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PUBH 6250 - Foundations of Public Health

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

In this course we will examine values, contexts, principles, and frameworks of public health. We will provide an introduction to public health, consider the history of public health, social/political determinants, impact of health disparities on race, class and gender, moral and legal foundations, public health structures, historical trauma and cultural competence, health and human rights, advocacy and health equity, communication and financing, and the future of public health in the 21st century. Grounded in theory and concepts, we will incorporate core competencies and skills for public health professionals and will focus on developing problem solving and decision-making skills through critical analysis, reflection, case studies, readings, and paper assignments.

PUBH 6735 - Principles of Health Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6735/PubH 6835.
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the policy environment that influences and shapes public health and the provision of health care services, to enhance understanding of the historical and political context of health policy, to develop strategies for analysis of health policy issues, and to communicate effectively in the policy environment. Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for PubH 6835.

PUBH 6742 - Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to ethical issues in public health research/policy. Ethical analysis. Recognizing/analyzing moral issues.

PUBH 6832 - Economics of the Health Care System

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Examines applications of microeconomic principles to the U.S. health care system. Topics include demand for medical care, insurance theory and selection issues, provider payment, competition in health care markets, the health care workforce, pharmaceutical prices and innovation, health care spending growth, quality of care, externalities, the relationship between income and health, and the economics of the opioid epidemic. Prerequisite: an introductory economics or microeconomic theory course ? or permission of the instructor.

PUBH 6855 - Medical Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to common theoretical/empirical approaches used by sociologists to study health/illness. How content reflects social inequalities in health/illness. Social processes that shape experience of health/illness. prereq: [[Grad or professional school] student, previous experience with statistical software] or instr consent

PUBH 8341 - Advanced Epidemiologic Methods: Concepts

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Conceptual foundations of fundamental issues in epidemiologic methodology. How/why a given method, design, or approach might help explain population health. Strengths, limits, and potential alternatives for a given approach.

PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory

Credits:	1.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Course introduces students to the research and theoretical aspects of health policy, to enhance understanding of of the equity, historical, and socio-cultural, and political context of health policy, to develop deep fluency in the health policy process and policy-relevant aspects of health services research. prereq: PubH: HSRPA major or instr consent

PUBH 8810 - Research Studies in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to philosophy of science, conceptual modeling, experimental design, survey/sample design, issues relevant to health services research. prereq: [Grad or professional school] student or instr consent

PUBH 8811 - Research Methods in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Research methods commonly used in analysis of health services research and health policy problems. prereq: [8810, [grad or professional school] student] or instr consent

PUBH 8830 - Writing for Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Two-course sequence. Writing research grants/papers. Writing skills appropriate to research proposals and scholarly papers. How to review, synthesize, and critique research proposals and published articles. prereq: HSRPA PhD student or instr consent

PUBH 8831 - Writing for Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Second of two course sequence. Writing research proposals and scholarly papers. How to review, synthesize, and critique papers and research proposals. prereq: 8830

APEC 8211 - Econometric Analysis I

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are independent and the sample size is large. it shows how linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: ApEc 5031 or equiv OR Ph.D. student OR instr consent

APEC 8212 - Econometric Analysis II

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are dependent because individual units are sampled over regular time intervals (panel data) as well as for other reasons. It shows how these linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: 8211 or equiv or instr consent

APEC 8213 - Econometric Analysis III

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The course introduces econometric techniques and models for analyzing economic data for discrete response variables, censored response variables, and non-random data samples. It show show these nonlinear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: ApEc 5031 or equiv OR Ph.D. student OR instr consent

APEC 8214 - Econometric Analysis IV

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The course introduces econometric techniques and models used to identify the assumptions required for causal inference as well as tests for these assumptions when they are available. It shows how these techniques and models can be used to evaluate and quantify causal economic relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: ApEc 5031 or equiv OR Ph.D. student OR instr consent

PUBH 7401 - Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Part of two-course sequence intended for PhD students in School of Public Health who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics/statistical inference with applications to research in public health. prereq: Background in calculus; intended for PhD students in public hlth and other hlth sci who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics and statistical inference with applications to research in public hlth

PUBH 7402 - Biostatistics Modeling and Methods

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Second of two-course sequence. Rigorous approach to probability/statistics, statistical inference. Applications to research in public health. prereq: 7401; intended for PhD students in health sciences

PUBH 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral

Credits:	1.0 -24.0 [max 100.0]
Grading Basis:	No Grade
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

(No description) prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; For Environmental Health Students ONLY: Contact Director of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Coordinator.

APEC 5151 - Applied Microeconomics: Firm and Household

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course provides a mathematical treatment of cost -benefit analysis in terms of the theory of how prices, income, preferences, and other factors affect consumer choices and the demand for goods and services. It also includes treats the theory of how prices, technology, and other important factors affect producer decisions, the supply of goods and services, and the demand for productive resources. This demand and supply analysis is then combined to explore the theory of price determination in competitive and noncompetitive markets. The optimization theories and economic models are developed without and with uncertainty. prereq: (APEC 3001, Math 1142 or Math 1272, and Stat 3011 or Sco 2550) or equiv or grad student or instr consent

PUBH 8805 - Sociological Theory in Health Services Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Overview of sociological theories in medical sociology, occupations/professions. Emphasizes teaching students how to apply theories to health/social phenomena of their own interest/choice.

APEC 8203 - Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Basic concepts underlying measurement of welfare change, problems of market failure and externalities, social welfare functions, and distribution within and across generations. Application of concepts, based on case studies of the environment, returns to research, technical change, and agricultural policy. prereq: calculus, intermediate econ theory

PUBH 6717 - Decision Analysis for Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to methods/range of applications of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care technology assessment, medical decision making, and health resource allocation.

PUBH 6809 - Advanced Methods in Health Decision Science

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Methods applicable to issues of medical decision making. Analyses of environmental/safety decisions. How to apply methods at cutting-edge of clinical decision science. prereq: [6717 or intro course in decision analysis], some facility with mathematical notation/reasoning

PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended

PUBH 8804 - Advanced Quantitative Methods Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Understand/competently use advanced quantitative methods in applied social science, policy, demographic research. Methods considered largely within or related to framework of regression analysis. Effort will be made to reflect interests of class. prereq: This is an advanced, doctoral-level course. Students are expected to have completed a full year of doctoral-level introductory statistical and/or econometric classes in their respective field prior to enrolling in this course (e.g., PubH 7401-2, ApEc8211-2, SOC 8801-8811). Exceptions may be granted with instr consent.

PUBH 8821 - Health Economics II

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Examines application of microeconomic theory to health services research through selected reading from published and unpublished health economics literature. prereq: 8820 or instr consent

SOC 8701 - Sociological Theory

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.

SOC 8721 - Social Psychology: Micro-Sociological Approaches to Inequalities and Identities

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Social psychology is basic to an understanding of contemporary social life. This subfield of sociology focuses on social phenomena at the micro-level. Small group dynamics, social interactions, and individual experiences are importantly structured by the macro-structural context, e.g., by socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexuality, and other dimensions of social inequality. At the same time, these and other micro-sociological processes reflect individual-level identities, perceptions, motivations and cognitions. This seminar examines a wide range of social psychological phenomena linked to inequality (e.g., the effects of class, minority status, and gender on disparities in identity, self-concept, and health; the development of status hierarchies in small group interaction; intergroup relations, prejudice, and discrimination). We begin with a consideration of ?personal structure,? emphasizing the cultural and structural variability of self-conceptions and identities, cognitive processes, and motivation, as well as the biosocial bases of action. These may be considered individual-level ?building blocks? of social psychological theories (along with emotions, attitudes, values, and ideologies). We then address prominent theoretical perspectives in social psychology that illuminate the linkages between micro-social contexts of inequality and identity, including symbolic interactionism, exchange theory, structural social psychology (?social structure and personality?) and the social psychology of the life course. Social psychological theory and research are foundational to many specialty fields in sociology, including the sociology of the family, education, health, deviance, work, social mobility, social movements, emotions, and the sociology of childhood, youth, and aging. Social psychology is also central to prominent theoretical debates in sociology surrounding the relationship between social structure and agency; individual-level identities, perceptions, motivations, goals, and strategies are both structured by the social context and affect the capacity of individuals to act agentically and to achieve their goals.

APEC 8202 - Mathematical Optimization in Applied Economics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Economic foundations and applications of mathematical and dynamic programming and optimal control. Mathematical optimization concepts; structures and economic interpretations of various models of the firm, consumer, household, sector, and economy. Model building and solution techniques. prereq: [5151, Econ 5151] or equiv or instr consent

APEC 8206 - Dynamic Optimization: Applications in Economics and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Formulation and solution of dynamic optimization problems using optimal control theory and dynamic programming. Analytical and numerical solution methods to solve deterministic and stochastic problems for various economic applications. prereq: 5151 or equiv or instr consent

ECON 8181 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8104 or instr consent

ECON 8182 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8104 or instr consent

ECON 8205 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: Math 4242 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Econ 8101, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Econ 8105, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5101 or instr consent

ECON 8206 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8205, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8102, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8106, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5101 or instr consent

ECON 8207 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8206, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8103, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8107, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5102 or instr consent

ECON 8208 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8207, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8104, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8108, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5102 or instr consent

IDSC 8511 - Conceptual Topics and Research Methods in Information and Decision Sciences

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Relationships to underlying disciplines; major research streams; seminal articles, survey literature, and major researchers. Provides framework for organizing knowledge about information and decision sciences. prereq: instr consent

IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Traditional/current research. Major models/methodologies. Issues of preference, judgment, and choice under conditions of certainty/uncertainty. Seminar format. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent; offered alt yrs

MGMT 8302 - Seminar in Organizational Theory

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.02]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Major theories and current research on organizational and interorganizational topics from a macro perspective. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent

PA 8302 - Applied Policy Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

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. prereq: Intermediate microeconomics, introduction to econometrics

PUBH 6803 - Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Project-based class to develop systematic review skills for evidence-based practice. Draws from AHRQ and Cochrane systematic review methodology; supported by examples from the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center. Use for master?s thesis, dissertation, or to support research proposals. Prereq: research study design or epidemiology.

PUBH 6810 - Survey Research Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Theory/application of survey research in data collection. Sampling, item development, instrument design/administration to conduct survey or be aware of issues related to design/implementation. Identification of sources of error in survey research.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 6863 - Understanding Health Care Quality

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to assessing/assuring quality of care. Emphasizes both process and outcomes approaches, paralleling interest in appropriateness/effectiveness of care. Issues around creating needed behavioral changes.

PUBH 7420 - Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to and methodology of randomized clinical trials. Design issues, sample size, operational details, interim monitoring, data analysis issues, overviews. prereq: 6451 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 6451 or 7406 or instr consent

PUBH 7440 - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to Bayesian methods. Comparison with traditional frequentist methods. Emphasizes data analysis via modern computing methods: Gibbs sampler, WinBUGS software package. prereq: [[7401 or STAT 5101 or equiv], [public health MPH or biostatistics or statistics] grad student] or instr consent

PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Statistical methodologies in analysis of survival data. Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cox's proportional hazards multiple regression model, time-dependent covariates, analysis of residuals, multiple failure outcomes. Typical biomedical applications, including clinical trials and person-years data. prereq: 7405, [STAT 5101 or STAT 8101]

PUBH 8802 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Applications

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Emphasizes relationships between health services research/policy. Uses case studies to examine how research influences policy/vice versa.

PUBH 8813 - Measurement of Health-Related Social Factors

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

How social factors such as innovativeness, compliance, religiosity, and stress are measured and tested for reliability and validity. Relationships between theory, concepts, variables, data. prereq: Intro stat course, understanding of simple correlations or instr consent

SOC 8101 - Sociology of Law

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Sociological analysis of law and society. In-depth review of research on why people obey the law, of social forces involved in creation of law (both civil and criminal), procedures of enforcement, and impact of law on social change.

SOC 8211 - The Sociology of Race & Racialization

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.

SOC 8290 - Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.

SOC 8311 - Political Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Social dimensions of political behavior and social origins of different forms of the state. How various theoretical traditions--Marxist, Weberian, and feminist--address key issues in political sociology, including citizenship, revolution, state formation, origins of democracy, welfare state, and fascism.

SOC 8390 - Topics in Political Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy.

SOC 8412 - Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.

SOC 8501 - Sociology of the Family

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Theoretical and empirical works from contemporary family sociology. Content varies with instructor. Sample topics: definitions of the family, family roles, family interactions, marriage and divorce, childbearing, parenthood, and cultural variations in families.

SOC 8551 - Life Course Inequality & Health

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Seminar examines the changing life course in its social and historical context, including theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications. Focus on key societal institutions that offer unequal opportunities and constraints, depending on social class, race/ethnicity, and gender. Unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources shape the course of development, and in doing so, they have profound impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the health care & criminal justice systems influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. prereq: grad student or instr consent

SOC 8731 - Sociology of Knowledge

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Knowledge and related terms (ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, truth). Variation of knowledge across social groups/categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality); institutions (e.g., politics, law, science); and societies across time and space. Power, rituals, institution, networks, and knowledge. Genealogy of theories.

SOC 8735 - Sociology of Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.

MGMT 8302 - Seminar in Organizational Theory

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.02]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Major theories and current research on organizational and interorganizational topics from a macro perspective. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent

PUBH 8805 - Sociological Theory in Health Services Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Overview of sociological theories in medical sociology, occupations/professions. Emphasizes teaching students how to apply theories to health/social phenomena of their own interest/choice.

SOC 8211 - The Sociology of Race & Racialization

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Major theoretical debates. Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to studying U.S. race relations; contemporary and historical experiences of specific racial and ethnic groups.

SOC 8701 - Sociological Theory

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Traditions of social theory basic to sociological knowledge, their reflection and expansion in contemporary theory, their applications in selected areas of empirical research. Sample topics: social inequality, social organization and politics, family organization and social reproduction, social order and change, sociology of knowledge and religion.

SOC 8731 - Sociology of Knowledge

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Knowledge and related terms (ideology, stereotype, prejudice, belief, truth). Variation of knowledge across social groups/categories (e.g., gender, race, class, generation, nationality); institutions (e.g., politics, law, science); and societies across time and space. Power, rituals, institution, networks, and knowledge. Genealogy of theories.

IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Traditional/current research. Major models/methodologies. Issues of preference, judgment, and choice under conditions of certainty/uncertainty. Seminar format. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent; offered alt yrs

SOC 8101 - Sociology of Law

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Sociological analysis of law and society. In-depth review of research on why people obey the law, of social forces involved in creation of law (both civil and criminal), procedures of enforcement, and impact of law on social change.

SOC 8290 - Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.

SOC 8311 - Political Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Social dimensions of political behavior and social origins of different forms of the state. How various theoretical traditions--Marxist, Weberian, and feminist--address key issues in political sociology, including citizenship, revolution, state formation, origins of democracy, welfare state, and fascism.

SOC 8390 - Topics in Political Sociology

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics with common focus on social underpinnings of political behavior/change. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Sample topics: democracy and development, international legal and political systems, power and protest in advanced capitalist states, xenophobia and international migration, and civil society and democracy.

SOC 8412 - Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Introduction to theoretical/methodological foundations of social network analysis. Concepts/principles, measurements, computer techniques. Applications to friendships, communities, workteams, intra-/inter-organizational relations, international systems. Focuses on network visualizations.

SOC 8501 - Sociology of the Family

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Theoretical and empirical works from contemporary family sociology. Content varies with instructor. Sample topics: definitions of the family, family roles, family interactions, marriage and divorce, childbearing, parenthood, and cultural variations in families.

SOC 8551 - Life Course Inequality & Health

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Seminar examines the changing life course in its social and historical context, including theoretical principles, methodologies, and policy implications. Focus on key societal institutions that offer unequal opportunities and constraints, depending on social class, race/ethnicity, and gender. Unequal access to age-graded social roles and resources shape the course of development, and in doing so, they have profound impacts on health. We will consider how inequality in the family, education, work, the military, and in the health care & criminal justice systems influence health behaviors and outcomes at different ages and life stages. prereq: grad student or instr consent

SOC 8735 - Sociology of Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Definition/importance of culture as dimension of social life. Structural/Durkheimian approaches, cultural Marxism, practice theory. Cultural creation/reception. Identities as cultural formations. Culture/social inequality. Culture and race. Cultural construction of social problems. Culture and globalization.

EPSY 5247 - Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to qualitative methods of inquiry. Contrasting different research traditions (e.g., case study, phenomenology, ethnography, social interactionism, critical theory). Practice with field notes, observations, and interviewing. Use of NVIVO to track/code data. prereq: Graduate student or Applied Psychology in Educational and Community Settings Minor

POL 8126 - Qualitative Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

Qualitative methods in social science. Hands-on training through fieldwork projects. Interviewing, participant observation, narrative interpretation, ethical problems. Issues of gender/race in fieldwork. prereq: Grad student

PSY 8881 - Seminar: Quantitative and Psychometric Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 15.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Reviews individual research on current topics in psychological measurement.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 8804 - Advanced Quantitative Methods Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Understand/competently use advanced quantitative methods in applied social science, policy, demographic research. Methods considered largely within or related to framework of regression analysis. Effort will be made to reflect interests of class. prereq: This is an advanced, doctoral-level course. Students are expected to have completed a full year of doctoral-level introductory statistical and/or econometric classes in their respective field prior to enrolling in this course (e.g., PubH 7401-2, ApEc8211-2, SOC 8801-8811). Exceptions may be granted with instr consent.

PUBH 8813 - Measurement of Health-Related Social Factors

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

How social factors such as innovativeness, compliance, religiosity, and stress are measured and tested for reliability and validity. Relationships between theory, concepts, variables, data. prereq: Intro stat course, understanding of simple correlations or instr consent

PUBH 6717 - Decision Analysis for Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to methods/range of applications of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care technology assessment, medical decision making, and health resource allocation.

PUBH 6809 - Advanced Methods in Health Decision Science

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Methods applicable to issues of medical decision making. Analyses of environmental/safety decisions. How to apply methods at cutting-edge of clinical decision science. prereq: [6717 or intro course in decision analysis], some facility with mathematical notation/reasoning

PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended

IDSC 8511 - Conceptual Topics and Research Methods in Information and Decision Sciences

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Relationships to underlying disciplines; major research streams; seminal articles, survey literature, and major researchers. Provides framework for organizing knowledge about information and decision sciences. prereq: instr consent

IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Traditional/current research. Major models/methodologies. Issues of preference, judgment, and choice under conditions of certainty/uncertainty. Seminar format. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent; offered alt yrs

IE 5080 - Topics in Industrial Engineering

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics vary each semester.

IE 5111 - Systems Engineering I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Overview of systems-level thinking/techniques in context of an integrated, design-oriented framework. Elements of systems engineering process, including lifecycle, concurrent, and global engineering. Framework for engineering large-scale, complex systems. How specific techniques fit into framework. prereq: CSE upper div or grad student

IE 5113 - Systems Engineering II

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Systems engineering thinking/techniques presented in 5111. Hands-on techniques applied to specific problems. Topics pertinent to effectiveness of design process. Practices and organizational/reward structure to support collaborative, globally distributed design team.

IE 5441 - Financial Decision Making

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Cash flow streams, interest rates, fixed income securities. Evaluating investment alternatives, capital budgeting, dynamic cash flow process. Mean-variance portfolio selection, Capital Asset Pricing Model, utility maximization, risk aversion. Derivative securities, asset dynamics, basic option pricing theory. prereq: CSE upper div or grad student

IE 5511 - Human Factors and Work Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	HumF 5211/IE 5511/ME 5211
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Human factors engineering (ergonomics), methods engineering, and work measurement. Human-machine interface: displays, controls, instrument layout, and supervisory control. Anthropometry, work physiology and biomechanics. Work environmental factors: noise, illumination, toxicology. Methods engineering, including operations analysis, motion study, and time standards. prereq: Upper div CSE or grad student

IE 5522 - Quality Engineering and Reliability

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	IE 3522/IE 5522
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Quality engineering/management, economics of quality, statistical process control design of experiments, reliability, maintainability, availability. prereq: [4521 or equiv], [upper div or grad student or CNR]

IE 5524 - Process Transformation through Lean Tools

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Lean is a systematic methodology that improves processes by identifying and removing sources of waste in an organization. Lean tools, such as value stream mapping, Kaizen, kanban systems, visual systems, and 5S, improve processes by identifying and removing sources of waste. In this course, you will learn and utilize key Industrial Engineering methodologies to identify opportunities, prioritize these opportunities, develop solutions and create cost models of the solutions effectiveness. Applications of lean process improvement in areas such as manufacturing, healthcare, service operations, and business processes will be considered.

IE 5531 - Engineering Optimization I

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Linear programming, simplex method, duality theory, sensitivity analysis, interior point methods, integer programming, branch/bound/dynamic programming. Emphasizes applications in production/logistics, including resource allocation, transportation, facility location, networks/flows, scheduling, production planning. prereq: Upper div or grad student or CNR

IE 5532 - Stochastic Models

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to stochastic modeling and stochastic processes. Probability review, random variables, discrete- and continuous-time Markov chains, queueing systems, simulation. Applications to industrial and systems engineering including production and inventory control. prereq: Undergraduate probability and statistics. Familiarity with computer programming in a high level language.

IE 5541 - Project Management

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	IE 4541/IE 5541
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to engineering project management. Analytical methods of selecting, organizing, budgeting, scheduling, and controlling projects, including risk management, team leadership, and program management. prereq: Upper div or grad student

IE 5545 - Decision Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Single-person and group decision problems. Structuring of decision problems arising in personal, business, and public policy contexts. Decision-making under uncertainty, value of information, games of complete information and Nash equilibrium, Bayesian games, group decision-making and distributed consensus, basics of mechanism design. prereq: 3521 or equiv

IE 5551 - Production and Inventory Systems

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Inventory control, supply chain management, demand forecasting, capacity planning, aggregate production and material requirement planning, operations scheduling, and shop floor control. Quantitative models used to support decisions. Implications of emerging information technologies and of electronic commerce for supply chain management and factory operation. prereq: CNR or upper div or grad student

IE 5553 - Simulation

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	IE 3553/IE 5553
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Discrete event simulation. Using integrated simulation/animation environment to create, analyze, and evaluate realistic models for various industry settings, including manufacturing/service operations and systems engineering. Experimental design for simulation. Selecting input distributions, evaluating simulation output. prereq: Upper div or grad student; familiarity with probability/statistics recommended

IE 5561 - Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Hands-on experience with modern methods for analytics and data-driven decision making. Methodologies such as linear and integer optimization and supervised and unsupervised learning will be brought together to address problems in a variety of areas such as healthcare, agriculture, sports, energy, and finance. Students will learn how to manipulate data, build and solve models, and interpret and visualize results using a high-level, dynamic programming language. Prerequisites: IE 3521 or equivalent; IE 3011 or IE 5531 or equivalent; proficiency with a programming language such as R, Python, or C.

IE 5773 - Practice-focused Seminar

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Industry and academic speakers, topics relevant to analytics practice.

PUBH 6803 - Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Project-based class to develop systematic review skills for evidence-based practice. Draws from AHRQ and Cochrane systematic review methodology; supported by examples from the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center. Use for master?s thesis, dissertation, or to support research proposals. Prereq: research study design or epidemiology.

PUBH 6804 - Mental Health Policy

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Social-psychological processes that shape experience of mental health/illness. Consequences of disorders for individuals, families, and communities. Epidemiology research, theories of mental health/illness. Effect of policies related to organizing/financing services.

PUBH 6805 - Introduction to Project Management for Health Professionals

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Core concepts/skills for managing projects effectively, making sure they are completed on time, within budget, meeting performance objectives. prereq: Matriculation in master's program in School of Public Health, or instr consent

PUBH 6806 - Principles of Public Health Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Evaluation of public health research literature and planning for independent research projects. Formulation of research question, research design, sampling techniques, use of research concepts, and data analysis. Data collection techniques, including questionnaires, interviews, and data analysis. prereq: Pub hlth or grad or professional school student or instr consent

PUBH 6810 - Survey Research Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Theory/application of survey research in data collection. Sampling, item development, instrument design/administration to conduct survey or be aware of issues related to design/implementation. Identification of sources of error in survey research.

PUBH 6813 - Managing Electronic Health Information

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Managing health information is a central function of health care organizations. Information is used for managing population health, profiling providers, and measuring quality. This course describes relational data theory, normalization, and Structured Query Language (SQL) will be used to create and query databases. Students will be introduced to the basic programming skills necessary to manage data in research projects. Programming aspects of the course will use SQL procedure in the SAS language. prereq: Admission to a University of Minnesota Masters program or Permission of instructor.

PUBH 6815 - Community-based Participatory Research

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

This introductory course is intended for junior faculty, post-docs, graduate students and community practitioners interested in adding CBPR to their repertoire of effective approaches to understanding and addressing social and health disparities. Topics will explore the purpose and applications of CBPR; partnership formation and maintenance; issues of power, trust, race, class, and social justice; conflict resolution; ethical issues; CBPR's relationship to cultural knowledge systems, and funding CBPR projects. This is NOT a methodology course. CBPR is an approach to conducting research that is amenable to a variety of research designs and methodologies and will NOT cover topics such as survey design, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, focus groups, community needs assessment procedures, etc.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 6852 - Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 6034/PubH 6852
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Understanding an evaluation study. Program evaluation. Applications to health and mental health settings. emphasizes public health.

PUBH 6863 - Understanding Health Care Quality

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to assessing/assuring quality of care. Emphasizes both process and outcomes approaches, paralleling interest in appropriateness/effectiveness of care. Issues around creating needed behavioral changes.

PUBH 6864 - Conducting Health Outcomes Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Major concepts/principles in conducting health outcomes research that evaluates medical care. Developing study designs matched to research questions. Frequently used study designs. Evaluating health outcomes. Analytical approaches. prereq: Introductory course in epidemiology or health services research methods or instr consent

PUBH 7401 - Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Part of two-course sequence intended for PhD students in School of Public Health who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics/statistical inference with applications to research in public health. prereq: Background in calculus; intended for PhD students in public hlth and other hlth sci who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics and statistical inference with applications to research in public hlth

PUBH 7402 - Biostatistics Modeling and Methods

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Second of two-course sequence. Rigorous approach to probability/statistics, statistical inference. Applications to research in public health. prereq: 7401; intended for PhD students in health sciences

PUBH 7405 - Biostatistical Inference I

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

T-tests, confidence intervals, power, type I/II errors. Exploratory data analysis. Simple linear regression, regression in matrix notation, multiple regression, diagnostics. Ordinary least squares, violations, generalized least squares, nonlinear least squares regression. Introduction to General linear Model. SAS and S-Plus used. prereq: [[Stat 5101 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5101], biostatistics major] or instr consent

PUBH 7406 - Biostatistical Inference II

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course introduces students to a variety of concepts, tools, and techniques that are relevant to the rigorous design and analysis of complex biomedical studies. Topics include ANOVA, sample-size calculations, multiple testing, missing data, prediction, diagnostic testing, smoothing, variable selection, the bootstrap, and nonparametric tests. R software will be used. Biostatistics students are strongly encouraged to typeset their work using LaTeX or in R markdown. prereq: [7405, [STAT 5102 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in STAT 5102], biostatistics major] or instr consent

PUBH 7415 - Introduction to Clinical Trials

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PubH 3415/PubH 7415
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Hypotheses/endpoints, choice of intervention/control, ethical considerations, blinding/randomization, data collection/monitoring, sample size, analysis, writing. Protocol development, group discussions. prereq: 6414 or 6450 or one semester graduate-level introductory biostatistics or statistics or instr consent

PUBH 7420 - Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to and methodology of randomized clinical trials. Design issues, sample size, operational details, interim monitoring, data analysis issues, overviews. prereq: 6451 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 6451 or 7406 or instr consent

PUBH 7430 - Statistical Methods for Correlated Data

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Correlated data arise in many situations, particularly when observations are made over time and space or on individuals who share certain underlying characteristics. This course covers techniques for exploring and describing correlated data, along with statistical methods for estimating population parameters (mostly means) from these data. The focus will be primarily on generalized linear models (both with and without random effects) for normally and non-normally distributed data. Wherever possible, techniques will be illustrated using real-world examples. Computing will be done using R and SAS. prereq: Regression at the level of PubH 6451 or PubH 7405 or Stat 5302. Familiarity with basic matrix notation and operations (multiplication, inverse, transpose). Working knowledge of SAS or R (PubH 6420).

PUBH 7440 - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to Bayesian methods. Comparison with traditional frequentist methods. Emphasizes data analysis via modern computing methods: Gibbs sampler, WinBUGS software package. prereq: [[7401 or STAT 5101 or equiv], [public health MPH or biostatistics or statistics] grad student] or instr consent

PUBH 7445 - Statistics for Human Genetics and Molecular Biology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to statistical problems arising in molecular biology. Problems in physical mapping (radiation hybrid mapping, DDP), genetic mapping (pedigree analysis, lod scores, TDT), biopolymer sequence analysis (alignment, motif recognition), and micro array analysis. prereq: [6450, [6451 or equiv]] or instr consent; background in molecular biology recommended

PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Statistical methodologies in analysis of survival data. Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cox's proportional hazards multiple regression model, time-dependent covariates, analysis of residuals, multiple failure outcomes. Typical biomedical applications, including clinical trials and person-years data. prereq: 7405, [STAT 5101 or STAT 8101]

PUBH 7461 - Exploring and Visualizing Data in R

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course is intended for students, both within and outside the School of Public Health, who want to learn how to manipulate data, perform simple statistical analyses, and prepare basic visualizations using the statistical software R. While the tools and techniques taught will be generic, many of the examples will be drawn from biomedicine and public health.

PUBH 7462 - Advanced Programming and Data Analysis in R

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course is intended for students who are relatively proficient with R, and are looking to improve their coding and data analysis skills. The emphasis will be on learning tools and techniques which are useful to students who will be doing non-trivial programming and/or data analysis in either a research or production environment.

PUBH 7465 - Biostatistics Consulting

Credits:	2.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course examines the professional roles, responsibilities and analytic skills of the practicing biostatistician as consultant and collaborator in health science research. The spectrum of roles will be explored through lecture, readings, discussion, written assignments, and participation in statistical consulting sessions with investigators at the University of Minnesota and in the community. prereq: PubH 7405-7406 (or Stat 8051-8052) and Stat 5101-5102 (or Stat 8101-8102); Biostatistics graduate student.

PUBH 7470 - Study Designs in Biomedical Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Diagnostic medicine, including methods for ROC curve. Bioassays. Early-phase clinical trials, methods including dose escalation, toxicity, and monitoring. Quality of life. prereq: [[6450, 6451] or equiv], [grad student in biostatistics or statistics or clinical research], familiarity with SAS

PUBH 7475 - Statistical Learning and Data Mining

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Various statistical techniques for extracting useful information (i.e., learning) from data. Linear discriminant analysis, tree-structured classifiers, feed-forward neural networks, support vector machines, other nonparametric methods, classifier ensembles, unsupervised learning. prereq: [[[6450, 6452] or equiv], programming backgroud in [FORTRAN or C/C++ or JAVA or Splus/R]] or instr consent; 2nd yr MS recommended

PUBH 7485 - Methods for Causal Inference

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Although most of statistical inference focuses on associational relationships among variables, in many biomedical and health sciences contexts the focus is on establishing the causal effect of an intervention or treatment. Drawing causal conclusions can be challenging, particularly in the context of observational data, as treatment assignment may be confounded. The first part of this course focuses on methods to establish the causal effect of a point exposure, i.e., situations in which treatment is given at a single point in time. Methods to estimate causal treatment effects will include outcome regression, propensity score methods (i.e., inverse weighting, matching), and doubly robust approaches. The second half of the course focuses on estimating the effect of a series of treatment decisions during the course of a chronic disease such as cancer, substance abuse, mental health disorders, etc. Methods to estimate these time-varying treatments include marginal structural models estimated by inverse probability weighting, structural nested models estimated by G-estimation, and the (parametric) G-computation algorithm. We will then turn our attention to estimating the optimal treatment sequence for a given subject, i.e., how to determine �the right treatment, for the right patient, at the right time,� using dynamic marginal structural models and methods derived from reinforcement learning (e.g., Q-learning, A-learning) and classification problems (outcome weighted learning, C-learning). PubH 8485 is appropriate for Ph.D students in Biostatistics and Statistics. The homework and projects will focus more on the theoretical aspects of the methods to prepare students for methodological research in this area. PubH 7485 is appropriate for Masters students in Biostatistics and PhD students in other fields who wish to learn causal methods to apply them to topics in the health sciences. This course uses the statistical software of R, a freely available statistical software package, to implement many of the methods we discuss. However, most of the methods discussed in this course can be implemented in any statistical software (e.g., SAS, Stata, SPSS, etc.) and students will be free to use any software for homework assignments. prereq: Background in regression (e.g. linear, logistic, models) at the level of PubH 7405-7406, PubH 6450-6451, PubH 7402, or equiv. Background in statistical theory (Stat 5101-5102 or PubH 7401) is helpful.

PUBH 6810 - Survey Research Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Theory/application of survey research in data collection. Sampling, item development, instrument design/administration to conduct survey or be aware of issues related to design/implementation. Identification of sources of error in survey research.

PUBH 6864 - Conducting Health Outcomes Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Major concepts/principles in conducting health outcomes research that evaluates medical care. Developing study designs matched to research questions. Frequently used study designs. Evaluating health outcomes. Analytical approaches. prereq: Introductory course in epidemiology or health services research methods or instr consent

PUBH 7430 - Statistical Methods for Correlated Data

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Correlated data arise in many situations, particularly when observations are made over time and space or on individuals who share certain underlying characteristics. This course covers techniques for exploring and describing correlated data, along with statistical methods for estimating population parameters (mostly means) from these data. The focus will be primarily on generalized linear models (both with and without random effects) for normally and non-normally distributed data. Wherever possible, techniques will be illustrated using real-world examples. Computing will be done using R and SAS. prereq: Regression at the level of PubH 6451 or PubH 7405 or Stat 5302. Familiarity with basic matrix notation and operations (multiplication, inverse, transpose). Working knowledge of SAS or R (PubH 6420).

PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Statistical methodologies in analysis of survival data. Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cox's proportional hazards multiple regression model, time-dependent covariates, analysis of residuals, multiple failure outcomes. Typical biomedical applications, including clinical trials and person-years data. prereq: 7405, [STAT 5101 or STAT 8101]

PUBH 8342 - Advanced Epidemiologic Methods: Applications

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Applied methodology course designed for students in the Epi PhD program. Examples and readings are aimed at clinical/biological and social/behavioral track students.

PUBH 8343 - Synthesis and Application of Methods in Epidemiologic Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Focuses on the extension, synthesis, and integration of research methods taught in the advanced epidemiology methods sequence (PubH 8341 and PubH 8342) and the application of these methods. Discussion of novel methods such as causal inferences related to the g-formula and penalized regression. Fosters a deeper understanding of current epidemiologic methods and how they are actually implemented in research.

PUBH 6717 - Decision Analysis for Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to methods/range of applications of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care technology assessment, medical decision making, and health resource allocation.

PUBH 6803 - Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Project-based class to develop systematic review skills for evidence-based practice. Draws from AHRQ and Cochrane systematic review methodology; supported by examples from the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center. Use for master?s thesis, dissertation, or to support research proposals. Prereq: research study design or epidemiology.

PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended

PUBH 6863 - Understanding Health Care Quality

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to assessing/assuring quality of care. Emphasizes both process and outcomes approaches, paralleling interest in appropriateness/effectiveness of care. Issues around creating needed behavioral changes.

PUBH 8813 - Measurement of Health-Related Social Factors

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

How social factors such as innovativeness, compliance, religiosity, and stress are measured and tested for reliability and validity. Relationships between theory, concepts, variables, data. prereq: Intro stat course, understanding of simple correlations or instr consent

PUBH 6576 - Understanding Clinical Quality Using Administrative Data

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

This is an introductory course designed for students interested in learning how to effectively use administrative data (e.g., billing or claims data, clinical registries, enrollment records) to inform program development, program or policy evaluation and mandatory reporting. During the course, students will learn about quality frameworks; payment systems and how they translate into available administrative data; common coding and billing systems; structure of administrative data; common data available from each source; approaches for linking data across sources; reporting considerations; strategies for risk adjustment and applications to current local and national quality improvement programs. The course will provide practical, hands-on training for individuals to lead teams who analyze and report outcomes using administrative data-- - without the need to analyze the data themselves.

PUBH 8802 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Applications

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Emphasizes relationships between health services research/policy. Uses case studies to examine how research influences policy/vice versa.

PUBH 6717 - Decision Analysis for Health Care

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to methods/range of applications of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care technology assessment, medical decision making, and health resource allocation.

PUBH 6810 - Survey Research Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Theory/application of survey research in data collection. Sampling, item development, instrument design/administration to conduct survey or be aware of issues related to design/implementation. Identification of sources of error in survey research.

PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How to pose researchable policy questions, locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. prereq: [Grad level research methods course, basic statistics course] or instr consent

PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended

PUBH 8804 - Advanced Quantitative Methods Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Understand/competently use advanced quantitative methods in applied social science, policy, demographic research. Methods considered largely within or related to framework of regression analysis. Effort will be made to reflect interests of class. prereq: This is an advanced, doctoral-level course. Students are expected to have completed a full year of doctoral-level introductory statistical and/or econometric classes in their respective field prior to enrolling in this course (e.g., PubH 7401-2, ApEc8211-2, SOC 8801-8811). Exceptions may be granted with instr consent.

PUBH 8813 - Measurement of Health-Related Social Factors

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

How social factors such as innovativeness, compliance, religiosity, and stress are measured and tested for reliability and validity. Relationships between theory, concepts, variables, data. prereq: Intro stat course, understanding of simple correlations or instr consent

PUBH 8821 - Health Economics II

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Examines application of microeconomic theory to health services research through selected reading from published and unpublished health economics literature. prereq: 8820 or instr consent

APEC 8001 - Applied Microeconomic Analysis of Consumer Choice and Consumer Demand

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ApEc 8001/Econ 8001/Econ 8101
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of cost-benefit analysis in terms of the theory of how prices, income, preferences, and other factors affect consumer choices and the demand for goods and services. The optimization theories and economic models are developed with and without uncertainty. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8001-2-3-4) prereq: [[5151 or ECON 3101 or ECON 5151 or intermediate microeconomic theory], [[MATH 2243, MATH 2263] or equiv]] or instr consent

APEC 8002 - Applied Microeconomic Analysis of Production and Choice Under Uncertainty

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ApEc 8002/Econ 8002/Econ 8102
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of cost-benefit analysis in terms of the theory of how prices, technology, and other important factors affect producer decisions, the supply of goods and services, and the demand for productive resources. The optimization theories and economic models are developed with and without uncertainty. The course also explores the theory of price determination in competitive, monopoly, and monopsony markets. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8001-2-3-4) prereq: [[8001 or ECON 8001 or ECON 8101], [[MATH 2243, MATH 2263] or equiv]] or instr consent

APEC 8003 - Applied Microeconomic Analysis of Game Theory and Information

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ApEc 8003/Econ 8003/Econ 8103
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The course provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of cost-benefit analysis in terms of the theory of how strategic interactions between consumers and producers (game theory) and information affect prices, resource allocation, and welfare. The optimization theories and economic models are developed in the contexts of both market and nonmarket goods and services. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8001-2-3-4). prereq: [[8002 or ECON 8002 or ECON 8102], [[MATH 2243, MATH 2263] or equiv]] or instr consent

APEC 8004 - Applied Microeconomic Analysis of Social Choice and Welfare

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ApEc 8400/Econ 8400/Econ 8104
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The course provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of cost-benefit analysis in terms of the theory of how prices of goods and services are determined in competitive markets, and the implications of these prices on social welfare. It shows what happens to the prices of goods and services and social welfare when competitive markets fail. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8001-2-3-4). prereq: [[8003 or ECON 8003 or ECON 8103], [[MATH 2243, MATH 2263] or equiv]] or instr consent

ECON 8101 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 5151 or equiv, Math 2243 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5615 or concurrent registration in Math 8601, grad econ major or instr consent

ECON 8102 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 8101, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5615 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 8601, grad econ major or instr consent

ECON 8103 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 8102, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5616 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 8602 or comparable abstract math course, grad econ major or instr consent

ECON 8104 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 8103, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5616 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 8602 or comparable abstract math course, grad econ major or instr consent

APEC 8211 - Econometric Analysis I

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are independent and the sample size is large. it shows how linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: ApEc 5031 or equiv OR Ph.D. student OR instr consent

APEC 8212 - Econometric Analysis II

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are dependent because individual units are sampled over regular time intervals (panel data) as well as for other reasons. It shows how these linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: 8211 or equiv or instr consent

PUBH 7401 - Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Part of two-course sequence intended for PhD students in School of Public Health who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics/statistical inference with applications to research in public health. prereq: Background in calculus; intended for PhD students in public hlth and other hlth sci who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics and statistical inference with applications to research in public hlth

PUBH 7402 - Biostatistics Modeling and Methods

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Second of two-course sequence. Rigorous approach to probability/statistics, statistical inference. Applications to research in public health. prereq: 7401; intended for PhD students in health sciences

APEC 8202 - Mathematical Optimization in Applied Economics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Economic foundations and applications of mathematical and dynamic programming and optimal control. Mathematical optimization concepts; structures and economic interpretations of various models of the firm, consumer, household, sector, and economy. Model building and solution techniques. prereq: [5151, Econ 5151] or equiv or instr consent

APEC 8206 - Dynamic Optimization: Applications in Economics and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Formulation and solution of dynamic optimization problems using optimal control theory and dynamic programming. Analytical and numerical solution methods to solve deterministic and stochastic problems for various economic applications. prereq: 5151 or equiv or instr consent

PUBH 8804 - Advanced Quantitative Methods Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Understand/competently use advanced quantitative methods in applied social science, policy, demographic research. Methods considered largely within or related to framework of regression analysis. Effort will be made to reflect interests of class. prereq: This is an advanced, doctoral-level course. Students are expected to have completed a full year of doctoral-level introductory statistical and/or econometric classes in their respective field prior to enrolling in this course (e.g., PubH 7401-2, ApEc8211-2, SOC 8801-8811). Exceptions may be granted with instr consent.

APEC 8211 - Econometric Analysis I

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are independent and the sample size is large. it shows how linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: ApEc 5031 or equiv OR Ph.D. student OR instr consent

APEC 8212 - Econometric Analysis II

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The course introduces the foundations for statistical economic (econometric) models, linear econometric models, and inference with linear econometric models when observations are dependent because individual units are sampled over regular time intervals (panel data) as well as for other reasons. It shows how these linear models can be used to evaluate and quantify theoretical relationships and forecast counterfactual economic outcomes. Part of four-course, year-long sequence (APEC 8211-2-3-4). prereq: 8211 or equiv or instr consent

ECON 8205 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: Math 4242 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Econ 8101, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Econ 8105, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5101 or instr consent

ECON 8206 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8205, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8102, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8106, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5101 or instr consent

ECON 8207 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8206, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8103, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8107, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5102 or instr consent

ECON 8208 - Applied Econometrics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Application in research, including classical and Bayesian approaches; formulation, comparison, and use of models and hypotheses; inference and prediction in structural models; simulation methods. Seven-week course. prereq: 8207, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8104, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8108, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Stat 5102 or instr consent

PUBH 7401 - Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Part of two-course sequence intended for PhD students in School of Public Health who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics/statistical inference with applications to research in public health. prereq: Background in calculus; intended for PhD students in public hlth and other hlth sci who need rigorous approach to probability/statistics and statistical inference with applications to research in public hlth

PUBH 7402 - Biostatistics Modeling and Methods

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Second of two-course sequence. Rigorous approach to probability/statistics, statistical inference. Applications to research in public health. prereq: 7401; intended for PhD students in health sciences

APEC 8341 - Applied Public Finance

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Current economic research on government tax and expenditure policy. Apply tools of applied economics to public finance issues. Tax policy, taxation and household decisions (including labor supply and saving), taxation and the firm (including the cost of capital), and fundamental tax reform. Alternative demand models for public goods, public choice theory, and fiscal federalism. prereq: 8001-8004 or ECON 8001-8004 or ECON 8101-8104

APEC 8501 - Labor Economics I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Theoretical and empirical studies of compensating differentials, discrimination, personnel economics, and gross flows. prereq: 8003 or equiv or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 8003, 8211, 5032 or equiv

APEC 8502 - Labor Economics II

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Topics in applied microeconomics related to labor supply and human capital. Household decisions and resulting outcomes in labor market. Household labor supply. Estimation of labor supply and earnings functions. Theory of human capital, wage structure and determination, and impacts of tax and transfer policies.

APEC 8602 - Economics of the Environment

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Economic analysis of environmental management, emphasizing environmental policy. Application of microeconomic theory to problems of market failure, market-based pollution control policies, contingent valuation, hedonic models, option value, and other topics. prereq: 8004 or ECON 8004 or ECON 8104 or equiv or instr consent

APEC 8701 - Trade and Development I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

This course will analyze international trade and economic policies that affect trade. The course will consider the determinants of trade, the welfare effects of trade, and the implications of trade liberalization or protectionism. The course will use contemporary economic theory and econometric methods of analysis; and will provide an economic foundation for analyzing issues on the frontier of the academic literature and policy debate.

APEC 8703 - Trade and Development III

Credits:	2.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Topics in the microeconomic analysis of development covered include: education (both the determinants of educational outcomes and the impact of those outcomes on several economic outcomes), poverty, inequality, demography (population, fertility and gender issues), and the impact of international aid.

APEC 8803 - Marketing Economics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	[Econ 8001, Econ 8002] or [Econ 8101, Econ 8102] or #
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Review of market structure, conduct, and performance. Market interdependency over space/time. Product forms. Issues pertaining to market failures/interventions. prereq: [Econ 8001, Econ 8002] or [Econ 8101, Econ 8102] or instr consent

ECON 8103 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 8102, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5616 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 8602 or comparable abstract math course, grad econ major or instr consent

ECON 8104 - Microeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Decision problems faced by the household and firm; theories of choice under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Partial equilibrium analysis of competition and monopoly. General equilibrium analysis. Welfare economics: economic efficiency of alternative market structures, social welfare functions. Dynamics: stability of markets, capital theory. Seven-week course. prereq: 8103, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 5616 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in Math 8602 or comparable abstract math course, grad econ major or instr consent

ECON 8107 - Macroeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Dynamic general equilibrium models: solving for paths of interest rates, consumption, investment, prices. Models with uncertainty, search, matching, indivisibilities, private information. Implications for measurement and data reporting. Overlapping generations and dynasty models. Variational and recursive methods. This seven-week course meets with 4167. prereq: 8106

ECON 8108 - Macroeconomic Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Dynamic general equilibrium models: solving for paths of interest rates, consumption, investment, prices. Models with uncertainty, search, matching, indivisibilities, private information. Implications for measurement and data reporting. Overlapping generations and dynasty models. Variational and recursive methods. This seven-week course meets with 4168. prereq: 8107

ECON 8117 - Noncooperative Game Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Solution concepts for noncooperative games in normal form, including Nash and perfect equilibrium and stable sets of equilibria. Extensive form games of perfect and incomplete information, sequential equilibrium, and consequences of stability for extensive form. Applications including bargaining and auctions. Seven-week course. prereq: Math 5616 or equiv or instr consent

ECON 8118 - Noncooperative Game Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Solution concepts for noncooperative games in normal form, including Nash and perfect equilibrium and stable sets of equilibria. Extensive form games of perfect and incomplete information, sequential equilibrium, and consequences of stability for extensive form. Applications including bargaining and auctions. Seven-week course. prereq: 8117

ECON 8182 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8104 or instr consent

ECON 8186 - Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8108 or instr consent

ECON 8192 - Workshop in Mathematical Economics

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Students work on research and present papers under faculty supervision. prereq: 8104 or instr consent

ECON 8312 - Economic Growth and Development

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Methods of analyzing dynamical systems; applying methods to new models of growth and development; deriving and evaluating models' quantitative implications in light of growth and development in a number of countries. Seven-week course. prereq: 8311 or instr consent

ECON 8391 - Workshop in Economic Growth and Development

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Workshop in Economic Growth and Development prereq: instr consent

ECON 8392 - Workshop in Economic Growth and Development

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

tbd prereq: instr consent

ECON 8401 - International Trade and Payments Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Impact of trade on factor rentals. Stolper-Samuelson, Rybczynski, and factor price equalization theorems. Heckscher-Ohlin theorem. Derivation of offer curves and general international equilibrium. Transfer problem. Seven-week course. prereq: 8103, 8105 or instr consent

ECON 8402 - International Trade and Payments Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Tariffs, quotas, and other barriers to trade; gains from trade; trading blocs; increasing returns; growth. This is a seven-week course. prereq: 8401 or instr consent

ECON 8403 - International Trade and Payments Theory

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

International business cycles; exchange rates; capital movements; international liquidity. This is a 7-week course. prereq: 8402 or instr consent

ECON 8491 - Workshop in Trade and Development

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Workshop in Trade and Development prereq: instr consent

ECON 8492 - Workshop in Trade and Development

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

tbd prereq: instr consent

ECON 8501 - Wages and Employment

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Economic analysis of labor markets and their operation under conditions of both individual and collective bargaining. Implications of labor market operations for resource allocation, wage and price stability, income and employment growth. Wage structures and wage levels. Wage and employment theories and practices. Economic impacts of unions. Seven-week course. prereq: 8102, 8106 or instr consent

ECON 8502 - Wages and Employment

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Economic analysis of labor markets and their operation under conditions of both individual and collective bargaining. Implications of labor market operations for resource allocation, wage and price stability, income and employment growth. Wage structures and wage levels. Wage and employment theories and practices. Economic impacts of unions. Seven-week course. prereq: 8501 or instr consent

ECON 8503 - Wages and Employment

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Economic analysis of labor markets and their operation under conditions of individual/collective bargaining. Implications of labor market operations for resource allocation, wage/price stability, income/employment growth. Wage structures and wage levels. Wage/employment theories/practices. Economic impacts of unions. Seven-week course. prereq: 8502 or instr consent

ECON 8581 - Advanced Topics in Labor Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8502 or instr consent

ECON 8582 - Advanced Topics in Labor Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Faculty and student presentations based on recent literature. Seven-week course. prereq: 8502 or instr consent

ECON 8601 - Industrial Organization and Government Regulation

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Behavior of businesses and industries: productivity, firm size distributions, exit-entry dynamics, etc. Theories of the firm, industry structure and performance, invention and innovation, and technology adoption. Positive and normative theories of regulation. Seven-week course. prereq: 8102 or instr consent

ECON 8602 - Industrial Organization and Government Regulation

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Behavior of businesses and industries: productivity, firm size distributions, exit-entry dynamics, etc. Theories of the firm, industry structure and performance, invention and innovation, and technology adoption. Positive and normative theories of regulation. Seven-week course. prereq: 8601 or instr consent

ECON 8603 - Industrial Organization and Government Regulation

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Behavior of businesses and industries: productivity, firm size distributions, exit-entry dynamics, etc. Theories of the firm, industry structure and performance, invention and innovation, and technology adoption. Positive and normative theories of regulation. Seven-week course. prereq: 8602 or instr consent

ECON 8691 - Workshop in Applied Microeconomics

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Workshop in Applied Microeconomics prereq: instr consent

ECON 8692 - Workshop in Applied Microeconomics

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

tbd prereq: instr consent

ECON 8702 - Monetary Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Economic role of principal financial institutions. Determinants of value of money. Principal problems of monetary policy. Seven-week course. prereq: 8701 or instr consent

ECON 8703 - Monetary Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Economic role of principal financial institutions. Determinants of value of money. Principal problems of monetary policy. Seven-week course. prereq: 8702 or instr consent

ECON 8704 - Financial Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Role of financial institutions in efficient allocation of risk; multiperiod and continuous-time securities markets; theory of firm under uncertainty; financial intermediation; derivation of empirical asset-pricing relationships; tests concerning alternative market structures. Seven-week course. prereq: 8103, 8106 or instr consent

ECON 8705 - Financial Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Role of financial institutions in efficient allocation of risk; multiperiod and continuous-time securities markets; theory of firm under uncertainty; financial intermediation; derivation of empirical asset-pricing relationships; tests concerning alternative market structures. Seven-week course. prereq: 8704 or instr consent

ECON 8791 - Workshop in Macroeconomics

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Workshop in Macroeconomics prereq: instr consent

ECON 8792 - Workshop in Macroeconomics

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Workshop in Macroeconomics prereq: instr consent

ECON 8801 - Public Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Theories of public choice and role of government in economy. Economic effects of taxes, public debt, and public expenditure. Current problems in economics of public sector, including political economy. Seven-week course. prereq: 8103, 8106 or instr consent

ECON 8802 - Public Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Theories of public choice and role of government in economy. Economic effects of taxes, public debt, and public expenditure. Current problems in economics of public sector, including political economy. Seven-week course. prereq: 8801 or instr consent

ECON 8803 - Public Economics

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Theories of public choice and role of government in economy. Economic effects of taxes, public debt, and public expenditure. Current problems in economics of public sector, including political economy. Seven-week course. prereq: 8802 or instr consent

PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended

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