Regulations effective September 1, 2016.
The University Certificate in Public Administration is designed for students who want to learn about administration at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government, as well as non profit and quasi governmental organizations. Students will take courses in such areas as communications, public finance, budgeting, economics, public policy, legal studies, human resources management, industrial relations, and indigenous studies.
Students may find this certificate useful to enter or re-enter the job market, to change careers, or for promotion in the public sector and/or non profit sector, or to provide a foundation for further studies.
Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
Program Plans
Our online program plans can assist you in selecting the courses needed to fulfill your program requirements.
Counselling Services offers an assessment website, "Mapping Your Future: Your Career and Athabasca University."
Program Structure | |
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Total credits in the program | 30 |
Required credits | 15 |
Elective credits | 12 |
Option credits | 3 |
GOVN credits | 9 |
Residency requirement. A minimum of 15 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University. | 15 |
Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credits | 9 |
General certificate regulations
Required Courses (15 credits)
Students should register in ADMN 232, and ADMN 233 or ENGL 255 early in their program.
ADMN 232 | Introduction to Management | (3) |
ADMN 233 | Writing in Organizations or |
(3) |
ENGL 255 | Introductory Composition or other junior-level ENGL course | |
a statistics course e.g. | ||
MATH 215 | Introduction to Statistics or |
(3) |
MATH 216 | Computer-oriented Approach to Statistics or |
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CMNS 308 | Understanding Statistical Evidence* *Students who plan to ladder into the BPA–GLM degree program should take CMNS 308 as one of their required courses and should ensure that their elective and option courses are at the senior level. |
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GOVN/POLI 301 | Public Governance, the Public Sector and Corporate Power | (3) |
POLI 277 | Introduction to Political Science I: Concepts, Structures, and Institutions or |
(3) |
POLI 278 | Introduction to Political Science II: Political Processes and Behavior or |
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ECON 247 | Microeconomics or |
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ECON 248 | Macroeconomics |
Elective Courses (12 credits)
Select four courses from the following list:
Option Courses (3 credits)
Choose any 3-credit course at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level. Students wanting to take LGST 331 should take the prerequisite LGST 369 as their option course. Students with advanced analytical and writing skills may wish to consider taking a 400-level GOVN course.
Notes:
Students cannot use the same course to satisfy both a required and an elective course requirement.
Students in public administration who wish to pursue employment in the federal civil service or foreign affairs are strongly advised to take French as their option. Students interested in governance capacity-building for indigenous communities should take Indigenous language courses.
Information effective Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2017.
Updated July 18 2017 by laurab
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