Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Bulletin: 2025-2026 Graduate Bulletin Program: Policy Making Microcredential Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Policy Making Microcredential Graduate Study at USI >> College of Liberal Arts 6 Credit hours The microcredential in policy making is comprised of two courses (six credits) from the graduate public administration curriculum. Students who earn the graduate microcredential in policy making will understand the political and legal dynamics of public policy creation and implementation. As a result of the microcredential, they will be credentialed to be a part of policy making in local, state and federal government.
Graduate Microcredential Requirements The total number of credit hours required for a graduate microcredential may vary by academic discipline but must require a minimum of 1 credit hour and not more than 8 credit hours. At least 50% of the microcredential requirements must be earned at USI. Coursework taken more than 7 years before the microcredential is awarded cannot be applied, unless a Petition to Validate an Expired Graduate Course has been approved. Microcredentials may be stand-alone or linked to an existing degree program. A microcredential, therefore, may be embedded within a larger degree program and stacked with other microcredentials and certificates toward a degree (i.e. master’s) program. Academic departments may determine whether coursework taken to complete a microcredential can also be applied to a degree program. Students earning a graduate microcredential are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.
Required Courses (6 hours)
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
PA 615 - Legal Aspects of Public Administration Term(s) Offered:	Credits: 3
PA 644 - Policies and Processes in the Public Sector Term(s) Offered:	Credits: 3
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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________

Bulletin: 2025-2026 Graduate Bulletin Program: Policy Making Microcredential Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Policy Making Microcredential

Graduate Study at USI >> College of Liberal Arts

6 Credit hours

The microcredential in policy making is comprised of two courses (six credits) from the graduate public administration curriculum. Students who earn the graduate microcredential in policy making will understand the political and legal dynamics of public policy creation and implementation. As a result of the microcredential, they will be credentialed to be a part of policy making in local, state and federal government.

Graduate Microcredential Requirements

The total number of credit hours required for a graduate microcredential may vary by academic discipline but must require a minimum of 1 credit hour and not more than 8 credit hours.
At least 50% of the microcredential requirements must be earned at USI.
Coursework taken more than 7 years before the microcredential is awarded cannot be applied, unless a Petition to Validate an Expired Graduate Course has been approved.
Microcredentials may be stand-alone or linked to an existing degree program. A microcredential, therefore, may be embedded within a larger degree program and stacked with other microcredentials and certificates toward a degree (i.e. master’s) program. Academic departments may determine whether coursework taken to complete a microcredential can also be applied to a degree program.
Students earning a graduate microcredential are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.

Required Courses (6 hours)

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

PA 615 - Legal Aspects of Public Administration
Term(s) Offered:

Credits: 3

PA 644 - Policies and Processes in the Public Sector
Term(s) Offered:

Credits: 3

Notes: