CPM Certification and Tracks

Contact the Texas CPM Program before registering for any courses to earn the CPM certification concurrent with the BAAS degree.

Students may sign up for the entire program or individual courses. Students can complete courses in any order with the exception of Track 7.

We offer CPM classes by extension, and they satisfy the residency requirement. Students may complete up to 30 semester hours for Texas State University credit through a combination of correspondence and extension courses. For example, if a student completes 21 hours of CPM courses, they can complete a 9 additional hours by correspondence or extension.

CPM Track:
Track 1 Public Personnel Administration
Track 2 Managing for Quality
Track 3 Organizational Communication
Track 4 Public Finance and Budgeting
Track 5 Productivity and Program Evaluation
Track 6 Information Systems for Managers
Track 7 Applied Projects Practicum
TXST transcript:
PA 3330 Public Personnel Administration
PA 3300 Intro to Public Admin
PHIL 4388 Problems in Philosophy
PA 3310 Public Finance Administration
PA 3350 Public Policy Issues and Administration
CTE 4310 Independent Study in CTE
PA 4398 CPM Applied Project

Supplemental Courses

The CPM Track totals 21 credits. Student can choose from these supplemental courses to fulfill the required 24 credits.

CTE 3304 Human Relations
CTE 3315 Leadership & Professional Development
CTE 3321 Work-based Learning
CTE 3323 Technology Applications
CTE 3324 Entrepreneurship
CTE 3330 STEM Literacy
CTE 3340 Occupational Skills for the 21st Century
CTE 3370 Introduction to Leadership
CTE 4315 Purposeful Life Planning
OCED 3310 Human Problems in the Workplace
OCED 3321 Creative Thinking
OCED 3322 Problem Solving & Decision Making
OCED 3323 Health & Safety in Wrkplc
OCED 3324 Proj Mgmt Leadership
OCED 3326 Teamwork
OCED 4302 Trends & Issues in OWLS
OCED 4325 Development & Change in Organizations