Best Universities for Masters certificate program in Public Policy Analysis

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The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Center brings great speakers to campus to discuss interesting and relevant issues at the intersection of business and public life.

The MBA Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy and Three New Business and Public Policy Elective Courses.

The MBA Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy promotes a deeper understanding of the ways in which business success and principled leadership are shaped by regulatory, legal, political, cultural, and social forces beyond the market and the critical relationships and interactions among firms, government, and the public.

The certificate offers Georgetown McDonough students unparalleled opportunities for sustained attention to and structured engagement at the intersection of business, economics, and public policy in Washington, D.C., while broadening and reinforcing an understanding of the theory and practice of nonmarket strategy in the classroom. The certificate program elective coursework reinforces and extends the MBA core curriculum. Students develop a sophisticated appreciation and respect for the dynamics and complexity of the nonmarket environment.

Certificate-achieving graduates will be poised for extraordinary business leadership and service whether through managerial and leadership positions in public and private firms, consulting, board membership, or other specialized roles. The certificate program is open to enrolled MBA students through a competitive selection process.

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Multi-disciplinary studies of the communication processes that shape public policy.

The Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy is offered jointly by the Price School of Public Policy and the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism. The certificate provides students with knowledge of increasingly important role played by information flows in politics and governance. Students will assess the structure of campaigns designed to influence public opinion, the messaging strategies utilized by political players and civic society organizations and new scholarship on the pathways of persuasion in the digital age.

The certificate is especially appropriate for students who intend to pursue work with elected officials, think tanks, foundations, community-based organizations, consulting firms and corporate offices that aim to shape public policy through advocacy.

And two electives from a menu of approved Price and Annenberg courses. Students will be encouraged but not required to take an elective in the school other than the one granting their degree.

This course explores the relationships among policies, policymakers, and the print, electronic and digital media. It focuses on journalistic coverage of public policy and political controversies and on efforts by policy stakeholders to influence public opinion through that coverage.

The focus is on communication strategies employed by advocates, think tanks and philanthropies to shape policy deliberations. The course examines advocacy campaigns on climate change, immigration, gun control and other issues. It examines the uses of multiple media platforms from documentary films to social media, and it explores new developments in cognitive psychology regarding the activation of public opinion.

PR 536: Digital, Social and Mass Media Public Relations StrategiesPR 586: Crisis Management in Strategic Public Relations.

Price:PPD 554: Foundations of Policy AnalysisPPD 657: Political Leadership in Public OrganizationsPPD 616: Participatory Methods in Planning and PolicyPPDE 647: Civic Engagement in Governance.

Applicants for the Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy must be currently enrolled in a graduate program at USC and in good standing, with a 3.0 GPA. Students may apply for the certificate through the student services offices at USC Annenberg.

Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Graduate Certificate Program.

Learn the student experience in the University of Michigan unique graduate certificate program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP), based at the Ford School of Public Policy.

This Advanced Certificate draws from NYU Wagner’s policy program to deepen students’ understanding of the way in which public policy and political realities interact at the national, state, and local levels. It provides students with a fundamental understanding of the tools necessary to conduct public policy analysis, program evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, multivariate regression, and the criteria to assessing the need for government intervention.

Students must complete 12 credits to obtain this Advanced Certificate (courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted).

The School of Public Policy offers a certificate in public policy to graduate students from other Schools around campus. The goal of the certificate program is to provide a basic but well-rounded introduction to public policy thinking to Georgia Tech graduate students. The program is designed to address the needs of scientists, engineers, management scholars and others who seek to be aware of policy, regulatory, ethical, and societal implications of science, technology and innovation. The program will provide breadth and context for those entering employment in any sector. The courses in the program explore the processes through which policy is made.

Although this certificate is not available to policy students, the courses are open to all graduate students, creating an opportunity for students to gain value from divergent perspectives.

Graduate students from all programs may take the courses offered as part of this certificate. The certificate will be awarded by the School of Public Policy to any non-public policy graduate student who successfully complete the program requirements and earns a graduate degree from one of Georgia Tech degree granting academic units. The requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy will typically satisfy the minor requirements for the Georgia Tech Ph.D. degree.

Students are required to earn at least a B in every course that counts toward the certificate. The credit requirements for the Certificate in Public Policy are 12 semester hours.

6012 Fundamentals of Policy Processes 6201 Public Policy Analysis.

Three electives are required for the certificate. Any 6000-level PUBP course or graduate-level special topic course counts as an elective in the certificate. Students are not required to choose all electives from the same grouping.

Special topics (PUBP 8803) in public policy.

A Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis offers you the tools to analyze and shape public policy at the local, state, and national levels.

To create just and resilient cities, policymakers must be dedicated to studying and implementing equitable policies.

A Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis provides an opportunity for students in a variety of graduate programs to obtain the tools necessary to analyze and shape public policy at the local, state, and national levels. As a student, you will gain an understanding of the political and legal processes of policymaking, develop the skills to conduct research on policy questions, and learn techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of competing policies.

Specialize your certificate with a variety of relevant courses available, from Big Data for Cities and Ecological Economics to Education Policy in the United States and Housing Policy.

This certificate is open to all students enrolled in Northeastern graduate degree programs who are in good academic standing (B or better GPA).

Earn your certificate in one year by taking courses on campus, online, or in a hybrid modality.

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