We are accustomed to thinking of public policy as a remedy for social ills. We notice a problem---undereducated youth, roads in disrepair, or bureaucratic hurdles to small business---and we design and implement policy to remedy the problem.
This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets, including fossil fuel extraction and electricity.
The decisionmaking process for national security is a complex subject that involves the intersection of several factors to include the role of the President, the National Security Council, U.S.
Researchers, policymakers, and publics look to science and technology to address some of society?s most pressing challenges, from climate change to national security to economic growth. But such efforts are also controversial.
Because law is one of the means through which policies are enacted, understanding the different structures of legal systems is a necessary for understanding policy promulgation in different country-contexts.
This is a course for students interested in social justice and equality, social justice movements, anti-democratic movements and the intersections of public leadership, public policy, and the rule of law in the context of the temporal evolution of
Communicating through visual presentation of data is a critical skill in a variety of industries. This course will introduce students to data visualization, from principles to practice.
This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives).
This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally.
This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally.
Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation?
This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives).
Communicating through visual presentation of data is a critical skill in a variety of industries. This course will introduce students to data visualization, from principles to practice.
Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a Fall speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action.
The course will examine the past, present, and future of diplomatic interactions between the United States and the other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, starting with the 1951 signing of the Treaty of San Francisco that ended the state of war
PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission only.
