2004-06 IUPUI Campus Bulletin

Certificate Programs

Four graduate certificates are offered by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI: Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management; Certificate in Health Systems Management; Certificate in Nonprofit Management; and Certificate in Public Management. Certificate programs are flexible and adaptable to the needs of either precareer or in-service students.

Admissions

Admission Eligibility The student must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university to apply. For the Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management, applicants must have completed one year of general chemistry.

Application Application forms and literature may be obtained from the same SPEA offices that offer material for the graduate degree programs. Students should apply to the SPEA admissions office on the campus where they plan to enroll.

Application Deadlines Application deadlines for the certificate programs vary by campus. For specific guidelines, check with the campus to which you are applying.

Application Fee Students must pay a nonrefundable application fee.

Program Restrictions

1. Students enrolled in a certificate program must complete it within 15 credit hours of approved SPEA course work with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (B). Failure to do so results in automatic dismissal from the certificate program.
2. Students who have completed more than three SPEA courses are not eligible for admission to a certificate program.
3. Transfer credit, course substitutions, or course waivers are not accepted for fulfilling the public management, nonprofit management, or health systems management certificate requirements. Students in the Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program may utilize these options; however, they must first have the approval of their campus graduate program advisors.
4. Students admitted to a SPEA graduate degree program are not eligible for admission to the certificate program or eligible for the awarding of a certificate.
5. Admission to or successful completion of a certificate program does not guarantee subsequent admission to a SPEA graduate degree program.
6. Students enrolled in a certificate program who apply to SPEA's graduate degree programs must meet all existing admission requirements.
7. Students planning to request admission to a SPEA graduate degree program after successfully completing a certificate program should refer to the application procedure presented earlier in this bulletin.

Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management

The Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management is a 15 credit hour program of study. The program provides managers and technicians in concerned organizations and agencies, public and private, with training in the management of hazardous materials. The certificate program provides an information base that managers and technicians can use to develop, implement, manage, and assess hazardous waste programs for local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Graduate students in other disciplines can use the program to supplement their primary fields with course work in hazardous materials management, possibly using the certificate courses as part of a doctoral or master's minor.

Requirements--(15 credit hours)

Required Courses (9 credit hours):

SPEA E510	Hazardous Materials Regulation	(3 cr.)
SPEA E520	Environmental Toxicology	(3 cr.)
SPEA E542	Hazardous Materials	(3 cr.)

Electives (6 credit hours)

Two of the following courses:

SPEA E515	Fundamentals of Air Pollution	(3 cr.)
SPEA E526	Applied Mathematics for Environmental Science	(3 cr.)
SPEA E536	Environmental Chemistry	(3 cr.)
SPEA E552	Environmental Engineering	(3 cr.)
SPEA E553	Creation and Solution of Environmental Models	(3 cr.)
SPEA E554	Groundwater Flow Modeling	(3 cr.)
SPEA E555	Topics in Environmental Science: Limnology	(2-3 cr.)
SPEA E560	Environmental Risk Analysis	(3 cr.)
SPEA E562	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management	(3 cr.)
SPEA H433	Industrial Hygiene and Radiological Health	(3 cr.)
GEOL G430	Principles of Hydrology	(3 cr.)
GEOL G451	Principles of Hydrogeology	(3 cr.)
GEOL G551	Advanced Hydrogeology	(3 cr.)
GEOL G585	Environmental Geochemistry	(3 cr.)
Or other specialty courses with the approval of the campus graduate program advisor.

Certificate in Health Systems Management

The Certificate in Health Systems Management is a 15 credit hour program of study. The certificate program is designed to serve administrators and physicians who are actively engaged in managerial duties; physicians and health care workers who may want to pursue managerial duties in the future; or those who want to gain greater understanding of the structure, processes, and goals of their health care organizations and the environment in which they operate.

Requirements--(15 credit hours)

Required Courses (9 credit hours):

SPEA H501 or SPEA V545	U.S. Health Care: Systems, Policies, and Ethical Challenges The U. S. Health Care System	(3 cr.)
SPEA H502	Developing Strategic Capability	(3 cr.)
SPEA H503	Principles of Health Systems Management and Policy Development	(3 cr.)
SPEA H509	Financial Management Principles of Health Care	(3 cr.)

Electives (6 credit hours)

The remaining courses will be determined by the faculty and the needs of the student and must be authorized by faculty.

Certificate in Nonprofit Management

The Certificate in Nonprofit Management is a 15 credit hour program of study. The certificate is designed to serve the needs of individuals who would like exposure to the nonprofit sector and nonprofit management issues but who do not wish or need to pursue a degree in nonprofit management. The certificate complements other courses of study or career experience in such areas as social work, library science, and parks and recreation. Students pursuing a nonprofit management certificate gain an understanding of how to work in and with nonprofit organizations.

Requirements--(15 credit hours)

Required Courses (9 credit hours):

SPEA V522	Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations	(3 cr.)
SPEA V525	Management in the Nonprofit Sector	(3 cr.)
SPEA V526	Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations	(3 cr.)

Electives (6 credit hours)

Two additional SPEA graduate courses are selected with the approval of the student's advisor. A sampling of current course titles includes: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector, Ethics and Values of Philanthropy, Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations, Public Relations in Nonprofits, and History of Philanthropy in the West.

Students interested in continuing for the Master of Public Affairs should consider selecting the electives from the nonprofit management concentration.

Certificate in Public Management

The Certificate in Public Management is a 15 credit hour program of study in public management. The certificate program is flexible enough to be adapted to the needs of precareer and in-service individuals. Graduate students in other disciplines can use the program to supplement their primary fields with course work in public management, possibly using the certificate courses as part or all of a doctoral or master's degree minor. Career employees of public- and private-sector agencies seeking courses in public management, and especially those changing from professional or technical roles to managerial roles, find the certificate program beneficial.

Requirements--(15 credit hours)

Required Courses (9 credit hours):

SPEA V502	Public Management	(3 cr.)
SPEA V560	Public Finance and Budgeting	(3 cr.)
SPEA V561	Public Human Resources Management	(3 cr.)

Electives (6 credit hours)

Two additional SPEA graduate public affairs courses approved by the program director.

Note: Students interested in continuing on for the Master of Public Affairs degree should consider selecting the two elective courses from the M.P.A. core; one of the courses recommended is V506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making. These courses may also be applied to the Master of Planning upon admission to the M.Pl. program.