Public Administration & Policy Certificate Program in Public Sector Management
A certificate program in Public Sector Management offers a specialized alternative for those with degrees in other fields who seek graduate training in public administration and policy. This program requires 5 courses totaling 15 graduate credits. Three of the 5 courses must be taken in addition to courses counted toward a degree program in which the student is concurrently or previously enrolled. At least 2 courses must be taken in Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. The five course program was designed to serve the needs of professionals who hold or desire management positions and have no formal administrative training. Specializations are available in such areas as Public Management, Public Economics and Finance, Information Technology and Management, and Public Policy. Coursework in each specialization includes topics related to general management principles, and the administrative environment and special concerns of the field.
Program Requirements (15 credits)
1) Quantitative Methods Requirement - select one course from the following (3 credits):
- Pad 501 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
- Pad 504 Data, Models, and Decisions
- Pad 505 Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
2) Theory and Practice Requirement - select one course from the following (3 credits):
- Pad 500 Foundations of Public Administration
- Pad 503 Principles of Public Economics
- Pad 506 Foundations of Public Management
3) Concentration Requirement - students must select three electives from one concentration area (9 credits). You may not use the same course to meet multiple requirements.
Concentration Areas:
Public Management
- Pad 500 Foundations of Public Administration
- Pad 502 Valuing People in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- Pad 506 Foundations of Public Management
- Pad 532 Performance Measurement and Contracting in Government
- Pad 610 Managing Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- Pad 615 Strategic Planning and Management
Public Economics and Finance
- Pad 501 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
- Pad 503 Principles of Public Economics
- Pad 640 Nonprofit Financial Management
- Pad 642 Public Budgeting
- Pad 643 Economics of Public Policy
- Pad 648 Economics of Government Revenues
Information Technology and Management
- Pad 504 Data, Models, and Decisions
- Pad 550 Strategic Management of Information Technology
- Pad 570/Int 531 Comparative Digital Government
- Pad 652 Leading Transformation in the Digital World
Public Policy
- Pad 503 Principles of Public Economics
- Pad 505 Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
- Pad 522 Politics and Policy
- Pad/Pos/Wss 604 Inequality and Public Policy
- Pad 626 Evaluation of Public Sector Programs
- Pad 643 Economics of Public Policy
- Pad 653/Hpm 651 Public Health Politics and Policy: Domestic and Global Perspectives
