The Truman School of Public Affairs offers five graduate certificate programs, each requiring four courses (12 credit hours) of graduate study. A graduate certificate offers students an opportunity to gain expertise in a specific area without having to commit to a graduate degree program. This makes a certificate program an attractive continuing education option for recent graduates and experienced professionals.
MU graduate students in any degree program—including Truman School MPA and Ph.D students—may complete a certificate while pursuing a degree.
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Certificate options
- Grantsmanship: The Truman School offers one of the few completely online grant writing certificate programs in the country, making it easy to fit classes into a busy schedule. Students will learn to write grant proposals and manage grant funded programs effectively.
- Nonprofit Management: The nonprofit world is changing and changing rapidly, and managers are facing new, tougher expectations for oversight and accountability, financial management, and program success every day. The Truman school’s nonprofit certificate program teaches students how to successfully meet and exceed these demands.
- Organizational Change: The certificate in organizational change proffers students with a conceptual framework for analyzing organizations, organizational cultures, and organizational dynamics, coupled with methods for intervening and changing organizations. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the contemporary challenges of people and organizations, particularly in the public and nonprofit sectors. They will also benefit from learning models for conflict resolution, strategic planning, executive coaching, team building, and organizational diagnosis and assessment. This certificate is ideal for students interested in studying and consulting to organizations.
- Public Management: To advance in careers in state and local government, public managers need to be effective leaders who manage resources ethically and responsibly. Public management certificate students improve their skills for managing people, budgets, and more effective organizations overall.
- Public Policy: Individuals from any academic background may find themselves needing a greater understanding about the processes surrounding policy development and implementation. The public policy certificate helps students understand the politics surrounding policy decisions related to a specific field, and it develops students’ ability to be involved in policymaking.
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