Public Management Certificate

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Advisor: Charles N. Coleman, Assistant Professor, M.P.A., West Virginia University

This certificate provides a broad overview of the most current thinking in public management. Courses emphasize conceptual and analytic skill building. Students may select either a survey of the field or public personnel management.

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Option I: Survey of the Field

Any four of the following:

ECON 6665 - Urban and Regional Economic Development
PADM 6611 - Research Methods in Public Administration
PADM 6620 - Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
PADM 6625 - Administrative Behavior
PADM 6630 - Fiscal Management for Local Government
PADM 6632 - Public Finance and Budgeting
PSCI 6608 - The Legislative Process

Option II: Public Personnel Management

ECON 6625 - Industrial Relations
PADM 6620 - Personnel Administration and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
PADM 6625 - Administrative Behavior

Plus one of the following:

MGMT 6645 - Management of Human Resources
PSYC 6643 - The Psychology of Conflict Management I
PSYC 6646 - The Psychology of Negotiation and Mediation
SH 602 - Safety Organization and Administration