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Graduate Certificate in Public Management Curriculum

The graduate certificate in public management program is focused on developing the key skills necessary to manage a public organization. The required courses provide students the foundational knowledge that public managers face in their daily responsibilities.

required courses.

  • PA 8050 | Foundations of Public Service
  • PA 8090 | Seminar in Organization Theory & Behavior
  • PA 8100 | Advanced Management & Leadership for Public & Nonprofit Professionals

elective courses.

Graduate Certificate students will select two (2) elective courses for completion of the certificate.

  • PA 8110 | Management Information in the Public Sector
  • PA 8400 | Public & Nonprofit Budgeting
  • PA 8410 | Human Resource Management
  • PA 8436 | Municipal Administration
  • PA 8470 | Administrative Ethics & Leadership
  • PA 8480 | Public & Nonprofit Financial Management
  • PA 8550 | Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
  • PA 8520 | Seminar in Grant Writing
  • PA 8540 | Nonprofits and Public Policy
  • PA 8600 | Administrative Law
  • PA 8710 | Fundraising in Public & Nonprofit Organizations
  • PA 8740 Health Policy
  • PA 8350 Social Policy and Inequality
  • PA 8750 Social Determinants of Health
  • PA/EMGT 8060 | Planning, Preparedness & Mitigation
  • PA/EMGT 8430 | Response, Recovery & Resilience
  • PA/EMGT 8600 | Contemporary Issues in Emergency Management

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