Graduate Certificate in Community Capacity Building and Preparedness
Available Online or On Campus in the Kansas City Area

Approved beginning Spring 2007, Hauptmann School for Public Affairs.

The Community Capacity Building and Preparedness Certificate uniquely equips students for the important work of building capacity of local communities. With key courses drawn from the Master of Public Affairs degree areas of public management, business-government relations, nonprofit and community services management, and disaster and emergency management, graduates with this certificate command key cross-sector skills and understanding needed to help communities in a variety of situations—expected and unexpected.

Graduates of this certificate program will be able to:

• Collaborate with state and local governments on community capacity issues, as appropriate
• Develop strategies to help communities build capacities
• Identify a variety of resources from different social sectors and apply them to the needs of the community
• Develop key leadership skills needed to assist communities
• Analyze community situations and recommend a plan for improvement

Admissions Requirements

• Online Application
• A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or its foreign equivalent, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average
• Applicants with a grade point average below 3.0 will be reviewed on an individual basis.

*Certificate students are not automatically eligible for admission to the related Master's degree program. If they wish to pursue a Master's degree, they must submit an application meeting all the entrance requirements for that program.

Curriculum

*Advising sheet for Community Capacity Building and Preparedness.

Park University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities.

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