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PUBLIC AFFAIRS (PA)
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PA 1005
- Great Debates of Our Time: U.S. Policy and Politics (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Topical political/policy debates with prominent government officials/experts. Constitutional crisis over authority/roles of legislative/executive branches. Visiting lecturers, in-class simulations, readings.
PA 1401
- Public Affairs: Community Organizing Skills for Public Action (C/PE)
(3.0 cr; A-F only, spring, every year)
Public affairs work, roles of citizens in democratic way of life. Community organizing skills, their importance for public affairs. Negotiations among diverse audiences, understanding different interests, mapping power relationships. Relevant public affairs and governance theory.
PA 1490
- Topics in Social Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics in social policy.
PA 1907W
- Freshman Seminar: Cultural Diversity (CD, WI)
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-freshman; fall, spring, every year)
Reading, discussion, critical analysis, writing. Intensive, small-group setting.
PA 1961W
- Personal Leadership in the University (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 1301W]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to leadership theory, personal development, interpersonal relations, leadership at University of Minnesota. Personal assessment, written/verbal presentation, resume writing, electronic communication, goal setting, coping with group dynamics.
PA 1990
- General Topics in Public Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; spring, every year)
General topics in public policy.
PA 3003
- Nonprofit and Public Financial Analysis and Budgeting
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Financial/budget documents from nonprofit/public organizations. Emphasizes conceptual frameworks analytical techniques applied to real-world problems.
PA 3401
- The Arts fo Liberty: Educating for Democracy in Information Age
(3.0 cr)
"Hands-on" approach to education for democracy. Core concepts and their different meanings in American history, especially ideas of freedom, work, and democracy. Students participate in community projects, either through the Jane Addams School or as "democratic coaches" for teams of young people. Two essays and a journal.
PA 3490
- Topics in Social Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
PA 3961
- Leadership, You, and Your Community
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 3302]; Prereq-[1961W or EdPA 1301W], [jr or sr]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Leadership, leadership capacities. Multicultural/multidimensional perspectives. Students examine their views on leadership. Leadership theory/practice. Group dynamics/behavior. Applying knowledge to practice.
PA 3971
- Leadership Minor Field Experience
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 3402]; Prereq-[3961W or EDPA 3302W] with grade of at least C; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Settings include community or educational organizations, corporations, University student organizations, and formal internships. Students identify two leadership objectives from among personal, interpersonal, and organizational development. Individual presentations, discussions, writing.
PA 3990
- General Topics in Public Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; spring, summer, every year)
General topics in public policy.
PA 3991
- Independent Study
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-#; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Independent study.
PA 4101
- Nonprofit Management and Governance
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Managing/governing nonprofit/public organizations. Theories, concepts, real-world examples. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of different funding environments, management of multiple constituencies.
PA 4190
- Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Topics in public/nonprofit leadership/management.
PA 4200
- Urban and Regional Planning
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Fundamental principles of urban/regional land-use planning. Introduction to planning theory and its applications. Political-economic context of urban/regional planning.
PA 4290
- Topics in Planning
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; A-F or Aud)
Topics in social policy.
PA 4414
- Child Labor and Education
(3.0 cr; spring, even years)
International child labor issues. Options for improving child well-being, including policies/programs that have potential to affect the lives of millions of children.
PA 4421
- Racial Inequality and Public Policy
(3.0 cr)
Historical roots of racial inequality in American society. Contemporary economic consequences. Public policy responses to racial inequality. Emphasizes thinking/analysis that is critical of strategies offered for reducing racism and racial economic inequality.
PA 4490
- Topics in Social Policy
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics in social policy.
PA 4961W
- Leadership for Global Citizenship (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 4303W]; Prereq-3971 or EdPA 3402; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Leadership theory, community building/social change, systems thinking. Students conduct/present research on leadership models through literature review, internships, and study groups. Student groups produce major paper describing research project. Students assemble portfolio, participate in two-day leadership retreat.
PA 5001
- Intellectual Foundations of Public Action
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Major in publ aff or publ policy or sci, tech, and environ policy or urban and regional planning or publ hlth or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Evolution of intellectual approaches that underlie public planning, management, and policy analysis as strategies for public action. How public decision making is shaped by knowledge and values; role of rationality. Conceptual approaches to public action along descriptive/normative lines and structure/process lines.
PA 5002
- Introduction to Policy Analysis
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Major in public policy or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Process of public policy analysis from problem structuring to communication of findings. Commonly used analytical methods. Alternative models of analytical problem resolution.
PA 5003
- Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Public policy major or public affairs major or grad liberal studies major or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Finance/accounting concepts/tools in public/nonprofit organizations. Fund accounting. Balance sheet and income statement analysis. Cash flow analysis. Public/nonprofit sector budgeting processes. Lectures, discussions. Cases.
PA 5004
- Introduction to Planning
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in urban/regional planning or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
History, institutional development of urban planning as a profession. Intellectual foundations, planning theory. Roles of urban planners in U.S./international settings. Scope, legitimacy, limitations of planning and of planning process. Issues in planning ethics and in planning in settings of diverse populations/stakeholders.
PA 5011
- Leadership and Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public policy or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Challenges facing higher-level managers in public/nonprofit organizations in a mixed economy and democratic republic. Distinctive features of public/nonprofit management, skills necessary for effective management, manager's role as creator of public value. Lectures, case discussions.
PA 5012
- The Politics of Public Affairs
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Stages of policy making from agenda setting to implementation. Role/behavior of political institutions (courts, legislatures, executives, bureaucracies) and citizens, social movements, and interest groups. Concepts of political philosophy. Theories of the state. Team taught, interdisciplinary course. Small discussion sections.
PA 5013
- Law and Urban Land Use
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Major in urban/regional planning or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Role of law in regulating/shaping urban development, land use, environmental quality, and local/regional governmental services. Interface between public/private sector.
PA 5021
- Economics For Policy Analysis and Planning I
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[Econ 1101 or equiv], Major in public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy]] or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Introduction to tools useful for public policy: intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomics, concepts of international trade.
PA 5022
- Economics For Policy Analysis and Planning II
(1.5 - 3.0 cr [max 4.5 cr]; Prereq-[[5021 or equiv], public policy major] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Application of economic reasoning to various public policy issues. Cost-benefit analysis, nonmarket valuation, and tax analysis.
PA 5031
- Empirical Analysis I
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Major in publ policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or urban/regional planning or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Basic statistical tools for empirical analysis of public policy alternatives. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability and probability distributions, statistical inference. Estimation and hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation and chi-square distribution. Analysis of variance, correlation. Simple/multiple regression analysis.
PA 5032
- Intermediate Regression Analysis
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[[5031 or equiv], major in [public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy]]] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Bivariate/multivariate models of regression analysis, assumptions behind them. Problems using these models when such assumptions are not met.
PA 5033
- Multivariate Techniques
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[[5031 or equiv], major in [public policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy]]] or #; [5032 or equiv] recommended; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Public affairs topics using maximum-likelihood estimation approaches.
PA 5035
- Survey Research and Data Collection
(1.5 cr; Prereq-[[5031 or equiv], [major in publ policy or [sci, tech, and environ policy] or urban/regional planning]] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Introduction to survey research methods. Emphasizes applications to policy and applied research. Research design choices (e.g., descriptive, experimental, case studies), sampling, variable specification, measurement. Conducting interviews, mailed questionnaires. Qualitative techniques.
PA 5036
- Regional Economic Analysis
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Major in public policy or [science, tech, env policy] or urban/regional planning or #; A-F only, spring, every year)
Economic data analysis techniques for practitioners in planning and economic development working at local/regional levels. Shift-share analysis, economic base model, base multipliers, location quotient analysis, minimum requirements method, economic impact analysis. Individual/group projects.
PA 5037
- Regional Demographic Analysis
(1.5 cr; Prereq-Major in public policy; or science, tech, and env. policy; or urban and regional planning; or instructor consent; A-F only, spring, every year)
Demographic data analysis, population projection techniques for practitioners in planning, social service delivery, and community development at local/regional levels. Population extrapolation using curve fitting methods, demographic indicators, cohort-component method of population projection, estimation of fertility/migration rates, life tables. Individual/group projects.
PA 5038
- Analytics for Leaders I
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public affairs or #; A-F only, fall, every year)
Skills to do basic quantitative analyses, evaluate research, develop evidence-based policy, and lead data-driven organizations. Descriptive statistics, research design. Ethical issues in interpretation, analysis, and use.
PA 5039
- Analytics for Leaders II
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public affairs or #; A-F only, spring, every year)
Builds on 5038. Skills to do basic quantitative analyses, evaluate research, develop evidence-based policy, and lead data-driven organizations. Descriptive statistics, research design. Ethical issues in interpretation, analysis, and use.
PA 5080
- Capstone Preparation Workshop
(1.0 cr; Prereq-&8081; S-N only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Project management, qualitative research, and critical framework needed to successfully complete Capstone course. Students complete draft of client project group norms and client contract.
PA 5101
- Management and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad liberal studies major or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; fall, every year)
Theories, concepts, and real world examples of managerial challenges. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of funding environments, management of multiple constituencies. Types of nonprofits using economic/behavioral approaches.
PA 5102
- Organization Performance and Change
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; fall, spring, even years)
Measuring outcomes of mission-driven organizations. Theory/operation of organizations from structural/cultural/symbolic perspectives. Development/use of performance information. Organizational assessment, structure, change. Mission, vision, strategy, systems thinking. Evaluation of change efforts.
PA 5103
- Leadership and Change in an Innovation Society
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; spring, odd years)
Models of change/leadership. How leaders can promote personal, organizational, and societal change. Case studies, action research. Framework for leadership/change in an innovation society.
PA 5104
- Strategic Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Theory/practice of developing, utilizing, and aligning human resources to improve culture/outcomes of nonprofit/public organizations. HR strategy, individual diversity, leadership, selection, training, compensation, classification, performance appraisal, future HR practices.
PA 5111
- Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5003 or #; 5011 or 5941 recommended; spring, offered periodically)
Design, installation, and use of accounting/control systems in public/nonprofit organizations. Public accounting standards/practices, financial administration/reporting, debt management, budgeting, contract/procurement management systems. Lecture, discussion, case analysis.
PA 5112
- Public Budgeting
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Budget processes in legislative/executive branches of federal, state, and local government. Program planning evaluation/administration. Techniques of budget/program analysis. Use of budget as policy/management tool. Analysis of fund flows within/among governments.
PA 5113
- State and Local Public Finance
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Theory/practice of financing. Providing public services at state/local level of government. Emphasizes integrating theory/practice, applying materials to specific policy areas, and documenting wide range of institutional arrangements across/within the 50 states.
PA 5122
- Law and Public Affairs
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; spring, every year)
Overview of evolution of American legal system. Role of courts, legislatures, and political actors in changing law. How law is used to change public policy.
PA 5123
- Introduction to Philanthropy: Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Brief history of philanthropy in the United States. Foundation/other sources of funding for nonprofit activity. Philosophies of fundraising/grantmaking. Types of foundations/agencies that fund. Practical approaches to getting/managing money.
PA 5132
- Mediation Training
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Creating an arena for mediation. Skills/expectations needed to mediate disputes between individuals, among groups: balanced (peer or colleague), imbalanced (power differentials). Role playing, group debriefing, critique. Cases.
PA 5190
- Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-5011 or 5941 or grad nonprofit mgmt cert or #; fall, spring, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5203W
- Geographical Perspectives on Planning (C/PE, IP, WI)
(4.0 cr; =[GEOG 3605V, GEOG 5605W, GEOG 5605V, GEOG 3605W]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, every year)
Includes additional weekly seminar-style meeting and bibliography project on topic selected in consultation with instructor.
PA 5204
- Urban Spatial and Social Dynamics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in urban/regional planning or #; spring, every year)
Behavioral theories of internal spatial arrangement, functioning, and characteristics of cities at macro level and how they produce a system of cities. Factors influencing urban spatial structure over time. Urban form, land use/rent. Spatial expression of economic, social, and political forces.
PA 5211
- Land Use Planning
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, every year)
Physical/spatial basis for land use planning at community/regional level. Role of public sector in guiding private development. Land use regulations, comprehensive planning, growth management, innovative land use planning/policies.
PA 5212
- Managing Urban Growth and Change
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Theory/practice of planning, promoting, and controlling economic growth/change in urban areas. Economic development tools available to state/local policymakers, historic context of their use in the United States. legal, social, and economic implementation constraints. Interactions among economic, social, and demographic trends.
PA 5215
- Computer Applications in Land Use Planning
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, every year)
Geographical information system software, simulation modeling of land use/development, 3D software, the Internet. Project applications in citizen participation/decision-making. Meets weekly in mostly lab setting.
PA 5221
- Private Sector Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; spring, every year)
Roles of various participants in land development. Investment objectives, effects of regulation. Overview of development process from private/public perspective.
PA 5231
- Transit Planning and Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, every year)
Principles/techniques related to implementing transit systems. Historical perspective, characteristics of travel demand, demand management. Evaluating/benchmarking system performance. Transit-oriented development. Analyzing alternative transit modes. System design/finance. Case studies, field projects.
PA 5232
- Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Sr or grad student or #; fall, spring, even years)
Development of transportation policy, making of transportation plans, deployment of transportation technologies. Lectures, interactive case studies, role playing.
PA 5251
- Strategic Planning and Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Theory/practice of strategic planning/management for public/nonprofit organizations/networks. Strategic planning process, management systems; stakeholder analyses. Tools/techniques such as purpose expansions, SWOT analyses, oval mapping, portfolio analyses, and logic models.
PA 5253
- Designing Planning and Participation Processes
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in urban/regional planning or #; A-F only, fall, every year)
Theory/practice of design, implementation, and evaluation of planning/participation processes. Types of planning. Stakeholders, including underrepresented groups. Costs/benefits of participation. Participant roles. Planning/participation tools/techniques.
PA 5261
- Housing Policy
(3.0 cr; =[DHA 5463]; Prereq-Grad or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Institutional/environmental setting for housing policy in the United States. Competing views of solving housing problems through public intervention in the market. Federal/local public sector responses to housing problems.
PA 5271
- Geographic Information Systems: Applications in Planning and Policy Analysis
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in urban/regional planning or #; fall, every year)
Introduction to GIS. Applications in public planning and policy analysis. Operational skills in GIS software. Mapping analysis of U.S. Census material. Local/state government management/planning. Spatial statistical analysis for policy/planning.
PA 5290
- Topics in Planning
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5301
- Population Methods and Issues for the United States and Third World
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, offered periodically)
Basic demographic measures/methodology. Demographic transition, mortality, fertility. Diverse perspectives on nonmarital fertility, marriage, divorce, and cohabitation. Cultural differences in family structure, aging, migration, refugee movements, population policies. Discussion of readings on population growth and environment.
PA 5311
- Program Evaluation
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Principal methods, primary applications of evaluation research as applied to policies/programs in health/human services, education, or the environment. Conducting evaluations. Becoming a critical consumer of studies.
PA 5390
- Topics in Advanced Policy Analysis Methods
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Topics in advanced policy analysis methods.
PA 5401
- Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Nature/extent of poverty/inequality in the United States, causes/consequences, impact of government programs/policies. Extent/causes of poverty/inequality in other developed/developing countries.
PA 5405
- Implementation of Social Policy
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Theory, tools, and practice of the implementation of social policy in the United States.
PA 5412
- Aging and Disability Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Policy debates concerning populations that are aging or disabled. Students learn/practice analyses in context of important health, social, and economic policy debates. Readings on current theory/evidence.
PA 5414
- Child Labor and Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, even years)
International child labor issues. Options for improving child well-being, including policies/programs that have potential to affect the lives of millions of children.
PA 5421
- Racial Inequality and Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Historical roots of racial inequality in American society. Contemporary economic consequences. Public policy responses to racial inequality. Emphasizes thinking/analysis that is critical of strategies offered for reducing racism and racial economic inequality.
PA 5431
- Public Policies on Work and Pay
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[PA 5031 or equiv], grad student] or #; spring, every year)
Public policies affecting employment, hours of work, and institutions in labor markets. Public programs impacting wages, unemployment, training, collective bargaining, job security, and workplace governance. Policy implications of the changing nature of work.
PA 5441
- Education Policy and the State Legislature
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, every year)
How Minnesota legislature decides K-12 issues. Implications for higher education. How to increase one's influence in process. Discussions with persons who influence statewide educational policy. Presentations. Field trip to state legislature.
PA 5442
- Policy Design for Education and Human Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, every year)
Designing effective educational policies. Using interdisciplinary approaches to identify/understand core variables (economic, psychological, etc). Work on policy design.
PA 5451
- Immigrant Health Issues
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; =[PUBH 6281]; Prereq-Grad student or #; A-F only, fall, every year)
How to access demographic, health, background information on U.S. immigrants. Characteristics and health needs of immigrants. Designing culturally competent health programs. How to advocate for change to promote immigrant health. Community visits required. Online course.
PA 5452
- Immigration and Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, every year)
How to employ an analytical framework to analyze a current immigration policy proposal. Topics vary (e.g., president¿s guest worker proposal, democratic alternative proposals).
PA 5480
- Topics in Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Jr or sr or grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Link between race/ethnicity and public policy. How to identify/measure racial/ethnic disparities and their historical/cultural origins and policy impacts and to craft politically feasible remedies. Topics may include criminal justice, housing, child welfare, and education.
PA 5490
- Topics in Social Policy
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5501
- Economic Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Economic development theories/strategies throughout world. Ccompeting theoretical paradigms. Policy debates. Poverty/inequality, rural development, trade policy, human capital, the environment.
PA 5511
- Community Economic Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, every year)
Contexts/motivations behind community economic development activities. Alternative strategies for organizing/initiating economic development projects. Tools/techniques for economic development analysis/planning (market analysis, feasibility studies, development plans). Implementation at local level.
PA 5521
- Development Planning and Policy Analysis
(4.0 cr; Prereq-5031 or #; [5501 or &5501 or 8204 or &8204] recommended; fall, every year)
Techniques of development planning/policy analysis at national, regional, and project levels. Effects of external shocks and government interventions on national/regional economies. Macroeconomic modeling, input-output analysis, social accounting matrices/multipliers, project evaluation.
PA 5522
- International Development Policy, Families, and Health
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, every year)
Implications of paid/unpaid labor for development policy, using household as prism. Legal/cultural use of property rights. Financial effects of ill health. Caregiving. Work-family conflict, policies that alleviate it. Role of gender. Qualitativequantitative methods. Readings, lectures, discussions.
PA 5590
- Topics in Economic and Community Development
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5601
- Survey of Women, Law, and Public Policy in the United States
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, offered periodically)
Gendered nature of public policy. Historical analysis of welfare, single motherhood, and protective legislation. How laws structure public policy. How courts are arenas for policy making. Emphasizes employment discrimination and reproductive rights. Differences among women. Intersection of oppression based on class/race/sexual orientation.
PA 5611
- Feminist Economics
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[5021, grad student] or #; spring, every year)
Feminist philosophy, methodology, and economic practice. Feminist perspectives on development and the global economy, work/family. Heterodox traditions in economics.
PA 5621
- Board Service in Women and Public Policy
(1.0 cr; Prereq-#; S-N only, fall, every year)
Students serve as full members of a board of directors for a women's movement organization. Organizational leadership. How to be an effective board member. Twin Cities feminist nonprofit organizations.
PA 5690
- Topics in Women and Public Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5701
- Science and State
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Relationship between science and contemporary society. Nature of science: its values, processes, and ways of knowing. How science has influenced U.S. political institutions and political/judicial processes. Issues in current debate over U.S. science policy.
PA 5711
- Science and Technology Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, every year)
Effect of science/technology on relations among
nations in such matters as autonomy, national security, economic strength, environment, cultural identity, and international cooperation. Negotiating international agreements with S&T implications.
PA 5721
- Energy and Environmental Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, every year)
Impact of energy production/consumption choices on environmental quality, sustainable development, and other economic/social goals. Emphasizes public policy choices for energy/environment, linkages between them.
PA 5722
- Environmental and Resource Economics Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Intermediate microeconomics, intermediate policy analysis, grad student] or #; fall, every year)
Public policy associated with natural resource use and environmental protection. Develops/applies economic concepts/methodologies/policy mechanisms. Principles of environmental/resource economics. Issues related to renewable/nonrenewable resources and environmental pollution. Focuses on scientific/political aspects of policy.
PA 5790
- Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 5801
- Global Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public affairs or public policy or #; spring, every year)
Creation of rules, norms, and institutions to regulate global activities. Policy making, from exclusive domain of state to including various nonstate actors. How global policy making regulates interstate, national, and transnational activities. Creation/enforcement of global rules. Applications to international security, political economy, and other topics.
PA 5890
- Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 5902
- Computer Applications in Public Affairs
(0.5 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Introduction to computer systems/applications in public affairs practice.
PA 5910
- Developing Your Public Service Career
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Major in [public affairs or public policy or urban/regional planning or [science, technology/environmental policy]] or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Students investigate/analyze interests, skills, and abilities and combine them in a career plan. Students develop tools to demonstrate their abilities, document their experiences/knowledge, and explore public service career options.
PA 5912
- Politics of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or #; A-F only, spring, every year)
Potential for public affairs professionals to be agents/architects of democracy in a radically changing, diverse, global landscape of governance.
PA 5920
- Skills Workshop
(0.5 - 4.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Topics on public policy or planning skills. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PA 5931
- Role of the Media in Public Affairs
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Historical/contemporary role of news media in defining/shaping public opinion/policy, primarily in the United States. Emphasizes critical research, professional skills in three forms of journalism: hard news coverage, investigative reporting, documentaries. Field experience, practice in governmental public relations.
PA 5941
- Leadership for the Common Good
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Major in public affairs or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Personal, team, organizational, visionary, political, and ethical aspects of leadership. Emphasizes building/experiencing a learning community.
PA 5952
- Global Commons Seminar II
(2.0 cr; Prereq-HHH International fellow; A-F only, spring, every year)
Research/presentations related to professional development projects. Each week selected students assign readings, deliver a presentation on their professional development project, and distribute a summary of the talk. Presentations are developed in collaboration with at least one faculty specialist in the subject area.
PA 5990
- Topics: Public Affairs--General Topics
(0.5 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student or #; spring, summer, every year)
General topics in public policy.
PA 8001
- Transforming Public Policy
(4.0 cr; Prereq-5941 or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Development of interdisciplinary understanding of one or more policy areas through explorations of theory, readings, cases, and model-building exercises. Articulating policy/system improvements and leadership implications for formulating/implementing them.
PA 8002
- Synthesis Workshop
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[8001, grad PA major] or#; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Development of public policy to advance public interest, common good. Recommendations flow from interdisciplinary understanding of problem, stakeholder analyses, modeling/analysis. Political feasibility, marketing, entrepreneurship, advocacy.
PA 8081
- Capstone Workshop
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Grad major in [public affairs or public policy or [urban and regional planning] or [science, technology, and environment policy]], completion of core courses] or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Project external client on issue agreed upon by student, client, and instructor. Students apply interdisciplinary methods, approaches, and perspectives from core courses. Written report with analysis and policy recommendations. Oral presentation. Concentration/topic vary by term.
PA 8082
- Working Group
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Grad major in [public policy or [urban and regional planning] or [science, technology, and environment policy]], completion of core courses] or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Facilitates completion of research paper on current issue in public policy and management. Students apply interdisciplinary methods, approaches, and perspectives studied in core courses. Written report includes analysis of issue, policy recommendations. Concentration/topic vary term-to-term.
PA 8190
- Advanced Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Selected topics.
PA 8201
- Environment and Infrastructure Planning
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[Urban and regional planning] grad student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Relationship between infrastructure, human settlement design. Natural resource systems as foundation of infrastructure provision. Environmental basis of, and political/legal/institutional frameworks for, land-use planning. Parallel computer lab, practicum assignment.
PA 8202
- Networks and Places: Transportation, Land Use, and Design
(4.0 cr; Prereq-=: 8212; [urban and regional planning] grad student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Relationship between land use and transportation. Developing synthetic design skills for linking land use transportation in urban/regional settlements. Economic, political, legal, institutional frameworks for planning. Parallel computer lab, practicum assignment.
PA 8203
- Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies and Theories
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[Urban and regional planning] grad student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Policymaking/politics of planning in housing, community development, social policy. Connecting policy to local/regional politics. Role of institutional decision-making structures on policy outcomes. Importance of citizens, social movements, interest groups in policymaking process.
PA 8204
- Creating Good Work: Economic and Workforce Development
(4.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Job-oriented economic development. Theories on how/why jobs are created. Tools used by communities and economic developers (e.g., tax abatement, infrastructure, job training, entrepreneurship). Strategy, politics, effectiveness.
PA 8290
- Advanced Topics in Planning
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8302
- Applied Policy Analysis
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Intermediate microeconomics, introduction to econometrics; A-F only, fall, every year)
Design/evaluation of public policies. Emphasizes market/non-market contexts. Microeconomics and welfare economics of policy analysis. Econometric tools for measurement of policy outcomes. Applications to policy problems.
PA 8312
- Analysis of Discrimination
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Introduces students of policy analysis and other applied social sciences to tools for measuring and detecting discrimination in market and nonmarket contexts. Application of modern tools of labor econometrics and race relations research to specific problems of market and nonmarket discrimination.
PA 8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PA 8386
- Research Methods in Social and Labor Policy
(3.0 cr; =[HRIR 8013]; Prereq-5032 or 5033, 5022 or equiv; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Use of social science research methods in analyzing and developing public policies.
PA 8390
- Advanced Topics in Advanced Policy Analysis Methods
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8490
- Advanced Topics in Social Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8590
- Advanced Topics in Economic and Community Development
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8686
- Feminist Organizations
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Uses social movement literature and histories of U.S. second-wave feminism to study feminist organizations. Recurring issues and conflicts within organizations and movements examined through comparative studies of feminism in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Britain, and Italy. Methods and sources for studying feminism.
PA 8687
- Women and Electoral Politics
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Political science and women's studies literature on American women and electoral politics.
PA 8690
- Advanced Topics in Women and Public Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8777
- Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0 - 18.0 cr [max 50.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PA 8790
- Advanced Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Selected topics.
PA 8811
- Strategic Issues in International Economic Policy
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Compares/contrasts experiences of industrial/developing countries in trade, investment, exchange rates, and immigration.
PA 8821
- National Security Policy
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Politics and economics of national security policy. Defense policy, military strategy, and weapons procurement. While emphasis is on the United States, other countries also discussed.
PA 8890
- Advanced Topics in Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr])
Selected topics.
PA 8991
- Independent Study
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-#; fall, spring, summer, every year)
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