Public Administration & Policy Certificate Program in Public Sector Management

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)

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 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