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 | (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 policy courses required below.
Policy Field (9 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, select three public policy courses.
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 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 574 | Energy Systems | (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 | Government Budget and Program Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-F 667 | Seminar in Public Capital and Debt Theory | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-H 525 | Health Economics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-H 549 | Health Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-L 568 | Management of Local 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 | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 562 | Public Program Evaluation | (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, Economics 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/E 501 | Human Behavior and Energy Consumption | (3 cr.) |