New Graduate Certificate Programs
Granite State College recently introduced a set of Graduate Certificates, which will provide an affordable, credit-efficient pathway to a master’s-level credential. Options include graduate certificates in Human Services, Operations Management, Health Care Management, Nonprofit Leadership, and Project Management. These focused, shorter programs allow students to specialize their knowledge and skills through courses in relevant and trending topics that align with workforce needs. Requiring just a bachelor’s degree, graduate certificates can help you advance in your current position and may provide a foundation for a master’s degree.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, allowing students to begin at any point in the calendar year, and financial aid is available.
Graduate Certificate Programs
Health Care Management
In this 9-credit graduate certificate program, choose three courses from the following.
Choose Three Courses
- HLTC 800: Health Care Delivery and Innovations (3 credits)
- HLTC 801: Health Care Financial Management (3 credits)
- HLTC 802: Advocacy and Health Policy (3 credits)
- HLTC 810: Health Care Quality and Safety (3 credits)
- HLTC 811: Health Care Technology and Informatics (3 credits)
Updated September 2021. See for full details.
Human Services
This 12-credit graduate certificate features a combination of required courses and elective that can help you focus your learning experience.
Required
- HMSV 800: Principles of Human Service Management (3 credits)
- HMSV 803: Administration of Human Service Organizations (3 credits)
- HMSV 805: Ethical and Legal Practices in Human Services (3 credits)
Elective Options (select one)
- APST 805: Grant Writing (3 credits)
- COMM 800: Foundations of Organizational Communication (3 credits)
- INST 803: Foundations of Program Planning and Evaluation (1 credit)
- INST 823 Program Planning and Evaluation: Project (2 credits)
- LD 810: Change Management and Communication (3 credits)
- LD 827: Leading and Governing Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
- LD 831: Conflict Management and Negotiation (3 credits)
- LD 832: Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations (3 credits)
- MGMT 815: Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
Updated September 2021. See for full details.
Nonprofit Leadership
This 12-credit graduate certificate features a wide variety of electives that allow you to focus your learning on topics that are relevant to your career plans.
Required
- LD 820: Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities (3 credits)
- LD 827: Leading and Governing Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
- LD 821: Ethical Decision-Making (3 credits)
Elective Options (select one)
- APST 805: Grant Writing (3 credits)
- LD 825: Volunteer Leadership (3 credits)
Updated September 2021. See for full details.
Operation Management
This 12-credit graduate certificate features a combination of required courses and electives that can help you focus your learning experience.
Required
- OPS 800: Principles of Operations Management (3 credits)
- PM 800: Introduction to Project Management (3 credits)
Complete three credits from the following
- HLTC 810: Health Care Quality and Safety (3 credits)
- PM 819: Total Quality Management (3 credits)
Choose three credits from the following
- SCM 805: Supply Chain Management (2 credits)
- PM 820: Introduction to Lean Practices (1 credit)
- PM 821: Introduction to Theory of Constraints (2 credits)
Updated September 2021. See for full details.
Project Management
This is a 12-credit graduate certificate. It is strongly recommended students take the courses in the following sequence to obtain a solid learning experience.
Required
- PM 800: Introduction to Project Management (3 credits)
- PM 811: Project Chartering and Planning (3 credits)
- PM 813: Delivering Business Value (3 credits)
- LD 804: Leading Teams (3 credits)
Updated September 2021. See for full details.
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