Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Public Administration

Summary

The purpose of the Post-Baccalaureate Public Administration Certificate is to provide students the opportunity to learn about public sector processes essential in the effective management of all public and nonprofit organizations.

Students who earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university may enroll in the Post-Baccalaureate Public Administration Certificate program. To receive the Post Baccalaureate Certificate, students must complete 21-credits in the specified curriculum.

Students must earn a ‘C’ or better in each course to meet the Post Baccalaureate Certificate requirement.

Certificate Outcomes

• Students who complete this certificate will be able to:

• Apply the ethical framework to public policy

• Identify the theories and principles controlling public finance, and create budgets at the state, county, and municipal levels of government

• Apply the techniques of planning in public administration

• Implement the principles of personnel management, including affirmative action, collective
  bargaining, and civil service

• Apply valid statistical analysis to public sector decision-making and evaluate the principal approaches to research design

• Synthesize policy issues framed by political and administrative

Course Prerequisite

None

Admission Requirement

An undergrad degree from a regionally accredited College or University.

Courses

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Required Courses (21 Credits)

Required Courses (21 Credits)

PUB-301	PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	3
PUB-302	VALUES AND ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	3
PUB-310	METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN PUBLIC ADMIN	3
PUB-403	PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE	3
PUB-404	CONCEPTS AND ISSUES IN PUBLIC PLANNING	3
PUB-406	HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR	3
PUB-408	PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS	3

Schedule

Courses are offered online, face-to-face, or remote

Locations

Courses are offered online and at various off-campus locations