Legal Environment Administration
The modern public, private and non-profit organization is greatly impacted by our legal system. This Certificate program recognizes that the modern organizational leader needs to have a greater understanding of the way the legal system works as well as the latest legal trends that affect the workplace. This program studies current legal issues and their practical application to your workplace.
Choose any four courses:
MADS 6603 – Law & Administrative Practice
MADS 6607 – Collective Bargaining & Contract Administration
MADS 6695 – Special Topics: Advanced Employment Law
MADS 6713 – Special Topics: Environmental Response & Reporting Seminar
MADS 6719 – Special Topics: Litigation Preparation & Admin.
MADS 6620 – Human Resources Systems: Approaches & Techniques for the Modern Workplace
MADS 6635 – Legal Research Methods & Analysis
MADS 6641 – Contemporary Legal Issues
Non-Profit Organizational Development
This Graduate Certificate program is designed for professional leaders in the not-for-profit community. Choose any four courses:
MADS 6613 – Marketing of Public, Not-for-Profit & PrivateOrgs.
MADS 6614 – Comparative Public & Legal Systems
MADS 6615 – Global Leadership
MADS 6616 – Grant Writing and Administration
MADS 6628 – Building Strategic Partnerships
MADS 6629 – Planning and Program Development
MADS 6631 – Advanced Fundraising Practices
MADS 6632 – Technology Applications
MADS 6645 – Marketing Social Change
MADS 6661 – Managing Organizational Change
MADS 6662 – Customer Service
MADS 6677 – Planning for Change in Information Technology
Park & Recreation Leadership
This program addresses the numerous issues involved in operating, managing and administrating parks, golf courses, zoos, reservations, swimming facilities & other leisure and recreation facilities.
MADS 6600 – Theory & Practice of Administration
MADS 6604 – Ethics & Public Values
MADS 6711 – Special Topics: Entrepreneurship in Leisure Services
MADS 6724 – Special Topics: Current Issues in Park and
Recreation Leadership
School Security & Safety Administration
MADS 6714 – ST: First Responder Stress Awareness & Mgmt.
MADS 6617 – Emergency Management & Safety Administration
MADS 6634 – Community Threat Assessment & Risk Analysis
MADS 6636 – Global Preparedness for Catastrophic Emergencies
MADS 6665 – Crisis Management for the School Administrator
MADS 6691 – Preventing Future Columbines
Transportation Administration
Required:
MADS 6651 – Operations Administration
MADS 6652 – Public Policy & Transportation Issues
Post-Graduate Certificate
Public, Non-Profit , & Private Leadership
(12 credit, Post-Graduate)
This program is designed to further enhance the competencies of public, not-for-profit & private organization administrators. Upon successful completion of either the 30-credit MAS program or the 39-credit MPA program, graduates can enroll in four additional courses of their choice and earn a Certificate in Public, Non-Profit & Private Leadership. Courses taken for the Master’s degree cannot be repeated, however, there are ample new courses to choose from.
Advanced Forensics Acquisition and Analysis
The certificate will provide in-depth instruction integrating the acquisition and analysis of three vital areas of computer forensics: Dead system investigations, Live Recovery and Network Recovery.
MADS 6725 – File System Analysis (prerequisite)
MADS 6726 – Live System Response and Analysis
MADS 6727 – Network Analysis
MADS 6728 – E- Communications Analysis
MADS 6729 – Operating System Assessment
MADS 6730 – Malware Investigations
The following information is taken from the New Jersey Administrative Code relative to School Administrator and School Principal Certificates of Eligibility. For additional information, please contact your county Superintendent of Schools.
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.4 School Administrator
(a) To be eligible for the school administrator CE, the candidate shall:
1. Complete one of the following:
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Hold a master’s or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university in educational leadership, or in one of the recognized fields of leadership or management such as public administration or business administration or in curriculum and instruction;
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Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and completed a post-master’s program resulting in a certificate of advanced study in educational administration and supervision; or
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Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and complete a post-master’s program in a coherent sequence of 30 semester hour credits. The study must be completed at one institution in the fields outlined in (a)1i above; or
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Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and completed a New Jersey State-approved certification program in educational leadership offered by providers approved by the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.5(i)2.
2. Complete graduate study, either within the master’s program or in addition to it, in each of the following topics:
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Leadership and human resource management;
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Communications;
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Data-based research strategies for decision-making;
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Finance; and
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Law; and
3. Pass a State-approved examination of knowledge that is acquired through study of topics listed in (a)2 above and that is most directly related to the functions of superintendents as defined in N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.3(a).
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.5 Principal
(a) To be eligible for the Principal CE, the candidate shall:
1. Complete one of the following:
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Hold a master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university in educational leadership; or in one of the recognized fields of leadership or management such as public administration or business administration or in curriculum and instruction;
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Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and completed a post-master’s program resulting in a certificate of advanced study in educational administration and supervision; or
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Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and complete a post-master’s program in a coherent sequence of 30 semester hour credits. The study must be completed at one institution in the fields outlined in (a)1i above;
2. Complete graduate study, either within the master’s program or in addition to it, in each of the following topics:
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Leadership and human resource management;
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Communications;
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Data-based research strategies for decision-making;
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Finance; and
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Law; and
3. Pass a State-approved examination of knowledge that is acquired through study of topics listed in (a)2 above and that is most irectly related to the functions of principals as defined in N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.3(b).