Degree: Executive Education Certificate Program
What It Is
This certificate program at Culverhouse offers a company’s leadership and management teams the opportunity to gain the hard skills and deep knowledge that allow them to make real impacts.
How It\’s Unique
In the Executive Education program, faculty and industry leaders combine to create unique, custom education experiences for leadership in areas like business cybersecurity and data analytics. The program can also tailor-make continuing education courses for refining internal teams and training rising talent, courses focused on topics like leadership, finance, program management and more.
What It\’s Worth
Students can use these certificate programs to either build their resumes and drive professional outcomes for themselves and their company or use them to explore new fields and begin gaining skills for a career change. According to Stephanie Lowe, Senior Director of Executive Education at Culverhouse, “Our executive education offerings build off some of our institution’s greatest strengths: future-forward academics and faculty who are among the leading experts in their fields. Our business cybersecurity certificate program, for example, is taught by Culverhouse faculty who have built systems that have helped law enforcement throughout the region combat human trafficking.”
Students Speak
“The Data Analytics Certificate Program provided a comprehensive overview into the data analytics concepts critical for business decision making,” said Mike Lynskey, Marketing Manager, University of Alabama Online. “The flexible, self-paced format fit my schedule, and the weekly Zoom discussion groups with our instructors reinforced real-world application.”