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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a basic understanding of research methodology. Using this knowledge they develop their own research proposals to 1) evaluate social programs that have been implemented or 2) investigate a social problem that deserves the attention of policy makers. Accordingly, the course content includes the basic forms of research and the logical progression of research from the problem formulation and design stage to data collection techniques and plans for date analysis. Strategies for possible funding are also included.
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3.00 Credits
The aim of the course is to provide computer analysis skills. The course will focus on data management and data analysis using the IBM/PC and SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Release 13.0 for Windows software. Structured learning experiences, guided by the professor and teaching assistant, are emphasized. At the end of the course students are able to: 1) Prepare data for processing, 2) Formulate hypotheses concerning patterns of interrelationships of variables, 3) Demonstrate the knowledge of personal computing procedures and SPSS, 4) Discern the relationships of variables in the analysis stage, 5) Interpret the output from SPSS, and 6) Analyze and write a data based paper or report.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines relationships between social systems and their environments across the landscape. Students will be introduced to socio-spatial theories and techniques that to map and analyze social, political and environmental patterns with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). These techniques along with social theories of spatital processes will be applied to current policy studies such as community quality of life, segregation, housing policy, suburban sprawl, and sustainable development.
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3.00 Credits
What is good public policy? This simple, often asked question already implies the central role ethics play in policy making. This course examines that role in light of the distinctive value structure that arises from the beliefs and institutions of American liberal democracy.
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to enhance the students' ability to see through to the crux of contemporary policy issues efficiently, quickly, and logically. The course explores techniques of policy analysis in depth, as well as the practical constraints imposed by the policymaking environment in several policy areas, in order to hone those critical analytic skills.
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3.00 Credits
This course seeks to examine terrorist operations and identify the main causes of terrorism as a military, social, economic and constructivist phenomena. It will survey the function and utility of terrorism as a patch for groups or states which emply it and review responses which are available to the Open Society and the international system.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines population processes and shows how population change is tied to social conditions, political policies, and economic dynamics. The course has three major content areas. Part I, The Demographic Perspective, introduces the field of demography, basic demographic concepts, and major theories of population change. Part II, Population Processes, introduces the three vital demographic processes- mortality, fertility, and migration. Part III, Population Structure, examines the social organization of populations such as cohort structure, life course transitions.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the U.S. corrections systems including probation, community corrections, jail and prison. How and by whom these agencies and facilities are administered and organized is examined and the social policy implications are discussed. The system is studied from the perspective of parole and correctional officers as well as offenders.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of the American city and the impact of the absence of public policy on the creation of the urban form. It studies the attempts by the presidential administrations to develop a national urban policy. Finally, it analyzes the impact of governmental actions such as the Highway Act, FHA lending practices and investment taxation policies on recent developments in cities such as Pittsburgh, Chicago, Houston, and Miami.
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3.00 Credits
The United States and many other societies are rapidly aging populations. This course examines age-related mental health issues and policy dyamics in aging societies. Some study focus is directed toward Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, their nature as well as social and public policies developed relevant to such mental illness. Social and public policies enhancing mental health later in life are also explored.
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