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