 | Management Control Systems | | 4 | 0 |
or Data Analytics Track:
| MN3911 | Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management | | 3 | 0 |
| MN4912 | Multivariate Data Analysis | | 3 | 0 |