Registration Open For UMSL Economic Development Certificate Course
Date Posted: February 27, 2025
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Registration is open for the 2025 UMSL Chancellor’s Certificate Course in Fundamentals of Economic Development. The program is sponsored by UMSL Public Policy Administration and the Urban Land Institute —St. Louis. Click here to download the program brochure.
The course runs seven weeks on Wednesday evenings from 6-9 PM at UMSL Grand Center from March 26 through May 7.
In addition to the program’s core topics, enrolled persons can take part in two field trip opportunities as part of the course.
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport to learn about the importance of regional transportation assets in economic development
- The Ville to learn about the importance of neighborhood history for community preservation and development.
To earn the certificate participants must complete at least six of the seven modules but modules can also be taken individually.
The entry level course is designed for local government officials, development professionals and others working in urban, suburban, and exurban communities in MO and IL.
For more details and to register please go to umsl.edu/go/ecodev