- Global Public Affairs (“GPA”) certificates are awarded by the Office of the Dean of the Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs (“the Dean”)
- The GPA certificate program is open to all graduate students (Master’s and PhD.) enrolled in the Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs.
- Certificates are offered in the following four cluster areas:
- Global Environment & Resources
- Global Health & Social Services
- Global Processes & Institutions
- Global Urbanization & Regional Development
- To earn a GPA certificate, Luskin students must complete the following criteria:
- Declare their intention to pursue one or more GPA certificate(s) by the start of Fall Quarter of their second year by registering through an online form;
- Submit a grade report in the spring quarter of each year to your designated FCL to verify progress toward declared certificate, copying their departmental Student Affairs Officer (SAO); and
- Successfully complete three courses (per certificate) in a teaching cluster as defined on the GPA website.
- A student may pursue more than one certificate.
- Certificate courses are drawn from the Luskin School of Public Affairs and from other units on the UCLA campus.
- Faculty Cluster Leaders (FCL) are appointed by the Director and Associate Director (with approval from the Dean) for a period of two years.
- Courses are included in each cluster at the discretion of that cluster’s FCL.
- FCLs organize cluster courses and secure agreement from participating faculty to include their course in the cluster.
- A student may seek approval for a course outside of the selection offered on the GPA website to be included in a cluster by meeting the following conditions:
- The student contacts the FCL prior to enrolling in the course to petition for approval;
- The student provides the course syllabus to FCL for review and approval;
- The FCL provides written approval or denial to the student, copying the GPA Director & Associate Director; and
- The student requests the PTE # from the course instructor.
- Only regular course offerings at the graduate level can, at the present time, be considered for credit toward a certificate.
- To summarize, interested Luskin students should register for a GPA Certificate through an online form, and successfully complete at least 3 courses in 1 of the 4 clusters to receive a certificate.
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