This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and policymaking, with a focus on the U.S. context. The course will focus most heavily in the area of climate and energy policy, though other topics may also be explored.
This 4-credit course will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of evaluation research design and methods as applied to public policies and programs.
This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and migration.
Gas plants explode, planes crash, and nuclear power plants suffer meltdowns. Human beings make mistakes and complex technologies fail in unexpected ways.
Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation?
The combination of slow economic growth and rising inequality has meant that the material living standards of the median American household have improved only slowly since the early 1970s.
Despite the fact that the rate of incarceration for women, especially for women of color, has grown at more than double the rate of incarceration for men in the past three decades, there remains a gap in attention paid to issues of gender bias in
This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives).
Policy leadership impacts the lives of all people, everywhere. Creating inclusive and equitable policy is at the core mandate of 21st century policy leaders.
PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission only.
Each year, millions of people are victims of identity theft. Such theft can take many forms, including tax fraud or mail identity fraud, with devastating consequences.
This course will provide students with fundamental principles of and practical experience in presenting data in a visual form for communication and analysis.
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.
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 will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and Mexico.
