JMSB’s new Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Business Studies

New technologies are changing the business and employment landscape, and new positions are emerging while many traditional jobs are being displaced.

Universities, and business schools in particular, must ensure their programs provide students with the competencies they need to thrive after graduation, and students studying business need to acquire skills to be able to make informed business decisions in any field—even in those that do not yet exist.

On April 20, Concordia Senate approved the creation of a new program conceived with this in mind.

The new Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Business Studies at the John Molson School of Business will provide students with the essentials of business data analysis, managerial and financial accounting, fundamental concepts of finance, and the principles of economics. These will all be presented with an emphasis on the role of the decision maker who has to identify and implement profitable decisions.

“Upon graduation,” says program director Anne Beaudry, “students will have acquired essential business knowledge and developed competencies in the quantitative aspects of business administration, helping them become more efficient and effective managers and administrators.”

Students in the five-course program will develop skills like using appropriate statistical techniques to support decision-making and read a company’s financial statements to evaluate its financial situation.

“It’s about making sure that our graduates can make an immediate impact on the workforce by applying skills and knowledge that are needed regardless of technological advancements.”