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2024-2025 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Nov 20, 2024
 
2024-2025 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog

Research Administration Certificate


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The Graduate Certificate in Research Administration degree program is designed for students from diverse backgrounds and interests to develop complementary management skills along with a focus on budgeting, project management, and pre- and post-administration of projects or programs operating with sponsored funding. 

This 15-credit online program can be completed in two or three terms on a part-time basis with both synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. The credits earned for the graduate certificate are fully stackable to the Master of Science in Research Administration offered by the University of Pittsburgh.

Admission Requirements


Katz utilizes a test optional admissions process for all its programs. This means that all applicants have the option to submit GMAT or GRE scores in support of their application but are not required to do so.

Applicants who do not meet at least one of the following criteria are encouraged (but not required) to submit GMAT or GRE test scores:

  • An undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.25 and a B (3.00) average or higher in a minimum of 6 credits of quantitative coursework (on a 4.0 grading scale) OR
  • Have earned a graduate and/or professional degree

International applicants to full-time programs are also encouraged to submit GMAT or GRE test scores. 

International applicants are required to submit an English Language test (TOEFL/IELTS/DuoLlingo).

Curriculum


The Graduate Certificate in Research Administration is designed as a 15-credit online graduate certificate program to be completed in two - three terms on a part-time basis. The part-time online program would be delivered with both synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. The Graduate Certificate in Research Administration is stackable to the MS in Research Administration.

The graduate certificate requires students to complete 12 credits of required courses and minimum 3.0 credits of elective Katz coursework, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B).

Required Courses (12 Credits)


Elective (3 Credits)


Students are eligible to enroll in any Katz masters level course in which they have completed all necessary course pre-requisites. Courses of special relevance may include those required for the MS in Research Administration such as BOAH 2409 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: LEADERSHIP AND GROUP EFFECTIVENESS , BSPP 2409 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT  as well as courses in communications, negotiations, and managerial accounting.

Total Credits: 15


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