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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes the technological and regulatory policy evolution of the electricity industry. Considers how technology innovations and policy/regulatory actions have guided the planning of the industry from its early days.
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3.00 Credits
Reviews major theories developed over the last half century to explain nature-society relations. Policy case studies on environmental justice, trade and environment, global climate change, and sustainable development used to evaluate current range of political-economic explanations of nature-society relations. International, national and local responses to these problems are analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
U.S. and international environmental politics, policies, laws, and agreements regarding air, water, and natural resource protection. Examines environmental governance regimes, politics and science, theories of environmental policy, public and private interaction, and epistemic communities in global warming, ozone layer protection, environmental public health, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Policy analysis and political economy at international energy and environmental issues and problems. Encompasses international and multi-national government and private sector organizations, as well as non-governmental, non-profit organizations.
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3.00 Credits
Over the last two centuries, forces of industrialization and urbanization have transformed economic, social and political life and the natural environment. Examines theories that explain and assess these transformations, with the goal of fostering critical analysis of social and environmental transformation in international, national and local contexts.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an overview of the history and evolution of public policy theoretical approaches including why and how policy is developed, applied, and evaluated. The course focuses on the key debates and questions in the field of public policy. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the theoretical approaches including their assumptions, strengths, and limitations. The course also includes an introduction to the application of public policy theories and research methods used in empirical research. Students are expected to engage in analytical and critical assessment of this foundational content.
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to expose students to diverse perspectives on social policy and social policy scholarship from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. In the course, we focus on understanding what current policies are in place, what issues they are attempting to address, and the impacts these policies have on individuals, groups, and society at large. To do so, we examine the various theoretical and methodological approaches that shape the types of questions, analyses, and evidence that are used in policy public debates and scholarly research.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes sustainable energy strategies in terms of their technology, economics, impacts on the environment and governance attributes. Also analyzes policy options to facilitate a sustainable energy future. RESTRICTIONS: Graduate students with a background in policy, economics and/or technology. Senior-level undergraduate students only with permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar provides an historical perspective on the foundations of the field of public administration. It provides an overview of theories, concepts, and research, both classical and critical. Course design draws from interdisciplinary literature in the areas of public administration, comparative public administration, organizational behavior and leadership, and management science and practice. The primary focus of this course will be on administrative theory. More specifically, it will focus on the following five domains: 1) the philosophical roots of the field and epistemology; 2) public administration and democracy: democratic theory, leadership, power, and conflict; 3) modern history and structure of public administration; 4) theories of public organizations and environments; and, 5) professionalization of and education for the public service.
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1.00 Credits
Involves the submission of a work plan supervisory assessment and reflective paper following the completion of a three-month (or equivalent) fieldwork experience that has been approved by the SPPA Internship Coordinator. An MPA requirement.
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