College of Business

Certificates

Lewis University offers a comprehensive set of Business Seminars to meet the needs of its students as well as the professional business community. Seminars are open to the public and can be taken individually or towards a certificate. Following are the Business Seminars grouped by Certificate.

To earn a certificate you must complete any five seminars in that certificate's track. Each seminar normally meets on a Friday evening (6-9pm) and all day Saturday (9am-4pm), with a lunch break from 12-1pm). Each seminar will be worth 1 credit hour. For additional information or questions call (815) 836-5348.

Entrepreneurship

1. Advanced Oral Communications for Managers
2. Critical Thinking in Business
3. Determining Best Form of Business Ownership
4. Entrepreneurial Finance
5. Entrepreneurship: Skills & Strategies
6. International Entrepreneurship

Executive Leadership

1. Business Ethics in Corporate Culture
2. Coaching: Myers-Briggs
3. Conflict Management/Negotiation
4. NOW, Discover your strengths: Personal Leadership Assessment
5. Strategic Corporate Responsibility
6. Team Development
7. 7 Habits/Conquer it all

Information Security

1. Overview of Information Security
2. Project Management Certification Prep.
3. Security Algorithms
4. Security Infrastructure & Models
5. Telecommunication Basics
6. CISSP: Information Security Cert. Prep I
7. CISSP: Information Security Cert. Prep II

International Business

1. Doing Business in Asia
2. Doing Business in Europe
3. Foreign Trade and Investment
4. Globalization & Its Political, Economic & Cultural Implications
5. Globalization: A Historical Perspective
6. International Business Negotiation
7. International Entrepreneurship

Leading Change

1. Critical Thinking in Business
2. Effective Presentations
3. Facilitating Effective Meetings
4. FISH: Positive Attitude, Providing Exceptional Customer Service
5. Good to Great
6. Coaching: Myers-Briggs
7. Strategic Corporate Responsibility

Personal Financial Planning

1. Basic Money Management
2. Basic Personal Investing
3. Economics of Investing
4. Computerized Solutions to Financial Planning
5. Entrepreneurial Finance
6. Estate Planning
7. Real Estate
8. Tax Law Change
9. Tax Return Preparation w/Pro Series

Project Management

1. Conflict/Management/Negotiation
2. Fundamentals of Project Management
3. Project Management Certification Prep.
4. Project Management Tools
5. Project Planning and Selection
6. Six Sigma
7. Team Development

For more information on seminars, look under "College of Business -> Seminars".

Note: The following Seminars can be applied to more than one certificate:

• Conflict Management/Negotiation
  (Use for Executive Leadership & Project Management Certificates)
  
  
• Critical Thinking in Business
  (Use for Entrepreneurship & Leading Change Certificatse)
  
  
• Entrepreneurial Finance
  (Entrepreneurship & Personal Financial Planning Certificates)
  
  
• International Entrepreneurship
  (Use for Entrepreneurship & International Business Certificates)
  
  
• Project Management Certification Preparartion
  (Use for Information Security & Project Management Certificates)
  
  
• Team Development
  (Use for Executive Leadership & Project management Certificates)
  
  
• Coach: Myers-Briggs
  (Use for Executive Leadership & Leading Change Certificates)
  
  
• Strategic Corporate Responsibility
  (Executive Leadership & Leading Change Certificates)

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