Program Evaluation Graduate Certificate
Acquire the skills you need to conduct ethical, systematic, feasible, useful, and socially just program evaluation.
Welcome to the UMass PEGC,
Many professionals responsible for evaluating programs have little or no formal training in the competencies or standards of the field of evaluation. A good many of us who have become evaluators actually "stumbled" into the field by accident. Whether you are evaluation curious or a seasoned practitioner, this certificate program is for you!
Participants in this 15-credit UMass Amherst Program Evaluation Certificate program study the fundamental practices of program evaluation--including engaging with stakeholders, evaluation contracting & budgeting, logic modeling, evaluation design, mixed methods, data visualization, cultural responsiveness, and facilitating use.
Whether you work in a small non-profit setting, a large governmental agency, in an international program, a grant-making foundation, or in multi-agency network, this Program Evaluation Graduate Certificate will increase your capacity to design and carry out useful, feasible, methodologically robust, ethical, socially just program evaluation.
You may be looking to become an evaluator, or already doing program evaluation, either way this UMass graduate certificate is for you.
Featured faculty
Rebecca Woodland
Director of Program Evaluation, Center for Educational Assessment
Associate Director, Center for Education Policy
Rebecca Woodland is professor of educational policy, leadership and evaluation.
In the spotlight
Foundations of Program Evaluation with Dr. Woodland was truly exceptional. I had no experience putting together a full-fledged evaluation proposal, and wasn't sure I could put all the pieces together, but I did. I love program evaluation!
Research, Educational Measurement, & Psychometrics
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