Essentials of Public Administration for Public Sector Professionals

The graduate credit Certificate in Essentials of Public Administration for Public Sector Professionals is designed for individuals seeking to expand their professional skills. This graduate certificate allows students to get exposure to the fundamental and essential issues in public administration. There are six graduate-level courses required for the 18-unit certificate, which has been formulated to assist working professionals in a wide variety of public and nonprofit agencies in the acquisition of skills required for professional competency in the field of public administration. This graduate credit Certificate in Essentials of Public Administration for Public Sector Professionals offered by the Tseng College of Extended Learning will emphasize the essential skills and knowledge in understanding such public sector issues as the institutional foundations of public administration, fundamentals of budgeting, organizational theory and employee motivational strategies and basics of public policy making. Working professionals will be able to use this program as an opportunity to maintain relevancy in a changing field.

1. Required Courses (15 units)

MPA 610 Seminar in Public Administration and its Environment (3)
MPA 620 Research Methods for Public Administration (3)
MPA 630 Organization Theory and Human Behavior (3)
MPA 644 Public Budgeting and Financial Administration (3)
MPA 650 Public Policy Process (3)

2. Elective (3 units)

Choose one course:

MPA 640 Public Policy Analysis (3)
MPA 642A Ethics and Professionalism (3)
MPA 643 Human Resources Management (3)

Total Units for the Certificate: 18