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AC-4: Graduate Program

The Master of Public Affairs (MPA) program at the O’Neill School at IUPUI will advance your understanding of public, private, and nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest. Our 39-credit-hour MPA emphasizes professional practice across disciplines, preparing students for responsible and informed legal, management, financial, and budgetary leadership roles in the public and nonprofit sector. The Environmental Policy and Sustainability concentration prepares students with the ideas and technical skills needed to address the challenges and opportunities found in handling environmental and sustainability issues such as air and water protection at or near industrial sites, mercury and lead exposure, environmental justice, urban green space, and climate change.

The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law offers a J.D in Environmental and Natural Resources Law offering the opportunity to study environmental, energy and natural resources law. IU McKinney’s Program in Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Law offers students the opportunity to examine complex issues in the news every day, including pollution control, energy and transportation policy, and environmental justice and equity, and resource development and conservation from a regional, national, and international perspective.

The Master of Science in Global Health and Sustainable Development offered by the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health is designed to Prepare for Global Action. The first Master of Science program in the country to be designed around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

A united worldwide effort is underway to accelerate solutions to the world’s most complex and urgent global public health challenges. The MS in Global Health and Sustainable Development Program is designed for early to mid-careerists who would like a broad, contemporary foundation of knowledge, skills and abilities in global health. Graduates apply their expertise in varied roles that contribute to meeting global health goals that aim to improve health and wellbeing for people everywhere.

The global action plan led by the World Health Organization and other leading health and development organizations includes strategies that emphasize effective, sustainable policies and programs that, in addition to health and well-being, also prioritize health equity and social justice as pre-requisites for health and well-being for all. Our program supports these goals.

Graduates will be qualified for careers as international health workers, global health practitioners, public health advisers, medical officers, disaster relief support, international aid workers, and more.

https://sustainability.iupui.edu/academics/degrees/index.html

Also: https://www.iupui.edu/academics/degrees-majors/index.html

Now more than ever, “T-shaped professionals” are in high demand for their ability to collaborate across disciplines, build relationships, and advance innovation. These contemporary workers are characterized by the possession of deep skills in a specialty as well as the knack for solving problems in other areas of expertise, allowing them to move beyond boundaries. The emerging field of Design Thinking responds to this paradigm shift as a human-centered approach to connecting the dots.

This certificate program introduces a mindset as well as core skills in creative problem solving that can be applied to any discipline or field. Knowing how to investigate innovative solutions will enable you to actively apply, connect, and produce knowledge that meets complex human needs.

The IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Graduate Certificate in Public Health is a 15-credit hour program of study designed to meet the needs of working public health professionals who wish to advance their careers by continuing their education. Completing the Certificate will provide you with a strong foundation in public health theory and concepts.

By completing the Graduate Certificate in Public Health, you will learn how to:
Use biostatistical methods to analyze and report public health data
Specify approaches to assess, prevent, and control environmental and occupational hazards to human health and safety
Use epidemiologic methods to collect, study, analyze and report the patterns of disease in human populations for diverse audiences
Apply policy process, development and analysis methods to address current national, state and local public health issues
Identify social and behavioral science factors, theories and models and develop, implement and evaluate interventions designed to positively affect health behaviors in populations
Exhibit high standards of personal and organizational integrity, compassion, honesty and respect for all people
Identify the impact of diversity and culture on public health across discipline areas
Identify the basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of public health data


The IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Graduate Certificate in Product Stewardship is a 15-credit hour program of study designed to meet the needs of working product stewards who wish to advance their careers by continuing their education. Completing the Graduate Certificate will provide you with a strong foundation in product stewardship theory and concepts.
By completing the Graduate Certificate in Product Stewardship, you will learn how to:

Describe the core functions, values and principles of environmental and occupational public health. Identify and characterize product hazards, exposures, and risk through inherent product characteristics, uses, and misuses of products.
Select and apply appropriate frameworks to analyze product risks to humans and the environment throughout product supply chains and product lifecycles.
Identify and evaluate current and emerging societal issues, regulatory requirements, and voluntary frameworks that may affect products throughout their lifecycle. Assess and apply best practices to improve product sustainability and competitive advantage while minimizing business risk through management and product development. Identify and recommend strategies to improve the capabilities of product stewardship organizations within the larger business construct.

Development of the next generation of fuel-efficient and environmentally-responsible advanced electric drive vehicles is one of the nation’s top priorities. The State of Indiana plays a major role in the design, development, and manufacturing of these types of vehicles, such as electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) or plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), or their components. This is a very technically intensive and competitive field that requires multidisciplinary approaches. Expertise in the HEV technology will be greatly needed to meet the demands in the hybrid vehicle sector of the automotive industry.

This certificate program is designed to address industry's increased needs for engineers having expertise in EV/HEV/PHEV. It will prepare today's engineers to be competitive in taking on the new challenges facing the industry so that the companies in automotive sector can compete globally.

https://sustainability.iupui.edu/academics/degrees/index.html
https://graduate.iupui.edu/admissions/programs.html

M.S. in Engineering, Graduate Certificate in Energy Management and Assessment
Graduate Certificate in Public Health
Graduate Certificate in Global Information Systems
Graduate Certificate in Health Policy
J.D. Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law
https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/courses/certificates/certificate_environmental-law.html