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Introduction to methodologies for analyzing, implementing, and evaluating public policy. Topics include research methods, participant observation survey research and questionnaire construction, research design, measurement theory and practice, and framing categories.

Introduction to microeconomics theory and policy analysis. Examines economic rationales for and against government policy and the economic consequences of public policy.

Overview of organization theory including theories of administration, motivation, budgeting, decision making, inter- organizational relationships, and ethics. Uses case studies to provide a broad range of policy areas and organizations.

Examination of the influence of political factors, including institutions and interests, on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of public policy. Examines the role of information and expertise in politics.

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The goals of this course are to teach you basic GIS concepts such as spatial data sources and structures, projections and coordinate systems, geospatial analysis, cartographic modeling, and the integration of remote sensing and GIS. By the end of the course, students will be proficient in ESRI ArcGIS software.

This class examines popular television and film?s depictions of the law and the legal profession. We take a rigorously critical approach to film and television as examples of cultural production. Therefore, we study these media for what they say about social identity, representation and deployment of law and power in U.S. society.

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Examines ways in which law, especially constitutional law pronounced by the courts, influences the adoption, legal and political strategies, and public perception of major public policy issues. Several short topics, such as same-sex marriage, teaching of evolution in public schools, and Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Major topics include reproductive freedom, right to refuse medical treatment, and end-of-life healthcare decisions. Interactive lecture; occasional small-group discussion; two objective hourly exams; writing policy memo may substitute for one exam.