{"id":833,"date":"2025-06-04T23:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/mpa\/?page_id=833"},"modified":"2025-06-04T23:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:08:59","slug":"mpa-certificates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/mpa-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"MPA Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Online<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Election Administration<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Undergraduate or Graduate Certificate<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Politics &amp; International Affairs&#8217; Master of Public Administration Program undergraduate or graduate certificate in election administration prepares students with the fundamental skills and knowledge for a career in election administration. The 15-credit certificate will teach election administration from the lens of public administration and policy. Students will learn about how elections are administered in Arizona and throughout the United States by examining election law, policies, processes, voter registration, canvassing, security, planning and actors involved.<\/p>\n<h3>Program Details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>POS 405\/505: Intro to Election Administration<\/li>\n<li>POS 406\/506: Voter Registration\/Canvassing<\/li>\n<li>POS 407\/507: Best Practices in Elections<\/li>\n<li>POS 411\/511: Election Planning, Security &amp; Technology<\/li>\n<li>POS 415\/515: Election Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>Automatic admission if you have a 3.0 GPA<\/li>\n<li>No prerequisites required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Apply Today<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to undergraduate, graduate and non-degree-seeking students<\/li>\n<li>Convenient and flexible online courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a high school degree select the undergrate application option: if you have a BA\/BS select the graduate application using the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/admissions\/additional-applications\/non-degree-seeking\/\">Admissions Application site<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>For more information:<\/h4>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=srr54\">Sara Rinfret, PhD<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>Master of Public Administration Director<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sara.rinfret@nau.edu\">Sara Rinfret@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<h4>MPA Director:<\/h4>\n<!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3><\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:Sara Rinfret, PhD\" aria-label=\": Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">Sara Rinfret, PhD<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Election Administration Undergraduate or Graduate Certificate The Department of Politics &amp; International Affairs&#8217; Master of Public Administration Program undergraduate or graduate certificate in election administration prepares students with the fundamental skills and knowledge for a career in election administration. The 15-credit certificate will teach election administration from the lens of public administration and policy. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}