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Defense Management Foundations - Curriculum 192 (DL)

Brief Overview

The certificate in Defense Management Foundations delivers a core of defense-focused management courses to equip students with essential skills for management and leadership roles in the defense establishments of the United States or allied nations. The program prepares graduates to manage organizations, resources, and programs in complex environments. Students choose among foundational courses in organizational leadership; financial management; manpower and economic analysis; operations and logistics; or acquisition management.

Convenes

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Program Length

Four consecutive quarters

Four Quarter Certificate

This certificate requires the completion of four courses (at least 12 credits) that were not counted for another certificate and includes five academic areas that provide a variety of perspectives about managing defense organizations. Courses must be selected from at least two academic areas and may be completed in any order. You may choose four courses from the following options.

You may choose four courses from the following options:

This certificate includes five academic areas that provide a variety of perspectives about managing defense organizations.  You may choose up to two courses from any one area, for a total of four courses.

Acquisition: MN3303 Principles of Acquisition and Contract Management; MN3309 Software Acquisition Management for Defense Systems; MN4307 Defense Acquisition Program Management Case Studies

Financial Management: GE4053 DoD Mission and Resource Determination; MN3172 Resourcing National Security: Policy and Process

Management and Organizations: GE3010 Organizations as Systems and Structures or MN4474 Organizational Analysis or MN3010 Leading Organizations and People;  MN3118 Negotiation and Consensus Building; MN4017 High-performance Decision Practices; GE3109 Ethics and Moral Development; GB4012 Maneuver Warfare for the Mind: The Art and Science of Interdisciplinary Learning for Innovation and Warfighting Leaders

Manpower and Economics: GE3070 Economics for Defense Managers or GB3070 Economics for the Global Defense Environment or MN3070 Fundamentals of Cost Benefit Analysis; GE3040 Statistics for Executive Management

Operations and Logistics: GE3042 Process Analytics or MN3042 Operations Management; MN3441 Technology for Managerial Data Analysis

For Further Information:

Program Officer

Matt Geiser, CDR, USN
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 219A
(831) 656-3953, DSN 756-3953
mtgeiser1@nps.edu 

Academic Associate

Deborah Gibbons, Ph.D.
Ingersoll Hall, Room 333
(831) 656-1842
degibbon@nps.edu

Program Manager

Christina Hart, Ph.D.
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 334
(831) 656-6269, DSN 756-6269
cchart@nps.edu