Introduction to the public policy process using the salient, crossing-cutting cleavage of race.

Overview of how laws and policies related to diversity and inclusion have evolved from equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, to diversity and inclusion. Topics include measurement of racial or gender bias; measurement of "diversity"; policies that organizations used to achieve diversity; policies to maintain diversity and achieve inclusion.

(Also offered as ECON 5314.) Survey of the statistical methods and tools commonly used to evaluate causal claims about the impact of public policies and programs. This course is a required Master of Public Policy course.

Examination of the municipal bond market, capital budgeting techniques, and related public policy issues.

Management of financial resources in public organizations. Topics include variance analysis, public sector accounting, financial statement analysis, and forecasting.

Techniques for evaluating and improving organizational performance and the ability to deal with the challenges posed by changing environments. Topics include strategic planning, program development, program implementation, evaluating effectiveness, and performance measurement and improvement.

The theory and practice of effective leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations.

Introduction to writing for private grants and government contracts. Includes responding to requests for proposals for government and nonprofit service provision as well as writing and managing a formal proposal preparation.

Overview of the fundamentals associated with collective bargaining in the public sector.

Key dimensions of investment decision making in government, including portfolio analysis and understanding of appropriate investment instruments.

Analytic approaches to decision making in a public management environment.

Management of financial resources in nonprofit organizations. Topics include variance analysis, nonprofit accounting, financial statement analysis, internal controls, cash management and forecasting.

Legal landscape of nonprofit organizations; theory and application of effective tactics and approaches to advocacy and government relations by nonprofit organizations.

Quantitative tools necessary to manage and evaluate public programs.

Advanced statistics for survey research analysis.

Core elements of developing a fund development (revenue) strategy for nonprofit organizations, including common revenue models, philanthropic models, and earned-income methods for funding organizational sustainability.

(Also offered as EDLR 6322.) Examines a number of prominent education reform strategies, using economics as a lens through which to understand the motivations for and potential impacts of each. Economics enables us to focus on the incentives created by these policies, allowing us to predict their intended and unintended consequences. We will utilize this framework throughout the course as we read about and evaluate the effectiveness of various educational interventions and policy reforms. Topics include (among others): class size reduction, teacher quality and teacher certification, merit pay, school accountability, school choice, school finance reform, early childhood education, and topics in higher education.

Introduction to the fundamentals of public policy and public management in the United States with a focus on developing the communication skills required in a professional workplace.

American public opinion in the context of democratic theory.

Approaches and techniques used to evaluate public programs and public policy.

Examination of the concepts and principles of public policy analysis, with applications to important social issues.

Theory and techniques for successful management of public sector projects. This is a required MPA course.

Theory and practice of child and family policy. Topics may include marriage and divorce, fertility, employment, and human capital.

Overview of important policy issues in the United States and integrates a variety of analytical techniques used in the evaluation of public policies.

Introduction to the urban planning process, including commonly used planning topics, practices, and tools that planners need to professionally conduct their tasks. Lectures, discussion and simulated planning projects.

Principles of contract formulation and administration in public procurement, including practices in procurement activities from the identification of the need through the close out of contract activities; best practices for effective contracting relationships between the public and private and nonprofit sectors.

Theories and empirical analyses related to urban and regional policy challenges. Students will develop skills in employing analytical frameworks and empirical techniques to investigate urban and regional policy issues.

Overview of types and characteristics of crises, their impacts and challenges, and strategies for managing them. Topics include emergency management policy and doctrine, incident management systems, individual preparedness, and community resilience.

Core management and behavioral concepts to effectively lead a public organization. Topics include leadership, strategic planning, managing organizational performance, and organizational structure, culture and politics.

An examination of the characteristic managerial problems of the several functions of local government such as police, fire, traffic, public works, parks, health, recreation. Designed for individuals planning to work with citizen agencies, in agencies for governmental management, or in journalism.

Techniques, practice, and organization of financial functions in governmental organizations, including revenue analysis, budgeting skills, and financial statement analysis.

The structures, processes, and principles of human resource management and labor-management relations in the public service, and examination of contemporary human resource policies and challenges.

Theory and application of tactics and techniques used to enhance effective leadership and strategic management.

Logic and application of measurement to managing the performance of programs. Topics include performance frameworks, including program logic models and results-based accountability, and performance data visualizations and dashboards.

Research design for organizational management and policy analysis and evaluation. How to communicate, execute and evaluate research. Skills in selecting appropriate analytic procedures and properly interpreting and reporting results.

Provides a synthesis of basic skills and competencies important for future professionals in the public service. This is a required MPA and MPP course.

Processes and techniques of public budgeting; the principles and roles of budgets in public service organizations; analytic tools, concepts, and principles of budget analysis and decision making.

Synthesizes the lessons in public sector financial management as they apply to the professional practice of the chief financial officer. Combines research literature, expert testimony, professional association position papers, cases, documentaries and discussion in order to expose students to the subject matter and the decision demands of leaders in this field.

Application of basic microeconomic analysis to public policy and management problems. Required for the MPA and MPP programs.

Statistical reasoning, tools, and techniques for effective public management.

Development and design of qualitative research.

Exploration of the theory and practice of survey research, including sampling, questionnaire design, analysis and reporting results.

This course will explore the application of project management techniques to the management of survey research projects.

Advanced exploration of the practice of survey research and questionnaire design.

Theories of attitude formation and attitude change.

Analytic writing skills that apply specifically to preparing survey research reports.

An exploration of how survey research techniques and methods are used to address market research problems.

Methods for designing multilingual and multicultural survey research projects as well as key considerations for designing multinational surveys, including sampling, questionnaire design, fielding, data interpretation and analysis.

Capstone research on problems and opportunities in the survey research industry for students nearing completion of the Master of Arts in Survey Research program.

Experience in a public organization under competent supervision.