Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Bulletin: 2025-2026 Graduate Bulletin Program: Program Evaluation Microcredential Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Program Evaluation Microcredential Graduate Study at USI >> College of Liberal Arts 6 Credit hours The microcredential in program evaluation is comprised of two courses (6 hours) from the graduate public administration curriculum. This graduate microcredential prepares students to conduct program evaluations that are increasingly demanded by public and nonprofit organizations as a means of assessing the effectiveness of public service programs to achieve their stated goals.
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 616 - Research Methods in Public Administration Term(s) Offered: Every other Fall	Credits: 3
PA 645 - Program Evaluation in the Public and Nonprofit Sector Term(s) Offered:	Credits: 3
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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________

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

Program Evaluation Microcredential

Graduate Study at USI >> College of Liberal Arts

6 Credit hours

The microcredential in program evaluation is comprised of two courses (6 hours) from the graduate public administration curriculum. This graduate microcredential prepares students to conduct program evaluations that are increasingly demanded by public and nonprofit organizations as a means of assessing the effectiveness of public service programs to achieve their stated goals.

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 616 - Research Methods in Public Administration
Term(s) Offered: Every other Fall

Credits: 3

PA 645 - Program Evaluation in the Public and Nonprofit Sector
Term(s) Offered:

Credits: 3

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