Electives
605. Survey Methodology.
Spring (3) Rapoport.
An introduction to the formulation, implementation and analysis of
political and public policy surveys. Topics to be covered include the
psychology of the survey response, sampling, interviewing, focus
groups, experimental design, hypothesis testing and data analysis.
Students will carry out individually designed and group designed
surveys, and write papers and reports around these projects.
608. Budget Policy Making.
Fall (3) Gilmour.
An introduction to public budgeting at the national, state, and
local levels, presented from three perspectives: macroeconomics,
political science, and public administration. Emphasis is also given to
the budgetary strategies employed by bureaucrats, politicians, and
interest group representatives as they pursue their policy agendas.
614-01. Politics of Social Policy.
Spring (3) Howard.
This course is a survey of major U.S. social programs -- how they operate, what political factors influence their development, and how their design could be changed. Many (but not all) of the examples will come from retirement, health care, and anti-poverty policies. Students will be expected to conduct outside research, write well, and participate regularly in class discussions.
614-02. International Governance.
Spring (3) Hendrix. How do we govern an anarchic international system composed of ostensibly sovereign states? This course will focus on the multilateral institutions that provide global governance in several key areas: security (the UN Security Council), international finance (the IMF and World Bank), trade (the WTO), and environmental governance (especially the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change). Moreover, we will pay particular attention to the role of global civil society in these institutions. Emphasis will be placed both on gaining a theoretical understanding of these organizations and their origins, as well as practical information related to their inner workings.
614-03. Running the World: Case Studies in Power.
Spring (3) Wilkerson.
This course will examine the national security decision-making process since the Second World War through case studies of selected decisions. These case studies will be constructed and briefed by the seminar participants composing four-person teams. Each team will select, analyze and evaluate a specifice decision twice during the course - with expectations that there will be demonstrated progress in the quality of the analysis and evaluation provided in the second presentation.
614-06. Public Policy for Science and Professions.
Fall (3) Gilmour, Rossiter.
An introduction to public policy analysis that examines a component of the larger process of law and rule making. In an engaging seminar format using provocative materials with practical application, students will study the identification and definition of a policy problem, the generation of options or choices for addressing the problem, the selection of a particular policy option through political institutions (e.g. the executive or legislative), the development of a plan for implementation, and the implementation and evaluation of the outputs and outcomes of policy.
615. Cross Section Econometrics.
Fall (3) Hicks. Prerequisite: PUBP 603
Economic data often comes as a cross-section of data points,
frequently collected as part of a sample survey. The nature of these
data calls for the use of a specialized set of tools, which will be
developed in the course. Among the models to be examined are discrete,
censored and truncated dependent variable, sample selectivity and
duration models. Hands-on analysis of data sets will feature
prominently.
616. Time Series Econometrics.
Spring (3) Moody. Prerequisite: PUBP 603
This course is an introduction to the econometric analysis of
time series data. Topics include ARIMA models, forecasting, analysis of
nonstationary series, unit root tests, co-integration and principles of
modeling.
620. Regulation of Markets.
Spring (3) Parman, Stafford.
An in-depth study of government intervention in markets. Principal
focus on characteristics and effects of rules and institutions
governing markets and the definition of areas of market failure. Topics
include: regulation of monopoly, antitrust enforcement, and regulation
of spill-overs.
621. Administrative Law.
Fall (3) Devins, Koch.
A study of practice in the administrative process, examining the
procedures for administrative adjudication and rulemaking; legislative
and judicial control of administrative action; and public access to
governmental processes and information (cross listed with LAW453).
622. Environmental Policy.
Spring (3) Hicks.
This course explores policy making for environmental problems and
focuses on issues that are local, national, and international. This
course will cover the application of welfare economics to environmental
problems. Topics include differences in consumer surplus and other
measures of economic welfare and techniques to measure the economic
value of environmental resources. We examine national environmental
policy, and how that policy is implemented at a local and regional
level. We examine the U.S. laws and regulations as well as each
agency's approach for quantitatively assessing the benefits and costs
of environmental policy.
623. Health Care Policy.
Fall (3) Rossiter, Mellor.
The application of microeconomic theory, quantitative analysis,
and policy evaluation to the health care delivery and financing
systems. Coverage includes the economic dimensions of health care,
health status, medical manpower, hospitals and other institutional
providers, third party financing, quality assessment, systematic
analysis, and national health policies.
624. Law and Medicine Seminar.
Spring (3) Hubbard.
A study of medical jurisprudence and hospital law focusing on
medical malpractice and tort law reform and contemporary problems
including the regulation of health care delivery systems, access to
health care, and antitrust challenges (cross listed with LAW518).
626. Law and Resource Management.
Spring (3) Taylor.
An interdisciplinary course designed to examine the
interrelationships between scientific and legal concepts. Issues,
legislations, and institutions associated with coastal zone management,
outer continental shelf development, fisheries, and other questions
related to marine resource management will be examined (cross listed
with MS543).
627. Law, Policy and Environment.
Spring (3) Malone.
A study of the environmental policy-making process. Topics
include: ecological and economic foundations of environmentalism,
traditional institutional responses, the policy-making process in the
context of our legal system, consitutional questions raised by judicial
and agency involvement, and economic political and ethical concerns
raised by different theories of environmental decision-making (cross
listed with LAW439).
628. Environmental Law.
Spring (3) Malone, Rosenberg.
A study of nature and causes of environmental pollution and legal
techniques for its control. The course considers common law,
environmental impact assessment process, and basic regulatory framework
for air, water and solid hazardous waste control, and main policy
issues presented by each. Other: role of federal courts in reviewing
agency action, new developments in administrative law, natural resource
management and allocation issues, toxic and hazardous substance
regulation, and enforcement of laws (cross listed with LAW424).
630. The Economics of Policy-Making at the State and Local Level.
Fall (3) McInerney.
A topics course including, but not limited to, the measurement of
state and local fiscal capacity, urban problems, urban infrastructure
development, intergovernmental aid to localities, industrial location
decisions, and local land use policy and its impact on growth and
development.
631. State and Local Politics and Policy-Making.
Spring (3) Howard, McGlennon.
This course examines the nature of state and local governments and
their policy processes and outcomes, including relationships among
levels of government, explanations for policy variations among states
and localities, and constraints on attempts to deal with their public
policy responsibilities.
632. Local Government Law.
Spring (3) Rosenberg.
This course examines local government powers and relation to state
and federal authority with emphasis on state and federal statutory and
constitutional restraints on operation of local government entities.
Topics include: Dillon's Rule, home rule, preemption, annexation,
personnel matters, public contracts, borrowing and taxation, public
entity tort liability and immunity (cross listed with LAW429).
633. Land Use Control.
Spring (3) Butler, Rosenberg.
Analysis of legal doctrines governing use of land in modern
society. Topics include: zoning, land planning, sub-division
regulations, rezoning, variances, conditional uses,and mandatory
dedications, common law doctrines and private law methods which affect
land use, and historic preservation as a land use problem (cross
listed with LAW425).
635. Fundamentals of Environmental Science for Policy.
Fall (3) Taylor.
This course is intended primarily for students in Law, Public
Policy and related disciplines, and is designed to introduce these
students to the science of natural systems and ecological processes.
The course examines the current state of our understanding in terms
that will give the student confidence and the facility to critically
assess theories and observations in environmental science. With this as
a foundation, topics discussed will include: the enhanced greenhouse
effect, coastal eutrophication, biodiversity loss, water resources, sea
level rise, environmental contamination, land use trends, and invasive
species impacts.
640. Labor Market Policy.
Spring (3) McHenry.
This course examines how public policies affect the labor market.
Topics include: wage determination, education, training, minimum wages,
immigration, unemployment compensation, social security, disability
insurance, comparable worth, workplace safety, welfare reform, and
affirmative action.
642. Legal Foundations of American Social Programs.
Spring (3) Staff.
This course examines law relating to major benefits programs,
including social security, medicare/medicaid, unemployment, employee
rehabilitation, AFDC, Food Stamps, including decision-making processes
used in governance of these programs and the basic substantive law
created for and by these programs (cross listed with LAW430).
643. Employment Discrimination.
Spring (3) Grover.
A study of federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment
on account of race, national origin, gender religion and handicapping
condition, with emphasis on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Equal Pay Act (cross
listed with LAW452).
644. The Financing of Higher Education.
Fall (3) Eddy, Finnegan.
An overview of the financing of higher education. Besides becoming
acquainted with the literature and main issues in finance, students
will develop the ability to examine and analyze financial statements,
assess the budget as an instrument of control, and relate the budget to
the educational program (cross listed with EPPL676).
645. Higher Education and Public Policy.
Spring (3) Staff.
A seminar for advanced graduate students in which the general
topic of the relationship between the government and higher education
is developed. Major attention is given to developments since World War
II (cross listed with EPPL713).
646. Employment Law.
Fall (3) Abel, Douglas.
This course will focus on a variety of common law and statutory
legal issues surrounding the employer-employee relationship. Issues
considered will include employment at-will, employee privacy,
convenants not to compete,regulation of wages and hours, ERISA,
worker's compensation, occupational helath and safety, and unemployment
compensation. This course will not overlap either 452 Employment
Discrimination or 407 Labor Law (cross listed with LAW456).
650. International Trade: Theory and Policy.
Spring (3) Feldman.
Trade influences national income, resource allocation, and the
distribution of income. We use economic theory to develop these ideas
and to relate them tothe public policy debate. Topics include the
economics of protectionism, industrial policy and strategic trade
issues, regional integration, and the policymaking process itself.
651. Patterns of Economic Development and Policy.
Fall (3) Abegaz, Basu.
This course applies relevant economic theories to the study of
growth and structural change in less industrialized countries. Topics
include sources of growth, industrialization, trade, income
distribution, urbanization, and the state. Various techniques of policy
analysis will be examined through selected case studies.
652. Public International Law.
Fall (3) Malone.
An examination of the nature and sources of international law and
municipal law; the law of treaties; principles of jurisdiction;
statehood and recognition of states and governments; sovereign
immunity; rights of aliens; human rights;environmental issues; and
regulation of international coercion (cross listed with LAW409).
Elective Courses (Not Cross Listed)
BUSINESS
BUSN538 - International Financial Management
BUSN554 - Human Resource Management
BUSN578 - Forecasting Methods and Applications
BUSN583 - Non-Profit Organizations
EDUCATION
EPPL601 - Educational Policy: Development and Analysis
EPPL625 - Current Issues in Higher Education
EPPL628 - History of Higher Education
EPPL715 - Public Schools and Public Policy
HISTORY
HIST534 - U.S. Foreign Relations 1901-present
LAW
LAW339 - Natural Resource Law
LAW398 - Election Law
LAW411 - Antitrust
LAW412 - Legislation
LAW426 - Energy Law
LAW454 - Economic Analysis of Law
LAW458 - Health Law and Policy
LAW460 - Mass Media Law
LAW481 - Bioethics/Medical Ethics and Law
LAW485 - Immigration Law
LAW492 - Women and the Law
LAW496 - International Business Transactions
LAW497 - International Trade Law
LAW524 - Environmental Law Seminar
LAW538 - National Security Law Seminar
LAW546 - Government Contracts Seminar
LAW552 - State and Local Government Finance
LAW562 - Legislative Process Seminar
LAW579 - Family and State
LAW618 - Campaign Finance in American Election
MARINE SCIENCE
MSCI542 - Principles and Theory of Resource Management
MATHEMATICS
MATH523 - Operations Research: Deterministic Models
MATH524 - Operations Research: Stochastic Models