Programs

Policy Analysis

(18 credit hours) The policy analysis concentration emphasizes substantive applications of management science/operations research, statistical analysis, cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and related techniques and approaches to public policy issues and decisions.

Policy Analysis Skills (9 credit hours)

Required course:

SPEA-P 507 Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs (3 cr.)

Take a minimum of two of the following three courses:

SPEA-P 539 Management Science for Public Affairs (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 541 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 562 Public Program Evaluation (3 cr.)

Note: Should the student decide to take P 539, P 541, and P 562, the third course can be counted as one of the three public courses required below.

Policy Field (9 credit hours)

Select three public policy courses with the permission of a concentration advisor.

Courses that may be chosen include, but are not limited to, the following:

AADM-Y 500 Cultural Districts and Local Arts Policy (3 cr.)
AADM-Y 559 Public Policy and Arts (3 cr.)
SPEA-D 573 Development Economics (3 cr.)
SPEA-D 577 International Economic Strategies and Trade Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-D 583 Conflict and Development (3 cr.)
SPEA-D 669 Economic Development, Globalization, and Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
SPEA-E 574 Energy Analysis and Markets (3 cr.)
SPEA-E 555/V 550 Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by a concentration advisor) (3 cr.)
SPEA-F 526 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
SPEA-F 584 Tax Policy in Developing Countries (3 cr.)
SPEA-F 609 Seminar in Public Revenue Theory and Administration (3 cr.)
SPEA-F 610 Seminar in Government Budget and Program Analysis (3 cr.)
SPEA-F 667 Seminar in Public Capital and Debt Theory (3 cr.)
SPEA-H 549 Health Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-L 568 Management of Urban Government Services (3 cr.)
SPEA-L 622 Seminar in Urban Economic Development (3 cr.)
SPEA-M 547 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution for Public Affairs (3 cr.)
SPEA-N 521 The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)
SPEA-N 523 Civil Society and Public Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 539 Management Science for Public Affairs (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 541 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 562 Public Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
SPEA-P 710 International Environmental Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-R 625 Environmental Economics and Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-R 643 Natural Resource Management and Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-R 645 Environmental Law (3 cr.)
SPEA-R 674 Energy, Econmics, and Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 550 Poverty and Social Welfare Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 559 Principles and Practices of Social Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
SPEA-V 640 Law, Public Management, and Public Policy (3 cr.)
SPEA-X 511 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption (3 cr.)

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