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Environmental Policy

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
670 OR 641
Finance OR Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
660 OR 790
Environmental Policy Workshop OR Project Course  
X
Public Policy and the Environment  
X
Global Environmental Problems  
X
Human Health and Environmental Policy
X
 
Electives
Environmental and Urban Economics & Policy
tba
tba
Growth Management: Land Use, Environmental and Community Planning
tba
tba
International Environmental Agreements and Civil Society
tba
tba
Pollution and Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay
X
 
U.S. Wildlife Conservation Policies  
X
International Environmental Agreements and Civil Society
tba
tba
Environmental Ethics  
X
Ecological Economics  
X
Environment and Development
X
 
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking  
X

International Development

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
Development Challenges in the Globalization Process  
X
International Security Policy
X
X
International Economic Policy
X
 
International Development Economics  
X
ISEP Project Course  
X
Electives
Ethics, Development and Foreign Aid  
X
698x
Democracy and Democratization
X
 
699
Global Inequality and Its Implications

International Security and Economic Policy

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
International Security Policy
X
X
The American Foreign Policy-Making Process  
X
International Economic Policy
X
 
ISEP Project Course  
X
Electives
Democracy and Democratization  
X
Development and Foreign Aid  
X
Development Challenges in the Globalization Process  
X
Institutions, Governance, and Economic Development
tba
tba
Intelligence Policy and Organization  
X
Intelligence, Policy Making & Politics  
X
Public Policy and Private Enterprise in National Security
tba
tba
U.S. Trade: Politics and Policy
X
 
Problems of Global Security  
X
International Development Economics  
X
Strategy and Policy
tba
tba

 

Leadership & Management

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
Finance
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
Leadership Principles and Practices  
X
Information Policy  
X
712 OR 716
Analysis of Fiscal Conditions OR State and Local Government Budgeting
X
 
715 OR 717
Government and Non-Profit Accounting OR Federal Budgeting: Policy and Process  
X
Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict & Negotiating Agreements
X
 
MFL Project Course  
X
Electives
Public Sector Finance
tba
tba
Managing Social Services
tba
tba
Results and Performance Accountability  
X
Advanced Negotiations  
X
Housing and Community Development Overview
tba
tba
Housing Finance
tba
tba
Housing Clinical Project
tba
tba
Asset Management
tba
tba

Public Sector Financial Managment

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
Finance
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
Leadership Principles and Practices  
X
Information Policy OR Managing Differences: Resolving Conflict & Negotiating Agreements  
X
Analysis of Fiscal Conditions OR State and Local Government Budgeting
X
 
Government and Non-Profit Accounting  
X
716 OR 717
State and Local Government Budgeting OR Federal Budgeting: Policy and Process  
X
MFL Project Course  
X
Electives
Public Sector Finance
tba
tba
Managing Social Services
tba
tba
Results and Performance Accountability  
X
Advanced Negotiations  
X
Housing and Community Development Overview
tba
tba
Housing Finance
tba
tba
Housing Clinical Project
tba
tba
Asset Management
tba
tba

Social Policy

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Core Courses
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
X
X
Political Analysis
X
X
Microeconomics and Policy Analysis
X
X
Moral Dimensions of Public Policy
X
X
Finance
X
X
Public Management and Leadership
X
X
Required Courses
Quantitative Analysis of Policy Issues
X
X
Foundations of Social Policy  
X
Social Policy Project Course  
X
Electives
Social Policy Workshop  
X
Policy and Politics of Education Reform
tba
tba
Poverty and Welfare
X
 
Health Policy
X
 
Managing Social Services
X
 
Strategies of Equality  
X
Housing & Community Development Strategies  
X
Regulating Vice and Organized Crime
tba
tba
Policy Analysis for Crime Control Planning  
X

Other MSPP Courses

Number
Title
Fall
Spring
Introduction to the Regulatory Process  
X
Microeconomic Analysis of Government Policy  
X
Public Policy Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy
X
X
Contemporary Policy Making  
X
Public Policymaking for Journalists  
X
Readings in Public Policy
tba
tba