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  • WWS 300: Democracy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    This course is intended to introduce Woodrow Wilson School students to the basic concepts and practices of democracy. It will explore the following questions: How should we organize ourselves as a political community? Why should we live under democratic institutions? What should the limits of the rule of the majority be? What is the relationship between political liberties and economic development? The course will examine these questions both from a normative and an empirical point of view.
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  • WWS 301: Ethics and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    This course examines major moral controversies in public life and differing conceptions of justice and the common good. It seeks to help students develop the skills required for thinking and writing about the ethical considerations that ought to shape public institutions, guide public authorities, and inform popular expectations. The course will focus on issues that are particularly challenging for advanced, pluralist democracies like the USA, such as justice in war, ecological stability, surveillance and privacy, markets and distributive justice, and the place, if any, or religious arguments in politics.
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  • WWS 306: Public Leadership and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    This course will review key Presidential policy decisions on issues such as the Iraq wars, the Watergate tapes, the Voting Rights Act and the Cuban missile crisis, and will consider the ethical, legal, and operational frameworks for effective, responsible public leadership. Students will review relevant literature from history, psychology and politics, discuss the central policy issues in each case, and evaluate the decision-making process in view of these frameworks.
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  • WWS 307: Economics and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    The role of government in promoting efficiency and equity in the U.S. economy. Conditions when markets fail to be efficient. Problems with government allocation of resources. Economic analysis and public policies regarding health care, education, poverty, the environment, financial regulations and other important issues.
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  • WWS 309: Media and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    Introduction to communications policy and law, covering such topics as freedom of the press and the development of journalism; intellectual property; regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, and cable; and policy challenges raised by the Internet and the globalization of the media.
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  • WWS 312: The Psychology of Decision Making and Judgment

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    An introduction to the logic and research findings underlying decision-making and judgment under uncertainty. The focus is on the contrast between the rational theory of judgment and choice, and the psychological principles that guide decision behavior, often producing biases and errors. Among other topics, we will consider legal, medical, and financial decision-making, poverty, well-being, and negotiation, along with the implications of the findings for the rational agent model typically assumed in economics, throughout the social sciences, and in policy making.
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  • WWS 315: Bioethics and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    Focuses on the relationship between selected issues in bioethics and their implications for public policy. Issues include the ethical responsibilities of doctor and patient to each other; the ethics of research with human subjects; the ethics of death and dying; the ethics of reproduction; eugenics; access to health care; the role of bioethics committees; and animal experimentation. Considers the history of cultural attitudes towards these matters, the contemporary policies designed to deal with them, and the landmark court cases that have focused on bioethics.
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  • WWS 317: Race and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    Analyzes the historical construction of race as a concept in American society, how and why this concept was institutionalized publicly and privately in various arenas of U.S. public life at different historical junctures, and the progress that has been made in dismantling racialized institutions since the civil rights era.
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  • WWS 320: Human Genetics, Reproduction, and Public Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    Critical concepts in human genetics, evolution, reproductive behavior, embryology, and philosophy of science will be presented as a framework for understanding controversial human-affecting biotechnologies including embryonic stem cells, cloning, genetic selection, egg or womb vending, genetic engineering, and neuro-enhancement. Public perceptions and misperceptions of biotechnology will be explored through science fiction, movies, and popular music. Consideration will be given to competing political, religious, and ethical claims of authority in accepting, regulating, or rejecting each technology in the U.S. and other societies.
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  • WWS 324: Education Policy

    0.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Princeton University

    This course will consider some of the major issues in education policy, with particular focus on attempts to secure equal educational opportunity. It will include discussions of desegregation and resource equity, education for immigrants and the handicapped, school choice and school reform.
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