eCommerce Certificate

The purpose of our eCommerce Certificate Program is to provide student participants the requisite management skills for today's evolving digital era. As organizations compete more aggressively for e-Business savvy managers, there are significant career opportunities for those individuals skilled in this dynamic and evolving business practice. eBusiness is big business, whether you are talking about an early stage startup, a multinational corporation or anything in between. These activities represent a significant and escalating area of organizational spending.

CE's five-course eCommerce Certificate Program is ideal for those seeking a solid foundation of competencies that can be applied in today's as well as tomorrow's global economy.

Who Should Enroll?
The eCommerce Certificate is perfect for:

Customer support management and staff Content management managers and staff
Entrepreneurs Information Systems professionals
Operations management Consultants
Small business owners eCommerce strategists and practitioners

Program Objectives:

  • Evaluate electronic commerce opportunities in terms of business strategies, benefits, and costs
  • Develop and manage eCommerce business processes, culture, and technology infrastructure to sync with its eCommerce activities
  • Understand the legal aspects of electronic trade and commerce
  • Assess the capabilities of leading eCommerce software and gain practical experience

Program Requirements:
The sequence of courses is delivered in an accessible, self-paced format that encourages personal learning and fast assimilation of conceptual models and practical application in the workplace. The curriculum includes five online courses, each 15 hours in length. Although not required, we recommend the following sequence:

Benefits of a CE Certificate program:
Completion of a certificate program demonstrates to current and future employers that you are serious about your future and committed to professional advancement. If you are thinking about a job change, a certificate program can provide the edge you need by giving you knowledge and practical, real-world applications and conveys mastery of a specific body of knowledge or skills. Certificate programs offer subject matter that can be completed in less time than an academic degree. You will walk away with skills you can use immediately.

The eCommerce Certificate Program is developed and administered in accordance with JFK University's Continuing & Extended Education policies and encompasses a sequence of graduate-level courses that is not locally available at the formal degree-award level. This program is subject to continuous review to ensure that it provides the knowledge and skills required to meet current industry needs.

Time to Completion:
These courses are self-paced; however students are given 60 days to complete each course. Courses may be taken in sequence or simultaneously. From the time of enrollment, the eCommerce Certificate Program must be completed within one (1) year. If students have not completed the entire program within that time and still wish to continue, they will be required to re-register and pay the $75 application fee in order to complete the certificate (see below). There are no formal registration periods.

Fees:
Official enrollment in the eCommerce Certificate Program requires a non-refundable, non-transferable $75 application fee.

  • Certificate program fees: $300 per course; students pay per course ($1500 total)
  • General course fees: $345 per course

You may enroll in as many individual courses as you wish without enrolling in the complete certificate program. Students wishing to register for individual, stand-alone courses may do so by paying the general course fee. CE allows students to matriculate into the certificate program at any time by completing the application and enrollment fees. Completed courses will then be credited toward the curricular requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: Online courses are NOT eligible for refunds or discounts. Participants will have 60 days from the date of registration to complete each course. Extensions are not permitted.

Continuing & Extended Education
John F. Kennedy University
100 Ellinwood Way, S205
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
800.557.1384
fax:925.969.3155
email:conted@jfku.edu