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Certificates

Certificate in Ambulatory Care

The USC Price School of Public Policy offers two health management certificate programs: Administration of Long-term Care Programs, and Management of Ambulatory Care Systems.

Certificate in City/County Management

The graduate Certificate in City/County Management is for students interested in acquiring the foundational training needed to pursue a career in public service leadership and provides students with the necessary knowledge, training and skills development that will ensure their professional success as a future city/county manager.

Certificate in Homeland Security

The Certificate in Homeland Security and Public Policy develops risk analysis skills and provides students the knowledge needed to understand the issues surrounding the increasingly important issues of homeland security and public policy.

Certificate in International Policy and Planning

The graduate Certificate in International Policy and Planning strengthens a student’s understanding of global policy, planning and public management issues, while underscoring the comparative differences in approach and governance institutions across nations.

Certificate in Long-Term Care

The USC Price graduate Certificate in Long-term Care provides a curriculum that brings students to the forefront of knowledge in managed care for an aging population.

Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Policy

Given the increasing importance of nonprofits in society and their role in forming and influencing public policy, the USC Price graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management equips students with the skills to catalyze nonprofit organizations and advance their work.

Certificate in Public Management

The Certificate in Public Management provides students with a solid foundation of training and skills in management.

Certificate in Public Financial Management

The Certificate in Public Financial Management program provides students with the skills to analyze financial information, assess public sector finance systems, prepare and manage budgets, and ensure the financial accountability of public organizations.

Certificate in Political Management

This graduate certificate program provides students with a foundation in political management. It is designed to provide expertise for students who wish to work in public policy advocacy, in political relations, with elected officials and with the public, nonprofit or private sectors.

Certificate in Public Policy

This Certificate in Public Policy provides students with a foundation in public policy analysis. It is designed to provide expertise in public policy to individuals who do not want to pursue the Master of Public Policy degree.

Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy

The Certificate in Public Policy Advocacy provides students with knowledge of increasingly important role played by information flows in politics and governance.

Certificate in Real Estate Development

The Certificate in Real Estate Development provides an extensive overview of current development processes, modeling, and specific training in market analysis used to evaluate the potential of a real estate endeavor.

Certificate in Social Innovation

The graduate certificate in Social Innovation will prepare future social innovators to design innovative policy solutions, create social enterprises, and develop new financial tools to speed the pace of social innovation.

Certificate in Social Justice

The Graduate Certificate in Social Justice is for students interested in understanding the set of factors that contribute to a broad range of disparities (or inequities) and the challenges that exist when managing, planning and policy making among diverse populations.

Certificate in Sustainable Policy and Planning

The USC Price graduate Certificate in Sustainable Policy and Planning develops analytic and methodological skills and provides students an interdisciplinary curriculum centered on key environmental and sustainability issues in policy and planning.

Certificate in Transportation Planning

The Certificate in Transportation Planning is an interdisciplinary program administered by USC Price. Combining transportation planning with transportation policy and project management, this certificate program is especially appropriate for students intending to pursue careers as transportation planners who will implement planning within government agencies.

Certificate in Transportation Systems

The Certificate in Transportation Systems is an interdisciplinary program administered by the USC Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students specialize in transportation applications while simultaneously receiving a degree in their home department.