Graduate Programs
Certificate Programs
Certificate in Public Management
The Certificate in Public Management is a 15-credit-hour program of study in public management. The certificate program is flexible enough to be adapted to the needs of precareer and in-service individuals. Graduate students in other disciplines can use the program to supplement their primary fields with course work in public management, possibly using the certificate courses as part or all of a doctoral or master's degree minor. Career employees of public- and private-sector agencies seeking courses in public management, and especially those changing from professional or technical roles to managerial roles, find the certificate program beneficial.
Required courses (9 credit hours)
- SPEA-V 502 Public Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 561 Public Human Resources Management (3 cr.)
Electives (6 credit hours)
- Two additional SPEA graduate public affairs courses.
Note: Students interested in continuing on for the Master of Public Affairs degree should consider selecting the two elective courses from the M.P.A. core. Please note that we recommend a course in undergraduate statistics for students who take SPEA-V 506 and we recommend a course in undergraduate micro- economics for students who take SPEA-V 517. These are not prerequisites but are strongly recommended.