CIBRE summer courses available for new certificate programs

The School of Business Administration’s Center for Integrated Business Research and Education (CIBRE) offers individuals and business partners a variety of programs to help enhance their skills or learn a new skill set to advance their careers or expand career possibilities.

This summer, CIBRE will offer classes for four new certificate programs:

* Project Management Certificate and PMI Exam Review – Every Friday and Saturday in August, students will gain the expertise to set themselves apart by earning a certificate in project management and preparing for the PMI examin order to gain additional credentials from the Project Management Institute.

* Credit Analysis in Today’s Economy – Through this six-week program, finance and business professionals gain a solid working knowledge of credit analysis that will equip them to meet the economic challenges in today’s markets.

* Web 2.0 Interface Development – This professional certificate program provides workers with the technical background to create sophisticated Web 2.0 applications using the capabilities of today’s browsers.

* Financial Distress and Corporate Restructuring – This course will examine important issues in corporate bankruptcy and distressed restructuring, including discussing the interplay between various stakeholders, investment banking techniques and alternative methods of reorganizing.

Existing certificate programs include Certified Financial Planning, Paralegal and Automotive Product Development Management. The review programs and workshops now available are Quantitative Methods, Project Management and Appraisal.

For more information about CIBRE’s new and existing programs or to register, please visit the SBA’s Professional and Community Education Web site at www.sba.oakland.edu/ce/ or call (248) 370-3177.