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2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Administration Graduate Certificate


Contact: Krishna K. Tummala
E-mail: tummala@ksu.edu
Home Page: www.k-state.edu/polsci/programs/certificates/index.html

The mission of the Graduate Certificate in Public Administration is to be a flexible professional certificate program for those who desire to pursue education in the principles of public management to advance in their administrative careers in the public sector, not-for-profit sector, and military. Certificate holders will be trained for entry level management positions with government agencies at the federal, state, or local level, and with regional or sub-state organizations. After obtaining the certificate, students will be allowed to apply their certificate hours towards a Master of Public Administration at Kansas State University. All course work will be offered via various distance learning technologies so that students from all over the state, nation, and world will be able to obtain this certificate.

Students with a Graduate Certificate in Public Administration will understand the general principles of public administration, including but not limited to public sector budgeting, personnel, public organization theory, and research methods. Students will also have the option of specializing in one of the following two areas in public management, administrative law or not-for-profit management. The overall educational goal is to provide professional training for a wide range of administrative venues, while providing students the flexibility to specialize in an area of interest.

The Graduate Certificate in Public Administration is offered through the Political Science  graduate program.

Program Requirements:


Students are required to take 15 hours of course work, 12 of which are core courses and 3 of which are elective hours. The core course include the following:

Elective Courses:


Choose one of the following: