Looking to take your career to the next level? Wondering how you can do it? Perhaps advancing your education could be the key. Adults who are balancing the challenges of life, family and career choose the College of Professional and Continuing Education at Clark University. While initially designed to accommodate adult working students, with the increased demand for graduate professional degrees today, over half of our current students are attending our graduate programs as full time students. International students attend our professional degree programs from countries around the world.

Clark University offers two certificate programs in human services management. They are 1) Certificate in Human Services Management and 2) the Certificate in Community Human Services Management. Course work in each of these programs has the potential to be applied as four course equivalents in the Clark University Master of Public Administration program.

Clark University offered a certificate in human services management (CHSM) Program for two years that consists of six courses (Managing Human Service Organizations; Finance and Accounting; Strategic Management Information systems; Program Evaluation and Outcomes Measurement; Organizational Behavior and Leadersihp; and Applied Economics). This program is offered as individual non-cohort-based courses during the evening hours. These courses are oriented toward leadership training and provide career growth opportunities.

Clark University, in partnership with the Massachusetts Providers Council, is now offering a certificate in community human services management (CCHSM). This program is offered in the daytime on the Clark University campus one day a week for an entire academic year, and consists of five education blocks that include courses in a survey of human services management; legal issues for nonprofits; human resources management; applied economics; financial management; entrepreneurship; fundraising, event planning and grant writing; and program evaluation. These courses are oriented toward leadership training and provide career growth opportunities. The cohort system introduces middle-managers to others in similar positions, providing a network of support in community-based human services.

The CAGS program in Interdisciplinary Studies is offered by COPACE to students with master's degrees. CAGS is designed primarily, but not exclusively, for educators who wish to continue or return to academic study but who do not wish to pursue a doctoral degree.

The MPA program develops administrators who can effectively address the managerial, economic and political aspects of public issues and programs. The degree combines the study of general management principles with a practical approach to public/private partnership, politics and public budgeting, and public safety. You may choose concentrations in human services, health, law enforcement, local government, non-profit management or gerontology.

If you are seeking to augment your communication skills so you can advance to a management role or if you work in human resources, training, sales or marketing communications, consider the Master of Science in Professional Communication. This degree will give you academic and practical knowledge in marketing communications and sales, human resource development, and training, mediation and conflict management, and communication technologies.

The unimaginable evolution and expansion of information technologies in general and "e-based" systems in particular over the past decade both in the U.S. and abroad have created an unprecedented demand for highly skilled technology professionals. Similarly, the availability of appropriately educated managers to oversee this burgeoning function is likewise in crisis. In fact, as the need for technical expertise increases exponentially, so will the demand for qualified information technology managers.

Program policies and requirements for COPACE Graduate Programs including: CAGS, MPA, MSPC and MSIT are listed under the Graduate Programs section of the web site.