The 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 the following areas: Public Management, Public Economics and Finance, Information Technology and Management, and Public Policy.
Program Requirements (15 credits)
- 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
- 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
- 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 541 Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- 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 532 Performance Measurement and Contracting in Government
- Pad 640 Nonprofit Financial Management
- Pad 642 Public Budgeting
- Pad 643 Economics of Public Policy
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/Itm 624 Business Dynamics: Simulation Modeling for Decision-Making
- Pad 652 Leading Transformation in the Digital World
- Pad 676 Data Science for the Public Good
Public Policy
- Pad 503 Principles of Public Economics
- Pad 505 Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
- Pad 522 Politics and Policy
- Pad 540 Public Policy Analysis
- 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