## Advanced Certificate in Digital Business A student pursuing the Advanced Certificate in Digital Business must take and pass the equivalent of 5 full MBA-level courses (15-credits); at least 12 credits must be selected from the menus of MBA courses across the School related to Digital Business shown below, with up to 3 credits of other Stern MBA coursework allowed. At least six credits must be taken from a main group of 7 Digital Business courses that have no prerequisites, while additional credits can be selected from other Digital Business courses that includes courses with a Stern core course as a prerequisite. ## Core Courses Students who want to take a course that has a Stern core course as a prerequisite must either complete the pre-requisite core course within the Advanced Certificate (using the ability to take 3 credits outside of the digital business courses to satisfy such a prerequisite) or demonstrate proficiency in the subject area in one of three ways: - Having earned an undergraduate major or concentration in the subject area - Having earned an MBA concentration in the subject area - Passing the Stern proficiency exam for the subject area ## GROUP 1: MAIN DIGITAL BUSINESS COURSES A student must take at least 6 credits from the following group of elective courses (and may take more than 6 credits from this set). Courses in this Group have no pre-requisites. TECH-GB.2318 Digital Strategy TECH-GB.2335 Programming in Python and Fundamentals of Software Development TECH-GB.3306 Data Visualization TECH-GB.2346 Dealing with Data TECH-GB.3322 Design and Development of Web and Mobile Applications TECH-GB.3332 Introduction to AI & Its Applications in Business TECH-GB.3336 Data Mining for Business Analytics - Managerial TECH-GB.2336 Data Science for Business Analytics - Technical TECH-GB.3355 Globalization, Open Innovation, and Crowdsourcing: New Ways of Organizing TECH-GB.3362 Emerging Technology and Business Innovation ## GROUP 2: ADDITIONAL DIGITAL BUSINESS COURSES In addition to the minimum requirement of 6 credits of coursework from Group 1, a student may take remaining digital business courses from any of the other courses in Group 1 or from any of the following courses. Note: For sets 2.B-2.C, a specific course is required as a pre-requisite. ### Group 2.A: No Prerequisites ECON-GB.2345 The Business of Platforms, Networks, and Two-sided Markets TECH-GB.2350 Robo Advisors and Systematic Trading TECH-GB.3310 Digital Marketing Analytics TECH-GB.3347 Fundamentals of Digital Marketing Technologies TECH-GB.3350 Financial Information Systems TECH-GB.3351 Risk Management in IT INTA-GB.2121 Entrepreneurship and the New Economy MGMT-GB.3155 Technology Innovation Strategy MGMT-GB.3337 Foundations: Technological Entrepreneurship OPMG-GB.2350 Decision Models & Analytics ### Group 2.B: Marketing core course (COR1-GB.2310) as prerequisite INTA-GB.3340 Digital Marketing MKTG-GB.2119 Entertainment and Media Industries MKTG-GB.2132 Digital Transformations in Media & Entertainment MKTG-GB.2150 Social Media MKTG-GB.2173 New Media in Marketing MKTG-GB.2191 Tech Product Management MKTG-GB.2325 Digital Media Innovation ### Group 2.C: Statistics and Data Analysis core course (COR1-GB.1305) as prerequisite MKTG-GB.2344 Data Driven Decision Making: Managerial MKTG-GB.2354 Data Driven Decision Making: Technical STAT-GB.2301 Regression and Multivariate Data Analysis STAT-GB.2302 Forecasting Time Series Data STAT-GB.2308 Applied Stochastic Processes for Financial Models STAT-GB.2309 Mathematics of Investment STAT-GB.3301 Introduction to the Theory of Probability STAT-GB.3302 Statistical Inference and Regression Analysis STAT-GB.3321 Introduction to Stochastic Processes **\*\*Please note this program is no longer accepting new students effective Spring 2020.**