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Online Health Administration Certificate Programs

Executive Healthcare Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the SC Johnson College of Business
  2. 80 Professional Development Hours (8 CEUs)
  3. 20-36 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 20-40 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 20-40 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Samuel Bacharach, Professor, Cornell ILR School

Kate Walsh, Dean, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Mardelle Shepley, Professor, Cornell College of Human Ecology

Glen W.S. Dowell, Professor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading Collaborative Teams
  • Elective Courses (2 Courses)

Enroll in the Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program

Healthcare Change Management

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Healthcare Change Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations 

Enroll in the Healthcare Change Management Certificate Program

Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)
  3. 0-10 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 0-10 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 0-10 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Newman, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University College of Engineering

Mardelle Shepley, Professor, Cornell College of Human Ecology

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
  • Effective Process Management in Healthcare
  • Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare
  • Design Considerations for Healthcare Facilities
  • Elective Courses (2 Courses)

Enroll in the Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design Certificate Program

Healthcare Operations Management 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Healthcare Operations Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Natalia Santamaría, Visiting Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Courses:

  • Analyzing Operations Processes
  • Improving Service Operations
  • Designing a Quality Control System
  • Inventory Management in Healthcare

Enroll in the Healthcare Operations Management Certificate Program

 

Strategic Healthcare Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Strategic Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the SC Johnson College of Business
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)
  3. 17 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
  4. 20 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification
  5. 20 Credit hours towards HRCI recertification

Faculty Authors:

Nick A. Fabrizio, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Brooks School

Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Samuel Bacharach, Professor, Cornell ILR School

Glen W.S. Dowell, Professor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Rohit Verma, Professor, Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Courses:

  • Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
  • How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Leading Organizational Change
  • Effective Process Management in Healthcare
  • Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare

Enroll in the Strategic Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program

Online Public Affairs Certificate Programs

AI Law and Policy 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. AI Law and Policy Certificate from Cornell Law School, Cornell Tech, and Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)

Faculty Authors:

Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, Cornell University

Sarah Kreps, Professor and Director of Tech Policy Institute, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  • Exploring the Legal Principles of AI
  • Promoting Effective and Inclusive AI
  • Managing Legal and Ethical Risks in AI
  • Competing and Thriving in a Global AI Landscape
  • Shaping Internal AI Policies
  • Building Organizational Resilience for AI
  • AI Symposium LIVE

Enroll in the AI Law and Policy Certificate Program

Big Data for Policy 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Big Data for Policy Certificate from Cornell’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 96 Professional Development Hours (9.6 CEUs)
  3. 48 PD hours towards IIBA’s core certification program OR 48 CDUS towards IIBA’s recertification

Faculty Authors:

Maria Fitzpatrick, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Matthew Hall, Professor, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  • Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
  • Impact of Racial-Ethnic Segregation on Education and Neighborhood Inequality
  • Social and Economic Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Crime and Incarceration

Enroll in the Big Data for Policy Certificate Program

Business Economics 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Business Economics Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 50 Professional Development Hours (5 CEUs)
  3. 50 PD hours towards IIBA’s core certification program OR 50 CDUS towards IIBA’s recertification

Faculty Author:

Thomas Evans, Senior Lecturer, Cornell College of Human Ecology

Courses:

  • Examining Scarcity and Opportunity Cost
  • Analyzing Price and Equilibrium
  • Conducting Market Analysis and Predicting Price
  • Modeling Perfect Competition
  • Comparing Monopolies and Competition

Enroll in the Business Economics Certificate Program

Corporate Sustainability

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Corporate Sustainability Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 45 Professional Development Hours (4.5 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice, Cornell SC Johnson School of Business

Courses:

  • Evaluating a Corporate Sustainability Strategy
  • Sustainability Risk Management
  • Generating Profit in the Era of Sustainability

Enroll in the Corporate Sustainability Cornell Certificate Program

Country Risk Analysis Certificate

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Country Risk Analysis Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

James Patton Rogers, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute

Courses:

  • International Relations Theory in Practice
  • Developing a Policy Brief
  • Country Risk Evaluation and Reporting
  • Leveraging Strategic Foresight Analysis

Enroll in the Country Risk Analysis Certificate program

Cybersecurity and AI Strategy

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Cybersecurity and AI Strategy Certificate from Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 70 Professional Development Hours (7 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Judith Germano, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  • AI Risk and Opportunity
  • Deepfakes
  • Cybercrime
  • Ransomware and Cyber Extortion
  • Critical Infrastructure, AI, and Cybersecurity
  • AI Symposium LIVE

Enroll in the Cybersecurity and AI Strategy Certificate Program

Financial Success for Nonprofits

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Financial Success for Nonprofits Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 32 Professional Development Hours (3.2 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Joe Grasso, Associate Dean, Cornell ILR School

Courses:

  • Assessing Nonprofits using Financial Statements and Ratios
  • Determining Appropriate Budgeting, Debt Financing, and Cash Flow
  • Fundraising and Revenue Generation
  • Strategically Governing the Organization

Enroll in the Financial Success for Nonprofits Cornell Certificate Program

International Public And NGO Management

What You’ll Earn:

  1. International Public and NGO Management Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 68 Professional Development Hours (6.8 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

John Mathiason, Adjunct Professor, the Brooks School MPA Program

Courses:

  • Addressing Complex Problems Using Results-Based Management
  • Creating and Enforcing International Agreements
  • Coordinating Services and Support at the Global and Country Level

Enroll in the International Public And NGO Management Cornell Certificate Program

Media Strategy for Policy and PR 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Media Strategy for Policy and PR Certificate from Cornell’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Mark Bayer, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  • Strategic Media Relations for Public Leaders
  • Persuasive Writing for Public Impact
  • Persuasive Speaking for Media
  • Building Media Support

Enroll in the Media Strategy for Policy and PR Certificate Program

Operations Management 

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Operations Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Natalia Santamaría, Visiting Senior Lecturer, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Courses:

  • Process Analysis in Operations
  • Improving Operations
  • Quality Control Systems
  • Inventory Management Strategies

Enroll in the Operations Management Certificate Program

Policy Advocacy

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Policy Advocacy Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 50 Professional Development Hours (5 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Jared Carter, Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  1. Community Organizing
  2. Legislative Organizing
  3. Administrative Advocacy
  4. Media Advocacy and Storytelling
  5. Electoral Advocacy and Campaigns

Enroll in the Policy Advocacy Cornell Certificate Program

Public Sector Leadership

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Public Sector Leadership Certificate from the Cornell Brooks School
  2. 60 Professional Development Hours (6 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

Seth Harris, Visiting Professor, the Brooks School MPA Program

Courses:

  • Leadership Skills and Traits in Public Organizations
  • Assessing Your Public Sector Organization
  • Motivating Public Sector Employees
  • Public Sector Leadership Strategies
  • Goal Setting in Public Sector Organizations
  • Leading Public Sector Teams to Success

Enroll in the Public Sector Leadership Cornell Certificate Program

Technology Strategy

What You’ll Earn:

  1. Technology Strategy Certificate from Cornell’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
  2. 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)

Faculty Author:

  • Ning Su, Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

Courses:

  • Technology Leadership
  • Technology Management
  • Technology and the Global Economy
  • Technology and the Future of Society

Enroll in the Technology Strategy Certificate Program

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