2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 06, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Lobbying and Government Advocacy Certificate

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus


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Program Coordinator/Contact

Lisa Hager, Associate Professor of Political Science
School of American and Global Studies
Lincoln Hall 325, Box 2212
605-688-5343

Program Information

The Lobbying and Government Advocacy Certificate provides graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively communicate with government to influence legislative policymaking, executive branch rulemaking, and judicial decisions at the state and federal levels on a variety of issues important to business, industry, and within their chosen profession: for example, nursing, engineering, education, business, and agriculture. Graduates will be equipped to lobby government on behalf of their employer, should they be asked within their profession to do so, or as a professional lobbyist.  

Course Delivery Format

The program provides courses face to face on campus and online.

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