What You'll Learn
The Applied Management certificate prepares students to lead, analyze, and improve organizations in complex, changing environments. Grounded in real world applications, the program integrates core management functions – including operations, supply chains, strategy, data driven decision making, quality, innovation, and ethical leadership – through a systems oriented, values centered lens. Students explore how organizational decisions impact people, communities, and the environment while building practical skills applicable across business, nonprofit, cooperative, and public sector settings.
Key learning objectives include improving operational and supply chain systems; using data to inform managerial decisions; developing adaptive strategies; applying ethical and inclusive management frameworks; and designing quality and innovation processes that balance efficiency, effectiveness, and social responsibility. Collaborative projects and applied case studies emphasize problem solving, communication, and critical thinking.
Upon completion, students are prepared for entry to mid level management and operations roles and gain a strong foundation for further undergraduate or graduate study in business, management, or related fields.
Certificate Prerequisites
Students need at least four (4) credits of college-level statistics, before taking the core course: Data-Driven Decision Making. Topics covered in previous statistics courses should have included fundamental concepts such as descriptive statistics, basic inferential statistics, data presentation (charts, graphs, and tables), and the role of sampling and surveys.
For the 2026-2027 academic year, Evergreen offers Statistics in Winter and Spring quarters.
- Statistics I – Winter and Spring Quarter, 4 credits
Equivalent coursework or prior experience will be considered. Please email certificates@evergreen.edu with a brief description of related experience and/or education.
Certificate Coursework
This certificate consists of 40 undergraduate credits. Students complete 36 credits of core coursework and select 4 credits from elective offerings. Core coursework can be completed in any order.
Core Coursework
- Introduction to Sustainable Supply Chain Management – Fall 2026, 4 credits
- Managing What Matters: Operations, Ethics, and Social Good – Fall 2026, 4 credits
- Principles of Financial Accounting – Fall 2026, 4 credits
- Data-Driven Decision Making – Winter 2027, 4 credits
- Strategic Planning in a Changing World – Winter 2027, 4 credits
- Managerial and Cost Accounting – Winter 2027, 4 credits
- Essential Business Law for Managers – Spring 2027, 4 credits
- Project Management for Social and Organizational Impact – Spring 2027, 4 credits
- Managing Quality and Innovation in Businesses – Spring 2027, 4 credits
Electives (Select 4 credits)
- Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Workplace – Fall 2026, 4 credits
- Human Resource Basics for Supervisors – Winter 2027, 4 credits
- Ethical and Inclusive Management – Spring 2027, 4 credits
Learn more about courses in the Academic Catalog
Which Elective(s) Should I Pick?
Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Workplace
Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Workplace builds a foundation in effective professional communication and is ideal for students new to professional studies or those seeking to strengthen collaboration, emotional intelligence, and conflict management skills.
Human Resource Basics for Supervisors
Human Resource Basics for Supervisors is designed for current or aspiring supervisors and focuses on practical HR skills such as feedback, performance management, conflict resolution, and supporting a diverse workforce.
Ethical and Inclusive Management
Ethical and Inclusive Management is best suited for students with some workplace experience who want to deepen their understanding of ethical decision making, inclusive leadership, and the impact of values based management on organizational success.