Graduate Certificate in State and Local Government Administration

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The Graduate Certificate in State and Local Government Administration is intended to provide post-baccalaureate students with advanced training and education in the area of state and local government management. The certificate requires students to take 15 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in the area of state and local government that is currently offered by the MPA program. Students may not earn both the State and Local Government concentration of the MPA program and the State and Local Government certificate.

The certificate may be earned in conjunction with a degree program or as a stand-alone credential. (Students pursuing a stand-alone credential are not eligible for federal financial aid and may not participate in Commencement.) After the student applies for graduation, the certificate is posted to the student’s official transcript and an official diploma stating the area of the certificate is issued.

Requirements (15 credits)

Coursework

PUB 502 - Public Sector Management (3)
PUB 511 - U.S. State and Local Government (3)
PUB 518 - Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector (3)
Two from:
PUB 512 - Urban Politics (3)
PUB 517 - Urban Political Economy (3)
PUB 570 - Public Finance (3)
PUB 571 - Economics of Public Policy and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
PUB 596 - Intergovernmental Relations (3)
ANT 544 - Cities and Society (3)
or
SOC 544 - Cities and Society (3)

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 9 credits in the program must be completed at UM-Flint.
Students who received credit for undergraduate courses with graduate course equivalents cannot receive graduate credit for those courses.
Coursework more than 3 years old must be reviewed by the MPA Program Director for content alignment with current certificate requirements.
Certificate credits may be applied toward at most 1/6 the total credits of a relevant master’s program.