Undergraduate
Minors and Certificates
Certificate in Public Affairs
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers the Certificate in Public Affairs to provide an organized approach to the study of public policy, governmental organization and public management for undergraduates in addition to the major area of their undergraduate program.
*Effective spring 2013, the SPEA Public Affairs certificate is now a stand-alone certificate. Additionally, effective fall 2013 the certificate requirements changed. Students should consult with a SPEA advisor regarding which requirements to follow.
Requirements effective Fall 2013 - Public Affairs Certificate
Prior to fall 2013:
Eligibility and Application Procedure
- Students enrolled in baccalaureate programs from nearly any department or school of Indiana University and other accredited colleges or universities who are in good academic standing are eligible
- SPEA students cannot get an area certificate in the same area as their concentration
- Students must declare their intent to earn this certificate prior to completing fifteen (15) semester hours creditable toward the certificate. Applications for admission may be obtained through the SPEA Student Services office, BS 3027.
- Upon certification that the student has been awarded a baccalaureate degree and completion of all certificate requirements, the student will be awarded the certificate.
General Requirements
- A minimum of 27 credit hours of which at least 15, but not more than 21 credit hours, must have been in SPEA courses.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.3.
- A maximum of six (6) hours of appropriate credit from another institution may be applied toward this Certificate.
- Credit work for this certificate may be taken at any campus of the Indiana University system.
Certificate Requirements (nine courses):
The following courses:
- SPEA-V 170 Introduction to Public Affairs (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 264 Urban Structure and Policy (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 378 Policy Process in the United States (3 cr.)
ONE of the following courses:
- SPEA-E 162 Environment and People (3 cr.)
- SPEA-H 316 Environemental Sciece and Health (3 cr.)
A total of TWO courses from groups A, B, and C, with no more than one course from any group.
A. Organizational Behavior
- BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.)
B. Public Administration
- SPEA-V 366 Managing Behavior in Public Organizations (3 cr.)
C. Law
- SPEA-J 301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 376 Law and Public Policy (3 cr.)
- BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
- POLS-Y 304 American Constitutional Law I (3 cr.)
- POLS-Y 305 American Constitutional Law II (3 cr.)
Choose any four of the following courses:
- SPEA-J 101 The American Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 302 Procedural Criminal Law (3 cr.)
- SPEA-J 322 Introduction to Criminalistics (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 260 Topics in Public Affairs (approved topics) (3 cr.) (may be repeated)
- SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 372 Government Finance and Budgets (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 373 Human Resources Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (approved topics) (3 cr.) (may be repeated)
- SPEA-V 458 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
- POLS-Y 306 State Politics in the United States (3 cr.)