Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: PUBLIC POLICY PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: A theoretical discussion and practical examples of how to go about identifying and prioritizing public policy issues and communicating with various stakeholders to achieve a company's goals with respect to public policy issues of interest. Topics to be covered include: political and economic risk assessments; public policy issue management process; government relations skills; media relations; and best practices in external affairs.

Long Title: POLICY ANALYSIS

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for evaluating and analyzing public policies. Cross-list: POLI 338, SOSC 301. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: POLICY STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1 TO 6

Description: Advanced research in public policy. Students will complete a policy study or policy analysis in a substantive policy area. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ENERGY POLICY

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Energy has long been a major factor in the formulation of national security, foreign policy and domestic economic strategies as well as a driving force in the exercise of national power and general international discourse. Oil is frequently linked to war, civil and ethnic conflict, terrorism, poverty, corruption and social injustice. As national energy security concerns and pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensify, large energy consuming countries like the United States are struggling to improve their national energy policy in the broader context of international relations and domestic economic policy. This course will look in depth at how energy security challenges have evolved over the years an consider the elements to creating a successful national energy strategic that is comprehensive and takes into account the role of alternative energy, diplomatic initiatives, transparency policy, and social change.

Long Title: INTERGRATED APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 2

Description: This is a multidisciplinary course in which students explore the connection between energy, health and poverty and the implications for sustainable development, the role for science, technology and policy, and the 'energy ladder.' Students will learn about the barriers to sustainable development and be part of finding cost-effective, culturally appropriate solutions. Students in the course are eligible to apply for a summer internship in Africa, during which they will identify challenges to sustainable development, and design and implement solutions. Enrollment requires instructor permission with a special registration form found on the Registrar's website under "Online Forms." Undergraduates from all majors may apply. Cross-list: GLHT 411. Recommended Prerequisite(s): POST 401 Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for POST 411 if student has credit for GLHT 411. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: HEALTH CARE: COMPETITION & MANAGED CARE

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to managed care and its distinguished characteristics. Includes managed care and market competition and impact on science in general and medical science in particular, as well as evaluation of how competition and regulation influence the development, assessment, and diffusion of new health technologies within the managed care framework.

Long Title: THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of how health-care policy decisions are made and implemented, using an interdisciplinary approach involving government, law, ethics, economics, and history. Includes case discussions of major policy problems by faculty experts in these disciplines and guest speakers who are leading national figures in the shaping of public policy.

Long Title: COMTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST: POLITICS, POLICY AND CULTURE

Department: Policy Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Provides an introduction to the underlying political, socio-economic and cultural trends in contemporary Broader Middle East (From the Maghreb to South Asia.) the course focuses on the struggle of ideas between the forces of extremism and moderation in the Arab and Muslim world, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the geopolitics of energy. It also examines the region from the perspective of U.S. national security interests, foreign policy and public diplomacy.