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Enterprise Management: How to Lead an Effective Local GovernmentBUSA-41016

Units: 2.00

$495

This course intends to answer three critical questions that pertain to the nebulous and often inaccessible nature of the local governments. How are local governmental organizations structured and adm...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Winter, Summer

Public Human Resources Management: Leadership in the Public SectorBUSA-41017

Units: 2.00

$495

Due to the structural nature of public organizations, personnel management in this sector faces particular organizational and interpersonal challenges that must be met in order to best serve local com...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Public Finance: How Taxes and Fees Fund Civic SpendingBUSA-41018

Units: 2.00

$495

A comprehensive understanding of public finance is critical to understand the role that local leaders play in ensuring fiscal responsibility, sustainability and provision of public goods and services....

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Education Track

Education: Infrastructure and Finance ManagementBUSA-41019

Units: 2.00

$495

Because school bonds create a public financial obligation, officials who propose and manage such bonds have an ethical obligation to ensure their legitimacy and effective and efficient use. This cours...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Education: Performance ManagementBUSA-41020

Units: 2.00

$495

This course is designed to help students understand successful performance management in educational institutions, guiding students to consider how educational institutions and related agencies collab...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Housing Track

Housing: Finance and Infrastructure ManagementBUSA-41022

Units: 2.00

$495

Housing policies which ensure the provision of affordable housing and tenant protections are becoming an increasingly relevant topic at state and local levels of government, but California s unique re...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Housing: Performance ManagementBUSA-41021

Units: 2.00

$495

Housing policies which ensure the provision of affordable housing and tenant protections are becoming an increasingly relevant topic at state and local levels of government. In this course, students w...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Summer

Other courses of interest

Not required for the certificate

The Practice of Designing and Running School BondsBUSA-40920

Units: 2.00

$1,200

Because school bonds create a public financial obligation, officials who propose and manage such bonds have an ethical obligation to ensure their legitimacy and effectiveness. Measures should be cons...

Upcoming Start Dates:
Typically Offered: Winter, Spring

Advisory Board

Kathleen Hedberg

Board President / Division 4 Director

Helix Water District

Haney Hong

President & CEO

San Diego County Taxpayers Association

Barry Jantz

Owner

Jantz Communications

Charlie Ng

Assistant Superintendent/Vice President

MiraCosta College

Robert Thomas

Professor of Practice

UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy

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This certificate requires an application before taking any courses. There will be a $0 fee to apply to this program. Students will also be required to pay a $95 certificate fee upon enrollment into the program after acceptance. View the complete Certificate Registration and Candidacy Guidelines.