Policy Issues on Work and Pay - Graduate Level

Program Description

The Policy Issues on Work and Pay Graduate Certificate provides professionals who are private sector human resource specialists, public sector labor or employment relations specialists, public servants creating and evaluating public policies, union negotiators, and employment lawyers the insight and ability to better understand and evaluate federal, state, and local policies that affect the employment relationship. Specifically, this rigorous graduate-level program curriculum delves into and evaluates various statutes and how employers, unions, and governments interpret those policies.

The faculty and staff who support this certificate are from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the Carlson School of Management's Industrial Relations Center, the University of Minnesota Law School, and the Departments of History, Sociology and Applied Economics. The faculty members are all leaders in their respective fields and have worked together to create an exceptional learning opportunity that enables you to earn valued graduate-level credentials from the University of Minnesota.

Student Benefits:

  • Courses are offered late afternoons and evenings—and some online and during the day making it easy to fit them into your busy schedule.
  • Enhances your skills to be more effective in your current position.
  • Students can transfer up to 40 percent of previous credits taken from an accredited institution. The certificate program has made agreements with the Industrial Relations Center at the Carlson School of Management, the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and the Law School allowing students to complete both a degree and the certificate.
  • Prepares you for a career move by gaining new skills.

How do I begin the program?

See the section on admissions for detailed information.  If you would like to get started by taking a class before seeking admission to the Policy Issues on Work and Pay certificate, visit our registration page.

For more information on this, or any other certificate program, contact us at cceinfo@umn.edu or call 612-624-4000.