Certificate in Change Management Online

Gain key insights to help organizations remain nimble and responsive to emerging trends and issues. Learn how to lead change management initiatives that help facilitate enhanced productivity.

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Program Overview

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Transform organizations with a Change Management Certificate

Effective change management is essential to achieving speed-to-market initiatives, a top priority in business. Develop highly valued skills in the Certificate in Change Management online program and learn how to align people and processes to optimize new opportunities.

In this accelerated change management certificate online program, you will learn how to identify, assess, and manage change, including implementation, change readiness, and the projected impact of organizational change. Use data-based change methodologies and Lean Six Sigma principles to improve performance and quality while reducing variances. This certificate is a great addition to the MBA concentration of your choice, or if you choose to pursue an MBA at a later time, credit hours can transfer into an MBA online program.

In this certificate program, you will:

  • Distinguish between various elements of individual and organizational behavior as it relates to change readiness
  • Understand how to add value to an organization using internal diverse perspectives
  • Explore the interrelated dynamics that affect the alignment of internal capacities with external factors
  • Apply Lean Six Sigma principles and data-based change methodologies to improve processes
In this certificate program, you will:+
  • Distinguish between various elements of individual and organizational behavior as it relates to change readiness
  • Understand how to add value to an organization using internal diverse perspectives
  • Explore the interrelated dynamics that affect the alignment of internal capacities with external factors
  • Apply Lean Six Sigma principles and data-based change methodologies to improve processes

Career opportunities in change management:

  • Training and Development Manager
  • Leadership Development Consultant
  • Quality Assurance Manager
Career opportunities in change management:+
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Leadership Development Consultant
  • Quality Assurance Manager

Also available:

Avila University offers a variety of certificate programs online. If you’re interested in pursuing a master’s degree, all credit hours from the Certificate – Change Management transfer to our online M.A. in Change Management.

$6,500 Total Tuition
As few as 8 months Duration
13 Credit Hours

Personalized learning experience

You will receive a personalized learning experience online. Faculty regularly engages in value-added comments and feedback providing the same level of instruction as if you were in person.

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Tuition

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Our pay-by-the-course tuition is a great value

The Certificate – Change Management online program tuition is the same affordable, pay-as-you-go rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition, and financial aid may be available.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
Change Management Certificate $500 $1,500 $6,500

Tuition breakdown:

$6,500 Total Tuition
$500 Per Credit Hour

Calendar

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Ideal for working professionals, the Certificate in Change Management online program features 8-week courses and multiple start dates each year so you can begin at the time that works best for you. View the full calendar for all upcoming starts and corresponding deadlines.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20251/6/251/2/251/2/251/3/251/6/253/2/258 weeks
Spring 2 20253/3/252/26/252/26/252/28/253/3/255/4/258 weeks

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1/2/25 Apply Date
1/6/25 Class Starts

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Admissions

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We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Avila online Change Management Certificate program below.

Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA
  • No GRE or GMAT required
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In order to be eligible to receive a Certificate – Change Management from Avila University, you must have the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • GPA requirements for unconditional admission: 2.75 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
  • GPA requirements for conditional admission: 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
    • Students admitted conditionally must achieve a 3.0 GPA on the first nine credits in their program of study
  • Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended

Submit all official transcripts to:

Email: [email protected]
Mail: Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145

Courses

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See the topics you will study in this change management program

In order to earn the change management certification, you will complete five courses for a total of 13 credit hours. There are no leveling courses or prerequisites required.

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MG 685 is a 16-week course and must be taken during the last two courses of the program. MG 685 is offered during the first session of each term.

Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Organizational change is not a simple matter of determining where you want to be and moving forward. Rather, organizational change depends on interrelated dynamics associated with processes in the organization and the people involved. In this course, students develop ideas and models designed to help think differently about change and why change is so difficult. The course begins with an overview of the complexity found in organizations and why quality remains elusive. Next, the course develops models related to strategic thinking and acting and how to approach aligning internal capacities with external factors in an organization, or parts of an organization. Then, the course addresses organizational readiness for change. And finally, an overview of change processes, inclusion and how to participate in organizational change.

Course objectives:

  • Define the elements of Quality and High Reliability as the basis for change
  • Recognize Complex System Dynamics (why change is hard) in the transition from current state to future state
  • Summarize the Change Management Strategy including change effects related to Internal Capacity, External Factors, and Strategic Alignment
  • Distinguish between various elements of individual and organizational behavior as it relates to change readiness
  • Conceptualize the three-step change model as a framework to systematically solve problems (Process-work)
  • Conceptualize the five domains of Psychology of Change to participate in change (People-work)
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Building on the strategic organizational aspects of change and is built around the completion of a project template. The template, based on Lean Six Sigma, a performance improvement program focused on discovering process variation, and improving processes to continually provide quality outputs. This focus on processes finds ways of acting, thinking, and learning about continuous improvement through five interrelated dynamic stages. Throughout these stages, students learn to involve others with democratic concepts through structured dialog. Lastly, the course approaches the idea of innovation, or finding new value in organizations through team or community thinking. FA.

Course objectives:

  • Recognize the basic elements of the business process and how to assess change impact and risk
  • Produce a project charter including Project Classification, Stakeholder Analysis, Problem Statement, Aim/Goals, and Define the Process
  • Produce a process model and measures related to a change management project
  • Produce root cause analysis associated various problems related to measures in a change management project
  • Produce an action plan from solution ideas associated with a change management project
  • Produce a control plan associated with a change management project
  • Generalize the realities of project work and how to include stakeholders in the change management project template
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In organizations, many stakeholders with various perspectives make up reality. To change and ensure continuous improvement, change agents have to discern this reality through data and evidence. This course will take a deeper look at data and statistically based decision making. Students will layer this data-based view over the DMAIC framework. Consideration of other change methodologies and team development approaches will also be examined.

Course objectives:

  • Assess the Complex elements of business processes and produce decisions based on evidence
  • Distinguish between types, frequency and severity of existing problems and predict their effects on complex stakeholder relationships
  • Distinguish data collection methods, data and measurement scales, statistical sampling, descriptive statistics, and data summary in interconnected processes
  • Discriminate statistical analysis methods including common cause relationships, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and time series patterns in organizational processes
  • Differentiate the various approaches to improve processes including Design of Experiments and making choices
  • Discriminate process behavior charts and how to adapt to organizational processes
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
It is said that the only certainty is change. Does this also apply to change management? In this course, students study the topic of Diversity and Inclusion and how this topic can help manage change in organizations. The course begins by exploring D & I and how bias can influence change initiatives, and how to counter bias. Then, students look at diverse problem-solving teams and the development of a common purpose. Next, students look at the topic of innovation and how to create new ways of adding value to an organization using teams’ diverse power. Finally, students will get the opportunity to look into other change management methodologies and how they might apply to their organization.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1
This course is designed to provide direction for students as they complete their electronic Professional Portfolio. Content from all courses in the program will be included. Students will have the opportunity to present their Professional Portfolio to industry experts. This course is a 16-week course that may be broken out into 2 8-week sessions indicated by Part A and B. If a student fails any one part of the course, both parts must be retaken.

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