Graduate Certificate in Public Administration at University of North Dakota

Enhance your management skills and take your career to the next level. Understand and act upon policy and management issues facing organizations in the public, nonprofit and private sectors. Build your credentials in UND's fully online Public Administration graduate certificate program while continuing with your current job.

Department: Department of Political Science & Public Administration  |  Duration: 1-2 years (9 credit hours)  |  Study mode: full-time; online  |  Intake: Fall (May 15* | Aug. 1), Spring (Oct. 15* | Dec. 1)  |  Location: Grand Forks, ND, United States

What you will study

This program seeks to provide the management core needed by professionals from many academic backgrounds who have risen to positions of authority in the public and not-for-profit sector without benefit of formal management training. Required courses include POLS 531 Foundations of Public Administration; POLS 502 Problems in State and Local Governments; POLS 508 Legislative and Executive Processes; POLS 532 Public Policy; POLS 533 Administrative Ethics in the Public Sector; POLS 535 Public Organizations.

Career pathways

With a Public Administration graduate certificate, you can develop advanced management skills that will benefit your career in public service, including the public and non-profit sectors. Roles include Understand the public policy-making process, Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Project Management, Public Relations, City Police Departments, Sanford Health, City Government Offices.

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