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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Credits: 1-6 Individualized section form required. Original research endeavor related to student's program concentration. Research must result in document meeting public policy and university standards. Prerequisites Degree candidacy in public policy master's program; completion of required credits of graduate course work; and approval of thesis proposal by faculty advisor, two committee members, and program director. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0 Grading S/NC
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 2-4 Comparative overview of institutions and culture, focusing on ways United States is exceptional when compared with other mature industrial societies. Presents culture and social structure as explanatory variables in accounting for these differences. Provides overview of analytical methods used in comparative public policy research, and background on political environment in which international trade and investment decisions are made. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 2-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-1
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 2-4 Demonstrates how macroeconomic, technological, demographic, and social forces affect supply and demand for governmental services. Counterpart analysis of the impact of shifts in patterns of international trade, demographic composition of population, and trends in social structure. Builds awareness of need to factor alternative assumptions about macro environment into policy planning; shows how macro events can affect social welfare and policy performance indicators; and suggests how national income accounting analysis and simple macroeconomic models can help pinpoint impending trouble spots for public policy. Prerequisites PUPB 720 and PUBP 730, or their equivalents. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 2-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-1
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 1-4 Defines policy research problems, questions, and hypotheses. Explores modes of policy research, analysis, and rhetoric, including interdisciplinary research strategies. Uses information sources to emphasize written communication of policy research results. Also discusses professional practice issues. Prerequisites Enrollment in doctoral program in public policy. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Explores multivariate techniques of contingency table analysis, reliability and validity assessment, factor analysis and scaling, multivariate regression and path analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, and other selected multivariate techniques. Emphasizes applying these techniques to real policy data using sophisticated statistical packages. Prerequisites PUBP 704 or equivalent. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Theories of public policy making, emphasizing discipline's historical, intellectual, and international development. Focuses on policy systems' political and social dimensions, including agenda-setting, policy design, rationality, incrementalism, systems theory, scientific methods, and public choice theory. Applies theories to comparative systems of governance.Prerequisites PUBP 730 or equivalent. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Primary emphasis is to understand techniques of operations research and management science, cost benefits, and cost effectiveness for public policy decision making. Some familiarity with elementary calculus and linear algebra helps with understanding mathematical basis of algorithms used to solve models, and reliability and validity of these techniques. Case studies and computer solutions help students understand when and how to use OR models. Prerequisites PUBP 712 or equivalent. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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2.00 - 5.00 Credits
Credits: 2-5 Introduces and critiques theory and methods used in regional and transportation policy analysis. Explores central place, growth pole, and economic base theories as well as other theoretical constructs used in regional policy analysis. Introduces and examines methodological tools such as regional econometric modeling, multiobjective programming, shift-share analysis, economic base analysis, location quotient analysis, and input-output analysis. Examines selected regional and transportation public issues using theoretical and methodological constructs introduced in first part of course. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 2-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-1
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 2-4 Students develop research papers that investigate aspect of regional and transportation policy, with goal of producing publishable papers. Students develop focus of paper based on work done in first semester, and are expected to prepare two-page proposal followed by detailed proposal and finally, completed paper. Each is critiqued in the seminar, which is organized to conform to process of review and critique. Instructor works with students individually as well as in seminar sessions. Prerequisites PUBP 810. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 2-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-1
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 2-4 Research workshop examining development of policy research and relevant methodologies linked directly to faculty and student interests. Students identify cutting-edge policy concerns and execute research program. The 4-credit version of course requires discussion section and research laboratory. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 2-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-1
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