Jun 30, 2024  
2024-2025 University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 University Catalog

Public Economics & Policy, Post Baccalaureate Certificate (Modality: Residential and Online)

Location(s): West Lafayette


The Public Economics & Policy Graduate Certificate targets working professionals seeking to work in public policy entities, governmental agencies or those looking to expand their knowledge of policy-relevant economic research. Students analyze policy challenges facing governments around the world to learn and to find solutions to these challenges while taking into consideration obstacles to implementation. Course work applies economic perspectives on activities of governmental policies and the benefits and challenges to today’s global society. 

The Public Economics and Policy certificate program is designed to provide a deeper understanding of laws and principles behind the economy in different industries. The curriculum includes Personnel Economics, Industrial Economics, Health Economics, as well as quantitative courses such as Statistics for Economists and Math for Economists.