Postgraduate Certificates

Course details

Key Facts

• Distance education supported by weekend seminars
• Accredited by UCD
• Level 9 (Special Purpose Award) on the National Framework for Qualifications
• Commencing September 2014

Programme Content

Public Management

• Major Dissertation

Healthcare Management

• Health Strategy and Policy
• Comparative Healthcare
• Managing for Health and Social Gain/Health Economics and Finance
• Minor Dissertation

Local Government Management

• Local Government Policy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation
• Local Government Financial Management and Accountability
• Leadership and Management
• Minor Dissertation

Criminal Justice

• Crime and Society
• The Management of Policing
• Criminal Sanctions and the State
• Minor Dissertation

Financial Management

• Financial Strategy
• Public Sector Finance
• Reporting, Audit and Risk Management
• Minor Dissertation

Human Resource Management

• Human Resource Strategy
• Managing People
• Employment Law
• Minor Dissertation

Accreditation

The IPA is a recognised college of University College Dublin (UCD). From 2012, any student entering an accredited IPA Programme will graduate with a UCD award. The IPA and UCD are part of the wider National University of Ireland (NUI) network. All Postgraduate Certificates are at Level 9 (Special Purpose) on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).