PUBLIC POLICY

195.477 (S)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO URBAN POLICY (3) Newman   Limit 15   Perm. Req’d.  195.477 & 195.478 must be taken together by undergraduates  This seminar surveys key urban policy challenges and opportunities faced by U.S. cities. Course topics include a critical analysis of the continuing viability of cities in the context of current economic and demographic dynamics, fiscal stress, governance, economic development, poverty and race, drugs, homelessness, federal urban policy, and survival strategies for declining cities.
Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health Studies, Geography and Environmental Engineering, and Africana Studies

Sec. 01

T 5-7pm

195.478
 (W)

URBAN POLICY INTERNSHIP (3)Newman    Limit 15   Perm. Req’d.   195.478 & 195.477 must be taken together by undergraduates
Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health Studies, Geography and Environmental Engineering, and Africana Studies

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TBA

195.603

APPLIED MICROECONOMICS FOR POLICY MAKING Roche   Limit 40   Perm. Req’d. The goal of this course is to communicate the basic principles of microeconomics by emphasizing applications to the solution of public problems. Students examine how markets operate and how they fail. This includes an analysis of the reasons for government intervention. Public vs. private goods, the problem of externalities, the pricing of public goods, and related issues will be addressed. The course provides the student with elements of a theoretical framework useful in addressing policy problems.

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W Th 12-2:20

195.605

STATISTICAL AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLICYMAKING I Grandea  Limit 40   This course sequence over two semesters teaches the
application of statistical techniques commonly used in policy analysis and decision analysis including measures of central tendency, correlation, analysis of variance, and multivariate analysis. The course uses actual policy problems to demonstrate applications of techniques.

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Th W 5:15-7:45pm

195.607
(W)

THE POLICY PROCESS Staff
Limit 40   This course examines the influence of political and organizational factors on the various stages of the policy process including problem identification, developing alternative responses, assessing the political feasibility of alternative responses, generating political support, budgeting and resource allocation, and implementing policy decisions through both public and private institutions.

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Dates:
9/12

10/2
10/3

10/17

11/6
11/7

11/21

M 6-8pm

F 10-3

Th 10-12
F 10-3

F 10-3

Th 10-12
F 10-3

F 10-3

195.609
(W)

POLICY ANALYSIS FOR THE REAL WORLD  Newman    Limit 50 Perm. Req’d. This course teaches students to think analytically and to
apply analytic thinking to policy problems. Students work through several real-world problems primarily in social, urban, and health policy, to master the essential steps of any policy analysis: identifying the problem, assessing the available evidence, specifying goals and constraints, and examining policy alternatives. Course goals also include understanding some of the major policy debates of the day, and communicating in a simple, clear, and direct way.

Sec. 01

T 9:30-1

195.610

VALUE, ETHICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY Ventriss  Limit 35 Including the philosophical bases of public action, notions of responsibility of individuals to society, and alternative forms of citizen action, from political participation to voluntary service. Course canceled 6/16/08

Sec. 01

F 11-4

195.611

PROGRAM EVALUATION Barnow
Limit 40   This course provides the student with an introduction to the use of qualitative and quantitative evaluations for social programs. The course reviews rationale for evaluation and its use in budgeting, policy assessments, research and development, and program improvement. The course addresses cost-benefit analysis, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, selection bias, and methods of overcoming problems. The course includes an introduction to use of cost-benefit analysis. Students undertake a critical review and reanalyze data from existing evaluations.

Sec. 01

T 10:30-12:30

195.621

INTERNSHIP Staff   Limit 40   The internship usually takes place during the summer between the two years of the program. It involves placement in a public or private agency in the U.S. or another country, and preparation of a paper that takes a critical look at the relationship between on-the-job experience and concepts learned in class, and an example of a written product produced on the job.

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TBA

195.687

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Hall   This course provides an overview of the key management systems nonprofit leaders use to run their organization.  A substantial portion of the course focuses on financial management. Additional topics include data collection, human resource management systems, and IT systems.  

Sec. 01

Th 5-7:20pm

195.825

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Special readings course for master’s students in policy studies only. This course may also be taken in conjunction with an undergraduate course in another department to enhance or supplement existing courses in a student’s field of concentration. This course requires the consent of the student’s adviser.

195.827

GRADUATE SEMINAR LECTURES Staff           

Sec. 01

 TBA