Students enrolled in the public financial management certificate program are required to take 48 graduate units of course work. Twenty of these units are M.P.A. core courses (PUAD 500, 526, 558, 585 and 597). In addition, students must take 20 units of course work in finance. Of these 20 units 16 are in specified courses (PUAD 512, 513, 514 and 551), while four are finance electives. Students with no prior financial management experience must also serve an internship.
The international development certificate program consists of three courses (PUAD 581, 583 plus a third international development finance course, which varies from year to year). This certificate program may be pursued independently or in conjunction with the public financial management certificate program by any M.P.A. candidate within the school.
The double specialization in intergovernmental management and public financial management is also a 48-unit program, requiring one year in Los Angeles and one semester each in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. In addition to completing both the intergovernmental management and public financial management course work, each student serves three internships, one at each site. Students interested in pursuing this double specialization should so indicate at the beginning of their enrollment in the M.P.A. program by contacting the director of the intergovernmental management program and the director of the finance field committee.
Students interested in either the public financial management certificate program or the international development finance certificate program should so indicate by contacting the director of the finance field committee at the beginning of their enrollment in the M.P.A. program.
Courses offered include PUAD 512, 513, 514, 515, 521, 525, 531ab, 551, 581 and 583.
The program consists of four courses: PUAD 526; 513; one of the following, PUAD 527, 528, 529, 591; and one elective from a substantive policy field (examples are PUAD 530, 549, 562, 580, 581) to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.
The double specialization is also a 48-unit program, requiring one year in Los Angeles and one semester each in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. In addition to completing both the intergovernmental management and policy analysis course work, each student serves three internships, one at each site. Those interested in this double specialization should so indicate at the beginning of their enrollment by contacting both the director of the intergovernmental management program and the director of the policy analysis field committee.
Courses offered include PUAD 512, 526, 527, 559, and 529 or 591.
Certificate Programs in Health Services Administration
The Health Services Administration Program of the School of Public Administration offers three certificate programs in specialized areas of health care administration. Certificates are offered in Administration of Long Term Care Programs, Executive Administration of Mental Health Programs and Management of Ambulatory Care Systems. These certificate programs are open to unmatriculated students and students registered in any academic unit of the University of Southern California.
Each program requires 20 units of graduate credit including a 16-unit core and a four-unit specialized seminar in the area of the certificate concentration. Core courses (16 units) are: PUAD 530, 558 or 585, 531a or 551; one elective. One specialized seminar as follows (four units): PUAD 569, 508, 509 or GERO 550.
Completing a certificate program does not constitute completion of or admission to the Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) degree program. Students in this program, however, may qualify for award of these certificates if they complete the applicable course requirements.
The program consists of four courses: PUAD 500, 585, 526 or 591; and one elective selected from any 500-level offering in the PUAD curriculum.
The program consists of four courses: PUAD 567 Decision Making in Regulatory Agencies and either PUAD 526 Public Policy Analysis or PUAD 527 Public Policy Formulation; and two of the following: PUAD 528 Public Policy Implementation, PUAD 529 Public Policy Evaluation, PUAD 557 Business and Public Policy, PUAD 566 Management of Intergovernmental Programs, PUAD 568 Presidency, Congress, and the Bureaucracy, and PUAD 591 Research and Evaluation in Public Administration. For this certificate, PUAD 567 Decision Making in Regulatory Agencies is available only at the Washington Public Affairs Center.
International Executive Development Laboratory This five-week laboratory focuses on issues in executive leadership, strategic management, environmental analysis, international finance and economics, computer-based project planning, and implementation of planned change strategies.
County Treasurer and Tax Collection Management Certificate This non-credit Certificate in Achievement/Completion in Public Treasury Management is offered in conjunction with the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors. It consists of eight, two-day seminars covering personnel management, cash management, tax collection, investment portfolio management, debt management, fundamentals of data processing and the legislative process.
Produced by the USC Division of Student Affairs, Office of University Publications, May 1, 1995