University of Tennessee: Boston University and Defense Acquisition University enter into strategic partnership.Teaching professionals how to buy goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. for the military has long been the focus of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), which serves 135,000 acquisition professionals. Now students who want more from the DAU curriculum can add Boston University (BU) to their list through two new strategic partnerships. The program began last summer with BU's Metropolitan College (BU MET) offering courses on-site at Hanscom Air Force Base Hanscom Air Force Base, initially and briefly designated Bedford Army Air Base, is a U.S. Air Force facility in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Electronic Systems Center (ESC), one of the product centers of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). , in Bedford, Mass., where the Air Force Electronic Systems Center and DAU have been participating in a Learning Organization. Originally, the courses were open to military personnel and their dependents, civilian government employees, and defense contractors at the base. Now, however, courses may be taken both in the classroom and online with Boston University. Two programs are currently offered on base by BU MET: a master of science in business administration (MSBA MSBA Maryland State Bar Association MSBA Minnesota State Bar Association MSBA Missouri School Boards' Association MSBA Minnesota School Boards Association MSBA Master of Science in Business Administration MSBA Microsoft Security Baseline Analyzer ) and a graduate certificate for acquisition managers. The four-course certificate is applicable toward the MSBA and includes courses on program and project management, negotiation and leadership, as well as a financial component. Both programs are directly applicable to the work of acquisition professionals. The partnership with BU MET provides an even greater degree of flexibility in the form of a course waiver that allows certain DAU courses to transfer toward either the online graduate certificate in project management or the prestigious online master of science in project management The Master of Science in Project Management (MSPM), also known as Master in Project Management (MPM) is a professional advanced degree in project management. . Both of these programs will be of special interest to military and civilian acquisition management professionals as the design integrates contract management, program management, and financial management. In addition, there is a course waiver toward the classroom-based graduate certificate for acquisition managers. Also in partnership with DAU, Boston University's Corporate Education Center (BUCEC BUCEC Boston University Corporate Education Center ) offers corporate and professional training and certification programs. The Center provides a variety of non-credit options in project management, business, and technology courses and certification programs, including certificate boot camps for Microsoft (MCSE See Microsoft certification. MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer , MCSA MCSA Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSA Mountain Club of South Africa MCSA Motor Current Signature Analysis MCSA Methodist Church of Southern Africa MCSA Missouri Council of School Administrators MCSA Major County Sheriff's Association , etc.) and Cisco (CCNA See Cisco certification. [R], CCNP See Cisco certification. [R]). Boston University and the Defense Acquisition University solidified their partnership in a signing ceremony Oct. 4, 2005, attended by Tim Shannon, DAU Capital and Northeast Region Dean; Wayne Glass, DAU Professor and Program Director for Strategic Partnerships; Jay Halfond, BU MET Dean; John Bonanno, BU Corporate Education Center Dean; Judith Marley, BU MET Assistant Dean; Gary Johnson, Director of Business Development, BU Corporate Education Center; Gerry Keegan, BU Professor; and Joseph Solivan, Director of Education and Training at Hanscom. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For more information on these Boston University programs visit Boston University online at <http://www.bu.edu/met/corporate or http://www.butrain.com/corporate-training-programs/defense-acquisition-university.asp>. |
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