PPL—Public Policy
PUBLIC POLICY PPL
Department of Political Science
College of Social Science
801 Quantitative Methods in Public Polic y
Fall. 3(3-0) RB: Mathematics through pre-
calculus; statistics. R: Open to students in
the Master of Public Policy or approval of
department.
Logic and practice of public policy analysis. Basic
research, measurement, design, and data collection
issues. Specific skills and techniques for analyzing
univariate data. Techniques for examining relation-
ships among variables.
802 Quantitative Methods in Public Polic y II
Spring. 3(3-0) P: PPL 801 R: Open to stu-
dents in the Master of Public Policy or ap-
proval of department.
Intermediate understanding of the logic and practice
of public policy analysis. Basic research, measure-
ment, design, and data collection issues. Specific
skills and techniques for analyzing multivariate data.
803 Quantitative Methods in Public Polic y III
Fall. 3(3-0) P: PPL 802 R: Open to students
in the Master of Public Policy or approval of
department.
Advanced understanding of the logic and practice of
public policy analysis. Continuation of PPL 802.
805 Microeconomic Theory
Fall. 3(3-0) P: (PPL 801 or concurrently) R:
Open to students in the Master of Public
Policy or approval of department.
Decision-making by consumers, firms, and govern-
ments, and the effect of these decisions on the
allocation of market failure and possible government
responses.
806 Policy Evaluation
Fall. 3(3-0) P: PPL 805 R: Open to students
in the Master of Public Policy or approval of
department.
Theoretical foundations for evaluation research and
the practical aspects of conducting evaluations.
807 Public Policy
Fall. 3(3-0) P: (PPL 801 or concurrently) R:
Open to students in the Master of Public
Policy or approval of department.
Introduction to public policy and the policy-making
process.
808 Policy Development and Administration
Spring. 3(3-0) P: PPL 807 RB: PPL 801 and
PPL 802 and PPL 803 and PPL 805 R:
Open to students in the Master of Public
Policy or approval of department.
Substance and dynamics of public policy-making in
the United States. Conceptual foundations of and
the practical constraints on governmental activity.
Theories, models, and explanations of the policy
process.
809 Cost-Benefit Analysis in Public Policy
Spring. 3(3-0) P: PPL 803 and PPL 805 R:
Open to students in the Master of Public
Policy or approval of department.
The conceptual foundations of cost-benefit analysis
for setting policies to maximize economic efficiency.
813 Public Finance
Fall. 3(3-0) P: PPL 805 R: Open to students
in the Master of Public Policy or approval of
department.
Economics of the public sector: how governments
tax and spend revenues and the effects of these
decisions on the economy.
890 Policy Workshop
Spring. 3(3-0) P: PPL 806 or PPL 810 or
PPL 813 RB: 3 semesters in PPL program
R: Open to students in the Master of Public
Policy or approval of department.
Application of substantive and analytic skills to a
concrete issue. Students act as a consulting firm to
review some specific public policy and produce a
summary report capable of informing future policy
design.
891 Issues in Public Policy
Fall, Spring. 1 to 3 credits. A student may
earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enroll-
ments for this course. RB: 3 semesters in
PPL program R: Open to students in the
Master of Public Policy or approval of de-
partment.
Practices and methods in diverse policy settings
examined under the tutelage of policy professionals.
892 Urban Public Policy
Fall. 3(3-0) RB: Courses in public policy
and/or urban studies.
Politics and processes shaping urban public policy.
894 Field Experience Practicum
Fall, Spring, Summer. 3(3-0) RB: 2 seme-
sters in PPL program R: Open to students in
the Master of Public Policy or approval of
department.
Experience in administrative settings in the student's
field of application. Opportunities to evaluate theo-
ries of public policy and administration by engaging
in participant observation of the management of
public policy.
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