Foundation Coursework
To develop a foundation of knowledge in the study of Public Policy, CIPA fellows take three courses in each of the following three subject areas.
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Administration, Politics, and Public Policy
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Economics and Public Finance
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Quantitative Analysis
At least one of the three courses in each subject area must be a Core Foundation course – a course taught by a CIPA Core Faculty member. These courses are to be chosen from the list below. The remaining courses under each subject area can be chosen from the list of General Foundation courses beginning on page 16.
Core Foundation Courses
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Administration, Politics, and Public Policy | |||||
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Dept |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Professor |
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GOVT |
692 |
Planning and Management of Agricultural and Rural Development This course reviews experience and approaches in agricultural and rural development in developing countries, with particular attention to participation, decentralization, local institutions, capacity building, civil society, social capital, and empowerment. Case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America where significant improvements were achieved are considered. A focus throughout is on analytical frameworks to guide decision-making and evaluation. |
4 |
S |
Uphoff Tucker |
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GOVT |
728 |
Government and Public Policy This course concentrates on the history and criticism of U.S. policies and the politics associated with them, Particular attention is given to the origins and character of the regulatory and the welfare state. |
4 |
F |
Lowi |
|
PAM |
631 |
Ethics, Public Policy and American Society This course is organized to probe our national conversation about the conduct of public affairs and public responsibility with respect to ethical issues. It examines a number of issues in the light of ethical theory and case studies of contemporary experience. The course will focus on domestic national issues and how persons in leadership positions deal with the ethical implications of public policy and administration. |
4 |
F |
Ziegler |
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PAM |
632 |
The Will of the People and the Power of Government: The Intergovernmental System This course offers advanced policy analysis of current political/social/economic issues in the context of the intergovernmental system. Particular attention is paid to how certain policy and human service issues are played out at the federal, state, and local levels of government, and to the formulation of federal and state budget policy. General public administration theory is considered. Students work in teams on a policy/administrative research project and present the project to the class. |
4 |
Not taught in 2005/06 |
Ziegle r |
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Economics and Public Finance | |||||
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AEM |
430 |
International Trade Policy Prerequisite: PAM 200, ECON 313 or instructor’s consent. This course examines the economic principles underlying international trade and monetary policy, and the policies, practices, and institutions that influence trade and foreign exchange markets. Applications to current topics in international trade policy, to trade in primary commodities, and to both developed and developing countries are also emphasized. |
4 |
S |
Chau |
|
AEM |
432 |
The Economics of the Public Sector This course focuses on the role and effects of governments in a market-oriented economy. We apply microeconomic tools to consider first which activities are more appropriate for the public rather than the private sector and why. Second, we consider how various government tax and expenditure policies affect the behavior and well-being of individual citizens and firms in the U.S. |
3 |
F |
Ranney |
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Qualitative Analysis | |||||
|
CRP |
621 |
Quantitative Techniques for Policy Analysis and Management Prerequisite: Managerial Finance or Public Finance. Selected analytical techniques used in the planning and evaluation of public policy and public investments are examined. Topics include simulation modeling, benefit-cost and cost effectiveness analysis (including capital budgeting) and linear and dynamic programming. |
4 |
S |
Lewis |
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TBA |
* A Program Evaluation course TBA for Spring 2006 |
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General Foundation Courses
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Administration Politics and Public Policy | |||||
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Dept |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Professor |
|
ALS |
481 |
Global Conflict and Terrorism |
3 |
S |
Shanahan |
|
CEE |
490 |
Management Practice in Project Engineering |
3 |
F |
Hover |
|
CRP |
612 |
Devolution, Privatization, and Public Sector Restructuring |
4 |
F |
Warner |
|
CRP |
672 |
International Institutions |
3 |
S |
Beneria |
|
ECON |
404 |
Economics and the Law |
4 |
F |
Hay |
|
GOVT |
404 |
American Political Development in the 20th Century |
4 |
F |
Staff |
|
GOVT |
689 |
International Security Politics |
4 |
S |
Suh |
|
IARD |
402 |
Agriculture in the Developing Nations I |
2 |
F |
Raman/Coffman |
|
IARD |
602 |
Agriculture in the Developing Nations II |
3 |
S |
Raman/Coffman |
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ILROB |
729 |
Organizational Change and Intervention |
3 |
F |
Staff |
|
LAW |
662 |
Law and Social Change: International Experience |
3 |
S |
Greenberg |
|
LAW |
679 |
Public International Law |
3 |
F |
Wippman |
|
LAW |
402 |
Competition Law and Policy |
3 |
S |
Hay |
|
NBA |
666 |
Negotiations |
3 |
F,S |
Staff |
|
PAM |
631 |
Professional Ethics, Public Policy, and American Society in the New Century |
3 |
F |
Ziegler |
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SOC |
518 |
Social Inequality: Contemporary Theories, Debates, and Models |
4 |
F |
Grusky Morgan |
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Economics and Public Finance | |||||
|
AEM |
411 |
Introduction to Econometrics |
3 |
F |
Just |
|
AEM |
442 |
Emerging Markets |
3 |
F |
Christy |
|
AEM |
632 |
Open Economy Analysis |
4 |
S |
Chau/Kyle |
|
ECON |
313 |
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory |
4 |
F,S |
Staff |
|
CRP |
605 |
Urban Public Finance |
4 |
F |
Schwarting |
|
CRP |
627 |
Regional Economic Impact Analysis |
3 |
F |
Mansury |
|
ECON |
314 |
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory |
4 |
F,S |
Staff |
|
ECON |
335 |
Public Finance: The Microeconomics of Government |
4 |
F |
Wissink |
|
ECON |
336 |
Public Finance: Resource Allocation and Fiscal Policy |
4 |
S |
Staff |
|
ECON |
354 |
Economics of Regulation |
4 |
F |
Schuler |
|
ECON |
547 |
Microeconomics for Management and Policy |
4 |
S |
Kenkel |
|
NBA |
524 |
Macroeconomics and International Trade |
3 |
F |
Azis |
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NCC |
556 |
Managerial Finance |
3 |
F |
Haas |
|
PAM |
200 |
Intermediate Microeconomics |
4 |
F |
Cowley/Geddes Mathios/Rosen |
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PAM |
204 |
Economics of the Public Sector |
3 |
F,S |
Kenkel |
|
PAM |
330 |
Evaluation of Public Policies |
3 |
S |
Kenkel |
|
PAM |
341 |
Economics of Consumer Law and Protection |
3 |
F |
Mathios/ Peters |
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Quantitative Analysis | |||||
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AEM |
494 |
Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling |
4 |
F |
Nicholson |
|
BTRY |
601 |
Statistical Methods I |
4 |
F |
Staff |
|
BTRY |
602 |
Statistical Methods II |
4 |
U |
Staff |
|
ILRST |
510 |
Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences I |
3 |
F,S |
Staff |
|
CRP |
525 |
Introduction Methods of Planning Analysis |
4 |
F |
Levitte |
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ILRST |
511 |
Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences II |
3 |
F,S |
Staff |
|
OR&IE |
474 |
Statistical Data Mining |
3 |
F |
Staff |
|
PAM |
441 |
Evidence-Based Practice |
4 |
F |
Trochim |
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