Policy Exercise Introduces the practice of policy analysis through teamwork on a complex current issue. Emphasizes how mastering the topics covered in the core MPP courses is essential to effective policy analysis and management. Prerequisites: admittance into an MSPP degree program. Credits: none. MSPP Faculty.

610 Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: college level algebra. [Alternatively, a student may meet this core requirement by taking PUAF 611 under “Social Policy.”] Introduces statistical methods needed for evaluating and choosing among policy options. Topics include probability; decision-making under uncertainty; the organization, interpretation, and visual display of complex data; prediction and inferences about causality; hypothesis testing; and linear and multiple regression. Develops analytical skills and the ability to apply theory to complex, real-world problems. Faculty: Bento, Franklin , Pintoff. Syllabus

611 Quantitative Analysis of Policy Issues Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610 or equivalent.Provides a grounding in a variety of statistical methods used in analysis of social policy and programs, including techniques for survey data, in both cross-sectional and panel form; multiple regression for both continuous response and binary data; demographic models and analytic techniques; project evaluation and survey data collection methods; and instrumental variable estimation, time series analysis and simultaneous equations techniques. Faculty: Franklin, Lopez, Pintoff. Syllabus

620 Political Analysis Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines politics as a collective process for distributing public and private goods: What is distinctively rational about politics and alternative modes of rationality; how major national institutions and rules affect political decisions; and the political process and the distribution of social costs and benefits. Faculty: Foreman, Schick, Kaiser. Syllabus

640 Microeconomics and Policy Analysis Credits: 3. Prerequisites: college level algebra (some calculus strongly recommended). Applies intermediate microeconomic theory to public policy issues: resource allocation by firms and consumers; the response of economic agents to changes in incentives; market allocations in competitive and non-competitive environments; and market failures and government remedies. Uses extended case studies of particular issues in such areas as the environment (acid rain), international trade (tariffs), industry regulation (cable TV), and the provision of public goods (highways). Faculty: Graham, Lopez, Moody, Ruth. [Alternatively, a student may meet this core requirement by taking PUAF 698x “Microeconomic Applications of Public Policy” listed under “Other MSPP Courses.”] Syllabus

641 Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis Credits: 3. Prerequisites: college level algebra. Studies the behavior of the economy as a whole: the level of national income, unemployment, and inflation; the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to external influences; possible federal influence over the level of economic activity; and the consequences for prices, employment and the U.S. trade deficit. Also examines possible U.S. policy responses to widespread debt crises in developing countries.  Faculty: Helkie, Reinhart. Syllabus

650 Moral Dimensions of Public Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Explores the moral issues involved in public policy questions: the limits and usefulness of decision-making tools; problems of choosing, justifying and using criteria to judge a program's success and suitability; ethical issues involving the welfare state and income distribution; and possible obligations beyond one's political community and generation. Faculty: Barber, Crocker, Gehring, Hilde . [Alternatively, a student may meet this core requirement by taking one semester of the PUAF 698x “Public Policy Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy” listed under “Other MSPP Courses.”] Syllabus

660 Policy Workshop Credits: 3. Prerequisites: None.Students work as a team to analyze and recommend responses to a current policy issue. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results. Faculty: Reuter, Nelson.

670 Finance Credits: 3. Prerequisites: College level algebra. Introduces the key aspects of capital investment, including valuation over time and under uncertainty; net present value analysis; internal rate of return; risk analysis; changing financial markets; debt issuance; and valuation of securities, leasing, and cash management. Faculty: DeSeve, Firestine. Syllabus

671 Public Sector Finance Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 670 or permission of instructor. Introduces the processes of financial management in the public sector and the uses of financial information. Topics include management control, financial statement analysis, pricing, capital budgeting and program analysis, operations budgeting and control, measurement of output, and performance evaluation. Faculty: TBA.

692 Leadership Principles and Practices Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Provides a multi-sector (public, private and not-for-profit), multi-disciplinary, and comparative overview of leadership. At every turn, theory is tied to practice -- to the exploration and development of those skills, tactics, and strategies most commonly associated with effective leadership and management. Employs lectures, case analyses, readings, films and structured exercises. Faculty: J. Brown. Syllabus

698x Environmental and Urban Economics & Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 640 or equivalent.Provides a survey of current topics of research in the areas of environmental and urban economics. Topics include general equilibrium models of the costs and benefits of environmental policies, empirical evaluation of environmental regulations, political economy of environmental policy instrument choice, economics of climate change, urban sprawl, and urban locational equilibrium models. Faculty: Bento.

698x Growth Management: Land Use, Environmental and Community Planning: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines competing perspectives on "Smart Growth," urban sprawl, and community sustainability in an urban, suburban and rural context. Topics include land-use planning, antidotes to urban sprawl, the intersection of transportation and land-use policies, citizen participation, and how water quantity and air and water quality affect growth. Faculty: Dubrowski, Freece.

698x International Environmental Agreements and Civil Society Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Focuses on the interactions among governments, international institutions, and civil society. Issues discussed include air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, oceans, wildlife, hazardous waste, nuclear and industrial accidents, climate change and global warming, biodiversity, forests, desertification, and population growth. Faculty:Hilde. Syllabus

698x Pollution and Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. A Public Policy Perspective Examines the public policy and legal, socio-economic and dynamics behind decision making in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, including the Chesapeake Bay Agreements and the legislative, administrative, budgetary initiatives to restore the Bay. Faculty: Weingrad. Syllabus

698x U.S. Wildlife Conservation Policies Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Covers the policy dynamics of national wildlife conservation though studies of conservation conflicts. Examines the intricacies and application to wildlife conservation of various federal laws and regulations by examining specific wildlife issues. Faculty: Weingrad.

698x Development and Foreign Aid Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines the empirical, conceptual, and ethical dimensions of international development policies and U.S. foreign aid. What is the present character of development in poor countries/regions? How should development be conceived? What development strategies are best? What is and should be the purpose of U.S. foreign aid and development assistance? Faculty: Crocker. Syllabus

698x Development Challenges in the Globalization Process Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 640 and PUAF 641 (in conjunction with this course OK) and/or comparable micro and macro economic coursework. Introduces the range of opportunities and challenges that the integration of the world economy poses for developing countries. Topics include: (1) the links between growth, trade, capital market integration, and poverty reduction; (2) the interaction between global economic integration and poverty and inequality trends; ethnic, religious, and other forms of civil violence; and global public health challenges; and (3) the effects of those trends and the increasing availability of global information on public perceptions of the process. Faculty: Graham. Syllabus

698x Institutions, Governance, and Economic Development Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Introduces the conceptual framework and analytic tools of the "new" institutional economics, which gives a central role to context-sensitive institu­tions - cultural and social, formal and informal - in the economic development process. Explores innovative solutions to leading policy issues facing transition and developing countries today, such as privatization, decentralization, HIV, the Internet, aid effectiveness, and globalization. Faculty: Zinnes. Syllabus

698x Democracy and Democratization: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Theory and Practice Focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and democratization as well as related themes of civil society and civic engagement. Considers various theories that seek to understand and defend democratic governance, examines and evaluates past and present contours of American democracy, assesses theories that explain and justify transitions from authoritarianism to democracy as well as various approaches to democracy promotion, considers democracy and the global order, and addresses the strategies and tactics for making democracy (at various levels) more inclusive and deeper. Faculty: Barber, Crocker.

698x Intelligence Policy and Organization Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Addresses the roles of intelligence in national policy, and the establishment and evolution of government institutions and processes to play these roles, with special attention to the findings of the 9/11 Commission and recent reforms. Examines the future of intelligence analysis against the backdrop of emerging transnational issues, the ongoing process of globalization, advances in information technology, the open source revolution, and U.S. homeland security requirements. Faculty: Lahneman. Syllabus

698x Intelligence, Policy Making & Politics Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none Faculty: Nolte Syllabus

698x Public Policy and Private Enterprise in National Security Looks at the nature of, and the costs and benefits of the close ties between the public and private sectors in providing for national security. Analyzes possible reforms. Prerequisites: none. Credits: 3. Faculty: Gansler. Syllabus

698x Information Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines the policy challenges posed by the “Information Revolution,” especially the growth of the global Internet and the digital economy. Considers how values associated with information reflect changing technologies, market conditions, business and social context, roles played by stakeholders, and policy processes.  Faculty: Strickland.

698x Managing Social Services: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Focuses on managing social services across federal, state, and local jurisdictions with an emphasis on how strong management can improve results. Exposes students to management thought and philosophy as applied to different social service and social policy challenges within various operating environments and programmatic settings. Faculty: Short. Syllabus

698x Results and Performance Accountability Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Syllabus

698x Policy and Politics of Education Reform Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines education reform in its historical, fiscal, cultural, and legal contexts, and the changing relationship between education and economic opportunity. Focuses on institutional and normative issues, including national standards, public school choice, charter schools, vouchers and funding equity. Faculty: TBA.

698x Poverty and Welfare Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Explores the nature, extent, demographics, and causes of contemporary poverty, as well as the major policy and program responses to poverty. Faculty: Besharov. Syllabus

698x Introduction to the Regulatory Process Credit: 3. Prerequisites: none. Introduces students to the fundamentals of the regulatory and rulemaking process and of Administrative Law, including the Administrative Procedures Act and the enforcement process, with a primary focus on the federal government but with some discussion about state processes. Faculty: Riley.

698x Microeconomic Analysis of Government Policy Credit: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 640 or equivalent. Applies basic tools of microeconomics to examine government policy in market economics. Topics include public goods, externalities, market power, efficiency and equity arguments for government intervention, alternative tax systems, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness and empirical evidence on government programs in the areas of social security, taxation, health, education, environment and national security. Faculty: Bento.

698x Public Policy Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy Credits: 3 each semester. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.A two-semester course examining competing conceptions of moral and political ends (e.g. utility maximization, justice and individual rights, and community participation) and the institutional arrangements within which those choices are made (e.g. popular sovereignty, democracy as a search for the public good, the role of deliberation). Focuses on both international and domestic issues and is jointly taught by faculty from the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Government and Politics, and the School of Public Policy. Faculty: Lichtenberg and others.

698x Contemporary Policy Making  Credit: 3. Prerequisites: 620, 706 or permission of instructor. After asking, what is policy, the course explores the complementary and competing roles of researchers, advocates, bureaucrats, politicians, and the media in domestic and international policy. Students either select and follow a particular issue through the policy making process, or select and study a particular player or institution and how it operates. The course culminates with a policy brief on the subject and the planning of a structured interview of one or two players to be broadcast on the school's PBS YOU program, "Policy Watch." Faculty: Besharov.

700 U.S. Trade: Policy and Politics Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 640 or permission of instructor. Examines the interplay between government and private interests in shaping the U.S. approach to international markets. Explores the policy tools for influencing the balance, magnitude, and composition of imports and exports, and the response of Executive, Congressional, and Quasi-Judicial government institutions to increased U.S. international trade exposure and record trade deficits. Faculty: Destler.

706 Public Policymaking for Journalists: Credit: 3. Prerequisites: Member of the Journalism School 's Capitol News Service program or permission of instructor.Focuses on the political, procedural, and administrative realities of policy formation and implementation. Faculty: Falk, Riley. Syllabus

711 Public Management and Leadership Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Reviews the managerial, political, and ethical problems faced by public sector managers and leaders, including setting an organization's goals, obtaining and protecting a program mandate, designing a service delivery system and implementing a new program. Faculty: DeSeve, Downs, Gansler, Fosler, McGinnis. Syllabus

712 Analysis of Fiscal Conditions Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Introduces students to information and methods used to analyze the financial condition of state and local governments. Offers a framework for analysis of government revenues, expenditures, debt, pensions, and internal resources. Faculty: M.Brown.

715 Government and Non-Profit Accounting Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none.Introduces students to (a) accounting principles and concepts needed to describe and interpret financial data; (b) concepts used by financial decision-makers to plan and control activities for profit, non-profit, and governmental organizations; (c) ways for internal users to solve problems and establish effective procedures, plans, budgets, and controls for their organizations; and (d) governmental accounting and auditing practices, financial reporting requirements, funding and budgetary accounting for State and local government organizations, and auditing practices. Faculty: Calder. Syllabus

716 State and Local Government Budgeting Credit: 3. Prerequisites: none. Looks at how capital and operating budgets are developed, legislatively reviewed, adopted, administered and evaluated. Emphasizes how community dynamics, demography, fiscal conditions and politics shape budgets and state and local revenue forecasting; and the implications of governmental reinvention for budgeting. Relies on original source materials and budget documents from state and local governments. Faculty: M.Brown.

717 Federal Budgeting: Policy and Process Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 620 or permission of instructor. Examines budgeting as a political and administrative instrument of the government. Considers the development of budgeting; the multiple uses of the budget, including the budget's role in fiscal policy and resource allocation; the roles and relationships of the major participants; and current issues such as the effects of resource scarcity on budgeting behavior. Emphasizes the federal level, but state and local practices are also considered. Faculty: Schick. Syllabus

720 International Security Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none.Reviews the organizing concepts, substantive content and institutional arrangements of contemporary international security policy. Assesses the balance of interests from a variety of national perspectives and some of the major unresolved issues. Faculty: Steinbruner, Gallagher. Syllabus

722 Terrorism and Democracy: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Analyzes the U.S. government's process for dealing with terrorism and the options available for deterring terrorist acts. Faculty: Turner. Syllabus

724 Problems of Global Security Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none.Considers how the process of globalization is likely to affect the central issues of international security. Discusses the deployment of nuclear weapons, the evolution of conventional forces, the response to communal conflict, the prevention of proliferation, the management of mass destruction technologies, and the overall effects of these issues on security relationships with Russia, China, India, and North Korea . Faculty: Steinbruner.

734 Foundations of Social Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Overviews government's role in social policy and the development of federal and state policies with respect to welfare, aging, education and housing. Analyzes current federal institutions and legislation in these policy areas and the demographic history of the U.S. and its influence on social policy. Develops skills in analytic writing and presentation of descriptive data. Faculty: Reuter. Syllabus

735 Health Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Analyzes the origins, history, status, and future of health care as problems in political and economic theory and as puzzles in policy formation. Considers current American reform controversies in the light of several disciplines and in comparison to foreign experiences and structures. Faculty: Sprinkle.

736 Managing Social Services Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Focuses on managing social services across federal, state, and local jurisdictions with an emphasis on how strong management can improve results. Exposes students to management thought and philosophy as applied to different social service and social policy challenges within various operating environments and programmatic settings. The watchwords for this course are "management" and "applied." Faculty: Rogers, Short.

737 Strategies of Equality Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none.Concentrates on the institutional and political means by which disadvantaged segments of the United States population have sought to enhance their social, economic and political prospects. Race, gender and disability are the substantive focal points, with considerable attention given to the challenges of African American socio-political uplift. Also explores legislation, litigation, administration, agitation (i.e. protest), and constitutional reform. Students become familiar with alternative conceptions of equality and the modes of argument employed in different institutional and political contexts. Faculty: Foreman. Syllabus

740 Public Policy and the Environment Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Focuses on how national environmental policy is formed and implemented, with an emphasis on the interplay of environmental science, politics and economics. In examining selected environmental policy issues, the course studies the roles of the Congress, the courts, agency administrators, and public interest groups. Faculty: Nelson. Syllabus

741 Global Environmental Problems Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610 or equivalent. Assesses human influences on the global environment. Topics include human population growth, climate change, ozone depletion, acid rain, and biological diversity. Emphasizes how scientists approach environmental problems, and how policy makers use scientific analyses. Faculty: Fetter.

742 Environmental Ethics: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 650 or permission of instructor.Analyzes the relationship between human beings and nature from the perspectives of science, history, philosophy, and religion. Considers the macro-evaluative concept of "progress", critics of the idea, and alternatives to it. Controversies are analyzed to reveal and evaluate the ideological and conceptual frameworks upon which contending positions rely. Civil disobedience to protect the environment is considered. Faculty: Hilde Syllabus

743 Ecological Economics Credits: 3. Prerequisites: None. Explores the linkages between the environment and economics assuming that the economy is a sub­system of a larger, but finite, ecosystem. Examines the need to re-conceptualize National Income Accounts, find new ways to value resources such as wetlands and forests, and consider the scale of human economic activity as it pertains to the biosphere and other species. Faculty: Daly. Syllabus

744 The Environment and Development Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Analyzes sustainable development and its conflicting interpretations. The dominant view is studied, along with some critical responses. Further readings on issues of population, consumption and development indicators are included. Faculty: Hilde. Syllabus

745 Human Health and Environmental Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610 or instructor's permission. Reviews human and other species' physiological systems and their toxicological functions; considers bodily defenses and classic, emerging, and ambiguous risks; all in ecological context. Applies to scientific controversy methods of policy formation, such as risk, social-cost, outcomes, and decision analysis, all in political-economic context. Faculty: Sprinkle.

746 Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policy Making Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines dynamic systems modeling with applications to both ecological and economic systems over several spatial and temporal scales. Provides extensive dynamic modeling experience. Faculty: Ruth. Syllabus

752 Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict & Negotiating Agreements: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Enhances students' negotiation and leadership skills for managing differences. Uses a group relation perspective on the behavior of groups and individuals in groups to understand negotiation dynamics. Studies the nature of conflict, how to handle two and multi-party conflicts, and the impact of mediators on negotiations. Blends skill-building exercises, theory discussions, and dialogue. Faculty: Field/Green Syllabus

753 Advanced Negotiations Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Deepens the student's negotiation and leadership skills for managing differences between individuals and groups. Conflict, escalation, dealing with intractable conflicts, sustaining agreements in inter-group conflicts, and the effects of trauma on negotiations are some of the themes covered in class. Also studies identity-based conflicts using the ARIA (Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, Action) model.  Blends skill building exercises and theory discussions. Faculty: Field/Green. Syllabus

770 Housing & Community Development Strategies Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Examines issues and strategies affecting housing and community development in urban, suburban and rural settings. Covers demographics, political context, capacity constraints, and mechanisms for achieving constructive change on a project, neighborhood and community-wide basis. Includes three half-day field experiences, two team projects, and individual analyses of actual community issues. Faculty: Richard Nelson. Syllabus

771 Housing and Community Development Overview Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. An overview of the housing development process. Community development, financial analysis, and analytical tools including computer applications, architectural and design issues, and engineering constraints are discussed. Offered in executive format through MSPP Office of Executive Programs. Faculty: Staff.

772 Housing Finance Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Fundamentals of housing investment analysis. Structuring feasibility analyses, appraisals, pro forma statements, return on investment, leverage analysis, underwriting ratios, taxation and syndication. Offered in executive format through MSPP Office of Executive Programs. Faculty: Staff. Back to Chart

773 Housing Clinical Project Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Hands-on project in which students conduct an analysis of an on-going affordable housing development project. Offered in executive format through MSPP Office of Executive Programs. Faculty: Staff.

774 Assent Management Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. A hands-on course in project analysis. Students perform financial and economic analysis of a series of complex economic development projects and consider the political and economic contexts of each project as well as the role of analysis in the decision-making process. Also reviews techniques in financial and benefit-cost analysis. Offered in executive format through MSPP Office of Executive Programs. Faculty: Staff.

780 The American Foreign Policy-Making Process: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Surveys U.S. institutions and processes for making foreign policy, both security and economic. Explores decision-making theories and their relevance to Washington practice. Faculty: Destler. Syllabus

781 International Economic Policy: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 670 or macroeconomics course.Examines current issues and institutions affecting international economic relations. Topics include theories of the international economy, trade and GATT, international monetary policy and exchange rates, international development, investment and finance, selected regional issues, and broader macroeconomic interdependence and policy coordination. Faculty: Ahluwalia, Reinhart. Syllabus

782 International Development Economics Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 641, macroeconomics, or permission of instructor. Examines key current economic and policy issues for developing and transition economies. Topics include inflation stabilization, fiscal policy, selected trade issues, dealing with international capital flows, the role of multilateral organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and issues relating to saving, investment and growth. Faculty: Reinhart. Syllabus

790 Environmental Policy Project Course Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610, 620, 640, and 650, or permission of instructor. Students work independently to analyze and recommend responses to a current policy issue. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results. Faculty: Nelson.

790 ISEP Project Course: Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610, 620, 640, and 650, or permission of instructor. Students analyze and recommend responses to a current policy issue. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results. Faculty: Destler, Graham.

790 MFL Project Course Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610, 620, 640, and 650, or permission of instructor. Students work at government agencies or private firms analyzing problems of interest to both the student and the sponsor. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and oral and written presentation of results. Faculty: Rogers

790 Social Policy Project Course Credits: 3. Prerequisites: PUAF 610, 620, 640, and 650, or permission of instructor.Students individually analyze and recommend responses to a current policy issue. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results. Faculty: Reuter.

792 Strategy and Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none.Examines how nations shape their strategies and the policies to implement them. Uses historical case studies of the Peloponnesian War, the Napoleonic era, Carl von Clausewitz, and the period of Bismarck as its basis. Faculty: Turner.

798A and 798B Readings in Public Policy Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Individual instruction and independent readings on topics agreed upon by the student, instructor, and the Executive Dean. Faculty: student arranges.

CCJS 699V Regulating Vice and Organized Crime Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Vices such as gambling, prostitution and drug taking have been the source of large black markets and regulatory problems for American society for many years. Explores alternative ways of managing vices and their historical epiphenomenon, organized crime, emphasizing a policy analytic approach to these alternatives. Faculty: Reuter. Syllabus

CCJS 720 Policy Analysis for Crime Control Planning Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none. Syllabus