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.) |