Sustainability Courses

This course takes an a+O4987pplied approach to research design, data gathering and analysis. It aims to prepare you to be a proficient producer , and a discerning consumer  of data so that you can solidly support your research inquiries and policy propositions, accurately evaluate the claims made by others, and effectively communicate your results. This course is concept oriented and focuses on domestic and international topics that are of environmental and social import. Concepts covered includ...

Read more about PUBA-4400 : Research Design and Statistics

Provides an advanced examination of classic and contemporary theories of the public policy process, with an emphasis on the early phases, including: problem definition, agenda-setting, and estimation/analysis. The first portion of the course will focus on the stages of the policy process, including: policy initiation, estimation, selection, implementation, evaluation, and termination.  Students will then examine the actors and institutions associated with policy development and analysis. Next, p...

Read more about PUBA-4410 : Policy Analysis

Provides an overview of the practice of public administration, including key current and future issues, basic concepts, and intellectual history. Addresses a variety of topics such as the changing scope and role of governments in American society, cross-national comparisons of political cultures, leadership, roles of administrators in government, administrative responsiveness and accountability, and ethical analysis. Students should take this course during their first two quarters. Required.

Read more about PUBM-5010 : Foundations of Public Administration

Reviews classical and emerging perspectives from organizational theory; focuses on improving student's effectiveness in public and nonprofit organizations. Develops capacities to understand and address issues concerning organizational values, assumptions about human nature, and organizational structure, culture, politics, psychology, and learning. Required.

Read more about PUBM-5110 : Understanding Organizations

Analyzes processes by which various issues become public policies and public programs. Addresses the interplay of executive, legislative and judicial branches and the various other stakeholders in the processes of policy formation and implementation. Special consideration is paid to the impact and influence of public bureaucracies, values, and ethics. This course examines why policy may have been formulated or not on selected issues and considers barriers to the effective implementation of polic...

Read more about PUBM-5120 : Policy Process

Introduces theories and practice of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work in organizational setting. Students will develop reflective understanding of issues surrounding intersectionality of social oppression and will build competencies for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion work in the public sector. Required.

Read more about PUBM-5200 : Diversity and Social Justice in Workplace

This course addresses the systematic analysis of policies that are under consideration or, after having been implemented, are under review. Emphasizes logical and prescriptive techniques for analyzing public policies and making decisions regarding policy change. Among the approaches and issues considered in this course are modeling, decision making under risk and uncertainty, and risk preference. Emphasis is on conceptualization, interpretation, and analysis of selected policies. Area of Emphasi...

Read more about PUBM-5410 : Policy Analysis

The objectives of this course are to 1. understand applied research in public administration, policy and management with an emphasis on issues relevant to government; 2. conduct data collection whether quantitative or qualitative; 3. analyze and interpret quantitative and qualitative data; 4. analyze quantitative data using Excel and SPSS; 5. transform data into information to make decisions; 6. present data in an informative and persuasive manner to make recommendations. Required. Registration ...

Read more about PUBM-5440 : Applied Data Analysis

This course teaches students to develop a framework for analyzing and addressing global health promotion and disease prevention. Students will learn how health is measured in populations by incorporating concepts from both demographics and epidemiology, and each class will examine substantive areas of global health such as infectious diseases, nutrition, maternal child health, chronic diseases, access to sanitation and water infrastructure, and mental health. Elective.

Read more about PUBM-5510 : Global Health

An introductory course in social ethics for public service professionals. Social ethics is a field that utilizes theories and methods that analyze the behavior of public sector actors and their institutions. Students will be introduced to theoretical approaches to ethics and how they are applied to public and professional life. Required.

Read more about PUBM-5600 : Ethics and Society