该证书课程主要面向那些对该领域感兴趣，但又不想读一个学位或那些已经拥有一个除政治科学外的其他学位的人们。该证书适合那些已经在法律和司法领域从业，而希望以在职的形式完成该课程的人们，以及那些毕业于社区大学，希望获得一个大学水平的证书的人们。
The program provide an overview for interested people who do not wish to proceed to a degree or those who have already obtained a degree with a major other than Political Science. Only under exceptional circumstances and with special permission from the department will applicants who already have a degree with a major (or combined major) in Political Science be admitted. The Certificate in Public Law is of interest to people already employed in the legal and justice fields who wish to embark on a program of part-time studies and to those with Community College qualifications in law and justice who would like to add university-level certification.