2004-06 IUPUI Campus Bulletin
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Certificate Programs
The areas of study in which certificate programs are currently available are environmental studies, nonprofit management, public affairs, public health, public management, and American Humanics.
General Requirements
- Students in good academic standing and enrolled in baccalaureate programs at Indiana University are eligible to apply for a certificate at the SPEA records office. Interested students must apply for a certificate before completing 15 credit hours (9 credit hours for public health) of applicable course work.
- SPEA students cannot earn a certificate in the same area as their concentration.
- A grade point average of 2.0 or higher is required in all course work credited toward the certificate.
Certificate in Effective Citizenship
Offered in conjunction with the Department of Political Science, this certificate provides an understanding of political organizations and political action in the United States. (19 credit hours, including an internship with a civic group or political party).
Certificate requirements
Select a minimum of 19 credit hours from the following:
| POLS Y103 | Introduction to American Politics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V170 | Introduction to Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
SPEA V260
or
POLS Y250 | Topics in Public Affairs: Political and Civic Organization Political and Civic Organization | (3 cr.) |
SPEA V260
or
POLS Y260 | Topics in Public Affairs: Effective Political Action Effective Political Action | (3 cr.) |
Attendance at, and completion of a report on, both the Bulen Symposium on American Politics and the Bowen Institute for Political Participation (1 cr.)
Completion of an internship with a public affairs or civic group, or with a local or state political party organization.
SPEA V380
or
POLS Y481 | Internship in Public Affairs Field Experience in Political Science | (3 cr.) |
Completion of an independent research project, based on either the student's internship experience or a topic covered at the Bulen Symposium or Bowen Institute that the student attended.
SPEA V390
or
POLS Y480 | Readings in Public and Environmental Affairs Undergraduate Readings in Political Science | (3 cr.) |
Certificate in Environmental Studies
This certificate introduces students to selected aspects of current thinking and research on the nature, causes, and solutions to environmental problems.
Certificate Requirements (10 courses):
The following five courses:
| BIOL K341 | Principles of Ecology | (3 cr.) |
CHEM C101
or
CHEM C105 | Elementary Chemistry I Principles of Chemistry | (5 cr.) |
| ECON E201 | Introduction to Microeconomics | (3 cr.) |
| ECON E202 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V372 | Government Finance and Budgets | (3 cr.) |
One of the following courses:
| SPEA E162 | Environment and People | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA E272 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | (3 cr.) |
One of the following courses:
| GEOG G107 | Physical Systems of the Environment | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G107 | Environmental Geology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G110 | Geology: The Earth's Environment | (3 cr.) |
Three of the following courses:
| SPEA E431 | Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA E451 | Air Pollution and Control | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA E452 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA H316 | Environmental Health | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA K300 | Statistical Techniques or other approved option | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V365 | Urban Development and Planning | (3 cr.) |
| BIOL K442 | Population and Systems Ecology | (3 cr.) |
| CHEM C207 | Introduction to Biochemistry | (4 cr.) |
| CHEM C310 | Analytical Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
| CHEM C341 | Organic Chemistry Lectures I | (3 cr.) |
| ECON E485 | Social Control of Industry | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG G303 | Weather and Climate | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG G304 | Meteorology and Climatology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG G315 | Environmental Conservation | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G300 | Environmental and Urban Geology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G303 | Geologic Mapping and Field Methods | (4 cr.) |
| GEOL G406 | Introduction to Geochemistry | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G415 | Geomorphology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL G451 | Principles of Hydrogeology | (3 cr.) |
| PHYS 218 | General Physics I | (4 cr.) |
| SOC R465 | Population and Human Ecology | (3 cr.) |
Certificate in Nonprofit Management
The nonprofit sector is a dynamic and rapidly expanding area. The Certificate in Nonprofit Management allows students to take part in course work specifically concerned with the nonprofit sector and geared toward preparing them for careers in nonprofit organizations.
Certificate Requirements (five courses):
Courses must be selected from the following categories. Alternate courses may be substituted with the approval of the campus undergraduate program director. Courses listed with an asterisk are included in the American Humanics program. Completion of the American Humanics program at IUPUI qualifies a student for the IU Nonprofit Management Certificate.
Nonprofit Institutions (minimum of 3 credit hours):
| *SPEA V221 | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector | (3 cr.) |
| *BUS W220 | Introduction to the Nonprofit Corporation offered on the Bloomington campus) | (3 cr.) |
Nonprofit Management (minimum of 6 credit hours):
The following course:
| *SPEA V362 | Nonprofit Management and Leadership | (3 cr.) |
One of the following courses:
| *SPEA V356 | Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V401 | Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| *SPEA V458 | Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations | (3 cr.) |
| *BUS A200 | Foundations in Accounting | (3 cr.) |
Nonprofit Field (minimum of 3 credit hours):
Select one course from a special feature of a nonprofit field, service arena, or industry. Examples include:
| SPEA E162 | Environmental and People | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA H316 | Environmental Health | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA H320 | Health Systems Administration | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y326 | American Social Welfare Policy (offered on the Bloomington campus) | (3 cr.) |
| *PSY B310 | Life Span Development | (3 cr.) |
| *SOC R335 | Sociological Perspectives on the Life Course | (3 cr.) |
| Internship | (minimum of 3 credit hours): |
*SPEA V380
or
*SPEA V381 | Internship in Public and Environmental Affairs
(for non-SPEA students)Professional Experience
(for SPEA Students only) | (1-6 cr.) |
Certificate in Public Affairs
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers the Certificate in Public Affairs to provide an overview of the study of public policy, governmental organization, and public management as an enhancement to the major area of study in a student's undergraduate program. The interdisciplinary program requires 27 credit hours, of which at least 15 but not more than 21 credit hours must be in SPEA courses.
Certificate Requirements (nine courses):
The following courses:
| SPEA V170 | Introduction to Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V264 | Urban Structure and Policy | (3 cr.) |
One of the following courses:
| SPEA E162 | Environment and People | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA E272 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | (3 cr.) |
A total of two courses from groups A, B, and C, with no more than one course from any group.
- Organizational Behavior
| BUS Z302 | Managing and Behavior in Organizations | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V270 | Survey of Administrative Techniques | (3 cr.) |
- Public Administration
| SPEA V366 | Managing Behavior in Public Organizations | (3 cr.) |
- Law
| SPEA J301 | Substantive Criminal Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V376 | Law and Public Policy | (3 cr.) |
| BUS L201 | Legal Environment of Business | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y304 | American Constitutional Law I | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y305 | American Constitutional Law II | (3 cr.) |
Choose any four of the following courses:
Public Affairs
| SPEA V260 | Topics in Public Affairs (approved topics)
(May be repeated.) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V346 | Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V348 | Management Science | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V365 | Urban Development and Planning | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V372 | Government Finance and Budgets | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V373 | Human Resources Management in the Public Sector | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V432 | Labor Relations in the Public Sector | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V442 | Topics in Budgeting or Cost-Benefit (May be repeated.) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V444 | Public Administrative Organization | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V449 | Policy Senior Seminar | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V450 | Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (approved topics)
(May be repeated.) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V472 | Policy Processes in the United States | (3 cr.) |
Criminal Justice
| SPEA J101 | The American Criminal Justice System | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA J302 | Procedural Criminal Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA J322 | Introduction to Criminalistics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA J401 | Criminal Law and Procedure | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA J439 | Crime and Public Policy | (3 cr.) |
Geography
| GEOG G412 | Urban Transportation Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG G414 | Regional Transport Systems | (3 cr.) |
Political Science
| POLS Y200 | Citizen and the Courts | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y302 | Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y306 | State Politics in the United States | (3 cr.) |
| POLS Y394 | Public Policy Analysis | (3 cr.) |
Sociology
| SOC R329 | Urban Sociology | (3 cr.) |
| SOC R345 | Crime and Society | (3 cr.) |
| SOC R346 | Control of Crime | (3 cr.) |
| SOC R480 | Sociology and Social Policy | (3 cr.) |
Certificate in Public Health
The curriculum is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of environmental health issues, current health policies, and the structure of the medical care delivery system.
Certificate Requirements (six courses):
The following three courses:
| SPEA H316 | Environmental Health | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA H320 | Health Systems Administration | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA H322 | Principles of Epidemiology | (3 cr.) |
Three of the following courses:
| SPEA E400 |
Topics in Environmental Studies
(approved topics)
(May be repeated.)
|
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA E410 |
Introduction to Environmental Toxicology |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA E431 |
Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA E451 |
Air Pollution and Control |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA E452 |
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H342 |
Community Health Education |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H411 |
Long-Term Care Administration |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H416 |
Environmental Health Policy |
(3 cr.) |
SPEA H423
or
BIOL K443 |
Disease Vector Control
Medical Parasitology and Entomology
|
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H428 |
Food Science and Sanitation |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H433 |
Industrial Hygiene and Radiological Health |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H441 |
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H459 |
Environmental Science and Health Data Analysis |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA H460 |
Techniques in Environmental Science and Health |
(3 cr.) |
| SPEA V450 |
Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (approved topics)
(May be repeated.) |
(3 cr.) |
| ECON E387 |
Health Economics |
(3 cr.) |
Certificate in Public Management
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers the Certificate in Public Management to provide a systematic program that gives students an understanding of how to work in and with public organizations.
Certificate Requirements (seven courses):
The following course:
| SPEA V263 | Public Management | (3 cr.) |
Six of the following courses:
| SPEA V346 | Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V348 | Management Science | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V366 | Managing Behavior in Public Organizations | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V368 | Managing Government Operations | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V369 | Managing Information Technology | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V370 | Research Methods and Statistical Modeling | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V372 | Government Finance and Budgets | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V373 | Human Resources Management in the Public Sector | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V375 | Emergency Services Administration | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA V376 | Law and Public Policy in Nonprofit Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEAV432 | Labor Relations in the Public Sector | (3 cr.) |
American Humanics Certificate in Nonprofit Management
Any IUPUI student is eligible to enroll in the American Humanics Certificate in Nonprofit Management. It is offered in partnership with American Humanics, Inc. and the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy at IUPUI. This certification prepares college students for professional careers in the expanding job market of nonprofit youth and human services organizations. Upon completion of the program, students will be certified for possible positions of leadership with collaborating organizations such as the YMCA, American Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, and many other nonprofit agencies at both the local and national level. SPEA students may also simultaneously enroll in SPEA's Nonprofit Management Certificate. The American Humanics Certification program requires the demonstration of a set of knowledge and skill competencies and the completion of the 300-hour internship. Competencies are obtained through course work, professional workshops and retreats, the internship, and participation in the American Humanics Student Association. Students interested in learning more about the certificate should contact SPEA Student Services at 274-4656.
