Course Directory

PUBPOL 323 5 credits

Principles of Finance

Provides foundation in financial principles, tools, and strategies needed by managers to make informed financial decisions.

Reasoning (RSN) Offered Spring
PUBPOL 330 5 credits

Writing in Public Policy

Written communication for public service, policy, and governance.

Offered Autumn
PUBPOL 390 5 credits

Environmental Policy

Examines the process of environmental decision making with exposure to various policy instruments.

Social Sciences (SSc) Offered Spring
PUBPOL 391 5 credits

Education and Workforce Policy

Introduces the historical context, policy environment, and contemporary issues pertaining to education policy in the United States. Examines the tension between theory and practice between education…

Offered Winter
PUBPOL 392 5 credits

Health Equity & Policy

Examines how principles of health equity can guide the creation, execution, and evaluation of public policy.

Social Sciences (SSc) Offered Autumn
PUBPOL 402 5 credits

Ethics, Leadership, and Policy Implementation

Examines complex ethical challenges and pressures facing public administrators in policy implementation and public service.

Leadership & Management Offered Winter
PUBPOL 403 5 credits

Leadership in Action

Provides both a survey of leadership techniques and an experimental space for practicing them. Demystifies leadership, explores the many ways a student has already been a…

Leadership & Management Offered Autumn · Spring
PUBPOL 407 5 credits

Negotiation

Builds conceptual skills to analyze negotiation situations. Explores psychological processes underlying the judgment of negotiators. Provides opportunities to engage in negotiation exercises and generalize interpersonal framework…

Social Sciences (SSc) Offered Autumn
PUBPOL 480 5 credits

GIS and Public Policy

Provides hands-on approach to ArcMAP software. Emphasizes the use of maps to describe spatial relationships and visualize geography-related statistical results. Examines combination of geographic and statistical…

Offered Autumn

These are the Evans School’s intended offerings for the academic year. Quarters, instructors and availability can change, and courses are occasionally cancelled. For what is actually offered and open for registration, see MyPlan or the UW course catalog.