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Curriculum: Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis - Oakland

Core Requirements

Students may not reuse required degree courses for the certificate.

Code Title Hours
Analysis Methods and Skills Complete 8 semester hours from the following: 8
INSH 5302 Information Design and Visual Analytics
INSH 6300 Research Methods in the Social Sciences
LPSC 7311 or  PPUA 6506 Strategizing Public Policy or Techniques of Policy Analysis
PPUA 5260 Ecological Economics
PPUA 5261 Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
PPUA 5262 Big Data for Cities
PPUA 5263 Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
PPUA 6502 Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
PPUA 6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation
PPUA 7237 Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
Policy Complete 4 semester hours from the following: 4
PPUA 5220 How Healthcare Works: Business and Policy Innovations
PPUA 5230 Housing Policy
PPUA 5231 Transportation Policy
PPUA 5234 Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
PPUA 5240 Health Policy and Politics
PPUA 5245 Education Policy in the United States
PPUA 5264 Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
PPUA 5269 Course PPUA 5269
PPUA 5270 Food Systems and Public Policy
PPUA 6232 Designing Global Economic and Social Policy

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required

Minimum 3.000 GPA required

* Please note: this curriculum is for marketing purposes only, and is subject to change.