University of San Francisco

Overview
Established in 1855, the University of San Francisco (USF) is nationally recognized as one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report. USF continues this tradition of academic excellence by offering exceptional education to professionals worldwide with online training in the most in-demand fields.

Student Appeal
USF's state-of-the-art e-learning system immerses students in a multimedia environment that includes instructor-led streaming video lectures, faculty-hosted message boards, live chat rooms and email. Students also benefit from a wide variety of support every step of the way - from the initial inquiry through program completion.

Financial
Tuition assistance and financial aid, including Sallie Mae low-cost loans, are available to students who qualify. The University of San Francisco is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Programs Offered*:
Students must be 22 years or older with 2 or more years of college experience to enroll.

Master Certificates

• Master Certificate Business Process ManagementMaster Certificate Business Process Management
  Enhance your expertise with the most effective business process management (BPM) tools and techniques. Whether you need to implement process improvements or evolve your organization into a process-based company, the University of San Francisco's Master Certificate in Business Process Management gives you the strategies you need. This comprehensive certificate program provides you with proven BPM solutions so you can quickly implement, manage, monitor and analyze process improvement efforts.
• Master Certificate Internet MarketingMaster Certificate Internet Marketing
  This course provides training in web analytics, advanced search engine marketing, and search engine optimization. Students who complete the course are prepared for certification from Google Advertising Professionals and Web Analytics Association.
• Master Certificate Sales & Sales ManagementMaster Certificate Sales & Sales Management
  Students can earn the Master Certificate in Sales and Sales Management online in as little as eight weeks. Students are exposed to tried and proven sales techniques and taught how to effectively manage both their time and their relationships with customers.
• Master Certificate Supply Chain ManagementMaster Certificate Supply Chain Management
  Students can earn the Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management online in as little as eight weeks. Classes are taught by experts who are leaders in their fields, and students can practice their newly-learned skills in simulated environments. Students also have the chance to analyze case studies as well as interact with classmates from all over the country and the world. This is the perfect program for students who are hoping to transition into senior-level positions.

Advanced Specialized Certificates

• Advanced Affiliate MarketingAdvanced Affiliate Marketing
  From creating compelling content and placing tracking code to promoting your efforts and driving traffic, Advanced Affiliate Marketing reveals everything you need to know to generate additional income through online publishing or an existing corporate website. This eight-week advanced specialized certificate course also covers critical legal and ethical considerations and profitable best practices.
• Advanced BPM MethodologyAdvanced BPM Methodology
  The nation's foremost BPM experts will provide you with a detailed explanation of the key strategies and documents used in business process management, including assessment, design, modeling, implementation, monitoring and modification. You'll also acquire valuable examples of issues and opportunities associated with each business process management phase. In addition, you'll acquire the skills to effectively manage processes in modern organizations and attain a valuable new credential.
• Advanced Email MarketingAdvanced Email Marketing
  Instructors reveal how to increase deliverability, improve response rates and enhance your sender reputation, while avoiding legal pitfalls. In eight weeks, this 100% online, advanced specialized certificate course will equip you with practical skills and a valuable credential that validates your expertise in advanced email tactics and strategies.
• Advanced Mobile MarketingAdvanced Mobile Marketing
  The University of San Francisco's Advanced Mobile Marketing certificate course is a comprehensive "how-to" on mobile marketing - from understanding the latest technologies to mastering different strategies that use them - that will enable you to deliver real results for your company. This eight-week online mobile media marketing training program will empower you with essential skills including measuring and evaluating interactive marketing programs, and interpreting data for future marketing decisions and campaign performance. All of this expertise is provided 100% online by USF faculty who are winning marketers working in the field. They'll share the secrets of their success to help ensure yours!
• Advanced Search Engine MarketingAdvanced Search Engine Marketing
  Search engine optimization and pay per click advertising -- among the most effective customer acquisition tools -- form the cornerstone of a successful search strategy. Advanced Search Engine Marketing takes your knowledge of this critical field to a new level, empowering you with practical, hands-on skills you can put to work immediately. Whether you want to build an in-house SEO marketing team or strengthen your ability to launch and manage a PPC campaign, you've come to the right place. No other SEO marketing or PPC training course provides better insight about advanced search engine marketing from the industry's most respected experts.
• Advanced Social MediaAdvanced Social Media
  Advanced Social Media provides the practical tools and strategies required to successfully leverage social networks and capitalize on their powerful word-of-mouth lift. You'll learn how to respond to negative commentary, build your brand, and measure and monetize your efforts.
• Advanced Web AnalyticsAdvanced Web Analytics
  Advanced Web Analytics goes beyond the platform and empowers you to master the discipline. Not only will you learn what to measure and how to measure it, but you'll also discover how to analyze the data and use it to optimize your website and campaigns.
• Corporate and Environmental SustainabilityCorporate and Environmental Sustainability
  Corporate and Environmental Sustainability explores the far-reaching impact of companies' actions in terms of people, planet and profit. Developed by leading sustainability experts, this advanced specialized certificate course reveals how to integrate sustainability in every aspect of your business - from strategy and planning to product design and marketing.
• Green Supply Chain ManagementGreen Supply Chain Management
  Green Supply Chain Management reveals the implications of today's most pressing environmental issues and demonstrates how green practices can actually save money, increase efficiency and reduce delivery time. Led by top supply chain, sustainability and environmental experts, this eight-week advanced specialized certificate course prepares students to successfully implement a green supply chain in any industry.
• Lean Supply Chain ManagementLean Supply Chain Management
  Lean Supply Chain Management will show you how organizations in every industry are achieving substantial cost savings, lead-time reductions and quality enhancements with proven Lean practices â€" and how you can apply these same tools and strategies to develop your own world-class Lean supply chain.

Individual Courses

• Advanced Interactive Marketing & MeasurementAdvanced Interactive Marketing & Measurement
  Students interested in expanding Internet marketing skills to prepare for advanced certification learn mobile marketing essentials, media buying, website analysis, and search marketing strategies.
• Applied Business Process ManagementApplied Business Process Management
  This eight-week online BPM training course empowers you with the knowledge to enhance your business process management skill sets, identify key trends, and discover must-have technology and best practices. In addition, you'll distinguish between various levels of analyses within an organization and the methods by which activities are assessed, mapped and diagrammed for improvement purposes. You'll find out how BPM enables organizations to be more efficient, more effective and more capable of change than a functionally focused, traditional hierarchical management approach. Plus, you'll attain a new credential that makes you stand out from your peers and serves as a valuable professional milestone.
• Business Process Management Design & ImplementationBusiness Process Management Design & Implementation
  Empower yourself with the knowledge and business process management (BPM) best practices for superior process structure and organizational design. With Business Process Management Design & Implementation, the capstone course to the University of San Francisco's 100% online Master Certificate in Business Process Management program, you'll gain the latest business process management tools and concepts used for successful organizations.

  You'll also be able to tap into some of the industry's best and brightest minds as they delve into process-based organizations (PBOs), business architecture (BA) and the use of BPM Centers of Excellence (COE) to facilitate business process management activities and resources. At the end of this business process management course, you’ll be a BPM expert - and you'll have the credentials to prove it.

• Expert Sales Management Expert Sales Management
  This is a course within the Master Certificate of Supply Management program. Students learn how to analyze their own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to management and how to delegate work to other people.
• Expert SellingExpert Selling
  This is a course within the Master Certificate of Supply Management program. The course teaches students about the buyer/customer relationship and detailed sales strategies.
• Functional Perspective Supply Chain Management Functional Perspective Supply Chain Management
  This is a course within the Master Certificate of Supply Management program. It is designed for students who want to learn about the most important parts of a supply chain. Students will apply concepts learned in class to real-world examples, and many hands-on simulations are used to ensure that real learning is taking place.
• Integrated Online StrategiesIntegrated Online Strategies
  Students looking to create and promote an online presence, but who have little or no web marketing experience learn the fundamental Internet marketing skills while familiarizing themselves with online marketing tools like Google Page Rank, SeoQuake, SEOdigger, and Compete.
• Search Engine Marketing & UsabilitySearch Engine Marketing & Usability
  This course is designed for students looking to update their website strategies, while learning search engine marketing and/or prepare for Google Advertising Professional certification.
• Strategic Best Practices Supply Chain ManagementStrategic Best Practices Supply Chain Management
  This is a course within the Master Certificate of Supply Management program. Students will learn important concepts related to maximizing supply chains and helping organizations become efficient and cost effective.
• Tactical Implementation Supply Chain ManagementTactical Implementation Supply Chain Management
  This course is designed to build upon the concepts laid out in the Functional Perspective Supply Chain Management program. The goal of this program is to fully prepare students with the skills and knowledge they require in order to manage a supply chain. Some of the many topics covered in this program include Outsourcing Strategies, Operations Issues and Inventory Safety Planning and Control.
• Transitioning to Sales ManagementTransitioning to Sales Management
  The Transitioning to Sales Management course prepares students interested in moving from sales to senior-level management with the skills and tools necessary to succeed. Training includes techniques for new sales managers, communication skills, hiring, training, and coaching/counseling.

Accrediting Agencies

• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
• AACSB International (the Association to Advance