Core Requirements 

Students may not reuse required degree courses for the certificate.

Analysis Methods and Skills
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
Information Design and Visual Analytics
Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Strategizing Public Policy
Techniques of Policy Analysis
Ecological Economics
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
Big Data for Cities
Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
Techniques of Program Evaluation
Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
Policy
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
How Healthcare Works: Business and Policy Innovations
Housing Policy
Transportation Policy
Immigration and Urban America
Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
Health Policy and Politics
Education Policy in the United States
Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
Social Policy: Design, Implementation, and Critique
Food Systems and Public Policy
Designing Global Economic and Social Policy

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required