Public Administration and Governance (Gr. Cert.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Administration & Governance
Program credit weight: 15
Program Description
The online 15-credit Graduate Certificate in Public Administration and Governance focusses on the core competencies and tools, including: analyzing legal and ethical issues relevant to public services; providing leadership in equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in the workplace; building processes and systems in public organizations; and responding as appropriate to current issues and practices that affect day-to-day operations and decision-making.
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Required Courses (9 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CORG 651 | Behaviour in Organizations. | 3 |
Behaviour in Organizations. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Analysis of individual and group performance and behaviour within an organization. The implications for management and the essential concepts of social psychology, such as motivation, perception, working in teams, well-being, decision-making, communication, conflict management, power and politics, leadership, and organizational culture. | ||
| CPAG 610 | Current Issues in Public Sector Management. | 3 |
Current Issues in Public Sector Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of contemporary issues and challenges faced by public administration due to political, technological, social, and economic changes. Examination of current trends, successes, failures, and alternative solutions experienced by public administration in the past. | ||
| CPAG 615 | Public Regulations and Ethics in the Public Sector. | 3 |
Public Regulations and Ethics in the Public Sector. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Interpretation of legal and ethical issues relevant to public services. Examination of legal principles and legal reasoning, the role of law in public sector management, such as constitutional law, administrative law, and human rights law. Exploration of the principles that inform privacy and access to information legislation and their derivation form ethical theories. | ||
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
- 3 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CPL2 633 | Developing Leadership Skills. | 3 |
Developing Leadership Skills. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exploration of how to lead organizations. Examination of why and how leadership skills are critical to organizational success. Application of leadership skills to work effectively with others in an organizational setting. | ||
| CPL2 634 | Leading in Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces. | 3 |
Leading in Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exploration of how to successfully lead diverse and inclusive organizations. Analysis of a variety of trends that have made managing workforce diversity an essential competency for leaders to succeed in an inclusive environment. | ||
- 3 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CGM2 610 | Project Management: Tools and Techniques. | 3 |
Project Management: Tools and Techniques. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of the development, scheduling, and planning of projects in both public and private organizations. Focus on theories of project management from initiation of a project to close-out. Exploration of project life cycle, planning, scheduling, implementing, monitoring, controlling, close-out and ethics applicable to projects of various sizes, types and degrees of complexity. | ||
| CPAG 600 | Lean Operations in Public Services. | 3 |
Lean Operations in Public Services. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of lean principles and the processes needed to optimize cost and maintain or improve services levels in the public sector. Exploration of the particularities of the service operations and how process improvement methodologies can be used in the public environment. | ||
Or another 600-level course offered by the School of Continuing Studies and approved by the program adviser or academic unit.