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Executive Certificate Requirements

To earn your Executive Certificate in Public Policy, you must finish three programs within six years. At least two of which must be from the list of core programs below. Programs may be a mix of online or on-campus. You will need to apply for each program separately and complete them at your own pace within six years. You will receive a $500 discount on your final program.

Core Programs

Create your own learning experience by completing a minimum of 2 programs from the core programs below. Your third program may be completed from the list below OR any Executive Education program (except Investment Decisions and Behavioral Finance):

• Behavioral Insights and Public Policy
• Climate Change and Energy: Policymaking for the Long Term
• Climate Change Policy
• Comparative Tax Policy and Administration
• Executive Leaders and Government (formerly Senior Managers in Government)
• Implementing Public Policy
• Infrastructure, Financing, Regulation, and Management
• Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times
• Leadership Decision Making
• Leadership in Emerging Technology: Security, Strategy & Risk
• Leadership for Social Impact
• Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy
• Senior Executives in National and International Security
• Senior Executive Fellows
• Senior Executives in State and Local Government
• Strategies for Inclusive Growth

Additional Programs that Qualify for the Executive Certificate

If you have completed one of the below programs in the past six years, you can earn an Executive Certificate by completing two additional programs. At least one of those two must be from the list of core programs listed above.

• A Cutting Edge of Economic Development
• Budgeting in a Time of Crisis
• COVID-19's Economic Impact and Crafting an Effective Policy Response
• Creating Collaborative Solutions
• Digital Transformation in Government
• Driving Government Performance
• ​Evidence for Equity
• Global Change Agents
• Global Health and Security
• Infrastructure in a Market Economy
• Innovation for Economic Development
• Leading Nonviolent Movements for Social Progress
• Leading Smart Policy Design
• Moral Leadership in an Imperfect World
• Public Finance in a Complex World
• Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure
• Recovering the Public in Public Value
• Rethinking Financial Inclusion
• Senior Executives in State and Local Government: Leading Resilient Communities
• Trade Policy for Today's World (Formerly Mastering Trade Policy)
• Transforming Service Delivery for the 21st Century (formerly Delivering Public Services: Efficiency, Equity, and Quality)

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