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Redesigning Public Services
Focuses on practices that support redesign of public services. Explores how public, nonprofit, and philanthropic structures create operational realities that must be navigated to lead change across institutional boundaries.
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Advocacy for Social Change
Examines different components of advocacy, including: role of and opportunities for advocacy in the policy process; relationship between advocacy, social movements, and public policy; organizations leading advocacy in the U.S. and their regulatory environment; and tactics and strategies used for…
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Values and International Development
Examines and clarifies international development values, including underlying theories of justice on which they seem to be built, the ways in which they are justified to stakeholders, the general public, and impacts they have upon people, especially the poorest and…
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Economics of International Development
Economics of International Development critically examines the validity and reliability of most common economic development indicators of poverty, growth and inequality, and provides an overview of, and basic literacy around, international macroeconomic topics including debt, aid, trade and financial markets.
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Advanced Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
Teaches students more advanced quantitative methods applied to program evaluation and policy analysis. Students develop ability to do independent research by developing skills in assessing data qualities, research design, and appropriate application of a variety of quantitative methods.
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Applied Statistics for Public Policy and Management
Two-quarter sequence explores how to formulate research questions, gain experience with conducting research, and learn how to assess which statistical tools or research methods are appropriate to answer different types of policy or management questions. Covers probability, descriptive statistics, hypothesis…
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Advanced Budgeting in the Public Section
Covers more advanced topics in governmental budgeting. Provides an overview of the functions, expenditures, and revenues of federal, state, and local governments.
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Public Policy and Law
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Economics for Policy Analysis and Management I
Examines the use of microeconomics in policy analysis. Includes a review of supply, demand, and how government actions (e.g., taxes, subsidies) affects economic efficiency in a competitive market. Develops a deeper understanding of consumer choice as a function of preferences…
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Managing Organizational Performance
Addresses questions of organizational design, personnel, and operations management to equip students with skills to perform effectively in mission-driven organizations. Core topics include organizational design, inter-organizational networks, human resources and staff management, improving service delivery and production flows, measuring and…