Certificate in Business
Learn business. Grow your skills. Expand your education.
Program Overview
Prepare for a future strategic role, diversify your skill set, and gain foundational business tools to use throughout your career.
18 Credits, 6 Courses
4 required courses + 2 business electives
Required courses: accounting, finance, marketing, and management and human resources
Popular Majors to Pair With the Certificate
Journalism, psychology, engineering, community & nonprofit leadership, consumer science, life sciences communication, and international studies
Admissions
Applications are accepted from the first Friday of classes through the fourth Friday of classes of the fall semester.
You are eligible to apply to the Certificate in Business program if you:
- Are a currently enrolled undergraduate student at UW–Madison
- Are pursuing a nonbusiness degree
- Have completed a minimum of 54 degree credits at the time of application (junior standing)
- Have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA. (This GPA does not guarantee admission to the certificate.)
- Have completed a minimum of 12 GPA credits. (Transfer students must complete a minimum of 12 credits at UW–Madison.)
Essay Requirement
With your application, you will submit an essay (500 word maximum) that fully and reflectively addresses this prompt:
“Please provide a detailed description of how the Certificate in Business will enable you to more completely fulfill your goals, both educational and professional. Be specific regarding how the Certificate in Business will be integrated with your current program, school, and/or major.”
More Information
Advising
If you have questions about undergraduate certificates, email the School of Business undergraduate advising center at wibbaadvising@wsb.wisc.edu or call 608-262-0471.
Summer Certificate
The School of Business also offers the open-enrollment, 12-credit Summer Certificate in Business Fundamentals, designed to be completed over multiple summer terms.