证书计划旨在通过灵活的学习课程来提高公众获得大学教育的机会，该课程允许短期退出（在完成证书要求后），也可以选择升读其他课程，包括学士学位课程。<br>该证书还提供了灵活性。证书中的所有课程均为大学学分课程。这意味着，如果学生以后决定攻读学士学位，则可以将其证书中的学分应用于其他课程。此外，证书的要求可以在一年内完成，也可以在几年内兼职完成，具体取决于课程安排和学生的情况。<br> <br>学生完成后立即学习计划要求的十门课程，该学生将有资格获得其证书。证书的完成将给学生相当于一年的大学学分。这提供了阶梯式
This Certificate provides a comprehensive overview of local government administration in Canada, with a focus on British Columbia. The Certificate complements existing degree programs at UNBC and is designed to help students prepare for careers in local government administration, policy, planning and economic development. Some of the courses in the Certificate also meet the requirements for provincial certification programs for local government administrators.<br>Drawing primarily from the disciplines of Political Science and Environmental Planning, the Certificate in Local Government Administration consists of 10 courses (30 credit hours), four of which are electives. The elective courses are drawn from lists of courses in two specializations: Policy and Administration and Planning and Economic Development. Students can choose to specialize in one of these areas, in which case they take four courses from one of the lists. They can also choose a generalist focus in which they take two courses from each list. Students must ensure that all prerequisite courses have been completed for the elective courses in the certificate.