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Political
Economy I & II (PPOL-G 601 & 602)
This two semester multi-disciplinary course explores the basic philosophical,
psychological, political, and economic underpinnings of public policy development.
It is taught primarily from a historical and theoretical perspective. Topics
include the theory of scientific inquiry; views of human nature; the history
of ideologies and institutions; theories of freedom and justice; the conservative,
liberal, and radical paradigms in social science; applied ethics; and a
synthesis of paradigms regarding the race, ethnicity, gender, and class.
Foundations of Public Policy Analysis I & II (PPOL-G 611 &
612)
This two-semester course makes use of both a theoretical
and a case study approach to examine various approaches to public policy
analysis, evaluation, and implementation. The course introduces the student
to the general methods used in formulating and analyzing policy. Topics
in this course cover the history of policy analysis, theories of the policy
process, the role of social construction, institutions, interests and values
in policy, organizational theory and leadership, the determination of policy
goals and objectives, and various analytical and empirical frameworks for
analyzing policy and its implementation.
Economics for Policy Analysis I &
II (PPOL-G 621 & 622)
This two-semester course sequence explores the basic economics
of policy analysis from both a microeconomic and macroeconomic perspective.
The course is taught from both a theoretical and case study perspective.
Topics include the foundations of household and firm behavior, production
decisions; the theory of consumer choice; market structures; discrimination;
the simple analytics of welfare maximization; public sector economics
including expenditure analysis, taxation, and regulation; theories of
externalities and public goods; tax incidence; the principles of cost
benefit analysis, theories of income determination, income distribution,
unemployment; the workings of financial markets and interest rate structures;
the impact of macroeconomic policy on state and local government; and
the constraints placed on domestic policy as a result of globalization.
Policy Planning and Program Development I & II (PPOL-G
780 & 781)
This course is taught as a team practicum. Students provides professional
consulting services to public or non-profit clients . The course focuses
on the acquisition and application of techniques for policy planning,
evaluation, and program development Students gain applied skills
in problem definition; goal setting; developing, evaluating and selecting
programmatic options; predicting social, economic, and fiscal impacts;
designing and testing pilot programs; implementation planning; and developing
models and methods for public participation and constituency development.
Ethical issues arising from policy planning, implementation, and evaluation
are also considered.
Political Institutions (PPOL-G 740)
This course introduces students to the American political system at the
national, state, regional, and local levels. Course readings bring together
research and analysis concerning specific topics and theoretical reflection
concerning conceptual and analytic approaches. Objectives of the course
are to show how a variety of theoretical, methodological, substantive,
and political presuppositions condition research and analysis; and to
encourage students to acquire both substantive knowledge of the American
political system and a critical attitude toward ways in which social scientists
produce this knowledge.
Do
you want to change the face of public policy?
Contact
us at public.policy@umb.edu
for more information.
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