Professional Graduate Series
The professional graduate series provide an integrated, streamlined sequence of courses in select fields of graduate study at Northwestern. They are designed to make returning to school more manageable for busy professionals and students who want only to focus on a particular area of study or earn a professional credential. Each series is designed to function both as a complete educational experience and as a portal to further study for a graduate degree.
Admissions standards and requirements for the professional graduate series
are identical to those for the corresponding master's degree
programs, so students may be confident that their educational experience
will be
rigorous but cost a fraction of the time and tuition required
for a full degree. Students may transfer to the degree program and earn
credit for
any professional graduate series course completed with a grade
of B or higher.
The professional graduate series usually can be completed in a year by taking one or two courses per quarter. It must be completed within two years of the date of acceptance.
For more information on courses and prerequisites, click here.
Areas of specialization:
- Sports Management
- Sports Marketing and Public Relations
Sports Management
This professional graduate series is for students interested
in the financial, organizational, and operational management
aspects of the sports industry. Students take two core sports
administration degree courses - MSA 400 Sports in the Social
Context and MSA 401 Sports Research Methods and Quantitative
Analysis - and two more courses on a facet of the sports
industry. For example, one student may take two additional
courses in sports finance, and another may choose one course
in operations and a second in negotiations. All courses in
the MSA degree program are open to professional graduate
series students, provided prerequisites have been met.
Sports Marketing and Public Relations
This professional graduate series is for students interested
in aspects of the sports industry relating to advertising,
broadcasting, promotions, licensing, and communications.
Students take three core courses - MSA 400 Sports in the
Social Context, MSA 401 Sports Research Methods and Quantitative
Analysis, and MSA 402 Fundamentals of Sports Marketing -
and one course chosen from the specialization in marketing
and
public relations.
Certificate of Completion
Prior to completion of their fourth course, students must
submit the Application
for Professional Graduate Series Certificate (PDF format)
to be awarded the certificate.
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