Public Financial Management Certificate

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Students enrolled in the Public Financial Management certificate program are required to take 52 graduate units of course work (53 for pre-service students).

Fourteen of these units are MPA core courses

PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development Units: 2
PPD 501b Economics for Policy, Planning and Development Units: 2
PPD 540 Public Administration and Society Units: 4
PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4

and 12 units of management competencies

PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting Units: 4
PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4 or
PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4
PPD 545 Human Behavior in Public Organizations Units: 4

In addition,

In addition, students must take 16 units of course work in finance and related subjects

PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations Units: 4
PPD 554 Foundations of Public Policy Analysis Units: 2 ^* or
PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation Units: 4
PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4 and
PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4 or
PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4 or
PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4

Ten units of approved electives will be selected from among:

PPD 510b Financial Management of Health Services Units: 2
PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
PPD 652 Financial Administration in Local Government Units: 4
PPD 660 Local Agency Debt and Cash Administration Units: 4
PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4
PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4
PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4
PPD 679 Financial Administration in Developing Countries Units: 4
PPD 688 Business and Public Policy Units: 4

Preservice Students

Preservice students must also serve an internship and be enrolled in PPD 543 .

PPD 543 Internship Seminar Units: 1

Specialization in Intergovernmental Management

Students may receive this certificate with a specialization in intergovernmental management provided they complete the three course sequence (PPD 661 , PPD 662 , PPD 669 ). Students may satisfy this requirement if they apply two of these courses toward the 10-unit elective requirement and apply the third course toward the 16-unit finance and related subjects requirement.

PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4
PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4
PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4

Note:

^*Students who select PPD 554 (rather than PPD 555 ) must select an additional 2-unit elective.