Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Professional Certificate in Public administration and law |
The certificate is not open to students in the Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA) - Honours, specialized Honours, and Honours minor.
Students seeking to pursue the certificate as a stand-alone program must apply to the Office of Admissions, York University. Application forms for these students will be available from the School of Public Policy and Administration and when completed should be submitted to the Office of Admissions. Admission to the stand-alone certificate program requires students to have normally completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline with minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00. Students already enrolled in an undergraduate degree program also need to apply for entry into this certificate through the School of Public
Policy and Administration Office. Students should have completed at least 24 credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00.
Graduation requirements: minimum cumulative grade point average of 5.00 in the certificate courses. Students must also submit an Application to Graduate with a Certificate form. Applications should be obtained from and filed with the School of Public Policy and Administration. Certificates will not be conferred until candidates have successfully completed an undergraduate degree program if they are simultaneously enrolled in a degree and a certificate program. At least 12 credits of the disciplinary courses that satisfy certificate requirements must be in addition for those used to satisfy requirements of an undergraduate major being completed concurrently.
Certificate requirements: 24 credits including:
(i) the following 12 credits:
- AP/PPAS 3135 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GL/POLS 3135 3.00) or AP/PPAS 3138 3.00
- AP/PPAS 3136 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GL/POLS 3136 3.00)
- AP/PPAS 3190 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 3190 6.00)
(ii) and 12 credits chosen from:
- AP/PPAS 2200 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 2200 3.00)
- AP/PPAS 2420 3.00
- AP/PPAS 3000 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HREQ 3000 3.00)
- AP/PPAS 3524 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/ADMS 3524 3.00)
- AP/PPAS 4070 6.00
- AP/PPAS 4130 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 4130 6.00)
Note: AP/PPAS/ADMS 3524 3.00 has the following prerequisites: AP/ECON 1000 3.00, AP/ECON 1010 3.00, AP/ADMS 1500 3.00 or AP/ADMS 2500 3.00.
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