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Programs Offered
- Certificate
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Delivery Options
- On-Campus
- Accelerated
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Credits
- 9 credits
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Timeline
- One–three semesters
Understand How Policy Decisions Take Shape
Why do some public policies achieve their goals while others fall short? Understanding how policies are developed, implemented, and evaluated is essential to answering that question. Public policy involves the decisions and actions governments use to address public issues. The field examines how policy is made, how public programs are managed, and how evidence can inform decisions about the effectiveness and fairness of policies.
Michigan Tech’s Public Policy Graduate Certificate, offered online, introduces policy analysis, the policy process, and public management. You’ll study ways to examine public issues, evaluate policy choices, and develop feasible, evidence-based responses.
Who is This Certificate For?
This certificate is designed for working professionals and graduate students interested in policy analysis, public management, and decision-making in government, nonprofit organizations, or the private sector. It can also complement academic or professional backgrounds outside public policy, such as business, engineering, and statistics.
What You Need to Know
The online graduate certificate in Public Policy program prepares students with a fundamental knowledge in the three key competency areas within the public policy discipline that are expected for all professionals in the field: the policy process, policy analysis, and public administration.
You’ll examine how issues reach the policy agenda, how policies are formulated and implemented, and how public programs are managed and evaluated. Learn from instructors who have worked in government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.
Admissions
To enroll in this certificate program, students can have a bachelor's degree in any discipline. See complete admissions requirements.
Accelerated Option
Michigan Tech Bachelor's + 1 Semester = Accelerated Graduate Certificate
Current Michigan Tech undergraduates or recent alumni, get started right away. Our accelerated graduate certificates are a fast, affordable way to add graduate credentials to your bachelor's degree in as little as one semester. Be more marketable in your industry or prepare for your master's degree. Explore accelerated certificate options.
Credits
This graduate certificate requires a minimum of 9 total credits. Students may apply the credits earned for this certificate toward a graduate degree at Michigan Tech.
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