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Courses for Spring 2012

  • Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

    Broad overview of public policy analysis and program evaluation with emphasis on methodological issues involved in the analysis and assessment of government programs. Illustrations are drawn from a variety of substantive policy areas. Prerequisite: PPAI 0100, and POLS 1600 or EDUC 1110 or SOC 1100 or ECON 1620, or written permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 40 Political Science and Public Policy concentrators.
    PPAI 1200 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Gee

  • Economics and Public Policy

    An economic analysis of major social programs in the United States. Topics include the possibility of market failure in the private sector, the redistribution of income, and incentive effects created by the programs. Specific policy issues to be examined are welfare reform, Medicaid, school finance reform, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Enrollment limited to 20.
    PPAI 1700F S01
    Primary Instructor
    Gee

  • GIS and Public Policy

    An introduction to the theory and practice of social science Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as applied to public policy analysis. Topics include: the geographical basis of policy issues, spatial mapping, and the use of ArcView software to study policy problems.
    PPAI 1700J S01
    Primary Instructor
    Combs

  • Health Policy Challenges

    Introduces students to the U.S. health care system. Focuses on how the organization, financing, and market structure of the system affect the key issues of access, cost, quality, and equity of care. Specific issues include minority and vulnerable populations, technology, risk adjustment, managed care, long-term care, ethics, and public health. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors.
    PPAI 1700K S01
    Primary Instructor
    Kravtsov

  • Law and Public Policy

    The role of courts in social reform with special attention to the institutional limitations of adjudication and problems in implementing policy through the judiciary. The concept and practice of "public interest law" is examined in detail in the context of such issues as managing mental institutions, schools, and the welfare system. Enrollment limited to 20.
    PPAI 1700M S01
    Primary Instructor
    Judge

  • Nonprofit Organizations

    Contemporary nonprofits and their role in community building and shaping public policy are central to this course. Topics include how strong coalitions impact housing, welfare and children's policy, organizing empowered communities, the influential and engaged donor and building the value of nonprofits. Case studies will be featured and new nonprofit models will be conceptualized to strategically address critical human need. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors, seniors, and graduate students concentrating in Public Policy.
    PPAI 1700V S01
    Primary Instructor
    Allen

  • American Immigration Policy: Issues and Politics in State and Nation

    No description available. Enrollment limited to 20.
    PPAI 1701I S01
    Primary Instructor
    McThomas

  • Labor Market Policy

    Students will learn how to use basic economics models to analyze important labor market policy questions. Topics will include minimum wages, payroll tax cuts, training subsidies, unemployment insurance, negative income taxes, and others. Students will also learn how to find and interpret important labor market data (for example, unemployment rates, payroll employment numbers, and wages) which are used by policy analysts to evaluate local and national labor markets. Prerequisite: ECON 1110, ECON 1130, or EDUC 1130; or instructor permission. Enrollment limited to 20.
    PPAI 1701O S01
    Primary Instructor
    Devine

  • Independent Reading and Research

    See Independent Reading And Research (PPAI 1970) for course description. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    PPAI 1971 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Harlam
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    PPAI 1971 S02
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    Gee
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    PPAI 1971 S03
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    Moffitt
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    PPAI 1971 S04
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    Augusto
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    PPAI 1971 S05
    Primary Instructor
    Brettschneider
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    PPAI 1971 S06
    Primary Instructor
    Cheit
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    PPAI 1971 S07
    Primary Instructor
    Judge
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    PPAI 1971 S08
    Primary Instructor
    Combs
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    PPAI 1971 S09
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    PPAI 1971 S10
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    PPAI 1971 S11
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    Devine
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    PPAI 1971 S12
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    PPAI 1971 S13
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    PPAI 1971 S14
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    PPAI 1971 S15
    Primary Instructor
    Wong
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    PPAI 1971 S16
    Primary Instructor
    Marino
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    PPAI 1971 S17
    Primary Instructor
    McGuigan
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    PPAI 1971 S18
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    PPAI 1971 S19
    Primary Instructor
    Orr
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    PPAI 1971 S20
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    PPAI 1971 S21
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    PPAI 1971 S22
    Primary Instructor
    Spoehr
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    PPAI 1971 S23
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    Slattery-Bownds
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    PPAI 1971 S24
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  • Public Policy Colloquium

    See Public Policy Colloquium (PPAI 1990) for course description.
    PPAI 1991 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Cheit

  • Economics and Public Policy

    Examines issues in government spending and tax policy. Conceptual topics include the normative assignment of responsibility with federal systems and the equitable distribution of income. Specific policy applications are covered.
    PPAI 2010 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Devine

  • Policy Analysis

    Investigates policy analysis and program evaluation with emphasis on assessment of government programs.
    PPAI 2040 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Cooley

  • Program Evaluation

    Designed to equip graduate students with the knowledge and tools needed to become critical consumers of evaluation research and to conduct evaluations of various social programs and policies. Following an introduction to the field of program evaluation, the course will address specific topics including: logic models, process evaluations, experimental and quasi-experimental designs for outcome evaluations, and alternative data sources. Class discussions and assignments will utilize evaluation examples from a variety of substantive policy areas. Prerequisite: PPAI 2030. Open to graduate students only.
    PPAI 2050 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Cooley

  • Strategic Communication

    Teaches students communication skills for social change, and examines how individuals and organizations frame issues in order to effect change.
    PPAI 2150 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Burke Bryant

  • Urban Economic Policy

    This course will introduce students to the economic analysis of urban policy. We will use economic theory to analyze why cities exist, where they develop, how they grow, and how activities are spatially arranged within urban areas. As we ask each of these questions, we will examine how public policy can influence the outcome and review empirical evidence. As time allows, we will also examine the economics of poverty, housing, and other issues within the urban context. Prerequisite: PPAI 2010 or instructor permission.
    PPAI 2540 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Devine

  • Congress and the Federal Budget: Procedure, Politics and Public Policy

    Focus is on the federal budget process, political interactions, and public policy outcomes. The budget represents nearly one-quarter of GDP making those decisions central to the functioning of our democracy and the health of our economy. Emphasis is on the Congressional budget process, appropriations process, and revenue decision-making because the Constitution establishes Congress as the guardian of the nation's purse strings.
    PPAI 2650 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Arenberg

  • Corruption in Politics and Policy-Making

    Corruption can distort the behavior of both elected politicians and appointed bureaucrats. In this course, we study how—within a democracy—corruption affects who is elected and appointed to government, what policies they pursue, and how those policies are implemented. Empirical examples are drawn from the US and Europe historically and from the present-day developing world. Enrollment limited to 20 graduate students in Political Science and Public Policy.
    PPAI 2665 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Weitz-Shapiro

  • Advanced Organizational and Management Strategies

    This discussion-intensive graduate-level seminar focuses on a wide range of contemporary theories and practices in organizational and management strategies. Topics include organizational structure and design, communication, culture and diversity, change management, stakeholder relations, long-term strategic planning, as well as workforce development and leadership identification, development and succession strategies. Course assignments include team-developed reports and oral presentations. Enrollment limited to 18 Public Policy graduate students and junior and senior Public Policy concentrators; other students by instructor permission.
    PPAI 2700 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Almonte

  • Internship

    Practical job experience in the public, private, or non-profit sector.
    PPAI 2800 S01
    Primary Instructor
    Slattery-Bownds

  • Research Workshop

    Group research projects centering on topics organized by the instructor. Students will be organized into small teams that will undertake research projects such as policy analysis, evaluation studies, organizational assessments, or data projects. Results of these projects will be presented in the seminar.
    PPAI 2900 S01
    Primary Instructor
    McGuigan

  • Graduate Independent Study

    Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
    PPAI 2980 S01
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    Filindra
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    PPAI 2980 S02
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    Cooley
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    PPAI 2980 S03
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    Allen
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    PPAI 2980 S04
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    Augusto
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    PPAI 2980 S06
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    Cheit
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    PPAI 2980 S07
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    Judge
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    PPAI 2980 S08
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    Combs
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    PPAI 2980 S09
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    Moffitt
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    PPAI 2980 S10
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    PPAI 2980 S11
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    Devine
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    PPAI 2980 S15
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    Luong
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    PPAI 2980 S16
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    Marino
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    PPAI 2980 S17
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    McGuigan
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    PPAI 2980 S19
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    Orr
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    PPAI 2980 S23
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    Slattery-Bownds
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  • Courses of Interest to Concentrators in Public Policy

    The following courses, listed in other departments, count toward the public policy degree requirements. Please check the course listings of the sponsoring department for times and locations.

    Economics
    ECON 1110 Intermediate Mircoeconomics
    ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
    Education
    EDUC 1160 Evaluating the Impact of Social Programs
    Political Science
    POLS 1050 Ethics and Public Policy
    Sociology
    SOC 1100 Introductory Statistics for Social Research
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