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Advance Your Career!
Complete your Certificate, Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree
through online business classes with Rockford University.
Certificates
CertificatesEarn a certificate in any of 5 concentrations: Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing, or Operations Management.
Each Certificate includes 6 courses.
Completion time: 6 to 12 months
Business Management Bachelor’s Degree
Business Management Bachelor’s DegreeApply previous college credits and RU certificate credits to complete your degree.
Completion time: 18 to 30 months
MBA Degree
Begin the program in January 2020!
Enhance your business skills. Move into a leadership role!
Completion time: 18 to 24 months
Admission Requirements
Program Requirements
Enhance your advancement potential by developing key business skills. Earn a business certificate with concentration in Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing, or Operations Management.
Three easy steps.
1) Choose your concentration and take 2 courses.
Finance
- BSMS 323 Development & Review of Financial Inform (3)
- BSMS 425 Finance (3)
Human Resources
- BSMS 348 HR Management (3)
- BSMS 338 Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (3)
Leadership
- BSMS 301 Team Dynamics (3)
- BSMS 480 Leadership Seminar (3)
Marketing
- BSMS 358 Marketing (3)
- BSMS 453 Global Business Applications (3)
Operations Management
- BSMS 440 Management of Information Systems (3)
- BSMS 420 Data Analysis (3)
2) Choose 4 concentration completion courses below.
- BSMS 301 Team Dynamics (3)
- BSMS 305 Organizational Communication (3)
- BSMS 315 Business Ethics (3)
- BSMS 323 Development & Review of Financial Inform (3)
- BSMS 338 Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (3)
- BSMS 343 Readings in Management & Organizational Theory (3)
- BSMS 348 HR Management (3)
- BSMS 358 Marketing (3)
- BSMS 420 Data Analysis (3)
- BSMS 425 Finance (3)
- BSMS 430 Business Research (3)
- BSMS 436 Government & Organizations (3)
- BSMS 440 Management of Info Systems (3)
- BSMS 453 International Business (3)
- BSMS 480 Leadership Seminar (3)
3) Receive your completed certificate.
If you wish to continue your education, your RU certificate credits count toward earning your Business Management Bachelor’s Degree.
Admission Requirements
- Complete your application
- Have official transcripts sent to:
Email: accelerated@rockford.eduMail: Must be official sealed transcript.
Rockford University Adult & Graduate Admission
5050 East State Street
Rockford IL 61108
Program Requirements
Required Major Courses (General)
- 301 – Team Dynamics
- 305 – Organizational Communication
- 315 – Organizational Ethics
- 323 – Development & Review of Financial Information
- 336 – Government and Organizations
- 338 – Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- 343 – Readings in Management
- 345 – Leadership Seminar
- 348 – HR Foundations
- 353 – Global Business Application
- 358 – Marketing
- 361 – Research
- 368 – Finance
- 371 – Technology
- 395 – Strategy and Policy
- 495 – Senior Capstone
- 364/365 – Data Analysis/Data Presentation OR 376 Special Course
Liberal Arts Courses
- 380 – Topics in Social Science
- 381 – Topics in Science
- 382 – Topics in Humanities
- Supporting Requirements
- 120 – Principles of Macroeconomics
- 121 – Principles of Microeconomics
- 220 – Principles of Financial Accounting
- 221 – Principles of Managerial Accounting
- 230 – Principles of Statistics
*Degree requires a total of 124 credit hours
Visit the Accelerated Business Management Bachelor’s Degree program page for full details
Admission Requirements
- Complete your application
- Have official transcripts sent to:
Email: accelerated@rockford.eduMail: Must be official sealed transcript.
Rockford University Adult & Graduate Admission
5050 East State Street
Rockford IL 61108
Program Requirements
Core Coursework
- MBA 503 Managerial Economics or MBA 504 Business & The National Economy
- MBA 510 Legal Environment of Business
- MBA 530 Managerial Accounting and Control
- MBA 540 Financial Management
- MBA 550 Management and Leadership Theory and Practice
- MBA 560 Marketing
- MBA 580 Introduction to Business Research
- MBA 590 Organizational Communication
- MBA 696 Business Planning and Strategies
Concentration Coursework
Choose courses from 3 different concentrations
Healthcare Administration (3 eight-week courses in classroom and online)
- MBA 581 Healthcare Finance and Reimbursement
- MBA 582 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- MBA 583 US Healthcare Strategy
Finance – Complete 3 of the following
- MBA 509 Public Finance
- MBA 517 Money and Banking
- MBA 641 Investment Management
- MBA 670 International Trade/Financial Management
- MBA 685 Contemporary Topics and Issues in Organizations
Project Management – Complete 3 of the following
- MBA 650 Operations Management
- MBA 680 Information Systems in Business
- MBA 685 Project Planning and Control
- MBA 685 Supply Chain Management
You may enroll in the general track of the MBA. If you choose to pursue a general MBA, you take any 3 electives of your choosing.
Certificates
Earn a certificate in any of the 5 concentrations. Each concentration includes 6 courses.
Concentrations: Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing and Operations Management.
Completion time: 6 to 12 months
Admission Requirements
- Complete your application
- Have official transcripts sent to:
Email: accelerated@rockford.eduMail: Must be official sealed transcript.
Rockford University Adult & Graduate Admission
5050 East State Street
Rockford IL 61108
Program Requirements
Enhance your advancement potential by developing key business skills. Earn a business certificate with concentration in Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing, or Operations Management.
Three easy steps.
1) Choose your concentration and take 2 courses.
Finance
- BSMS 323 – Development & Review of Financial Inform (3)
- BSMS 425 – Finance (3)
Human Resources
- BSMS 348 – HR Management (3)
- BSMS 338 – Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (3)
Leadership
- BSMS 301 – Team Dynamics (3)
- BSMS 480 – Leadership Seminar (3)
Marketing
- BSMS 358 – Marketing (3)
- BSMS 453 – Global Business Applications (3)
Operations Management
- BSMS 440 Management of Information Systems (3)
- BSMS 420 – Data Analysis (3)
2) Choose 4 concentration completion courses below.
- BSMS 301 – Team Dynamics (3)
- BSMS 305 – Organizational Communication (3)
- BSMS 315 – Organizational Ethics (3)
- BSMS 343 – Readings in Management & Organizational Theory (3)
- BSMS 338 – Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (3)
- BSMS 430 – Business Research (3)
- BSMS 436 – Government & Organizations (3)
- BSMS 490 – Strategy & Policy (3)
3) Receive your completed certificate.
If you wish to continue your education, your RU certificate credits count toward earning your Accelerated Business Management Bachelor’s Degree.
Business Management Bachelor’s Degree
Business Management Bachelor’s DegreeApply previous college credits and RU certificate credits to complete your degree.
Completion time: 18 to 30 months
Admission Requirements
- Complete your application
- Have official transcripts sent to:
Email: accelerated@rockford.eduMail: Must be official sealed transcript.
Rockford University Adult & Graduate Admission
5050 East State Street
Rockford IL 61108
Program Requirements
Required Major Courses (General)
- 301 – Team Dynamics
- 305 – Organizational Communication
- 315 – Organizational Ethics
- 323 – Development & Review of Financial Information
- 336 – Government and Organizations
- 338 – Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- 343 – Readings in Management
- 345 – Leadership Seminar
- 348 – HR Foundations
- 353 – Global Business Application
- 358 – Marketing
- 361 – Research
- 368 – Finance
- 371 – Technology
- 395 – Strategy and Policy
- 495 – Senior Capstone
- 364/365 – Data Analysis/Data Presentation OR 376 Special Course
Liberal Arts Courses
- 380 – Topics in Social Science
- 381 – Topics in Science
- 382 – Topics in Humanities
- Supporting Requirements
- 120 – Principles of Macroeconomics
- 121 – Principles of Microeconomics
- 220 – Principles of Financial Accounting
- 221 – Principles of Managerial Accounting
- 230 – Principles of Statistics
*Degree requires a total of 124 credit hours
Visit the Accelerated Business Management Bachelor’s Degree program page for full details
MBA Degree
Begin the program in January 2020!
Enhance your business skills. Move into a leadership role!
Completion time: 18 to 24 months
Admission Requirements
- Complete your application
- Have official transcripts sent to:
Email: accelerated@rockford.eduMail: Must be official sealed transcript.
Rockford University Adult & Graduate Admission
5050 East State Street
Rockford IL 61108
Program Requirements
Core Coursework
- MBA 503 Managerial Economics or MBA 504 Business & The National Economy
- MBA 510 Legal Environment of Business
- MBA 530 Managerial Accounting and Control
- MBA 540 Financial Management
- MBA 550 Management and Leadership Theory and Practice
- MBA 560 Marketing
- MBA 580 Introduction to Business Research
- MBA 590 Organizational Communication
- MBA 696 Business Planning and Strategies
Concentration Coursework
Choose courses from 3 different concentrations
Healthcare Administration (3 eight-week courses in classroom and online)
- MBA 581 Healthcare Finance and Reimbursement
- MBA 582 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- MBA 583 US Healthcare Strategy
Finance – Complete 3 of the following
- MBA 509 Public Finance
- MBA 517 Money and Banking
- MBA 641 Investment Management
- MBA 670 International Trade/Financial Management
- MBA 685 Contemporary Topics and Issues in Organizations
Project Management – Complete 3 of the following
- MBA 650 Operations Management
- MBA 680 Information Systems in Business
- MBA 685 Project Planning and Control
- MBA 685 Supply Chain Management
You may enroll in the general track of the MBA. If you choose to pursue a general MBA, you take any 3 electives of your choosing.
Learn More
Faculty
Admission
(815) 226-4040
Accelerated@rockford.edu
Certificates & Business Management bachelor’s degree
Mandolen Mull, Ph.D.
Learn More
Admission
(815) 226-4040
Accelerated@rockford.edu
Faculty
Certificates
Mandolen Mull, Ph.D.
Accelerated Business Management Bachelor’s Degree
Mandolen Mull, Ph.D.
Accelerated MBA
Professor Luis Romero
