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2121 Euclid Avenue,
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Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
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1717 Euclid Avenue
Phone: 216.687.2135
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Graduate Certificate in Local and Urban Management
The Graduate Certificate Program in Local and Urban Management helps practitioners address the challenges and opportunities facing cities, such as budget cutbacks and equity planning. This program also assists experienced managers from the business or nonprofit sectors to make the transition into local government.
This certificate program blends the theory and practice of local government and gives participants the skills necessary to survive and succeed as effective and ethical leaders in local urban management. The course work in the curriculum reflects the priorities of practicing city managers. Atotal of five courses are required; three core courses and two electives.
| Certificate Requirements |
Required Courses
- PAD 634: Ethics in the Public Sector (4 credits)
- PAD 633: Budgetary Policy (4 credits)
- PAD 630: Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Electives
Two courses may be chosen from the following list. Another appropriate course may be selected with
approval from the graduate certificate program advisor.
- PAD 600: Introduction to Public Administration (4 credits)
- ACT584: Government & Institutional Accounting (3 credits)
- PAD 631: Law and Public Administration (3 credits)
- PAD 603: Public Finance and Economics (4 credits)
- PAD 632: Organization & Management in the Public Sector (4 credits)
- UST572: Conflict Management (4 credits)
- PAD 620: Economic Development: Plans and Strategies (4 credits)
- PSC 636: Policy Development & Evaluation (4 credits)
- PDD 607: Introduction to Planning (4 credits)
- PAD 510: Proposal Writing (4 credits)
- PAD 604: Organizational Behavior (4 credits)
- PAD 690: Internship (3 credits)
Certificate students must maintain a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0. |
| Faculty |
Local and Urban Management Certificate classes are taught by Cleveland State University faculty, researchers, instructors, and professionals working in the region.
Additional Program Instructors:
The program draws on the experience and knowledge of the professionals associated with the
research and public service centers of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. They
are supplementedby local government leaders drawn from practice.
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For more information, contact:
Vera Vogelsang-Coombs
Associate Professor and Director, Master of Public Administration program
vera@urban.csuohio.edu
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