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AI for Business Certificate

New Graduate Certificate

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FORMAT

3 courses
LENGTH

$5,250
TOTAL COST
(introductory pricing)

Fall 2026
START

AI leadership is not just for tech people.

The AI for Business Graduate Certificate is now available from ÐÔÊÀ½ç´«Ã½ — as a standalone graduate credential or as an AI Concentration within the SPSI Online MBA. Learn to evaluate AI systems, build AI strategy, and govern AI responsibly, without writing a single line of code.

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Open to any discipline · No technical background


THE PROGRAM

A credential built for professionals in every discipline 

In three online courses, you will learn to evaluate AI systems, build AI strategy, and govern AI responsibly — without writing a single line of code. All 9 credits apply directly to the 30-credit SPSI Online MBA.

Open to working professionals in operations, finance, HR, marketing, healthcare and beyond. No technical background required.

Earn a B or higher in the certificate and you are automatically admitted into the MBA program.

AI Strategy Starts Here.

 

CURRICULUM

Three courses that put you in charge of AI

Most AI courses teach you about AI. This one puts you in charge of it.


01

Evaluate AI systems

Develop the judgment to assess AI vendors, tools, and models — knowing what to trust, what to question, and what to reject.


02

Build AI strategy

Deploy AI as competitive strategy, aligning it to measurable business outcomes across your function and organization.


03

Govern AI responsibly

Master the frameworks for risk, ethics, and accountability that keep institutional AI safe, compliant, and defensible.


WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

You will govern a real AI system. Not a simulation. 

Across all three courses, students help design, test, and govern the program's AI Mentor — a real institutional AI system under faculty supervision. By graduation, you will have a concrete AI governance portfolio —evidence of leadership, not just a line on your résumé.

THE MBA PATHWAY

Start with AI. Build into an MBA.

Complete the certificate before starting the full MBA and your 9 credits apply directly to your degree — you enter with your AI Concentration already complete and 21 credits remaining.

9 graduate credits plus 21 remaining MBA credits equals 30 SPSI Online MBA

$5,250

Total program cost 
(introductory pricing)

9

Graduate credits toward the MBA

3

Online courses

0

Lines of code required

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked


Do I need a technical background?

No. The certificate is built for professionals in any discipline — operations, finance, HR, marketing, and beyond. No coding and no technical prerequisites.


How do the credits work with the MBA?

All 9 certificate credits apply directly to the 30-credit SPSI Online MBA as your AI Concentration. Earn a B or higher and you are automatically admitted into the MBA program.


How much does it cost and how long does it take?

$5,250 total for three online courses. You move at your own pace while keeping up with work and life.


What will I have at the end?

A graduate credential and a concrete AI governance portfolio built by helping govern a real institutional AI system — the AI Mentor — under faculty supervision.


Ready to lead the AI era?

Fall 2026 enrollment is open. Start as a standalone credential or as your MBA AI Concentration.

Explore the MBA AI Concentration