Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs



PAIA Course DescriptionsPAIA Course Descriptions*Please note that all of the information provided in this booklet is subject to change and dependent on the professor that is teaching the course. This booklet is designed to provide an idea of what these courses will look like.*Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u PAI 500.1: African International Relations PAGEREF _Toc505766217 \h 3PAI 600: International Macroeconomics and Finance PAGEREF _Toc505766218 \h 5PAI 600: Media and Atrocity PAGEREF _Toc505766219 \h 6PAI 600/IRP 400: Nature, Wealth, and Power PAGEREF _Toc505766220 \h 7PAI 600/ECN 510: Stabilization and Growth in Emerging Markets PAGEREF _Toc505766221 \h 8PAI 601: Fundamentals of Conflict Studies PAGEREF _Toc505766222 \h 9PAI 700: Food Security PAGEREF _Toc505766223 \h 10PAI 700: Nonprofit Board Management and Governance PAGEREF _Toc505766224 \h 11PAI 700.1: Public Management of Technology Development PAGEREF _Toc505766225 \h 12PAI 705: Research Design for IR Practitioners PAGEREF _Toc505766226 \h 13PAI 707: Culture and World Affairs PAGEREF _Toc505766227 \h 14PAI 710: International Actors and Issues: Globalization, Conflict and Cooperation PAGEREF _Toc505766228 \h 15PAI 712: Public Organizations and Management PAGEREF _Toc505766229 \h 16PAI 718/PSC 706: U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766230 \h 17PAI 720: Principles of Economics PAGEREF _Toc505766231 \h 18PAI 721: Introduction to Statistics PAGEREF _Toc505766232 \h 19PAI 722: Quantitative Analysis— Program Evaluation PAGEREF _Toc505766233 \h 20PAI 723: Economics for Public Decisions PAGEREF _Toc505766234 \h 21PAI 727: Responding to Proliferation PAGEREF _Toc505766235 \h 22PAI 730: Federal Budget, Health Care, and Social Security Reform PAGEREF _Toc505766236 \h 23PAI 730: Health Economics and Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766237 \h 24PAI 730: Managing Policy Process PAGEREF _Toc505766238 \h 25PAI 730: Measurement and Intervention in African Health and Development PAGEREF _Toc505766239 \h 26PAI 730: Public Administration Good Governance and Development PAGEREF _Toc505766240 \h 27PAI 730: Technological Innovation in the Public Sector PAGEREF _Toc505766241 \h 28PAI 730.6/LAW 883: Central Challenges in National Security Law and Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766242 \h 29PAI 730.11: Smart Grid Security Privacy and Economics PAGEREF _Toc505766243 \h 30PPA 730.13: Business and Government in the Global Economy— The Asian Experience PAGEREF _Toc505766244 \h 31PAI 730.16: Tax Policy and Politics PAGEREF _Toc505766245 \h 32PAI 730.2: Data, Innovation, & Policymaking PAGEREF _Toc505766246 \h 33PAI 730.4: Demography, Aging, & Public Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766247 \h 34PAI 731: Financial Management in State and Local Governments PAGEREF _Toc505766248 \h 35PAI 732: Collaborative & Participatory Governance PAGEREF _Toc505766249 \h 36PAI 734: Public Budgeting PAGEREF _Toc505766250 \h 37PAI 735/ECN 635: State and Local Government Finance PAGEREF _Toc505766251 \h 38PAI 738: U.S. Intelligence Community: Governance & Practice, 1947-Present PAGEREF _Toc505766252 \h 39PAI 739: U.S. Defense Strategy, Military Posture, & Combat Operations PAGEREF _Toc505766253 \h 40PAI 742: Public Administration and Law PAGEREF _Toc505766254 \h 41PAI 744: Metropolitan Government & Politics PAGEREF _Toc505766255 \h 42PAI 746: Ethics & Morality in Public Affairs PAGEREF _Toc505766256 \h 43PAI 747: Human Resource Management in the Public Sector PAGEREF _Toc505766257 \h 44PAI 748: Nonprofit Management and Governance PAGEREF _Toc505766258 \h 45PAI 749: Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations PAGEREF _Toc505766259 \h 46PAI 750: Managing Individual, Group, & Systemic Conflict PAGEREF _Toc505766260 \h 47PAI 751: Regulatory Law & Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766261 \h 48PAI 756: International Development Policy & Administration PAGEREF _Toc505766262 \h 49PAI 757/ECN 661: Economic Development PAGEREF _Toc505766263 \h 50PAI 762: International Management & Leadership PAGEREF _Toc505766264 \h 51PAI 763: NGO Management in Developing & Transitioning Countries PAGEREF _Toc505766265 \h 52PAI 764: UN Organizations— Managing for Change PAGEREF _Toc505766266 \h 53PAI 765: Humanitarian Action PAGEREF _Toc505766267 \h 54PAI 767: Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations PAGEREF _Toc505766268 \h 55PAI 770: Climate Change Science Technology & Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766269 \h 56PAI 772: Science, Technology, and Public Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766270 \h 57PAI 775: Energy, Environment, and Resource Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766271 \h 58PAI 777/ECN 777: The Economics of Environmental Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766272 \h 59PAI 781: Social Welfare Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766273 \h 60PAI 782: Health Services Management PAGEREF _Toc505766274 \h 61PAI 786: Urban Policy PAGEREF _Toc505766275 \h 62PAI 790/ECN 610: Public Finance— An International Perspective PAGEREF _Toc505766276 \h 63PAI 801: Intellectual History of Public Administration PAGEREF _Toc505766277 \h 64PAI 803: Research Methods for Public Administration PAGEREF _Toc505766278 \h 65PAI 804: Quantitative Methods II PAGEREF _Toc505766279 \h 66PAI 805: Foundations of Policy Analysis and Management PAGEREF _Toc505766280 \h 67PAI 810: Applied Econometrics for Policy Analysis PAGEREF _Toc505766281 \h 68PAI 895: Managerial Leadership in the Public Sector PAGEREF _Toc505766282 \h 69PAI 897: Fundamentals of Policy Analysis PAGEREF _Toc505766283 \h 70PAI 996: Master’s Project Course PAGEREF _Toc505766284 \h 71PAI 500.1: African International RelationsProfessor Mouctar DialloCourse DescriptionThe course focuses on the relations between the societies and people of Africa and the wider international System (IS). Efforts will be made to seek an understanding of the forces shaping, not only past and contemporary African International Relations (AIR) but also the subsequent processes and mechanisms of state formation and state-society relations on the continent. During this course, using a gendered approach within a historical sociological perspective, attempts will be made to answer a number of questions: (1) Why is Africa viewed as a place of violence, as a place of despair and a space for external military Intervention? (2) What accounts for the militarization of the state, cultivation of violence as the main political interface and the high propensity towards genocides, wars and environmental destructions? (3) Is Racism central to International Relations theory? (4) Is there a need for the decolonization of International Relations (in general) and of/about Africa (in particular)? (5) Is Realism the best approach towards understanding AIR? (6) What forms of international cooperation are necessary for peace, reconstruction and restorative justice? (7) Is there a need for changes in the curriculum in the USA and in Europe in relation to the study of and narratives about Africa?To answer these questions, the course analyzes the processes by which International Relations affect the trajectories of state formation and the interfaces of state-society relations in Africa. While focusing on international regimes, the intended objective is to grasp the nature and effects of the recursive and cumulative impacts of the politics of retrogression, streaming from the international level, on the evolution of the African states and the healthy growth of its demography.Performance Evaluation CriteriaFinal Examination: 20% Mid Term Group Presentation: 20% Book Summaries: 15% Reflection Papers: 15% Quizzes: 10% Participation: 10% Attendance: 10%PAI 600: International Macroeconomics and FinanceProfessor Stuart BrownCourse DescriptionThe course will attempt to simulate – as much as is possible in a classroom setting --a recent graduate’s experience on a London or New York trading floor at a prototypical, global investment bank. Imagine yourself working as an economist or bond strategist trainee alongside bond, currency and options traders, structured product specialists and salespeople in the bank’s emerging market fixed income division. Within close approximation to you on the trading floor are G-10 government bond and currency traders, investment grade and high yield credit specialists, new issue underwriters and the derivatives desk offering interest rate swaps and credit default protection. Competing for your attention are Excel spreadsheets, multiple television screens, Reuters and Bloomberg terminals with the latest financial, economic and political news. Someone is shouting at you to get on the phone with a client, send a Bloomberg message with your instant reaction to an event, or to whip out a 2-pager on the market implications of a statistical release. Your job is to advise the trading desk and the bank’s institutional clients when to buy or sell specific sovereign (corporate) bonds or currencies. Your mind reflects an ongoing tug-of-war between the short-run world of rumors, market momentum, or financial “technicals,” on the one hand, and the medium-term world of macroeconomic and political fundamentals, on the other. You must always have a view on whether the market is under- or over-discounting a country’s probability of defaulting on specific financial obligations. As long as you express a consistent perspective clearly and confidently, you can be wrong – but if you want to keep your job, not too often! Performance Evaluation CriteriaGroup Presentation and Paper: 35%Midterm Examination: 35%Problem Sets: 15%Class Participation: 15% PAI 600: Media and AtrocityProfessor David Crane and Ken HarperCourse Description As the international community spins about in a series of kaleidoscopic con?icts, some of them causing atrocities beyond description, the importance of ensuring the truth remains a constant so that humanity can understand the rami?cations of such atrocities. This has never been more critical. Despite social media and the constant delivery by the world wide web of information, governments, terrorists, and rebel groups consistently attempt to hide or distort the truth. The course will attempt to blend law, policy, and communications issues together so that students can understand that each is critical in ensuring that the truth is laid out in a way which supports the message and that a justice mechanism is required for it to operate in a cynical and political world. This blending will focus around a real world scenario which each student will work on weekly, using practical exercises to enforce the concepts taught. Students will learn, discuss, and practice issues and concepts related to media and atrocity throughout the semester to ensure that they appreciate why seeking justice for victims of an atrocity is never done in a legal, policy, or media vacuum.Performance Evaluation CriteriaReports: 30%Participation: 50%Practical Exercises: 20%PAI 600/IRP 400: Nature, Wealth, and PowerProfessor Charles BenjaminCourse DescriptionNatural resources - forests, pastures, and waterways - are a foundation of rural livelihoods and local governance in much of the developing world. Natural resource management is therefore an important vehicle not only for reducing environmental degradation, but also for promoting rural economic development and good governance. Yet the potential of natural resources to contribute to improved human welfare is influenced by many factors, including the interests and incentives of local resource users, the capacity of communities to manage resources sustainably and equitably, power relations among and withing different social groups, interactions between local and higher levels of government, changing social and economic systems outside of the local arena, and the influence of external actors and organizations. This course examines the nexus of environment, economic development, and governance systems as it relates to sustainable climate-resilient development and environmental conservation efforts. It builds a grassroots perspective by situating community-based processes of natural resource management and economic development in progressively broader contexts – regional, national, and international. We will explore a variety of conceptual and practical tools for understanding the nature, wealth and power nexus and for balancing the needs and aspirations of local populations with the objectives of conservation and development programs. Examples will be drawn from different geographic areas and a range of resource types. In particular, it will leverage the work of the Near East Foundation (), an independent international development organization affiliated with Syracuse University.Performance Evaluation Criteria Participation: 30%Synthesis Papers: 30%Research Project: 40%PAI 600/ECN 510: Stabilization and Growth in Emerging MarketsProfessor Stuart BrownCourse DescriptionStabilization and Growth in Emerging Markets is a rigorous theoretical and applied course on the macroeconomics of emerging market countries. It is designed to complement other Maxwell courses which adopt a more microeconomic emphasis to the study of such countries. The course targets professional master’s degree students in international relations and public administration, and master’s degree candidates in economics. Individual applications for admission to the course from economic undergraduate majors and honors candidates will be reviewed, class space permitting. “Emerging Markets” is a popular, albeit often loosely employed term incorporating two distinct classes of countries - developing and transitional – featuring significant regional variation. While definitions of emerging markets vary, for our purposes the term applies to those developing and transitional countries which possess financial markets that are sufficiently evolved to attract significant participation from global institutional investors. Transitional and developing emerging economies share certain structural features and policy dilemmas but their institutional and historical differences are equally marked. While similarities exist with some developing country experience, wholesale systemic transformation has rendered macroeconomic adjustment in the former Soviet Union and Central/Eastern Europe unique, at least in certain key respects. Variations in macroeconomic conditions and performance between emerging markets and advanced industrialized countries, on the one hand, and the contrasting experience of developing and transitional countries, on the other thus comprise the dual themes of this course. The course focuses largely on an application of macroeconomic models to emerging market countries, although country case studies are also analyzed and numerous practical examples are introduced in class discussion. Students should leave the course with a rigorous analytical framework with which to evaluate key macroeconomic controversies and constraints facing emerging market policymakers today. Performance Evaluation Criteria Exams: 60%In-Class Group Presentation: 25%Participation: 15%PAI 601: Fundamentals of Conflict StudiesProfessor Anya StangerCourse DescriptionThe goal of this class is to provide you with a broad overview of the interdisciplinary field of conflict analysis and resolution and to help you to develop a framework for diagnosing and responding to conflicts within your own area of interest. The majority of the semester will be devoted to exploring the diverse range of theories of social conflicts found across the social science disciplines. We will also devote some attention to the applied side of conflict studies; that is, the techniques and tools used by practitioners in the field to manage conflicts across different settings and contexts. Of particular interest is uncovering how our theories about the nature of conflicts connect to the conflict management strategies that we adopt. Throughout the semester we will consider how conflict manifests across multiple levels of analysis (inter-group, organizational, and international) as well as across different domains (environmental conflicts, organizational conflicts, intra-state and international conflicts, etc.). At the end of this class, you will be able to 1) analyze social conflicts using multiple, theory-based lenses, 2) understand the array of possible conflict interventions and bases for selection, 3) design and evaluate an intervention, and 4) write a project proposal. This course fulfills the core course requirement for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Conflict Resolution and Collaboration.Performance Evaluation Criteria Conflict Analysis Paper: 50%Class Participation: 50%PAI 700: Food SecurityProfessor Masood HyderCourse Description Outline of the course:I. Session 1. What is food security?II. & III. Sessions 2 and 3: National, international and global efforts to improve food security. The next five sessions are case studies of ideas and strategies for reinforcing food security (promoting the right to food, women and food security, drought insurance, improving markets, improving nutrition, building resilience, and trying out new strategies (Lula DaSilva’s wonderful experiment in conditional cash transfers).IV. Session 4: India, promoting the right to foodV. Session 5. Women and Food SecurityVI. Session 6: Insurance against drought; Improving MarketsVII. Session 7: Improving Nutrition and Building Resilience VIII. Session 8: Trying new strategies: Conditional Cash Transfers (Lula DaSilva in Brazil) This segment will be followed by the review of some controversial strategies in three sessions: IX. Session 9: Genetically modified foodX. Session 10: Treating hunger as a threat to peace (include one UN)XI. Session 11: Juche as a viable strategy Then concluding sessions:XII. What offers the best solution to food insecurity?XIII. Review and Conclusion XIV. Note: the 14th session might have to be sacrificed for the visit to the UNPerformance Evaluation CriteriaAttendance and Active Participation: 20%Group Presentations: 30%Writing Assignment: 25%Reading Analysis: 25% PAI 700: Nonprofit Board Management and GovernanceProfessor Chris MeekCourse Descriptions:The non-profit sector plays a key role in society and in the economy. Many goods and services, such as education and health care, are delivered by non-profits. Non-profits also play a central role in delivering charitable services of the kind that are often under-provided by the market. Non-profits also are active in political and public-policy arenas. Finally, non-profits are important in providing the glue - the social capital - that holds societies together and makes them work.Starting, growing, and managing non-profits leads to challenges as complex as, and in some cases more complex than, the challenges facing the private sector. Non-profits need to identify their market, confront competitors, and manage their internal operations just as do firms. However, non-profits must address the needs of multiple constituencies, they must balance their values against the requirements of effective management, and they must attract and retain a skilled labor force without the financial resources that characterize much of the private sector.In this course, students will understand nonprofit boards and governance. Specifically, course topics will include roles and responsibilities of nonprofit board of directors; building boardsThe course has four components: readings, cases, guest speakers, and student projects.There will be case discussions in each class. Students should read and come prepared to discuss each case.Many of the classes will also have distinguished visitors from a wide range of non-profits. These visitors will speak and interact with the class regarding their experiences that are relevant to the topic of that day (we will provide a background packet on each of the visitors' institutions).Teams of students will work with Syracuse-area non-profits over the course of the semester and then prepare a paper and make an oral presentation to the class.Performance Evaluation CriteriaBoard Audit – Group Project: 55%Written Report: 30%Presentation: 20%Peer Assessment: 5%PAI 700.1: Public Management of Technology DevelopmentProfessor Sean O’KeefeCourse Description The objective of this course is to provide a survey of major public policy influences on the formulation and implementation of commercial technology and innovation strategies. The primary public influence of commercially developed technology and innovation is regulatory in nature, but also pertains to public financed contracts and grants managed by public agencies to support technology developments for application to public programs and services. Government policy and statutory requirements can create the need for technology solutions or impede the promotion of specific policies and government sponsored programs, as well as the elimination of others.Technology development offers public and private organizations new avenues to explore productivity enhancement and improved service delivery or increased profitability and market expansion which, in turn, leads to the imperative for innovation change. Successful technology strategies are closely linked to business strategies which match the organization’s existing capabilities or offer a road map to a new service or product developments. To the extent, there is an application or impact to public objectives, public policy and public management practices can either facilitate or deter market incentives to achieve the objectives. The public sector is frequently both the consumer and regulator of technology advances. For aspiring public managers, this course will examine the active and passive government influences, which can and have been exerted over technology and innovation management. For aspiring business managers and technical professionals in engineering or information systems, this course will provide a perspective of the applications of public policy and public management practices and will offer constructive avenues on how government actions on behalf of the public may be anticipated. Performance Evaluation CriteriaDaily Case Analyses: 50%Class Participation, Periodic Debates, and Presentations: 25% Final Case: 25% PAI 705: Research Design for IR PractitionersProfessor John McPeakCourse Description Research is critical in our quest to understand social phenomena. We conduct research to uncover overall patterns in human behavior and the incentives that guide this behavior. We have a variety of techniques and approaches Social Sciences that allow us to investigate questions of academic and policy interest. The course is an overview of the underlying issues that confront us when we set out to conduct social science research, a survey of the main research methodologies that are available to investigators, and an investigation of the role of social science research in International Relations.Performance Evaluation Criteria Memos: 45%In-Class Exams: 30%Final Project: 25%PAI 707: Culture and World AffairsProfessor Rebecca Warne PetersCourse Description Culture and World Affairs satisfies the signature course requirement for the MA-IR degree, offering an anthropological approach to the professional practice of international affairs. We use ethnographic analyses—specialized, in-depth case studies—to examine the following areas of practice in selected sociopolitical and historical contexts: the movement of people, goods, and ideas across national boundaries; global media and communication; political violence and military action; and international development and humanitarian intervention. Our selected ethnographies also address state agents and the organs of global governance and intervention, particularly national militaries and police, the World Bank, international non-governmental organizations and bilateral aid agencies. The course provides a foundation for professional analysis and action at the “micro-level” of international relations, preparing students to work competently with not only the “what” of the contemporary enterprise, but with the “who” and “how” of their profession.Performance Evaluation CriteriaPostings and In-Class Participation: 40%Practice Proposals: 30%Ethnographic Presentations: 30%PAI 710: International Actors and Issues: Globalization, Conflict and CooperationProfessor James B. SteinbergCourse Description This is a foundational course designed to help incoming MAIR students develop the skills, insights, and expertise needed for a career in policy. It does so via a series of policy case studies – key challenges facing contemporary policymakers – and group exercises built around these case studies. Every week will feature a different case and exercise. Through these exercises and subsequent discussions, students will study the key features of the case – the who, what, when, where, and why. They will examine and assess key constraints, dilemmas, trade-offs, and opportunities involved in each case. They will consider the role of historical, geographic, demographic, economic, political, and strategic factors in shaping the case. They will weigh the different policy choices available to relevant actors, speculate as to watch choices these actors might make, and recommend courses of action based on their own analysis and judgement. And they will reflect on what the case study can teach them about contemporary issues and the challenges of policymaking more broadly.Performance Evaluation CriteriaExercises: 50%Attendance and Participation: 25%Take Home Final: 25%PAI 712: Public Organizations and ManagementProfessor Matt YoungCourse Description This course focuses on developing managers and leaders of public organizations. Public managers must mobilize resources to achieve important public purposes. To be effective, they must anticipate and respond to change strategically as opposed to reactively. It is therefore important to understand the integrative, interdependent nature of organizations, their environments and stakeholders, and the manner and variation in which management tools can be used to direct and lead complex organizations and programs effectively.Managers make decisions in increasingly networked environments that are characterized by uncertainty, resource constraints, impediments to coordination, cooperation, and information exchange, and myriad other challenges. Nevertheless, effective managers cannot let these challenges become permanent barriers. Your job, and my goal for you in this course, is to think about these issues and find opportunities to lead, manage, adapt, learn, innovate, and enact strategic change in the organizations, divisions, bureaus, and programs you will manage. Therefore, your role as a manager is a central theme of this class. You will be exposed to the literature on public administration and public organizations, as well as strategies and tools for managing public and nonprofit organizations and their environments. Theory, research, case studies, role plays, and simulations are used to bridge, expand, and deepen your ability to manage and lead organizations by anticipating, evaluating, and managing both the opportunities and barriers that you and your organization are bound to face. The outcome of this course is not immediate, but long-term and self-sustaining. You will learn to think, anticipate, and act as transformational leaders and managers. I expect you to come fully prepared to participate in lectures, discussions, case analyses, and exercises.Performance Evaluation CriteriaWeekly Preparation and Participation: 15%Memos: 50%Elevator Pitch: 10%Case Team Workshop and Memo: 25%PAI 718/PSC 706: U.S. National Security and Foreign PolicyProfessor Renée de NeversCourse Description This course will explore U.S. national security and foreign policy. The goal is to familiarize students with factors affecting policy decisions in this area, and the dilemmas confronting policy makers. Foreign and security policy decisions are influenced by history, domestic and bureaucratic politics, and allied concerns, among other things. The course is divided into three parts: U.S. national security and foreign policy from 1945 to the present; the policy process; and current challenges in foreign and security policy. We will examine U.S. policy during the cold war to establish a framework for understanding the policy challenges the U.S. faces today. We will also explore issues ranging from the U.S. national security structure, diplomacy, intelligence, and the use of force in U.S. policy. The course will use a combination of readings and case studies to examine these issues. Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation: 15%Memos: 30%Short Policy Process Paper: 15%Group Project and Presentation: 15%Final Examination: 25% PAI 720: Principles of EconomicsProfessor Stuart BrownCourse Description PAI 720 is a one-semester course in the core principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics for students pursuing the Master’s degree in international relations. Students in this class have elected to fulfill the degree requirement in economics through this course alone. As appropriate for international relations students, the course provides a broad exposure to microeconomic and macroeconomic principles through the lens of international economics and policies implemented in the context of a highly integrated global economy. Because more topics are covered than is customary for a one-semester course, some depth is necessarily sacrificed for breadth in certain cases. Although the course is taught with little mathematics, students are expected to grapple with the core insights of economic models and to become increasingly comfortable with interpreting figures and tables.Performance Evaluation CriteriaTwo Examinations: 50%In-Class Group Presentation: 25%Problem Sets: 10%Class Participation: 15%PAI 721: Introduction to StatisticsProfessor This course is taught by several different professors and has several sections. Professors who have taught it in the past are: Leonard M. Lopoo; Douglas A. Wolf; and Katherine M. Michelmore.Course Description The primary objective of this course is to introduce material that will make you a better producer and consumer of descriptive and inferential statistical data. A critical producer/consumer understands the strengths and weaknesses of various statistical concepts and techniques as well as which to apply in a given situation. A critical producer/consumer can then use this information as a foundation for recommendations. Students will also learn how to communicate these results to a variety of potential audiences. Another important objective of the course is to help you become familiar with statistical software. Recent developments in statistical software allow analysts to develop a comprehensive understanding of their data and complete more sophisticated analyses in relatively little time. Further, much of the knowledge gained using one program can be transferred when using other packages. Finally, I will use a variety of data sets in the course both to increase your knowledge of the data sets available as well as to acquaint you with real data, which is usually a lot messier than the data used in textbook examples. Most classes will consist of lectures with examples. This is not a mathematical statistics course. We will focus on “real world” applications of statistics, i.e., use examples similar to the ones you may come across once you leave graduate school. I will post my lecture notes for each chapter in the class folder on Blackboard. In the past, students have found it useful to have copies of the material that I will cover in class so they can concentrate on the content of the lectures. Feel free to bring these notes to class. My goal in the lecture is to explain the fundamental concepts and especially difficult material rather than walk through each section of the textbook. Students will also gain some insight into the material when working through the problem sets. Students should not, however, interpret the absence of a topic from lectures or problem sets (a topic that is, however, mentioned in the assigned readings) as unimportant information.Performance Evaluation CriteriaDue to the fact this course is taught by several different professors, there is no sample grading criteria, as each professor is subject to their own grading scheme.PAI 722: Quantitative Analysis— Program EvaluationProfessor This course is taught by several different professors and has several sections. Professors who have taught it in the past are: Colleen Heflin; and Katherine M. Michelmore.Course Description This course builds on the material presented in PAI 721, which is a prerequisite to this course. Program evaluation is the field of study designed to estimate the efficacy of a program, policy, or some other intervention or “treatment.” This course aims to equip you with the statistical tools and reasoning necessary to produce solid empirical investigations of a variety of programs/policies as well as to read the evaluations of others critically. With the availability of statistical software an Excel, it’s very easy to produce empirical research. What is more difficult is evaluating the quality of the findings and producing good and convincing empirical research. This class will help you learn to produce your own empirical research as well as become a critical consumer of empirical research. Regardless of where you find yourself after Maxwell, the tools we develop in this course are designed to serve you well whether you go into non-profit management, research, or government. Most classes will consist of lectures with examples. This is not a mathematical statistics course. We will focus on “real world” applications, i.e., use examples similar to the ones you may come across once you leave graduate school. The primary text (Stock and Watson) has a variety of outstanding examples. In addition, I will also draw on examples discussed in Mastering ‘Metrics: The path from cause to effect. This text is less technical and provides lots of real-world examples that you may find relevant to your own interests.Performance Evaluation CriteriaDue to the fact this course is taught by several different professors, there is no sample grading criteria, as each professor is subject to their own grading scheme.PAI 723: Economics for Public DecisionsProfessor This course is taught by several different professors and has several sections. Professors who have taught it in the past are: Peter J. Wilcoxen; and John McPeak.Course Description The course covers the core elements of microeconomic theory: market interaction as expressed by supply and demand curves, producer theory, and consumer theory. We will begin by considering how these theories operate under the assumption of perfect competition, and then expand our analysis to see how economic analysis deals with situations where certain aspects of these assumptions do not apply. In particular, we will analyze situations where market power exists (monopoly / monopsony / oligopoly theory), where market forces may not lead to an outcome that fully reflects total social costs (externalities), and where no market exists for the good in question (public goods). Finally, we will use the economic insights developed in the earlier parts of the course to explore cost-benefit analysis. Performance Evaluation CriteriaDue to the fact this course is taught by several different professors, there is no sample grading criteria, as each professor is subject to their own grading scheme.PAI 727: Responding to ProliferationProfessor Renée de NeversCourse Description This course will examine the dangers caused by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), with a primary focus on nuclear weapons, and strategies to address this threat. It will include an examination of theories about the spread of WMD, and efforts to control this spread both during and after the Cold War. We will look at both national and international efforts to prevent the spread of WMD, ranging from diplomacy and arms control to counterproliferation strategies. We will also look at the factors that have led some states to choose not to develop such weapons. The course will look at cases that raise fears about proliferation to both state and non-state actors. The goal is to provide students with a strong grasp of the challenges presented by proliferation, and the strategies that have been developed to address this problem.The course is divided into three sections. In the first section, we will examine the nature of the problem of proliferation, looking at the debate over whether proliferation is a problem, why states decide to go nuclear or not, and the ways in which weapons of mass destruction proliferate. The second section focuses on the nonproliferation regime, and the different mechanisms intended to protect against proliferation while enabling peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The third section focuses on countering nuclear threats. We will examine strategies used to address the proliferation challenge, by both the U.S. and the international community. Additionally, we will examine U.S. nuclear strategy and policy. In each section, we will look at particular cases as illustrations of the issues. Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation: 20%Discussion Leader: 5%Short Paper: 20%Policy Briefs: 30%Research Paper: 25%PAI 730: Federal Budget, Health Care, and Social Security ReformProfessor John L. Palmer (primary instructor) and Thomas Dennison (leads several health-related classes)Course Description The long-term outlook for the federal budget remains highly problematic and substantial further alterations in tax and spending policies will be necessary to prevent unsustainable growth in U.S. national debt. Numerous factors are involved, but the projected rapid growth in spending for the three largest entitlement programs (Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) due to population aging and health care cost inflation is central. This course begins with an introduction to the U.S. federal budget and related Congressional decision-making processes and the major challenges both pose for federal policymakers. It next explores the issues involved in restraining heath care cost growth in general and for Medicare and Medicaid in particular, and then turns to consideration of Social Security reform before finally returning to the broad picture and prospects for our fiscal future.The course is particularly appropriate for students with an interest in U. S. budgetary and social policy and has a target enrollment of 15. It extends over both semesters of the academic year with a 1.5 credit workload during each (after the 8/29 introductory session, there are eight three-hour weekly class meetings from midSeptember thru mid-November and another four mid-January thru mid-February. Students then work out-of-class on group projects and present their results in three final class meetings in April.) Familiarity with the American political and institutional environment and basic economics is desirable. Performance Evaluation CriteriaAttendance and ReadingsClass DiscussionComments on ReadingsBriefing MemoGroup ProjectsPercentage of grade for each activity is not listed.PAI 730: Health Economics and PolicyProfessor Sarah HamersmaCourse Description This course will provide a framework for thinking carefully about the very complex market for health care and the role of public policy in this market. We will begin the course imagining “health care” as a good to be purchased in a market, and will discuss the assumptions that we can and cannot make in this context. This will lead us to think carefully about the appropriate economic modeling of markets with asymmetric information and externalities, and the role of insurance in such markets. We will then move to a policy focus, beginning with an exploration of some established health care system structures used around the world. We will develop additional factual understanding about the basic functioning of markets for health care and insurance in the United States, including both private and public sources, with special attention paid to policies affecting the near-poor and poor in light of the Affordable Care Act (and the potential consequences of repeal). Finally, we will survey the breadth of issues in the development and implementation of health policy by spending a short time on several areas within health policy, including topics such as mandates, tax policy, pharmaceutical regulation, and labor market incentives. It will be assumed that you are comfortable with the material from PAI 723 or an equivalent Economics course— if not, please attend office hours early in the semester to get up to date with materials. Performance Evaluation CriteriaProblem Sets: 15%Written Project: 20%Two Exams: 50%Discussion Leading: 15%PAI 730: Managing Policy ProcessProfessor Saba SiddikiCourse Description This course provides an introduction to the policy process. The course assumes no prior background—academic or work-related—in public policy or the policy process. This course will focus on:explaining what is meant by the policy processthe institutional, structural, and social contexts of the policy processimportant governmental and nongovernmental actors involved in various stages of the process (ex., policy adoption, policy implementation)theoretical lenses developed and used by scholars in the field of public affairs to study the policy processThe course will also highlight new directions in policy process scholarship.Performance Evaluation CriteriaResponse Papers: 100 points eachCase Study Memo: 100 pointsFinal Examination: 100 pointsPAI 730: Measurement and Intervention in African Health and DevelopmentProfessor Rebecca Warne PetersCourse Description Health and Development draws insight from anthropology, critical public health, critical demography and development studies to investigate the relationship between economic growth and population- and individual-level health outcomes. Course materials focus on African contexts, tracing two intertwined themes: critical appraisal of concepts key to imagining population health and development phenomena and the historical trajectories of interventions meant to spur economic growth and/or health improvement in Africa.The course is structured as an intensive seminar: students are expected to be fully engaged and participatory in each class meeting. Recent pedagogical research shows that engaged conversation and debate are more effective ways to acquire and process new knowledge than is passive attention to a lecture, particularly for adults. Students learn more, and certainly remember more, when they actively participate in class and engage with one another as well as with the professor. This course is designed to provide students with structured and unstructured opportunity to engage fully with the reading material and with colleagues and to contribute independently-sourced information and insight. Any concerns about the course’s emphasis on active in-class engagement should be brought to the professor early in the semester. Recent research on the acquisition of new knowledge and skills in adults also informs the selection of materials for the course. To become expert in almost any field or in the application of nearly any skill, research has shown that adults must abandon the rule-based, context-independent thinking that characterizes the novice, and move to context-dependent thinking and action. For this reason, this course analyses the tools and architecture of global health & development interventions within a series of different historical and political contexts.Performance Evaluation CriteriaIndicator Critique: 30%Historical Intervention Analysis: 40%Class Participation: 30%PAI 730: Public Administration Good Governance and DevelopmentProfessor Sabina SchnellCourse Description By the end of the class students will have a deeper understanding of “good” governance and its different interpretations, the role public administration plays in fostering it, and what governments, international organizations, and NGOs can do to strengthen the quality of governance and the performance of the public sector in developing countries. This will include (i) a deeper understanding of the relationship between public administration, governance, and political and economic development; (ii) familiarity with the main sources of data and assessment frameworks to measure and analyze the quality of governance; (iii) deeper knowledge of historical paths to the emergence of capable bureaucracies, as well of (iv) public sector reform challenges and experiences around the globe.Performance Evaluation CriteriaParticipation: 15%Country Governance Brief: 20%Governance Topic Review: 20%Research and Policy Paper and Presentation: 45%PAI 730: Technological Innovation in the Public SectorProfessor Matt YoungCourse Description The public sector is under constant and increasing pressure to improve performance, decrease response times for addressing problems, and adapt to dynamically changing material and social conditions in the world. When existing systems and processes prove insufficient, organizations in every sector often look to innovation as a solution. Innovations can include changes in existing processes for delivering public goods and services; the introduction of new products and services; or the re-organization of the system for mobilizing and deploying resources to deal with public problems. In the 21st century, almost all innovations involve information and communication technologies as either the central or supporting component.This course is intended for those interested in innovation in public policy and service delivery. It provides a broad overview of emerging opportunities, challenges and risks created by information technology in the public sector. The course will be particularly concerned with why and how public managers work within the systems logic of bureaucracies to adopt and implement these innovations. We will use four broad categories of technological innovation to contextualize and ground the theoretical with applied cases. Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass and Case Discussion and Participation: 35%Case Memorandum: 15%Case Presentation: 20%Case Study: 30% PAI 730.6/LAW 883: Central Challenges in National Security Law and PolicyProfessor Sean O’Keefe and William BanksCourse Description Using a series of case study modules and simulations that jump off the front page, the course examines critically the hardest U.S. national security law and policy challenges of the decades ahead. The case studies range from an apparent new Cold War with Russia, to decisions to intervene and what laws apply if we do intervene in humanitarian crises (such as Syria), insurrections, or civil wars; responding to the continuing crises in the Middle East and Arab world; dealing with Iran and North Korea related to nuclear weapons; anticipating and controlling new technologies in warfare and surveillance; managing civil/military relations in protecting the homeland; countering the cyber threats to our infrastructure and cyber-attacks waged by nation states and non-state actors; managing public health as a national security issue; nuclear non-proliferations as a national security issue.Performance Evaluation CriteriaShort Reading Reflections: 15%Simulation Exercises and Memoranda: 50%Presentation of Case Study Analyses and Debates: 20%Class Participation: 15%PAI 730.11: Smart Grid Security Privacy and EconomicsProfessor Steve Chapin, Shiu-Kai Chin, Keli A. Perrin, Peter WilcoxenCourse Description Rapid deployment of advanced communication and networked computer control is revolutionizing the electric power system. The “Smart Grid” as it is often referred to, is allowing greater decentralization, potentially greater energy efficiency, and lower environmental impacts. However, it requires a high degree of connectivity between devices controlled by different parties. The data being exchanged will be highly personal and granular, potentially compromising individual privacy and safety. If not done correctly, decentralized control will dramatically increase the range and severity of cyber security vulnerabilities. This interdisciplinary, team-taught course covers the fundamental engineering, economic, and legal principles underlying the grid. It focuses on building the skills needed to design and test the protocols, policies, and specifications for enabling technologies that will guarantee the security and integrity of the grid while preserving personal privacy and providing maximum market flexibility with minimal need for new regulation. Students who complete the course will be able to integrate four perspectives—technology, security, economics, and law—allowing them to lead the development of the next generation electric grid.Performance Evaluation CriteriaGroup Projects: 50%Individual Project: 20%Final Exam: 20%Class Participation: 10%PPA 730.13: Business and Government in the Global Economy— The Asian ExperienceProfessor George AbonyiCourse Description The nature of international competition and sources of comparative advantage for firms and economies are now shifting. Factors such as growing middle classes, urbanization, aging populations, climate change will likely lead to broad changes with respect to which goods and services will be demanded. While these trends may also affect the supply of goods and services, it is new disruptive technologies and shifting globalization patterns that will have greatest impact on production (broadly defined). They are changing the relative competitiveness of firms and economies; and the nature and geography of global production, trade and investment. This course is about economic globalization, focusing on (East) Asian development, a region playing a central role in globalization, and the related interplay of government and business. Increasing regional integration has played a key role in the growth of Asian economies, responding to demand in developed country markets. Asian development and integration are also a function of the transformation of international business and the international economy through the expansion of cross-border economic (e.g. production) linkages. Globalization, through its impact on the organization and location of production of goods and tradable services, is changing the nature of international business and competition, and reshaping the relationship between business and government. This presents opportunities and challenges to the role and functions of government, and to public policy.The course is divided into two parts. The first part (sessions 1-4) examines (mostly East) Asian development during the “miracle years” of 1970s-1990s and the watershed “Asian Crisis” of the late 1990s, with the focus on business-government relations. It also touches on how the nature of economies, and therefore development and the role of government are changing. This is addressed in more detail in the second part of the course. The second part (sessions 5-9) focuses on how shifting globalization and new disruptive technologies are changing the organization and location of the production of goods and tradable services, and its impact on Asian development and integration. Performance Evaluation CriteriaIndividual Participation: 25%Case Memos: 45%Group Case: 30%PAI 730.16: Tax Policy and PoliticsProfessor Len BurmanCourse Description How should we pay for civilized society?Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” The price of civilized society depends not only on the amount of revenue raised, but on the way it is done. How progressive should the tax system be? Should the tax system reward good behavior and punish bad? Should it provide subsidies to achieve social objectives, such as decent childcare, affordable housing, or access to health care? How should married couples and families be taxed? Should death be a taxable event? Should we tax the amount people earn or the amount people spend? How much complexity can people tolerate in furtherance of social or other tax policy objectives? How should the tax burden be distributed among generations?The objectives of this course are to understand: (1) the principles of tax policy, (2) how the tax system got the way it is today, (3) the major tax policy issues that drive the current political debate, and (4) the implications of alternative tax policy choices for the future.Performance Evaluation CriteriaTerm Paper: 40%Two Presentations & Policy Brief: 30%Class Participation, Homework, & Quiz: 30%PAI 730.2: Data, Innovation, & PolicymakingProfessor Jonnell A. RobinsonCourse Description This class will critically explore the concept of “data-driven policymaking.” In the era of “alternative facts” – when it seems as though there is an alarming disconnect between researchers and policymakers – this class will examine strategies for using data and evidence to inform public policymaking. Students will engage in readings, discussions, hands-on activities, and projects.Performance Evaluation CriteriaAttendance: 5%Critical Reading Reflections: 20%Assignments: 30%Final Project: 35%Class Participation: 10%PAI 730.4: Demography, Aging, & Public PolicyProfessor Douglas A. WolfCourse Description The goals of this course are:to provide students with an understanding of the basic tools—concepts, measures, data sources, and methods—of demographic analysis; to cover key features of demographic trends in the U.S. and elsewhere, and the connections among fundamental demographic forces and population aging; to survey a series of topics in “social demography” and “social gerontology” of particular importance in aging societies; and to consider some of the policy issues that arise in connection with population aging and individual aging. The course will be conducted partly using lectures and partly as a seminar, with emphasis on class discussion and with student presentations.Performance Evaluation CriteriaStudent-Led Discussion: 30%Term Paper and In-Class Presentation: 50%Class Participation & Participation: 20%PAI 731: Financial Management in State and Local GovernmentsProfessor Michah W. RothbartCourse Description In this survey course in state and local government financial management, students will learn the fundamentals of budgeting and accounting for state and local governments. You will learn how to use financial information for the purposes of planning, reporting, control and analysis through the courses readings, lectures and assignments. As an extra benefit, several of the course topics may be of value in managing your personal finances. The first portion of the course focuses on financial decision-making techniques, often referred to as managerial accounting. This section includes short and long-term financial decision-making, managing resources and controlling the financial plan. The second portion of the course focuses on financial accounting. This material covers the development of financial statements, accounting principles, and the use of financial statements to analyze a government’s financial condition. The focus of this section is to help you use financial statements to understand the financial health of a governmental entity and communicate this information to others. This course is designed for students who have completed PPA 734 Public Budgeting but have no previous formal training (or equivalent on-the-job experience) in either business or government accounting or finance.Performance Evaluation CriteriaWritten Exercises: 12%Financial Condition Analysis: 18%Midterm Examination: 35%Final Examination: 35%PAI 732: Collaborative & Participatory GovernanceProfessor Julia CarboniCourse Description This course provides a foundation in collaborative governance with an emphasis on collaborative management and participatory governance. The course is designed to equip students with understanding of collaborative governance theory and applied processes, tools, and approaches. We begin by examining the collaborative governance landscape and then discuss specific topics related to assessment, initiation, deliberation, and implementation of collaborative governance arrangements. Throughout the course, students will develop practical skills related to these topics. Course activities and projects are designed to expand student knowledge and develop analytical, applied, and critical thinking skills. Performance Evaluation CriteriaCase Memo: 30%Public Participation Reflection: 10%Simulation Participation & Write Up: 10%Group Paper: 25%Group Presentation: 10%Group Project Peer Evaluation: 5%Class Attendance & Participation: 10%PAI 734: Public BudgetingProfessor Yilin HouCourse Description This course provides an overview of budgeting and financial management in the public and non-profit sectors. Fundamental concepts and practices of budgeting, financial management and public finance are introduced, with special emphasis on state and local government budgeting and financial management in the United States. Your objective should be to learn the basic concepts and nomenclature of public finance, to develop an understanding of budget processes as well as the sources and uses of public revenues, and to make relatively simple, but useful computations in an intelligent way. You are expected to develop basic competence in using spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel by doing the Excel tutorial and developing a flexible budget. Performance Evaluation Criteria5 Exercises, total: 30%Flexible Budget Compilation: 20%Mid-term Exam on Budgeting: 25%Final Exam on Revenue Evaluation: 25%PAI 735/ECN 635: State and Local Government FinanceProfessor John YingerCourse Description This course examines the expenditure and revenue decisions of state and local governments and fiscal aspects of intergovernmental relations. The principal objectives of the course are to describe the fiscal institutions of the U.S. federal system; to develop analytical tools, primarily drawn from microeconomics, for understanding the behavior of voters, public officials, businesses, and other actors affected by state and local policy; and to provide tools that will help students make fiscal policy decisions. The course is designed for students who plan to be practitioners, that is, who plan to make decisions about state and local expenditures and revenues or about intergovernmental aid. The emphasis of the course is therefore more on institutions and on applications than on the fine points of theory, and students will be given many opportunities to apply their analytical skills to actual policy problems. The course is designed for students with previous exposure to microeconomic analysis. Some background in statistics and regression analysis is also desirable, but not required. Any student who has taken ECN 601 or PAIA 723 with a grade of B or better may take this course. Performance Evaluation CriteriaCase Discussions: 10%Case Memo: 20%Draft Policy Memo: 10%Policy Presentation: 20%Final Policy Memo: 40%PAI 738: U.S. Intelligence Community: Governance & Practice, 1947-PresentProfessor Robert B. MurrettCourse Description This course will focus on the practice, structure and governance of the intelligence field, and material that has a direct bearing on its current posture. In order to understand the full range of today’s intelligence activities, students will examine the evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community (I.C.) since its inception in 1947 through the present day. Key phases and specific events will be explored, including I.C. efforts throughout the Cold War, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Vietnam Conflict, the Church Committee, the Balkans Conflicts, pre and post-9/11 operations, the 911 and WMD Commissions and the subsequent executive and legislative changes implemented over the past ten years. The course will also review governance and oversight of the I.C., including roles of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government. In addition to understanding the development of the I.C., students will study the functional elements of intelligence tradecraft (human intelligence, signals intelligence, imagery analysis, etc.), and engagement with international counterparts. The class will participate in case studies, in which the students will evaluate, provide briefings and recommend decisions in realistic scenarios, both in terms of analysis and intelligence-driven decision-making on policy and operational matters.Performance Evaluation CriteriaMemo & Elevator Speech: 10%Group Policy Briefing & Discussion: 20%Intelligence Analysis Paper: 30%Final Essay: 20%Class Attendance, Preparation, & Participation: 20%PAI 739: U.S. Defense Strategy, Military Posture, & Combat OperationsProfessor Robert B. MurrettCourse Description This course will examine the Defense Strategy of the U.S. and its allies, and its implementation by military forces with emphasis on events from 2001 to the present. Students will study national-level strategic guidance from the National Command Authority, and understand how national security is carried out by the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commanders, Military Services and subordinate units. International security dynamics and military posture related to terrorism and proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass effect will also be examined. Students will participate in specific case studies of planning and execution of combat and humanitarian assistance operations with allied forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, Haiti, the Far East, Columbia and on the high seas.Performance Evaluation CriteriaMemo & Elevator Speech: 10%Group Policy Briefing & Discussion: 20%Defense Analysis Paper: 30%Final Essay: 20%Class Attendance, Preparation, & Participation: 20%PAI 742: Public Administration and LawProfessor William C. SnyderCourse Description The primary objective of this class is to present an overview of public law and public administration by examining: Who the major players are in the United States legal system, How the public and private law systems and processes interact, and How the public law system, its institutions and processes incorporate public administration. Acquire knowledge of specific laws that limit or empower public policy making, especially the Administrative Procedures Act and the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution. Secondary objectives include: Through case studies, experience applying the law to concrete public policy problems. Gain familiarity with the education and conceptual framework that lawyers bring to their roles in public administration.Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation: 30%Writing Exercises: 70%PAI 744: Metropolitan Government & PoliticsProfessor Minch Lewis and Ann RooneyCourse Description The purpose of this survey course is to provide an exposure to the current issues of metropolitan government. Case studies and background reading material are used for a review of the following areas: The Urban Situation and Metropolitan Dynamics; Local Government Finance; the Metropolitan Political Landscape; Social structure, welfare, public education, poverty and drugs with their impact on urban communities; Program and Operations Evaluation; Citizen Participation and Community Development; Economic Development; Management and Leadership; Metropolitan Governance; and the Future of Urban America.Performance Evaluation CriteriaPolicy Memorandas: 30%Strategic Mayoral Campaign Team Presentation: 35%Class Discussions: 35%PAI 746: Ethics & Morality in Public AffairsProfessor Dana RadcliffeCourse Description In a democracy, those who make and implement public policy are charged with serving the interests and protecting the rights of everyone. They are obligated to act responsibly in using the powers and resources entrusted to them, to address fairly the competing demands and needs of their constituents. But, in the government’s distribution of benefits and burdens, public officials are constantly pressured by powerful individuals and institutions for special consideration, often at the expense of other citizens. Moreover, the issues confronting public decision-makers are frequently complex, involving conflicting values and strongly-held preferences, incomplete and possibly unreliable information, and consequences that no one can foresee. Effectively serving the common good, then, requires that public officials exercise sound moral judgment in performing their duties—that their actions be defensible ethically as well as legally. It requires an appreciation of ethical principles and an understanding of their application in the tangled domain of public affairs. This course is designed to enhance students’ ability to think ethically about the means and ends of public policy. Accordingly, we will examine normative concepts and principles that typically enter into moral reasoning and use those tools in analyzing actual cases. In our case discussions, we will seek to get clear about the moral issues facing the decision-makers and explore how those issues might be resolved in ethically responsible ways. Performance Evaluation CriteriaSix Short Papers: 60%Final Project: 30%Class Participation: 10%PAI 747: Human Resource Management in the Public SectorProfessor Catherine GerardCourse Description People are the most valuable resource in any organization. Most public sector organizations spend over 70% on personnel costs. It is the people who provide service, manage the business, and come up with creative solutions that keep organizations strong. Thus, how personnel are recruited, managed, developed, and motivated is essential to an organization’s success. This course will look at the changing role of human resource management in the public sector from three perspectives: strategic, legal, and individual. Its objectives are:To analyze the conflicting demands on the human resource management functionTo examine the link between effective human resource management and achieving public policy and social goalsTo apply theoretical perspectives to practical problems in human resource management To develop skills required for developing staff productivity and motivation.This course defines public sector as including the non-profit sector and provides materials and class discussion specifically focused beyond government. Students will learn broad concepts, theories, skills, and strategies applicable to any organization. They will be able to identify the goals and activities of the human resource function, assess their design and effectiveness, and conduct key processes including performance evaluation, workplace mediation, job classification, and organizational assessment.Performance Evaluation CriteriaApplication Papers: 40%Final Project Paper: 40%Project Presentation: 5%Class Participation, Preparation, & Attendance: 15%PAI 748: Nonprofit Management and GovernanceProfessor Julia CarboniCourse Description This course is designed to provide current and future nonprofit managers and leaders with an overview of nonprofit management and governance issues and practices. We begin by examining theoretical, historical and legal underpinnings of the nonprofit sector in the United States, followed by an examination of the current state of the sector and management practices. Throughout the course, we take the perspective of nonprofit managers, volunteers, board members, policy makers, donors and clients and discuss best practices of nonprofit management and leaders. Course activities and projects are designed to expand student understanding of the nonprofit sector and develop students’ management skills, analytical tools and knowledge. Performance Evaluation CriteriaCase Discussion Leader: 10%Case Memos: 30%Goodwill Issue Brief: 10%Mentor Assignment: 5%Group Paper: 20%Group Presentation: 10%Group Project Peer Evaluation: 5%Class Participation & Attendance: 10%PAI 749: Financial Management in Nonprofit OrganizationsProfessor Micah W. RothbartCourse Description In this survey course in nonprofit financial management, students will learn the fundamentals of budgeting and accounting for nonprofit organizations. You will learn how to use financial information for the purposes of planning, reporting, control and analysis through the courses readings, lectures and assignments. As an extra benefit, several of the course topics may be of value in managing your personal finances.The first portion of the course focuses on financial decision-making techniques, often referred to as managerial accounting. This section includes short and long-term financial decision-making, managing resources and controlling the financial plan.The second portion of the course focuses on financial accounting. This material covers the development of financial statements (balance sheet, activity statement, and cash flow statement) accounting principles, and the use of financial statements to analyze an organization’s financial health. The focus of this section is to help students use financial information to understand the viability of an organization and communicate this information to others. This course is designed for students who have completed PAI 734 Public Budgeting but have no previous formal training. Performance Evaluation CriteriaWritten Exercises: 12%Financial Statement Analysis: 18%Midterm Examination: 35%Final Examination: 35%PAI 750: Managing Individual, Group, & Systemic ConflictProfessorTina NabatchiCourse Description This course introduces the skills and processes needed for a (collaborative or facilitative) manager to achieve results and pre-empt, prevent, and manage conflict at the individual, group, and system levels.?The course emphasizes both experiential and conceptual learning and will focus on developing knowledge, skills, and abilities that can be used in a variety of managerial settings or in consulting work. Students will learn how to understand and assess conflict dynamics and design processes to move individuals, groups, and organizations toward their goals. The course covers a spectrum of conflict management strategies including group development, interest-based negotiation and problem solving, mediation, dispute systems design, and organizational planning and assessment.Performance Evaluation CriteriaAttendance & Participation: 15%Observation & Application Papers: 60%Learning & Application Groups: 25%PAI 751: Regulatory Law & PolicyProfessorC. True-FrostCourse Description In this course, we will discuss various aspects of national and international regulatory decision-making, also known as administrative legislation, including its diverse forms, justifications, and rationales. We will also examine legal and policy tools used by different agency actors in the vast network of domestic and international administrative agencies. To ground our discussions of governmental regulation, throughout the semester we will critically analyze various legal cases, case studies and applications. Through your presentations and our discussions, we will examine aspects of regulation in a variety of different contexts, which may include, for example, the environment, health care, gun control, security, education, social security, foods and drugs, utilities, airlines, labor, bus and rail transportation. The aim will be to analyze and comment on important debates over justifications for modern regulation, the structure of the modern administrative state, the incentives that influence various actors, and the legal rules that help to structure the relationships among Congress, the agencies, and the courts. Over the course of the semester, we will be developing and defending critical analyses of each of these subjects.Performance Evaluation CriteriaThis course has different grading tracks that students can choose from.PAI 756: International Development Policy & AdministrationProfessorSabina SchnellCourse Description This course provides the institutional and policy context to prepare students for work in developing or transitioning countries. It includes a brief overview of aid flows, ethical arguments for development aid, as well as development theories and strategies, their translation into mainstream international development policies, and their implications for aid effectiveness. The course also introduces the major actors in the international development industry (multi-laterals, bi-laterals, NGOs, etc.), with special attention to US bilateral players and policies, as well as donor policies and experiences in the areas of good governance and supporting fragile states.Performance Evaluation CriteriaIndividual Assignment: 35%Group Assignment: 45%Class Participation: 20%PAI 757/ECN 661: Economic DevelopmentProfessorJosh McPeakCourse Description This course will familiarize the student with a variety of alternative theories on what causes (or hinders) economic development. Different strategies and outcomes from a variety of settings will be presented and discussed. The goal of the course is to develop the student’s understanding of international, national, sectoral, local, and household level issues related to economic development and the language used by economists to discuss these issues. Special attention will be given to the following questions: how do we explain economic growth?; how do we measure and understand poverty and poverty dynamics? what are the environmental implications of economic development?; and how are urban/ industrial needs balanced against rural / agricultural needs in development? The course is aimed at students who have taken a basic economic course, and effort will be made to stress how economic theory relates to development policy.Performance Evaluation CriteriaExams: 60 pointsHomeworks: 20 pointsPresentation: 5 pointsTerm Paper: 15 pointsPAI 762: International Management & LeadershipProfessorSabina SchnellCourse Description Global change is driven by effective leaders who can identify key problems that need to be solved, understanding their causes, and developing successful strategies to address them. This course will familiarize students with basic principles and challenges of managing (in) international organizations and introduce them to basic management skills and competencies such as strategic planning, performance management, project planning, incentives and human motivation, team processes, and decision making.The class is structured in three parts:The first part looks at managing in international organizations (IOs). It treats these not as simple extensions of powerful states, but as international actors with (constrained) agency of their own. It introduces students to the context of IOs and how this shapes IO management and performance. We then discuss approaches to strategic, results, and performance-based management in international organizations – setting the stage for part 2 of the class. While the focus is on multilateral organizations, many of the issues and tools covered apply equally international or transnational non-governmental organizations (INGOs/TNGOs) and domestic organizations working in an international environment. The second part focuses on managing international projects. For many organizations, the core unit of management is a project. Projects can range from highly complex multi-country multi-sector multi-partner programs to “simple” and focused one-off initiatives (like preparing a report). We follow the project planning cycle – from analysis, to design, to implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), to familiarize you with some basic project management tools, and build the relevant skills based on a concrete case. The third part focuses on managing people. It includes challenges of leadership in an international context, what makes a good leader, the role of incentives and personal working styles, working in teams, and cross-cultural communication.Performance Evaluation CriteriaASF Project Proposal Phase II: 20%Group Project: 30%Group Presentation: 10%World Bank Memo: 10%Class Participation: 30%PAI 763: NGO Management in Developing & Transitioning CountriesProfessorSteven J. LuxCourse Description The relative importance and influence of non-government organizations has steadily grown over the past 50 years as measured by the absolute increase in number of these organizations, the vast sums of money that flow through NGOs, and a rise in position and power that NGOs assert within the international community. To some, the increased importance of NGOs is a welcome alternative to the inefficient and sometimes corrupt practices we observe in government. To others, NGOs are destabilizing and harmful agents that impede true social and economic development.There are numerous theories to explain the heightened importance of NGOs. Some point to an increasing willingness of States to retreat from existing responsibilities and public service provision. Others assert that NGOs have gained popular support by demonstrating greater strength over counterparts in State organizations on environmental matters, human rights, international development, and humanitarian assistance. Regardless of the reasons, the growing types and absolute numbers of NGOs beg a number of questions in terms of the role they play and how new generations of public minded leaders should lead and/or collaborate with these organizations.This course builds on the general attributes of a public administration and international relations curriculum, guiding students to understand the political, economic, and social context of the society in which we live while also developing concrete skills that are required in their future careers. Part of the dilemma NGOs face is the varied and complex questions they face regarding about accountability and effectiveness. "Who elected them to solve the public's problems" is a common question among those critical of NGOs. More broadly, there is a general complaint that NGOs suffer from a lack of professional skills and contextual understanding of the places in which they work. My interest in delivering this course is towards these types of concerns.Performance Evaluation CriteriaReading Preparation: 5%Written Memo & Case Studies: 20%Group Proposal: 40%Proposal Critique: 20%Self-Assessment: 5%Class Participation: 10%PAI 764: UN Organizations— Managing for ChangeProfessorMasood HyderCourse Description The United Nations operates in a rapidly-changing world and is constantly subject to a variety of influences including an unyielding state system, rising globalism, and functionalist aspirations. The UN in turn exerts an influence back on the behavior of international actors, both through the establishment of norms and by the efforts to implement them.We can learn about these developments in two complementary ways: as theory and as practice. The object of theory is to learn the truth about the subject. The object of practice is to study action, to see how things get done, and how the experience of trying out an idea reveals its workability. In this way, theory and practice are complementary, and an effort will be made to cover both aspects.The first four sessions of this course are an introduction to the UN. The next six sessions focus on UN ideas and their implementation, covering the major areas of activity. The last three sessions review, summarize, and conclude.Performance Evaluation CriteriaWriting Assignments: 30%Reading Analysis: 25%Group Presentations: 30%Class Attendance & Participation: 15%PAI 765: Humanitarian ActionProfessorMasood HyderCourse Description All international humanitarian organizations work in extended chains of command that cross state boundaries to reach vulnerable people abroad. Turmoil and unpredictability encountered there obliges its field officers to assume (and headquarters to concede) greater autonomy in carrying out their tasks in the manner best suited to conditions on the ground. As a consequence, the role of the country-level agent is not only to execute policy but also to establish what works, highlighting the importance of practical activity in resolving humanitarian problems. But there is a difficulty. Conscious experience (what one has lived through in the field) is hard to describe, especially to those unfamiliar with the context. The poet Walt Whitman, who was a battlefront nurse in the American Civil War, despaired of conveying what he had seen, done and felt in that conflict. “The real war” he concluded, “will never get in the books.” The same is true of humanitarian action that almost always takes place in faraway places, in the midst of turmoil: How does one describe the unfamiliar, or convey the lived experience? The focus of the course is not so much on the underlying concepts of humanitarian action, which are universal and unchanging, as on the challenges that come in their implementation. With this in mind, the course will study a selection of major humanitarian challenges worldwide since 1992, including disasters caused by nature and by man, conflicts and major economic stress. While the course is organized around those themes, it also discusses the key challenges for women and children, for refugees, for displaced people, and reviews the involvement of governments, UN agencies, NGOs, militaries, donors, the press and others. The course will note changes both in the humanitarian enterprise itself (its growing institutionalization), as well as the changes in its relationship with the major donors (who have lately displayed a tendency to consider humanitarian assistance as a ‘force multiplier’ for their military adventures abroad). Student presentations will focus on current or recent humanitarian crises. Preparation for class includes readings from books, articles, and websites. Classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, presentations, and videos. Students will be graded on their class participation, their essays, a memo-writing exercise, and group and individual presentations.Performance Evaluation CriteriaEssay: 30%Reading Analysis: 20%Memo Assignment: 15%Class Group Presentations: 15%Class Attendance & Participation: 20%PAI 767: Fund Development for Nonprofit OrganizationsProfessorJulia CarboniCourse Description This course examines the theory and practice of fund development for nonprofit organizations. Students work with a nonprofit to develop a portfolio of fund development products. Students examine the benchmarks, theoretical bases, and ethical issues associated with fund-development vehicles, campaigns, and markets. The course reviews tools for evaluating a fund development program and developing comprehensive strategies. Performance Evaluation CriteriaSelf-Audit & Reflection: 10%Ethics Memo: 10%Ethics Simulation Participation: 5%Individual Donor Pitch & Write-Up: 10%Group Project Draft Submissions: 10%Final Presentation: 15%Final Group Paper: 20%Group Project Peer Evaluation: 5%Class Attendance & Participation: 15%PAI 770: Climate Change Science Technology & PolicyProfessorDavid Driesen, Doug Frank, Sarah Pralle, Peter WilcoxenCourse Description Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century. This course examines it from a multidisciplinary perspective that blends natural science, politics, economics, and law. It will cover: the drivers behind anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere that are causing climate change; the response of the global climate system; the global carbon, water, and nutrient cycles; local vulnerabilities of natural and social systems to climate change, and the likely impacts on those systems; actions that could reduce the impacts of climate change through adaptation; and actions that could mitigate the problem by reducing changes in the composition of the atmosphere. The course is intended to bring together students from a diverse range of backgrounds and does not have specific prerequisites.Performance Evaluation CriteriaIndividual Paper on Adaptation: 25%Group Presentation on Impacts & Vulnerabilities: 20%Group Presentation on Adaptation: 10%Group Presentation on Mitigation: 25%Class Participation: 20%PAI 772: Science, Technology, and Public PolicyProfessorW. Henry LambrightCourse Description This course discusses the interplay of science, technology, and public policy. It explores the relations of scientists and policymakers (knowledge and power). It views technology as a resource that is both a tool of policy and a factor shaping policy. Technology can provide solutions and problems at once. Moreover, various interests promote, oppose, and seek to control science and technology to “leverage” the future. The focus of this course is on the United States, but attention is given also to other nations and their science and technology policies. Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation; a 10 page book review essay; and a 15 page research paper will count one-third of the course grade.PAI 775: Energy, Environment, and Resource PolicyProfessorW. Henry LambrightCourse Description This course discusses the interplay of energy, environment, and resources policy. Attention is given to politics and administration of energy/environment/resources policy in the U.S. at all levels of government. Comparative and international aspects of the problem are also examined. Particular emphasis is given to the processes by which policy is formulated, implemented, and modified.Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation; a 10-15 page analytical essay; and a 15 page research paper will each count as approximately one-third of the final course grade.PAI 777/ECN 777: The Economics of Environmental PolicyProfessorDavid PoppCourse Description This course provides an introduction into the principles of environmental economics, with a focus on policy applications. The principal problem in any economics course is how to best allocate scarce resources. This holds true for environmental economics as well. However, environmental resources differ from other goods that economists study in that there is usually no market for them. Thus, government policies are needed to maintain and improve environmental quality. We begin by examining how economic incentives lead to environmental problems, and discussing various policies that address these problems. Because economic analysis requires information on both costs and benefits, we next discuss methods for valuing the benefits of environmental amenities. The course continues with applications to various policy issues, including energy and water resources and the environment in developing countries. We conclude with a discussion of the political economy of environmental issues. The prerequisite for this course is PAI 723: Economics for Public Decisions, or an equivalent course in microeconomics.Performance Evaluation CriteriaQuizzes: 60%Research Paper: 30%Class Participation: 10%PAI 781: Social Welfare PolicyProfessorKatherine MichelmoreCourse Description This course is designed to provide an overview of U.S. social welfare policy, with some focus on other nations’ approaches to social welfare policy. The other nations include the rich OECD nations as well as emerging middle-income countries (MICs) in Asia and Latin America. We will segment social welfare policy into three major branches: health (less emphasis), education (a bit more emphasis), and welfare (income security policy). The lines among these categories are, however, often blurred. Similarly, “social policy” is delivered and financed by governments, faith-based organizations (FBO’s) nonprofit agencies (“NGOs”), employers, and even the family itself. Spending on “HEW” comprises more than 70 percent of total government spending in the United States and an even higher fraction in other rich nations. The amounts are lower but sometimes with greater effect in the MICs. Thus, the topic is fiscally important. What is emphasized in this course and curriculum includes “problem” or needs analysis, policy analysis, program development; and implementation (to some degree), and program evaluation. Disciplines of economics, sociology, demography, history, political science, evaluation, psychology, law, management, and education all have important contributions to make to the realm of social policy, and to this class. The goal of the course is therefore to give the student an appreciation of the breadth and depth of “social policy” and the way that public policy analysts and administrators design, analyze, and evaluate it. This course is composed of a series of short lectures and longer class discussions about the various elements of social policy, which can be addressed with some degree of analytic objectivity. Thus, poverty, inequality and income maintenance, welfare reform, health care policy, education policy, income distribution, and urban problems are all part of the types of social problems that we will address.Performance Evaluation CriteriaState Policy Brief: 30%Lead Class Discussion: 20%Final Paper: 30%Class Participation: 20%PAI 782: Health Services ManagementProfessorThomas H. DennisonCourse Description Management of a health care organization requires the application of many of the same principles and strategies necessary to manage any business enterprise. However, it also requires an understanding of the unique attributes of the production of health services that result from a health care system made up of organizations and individuals with different objectives and perspectives serving a diverse community with varying expectations within a highly regulated environment. This course starts with an overview of leadership and management and begins to explore our own personal attributes related to management styles. We then have some discussion around ethical issues that affect individuals and organizations involved in health services management and delivery. We go on to explore the governance function where an organization’s overall direction should come from, explore management on the inter-organizational scene, introduce some issues in health care financial management and move to management of change. Strategic and business planning, activities (processes) that aim to engage stakeholders and support implementation of programs and services, follows. Human resource management and motivation will receive some attention.We will interrupt this orderly sequence with a discussion of environmental and regulatory issues, including externally imposed change that need to be factored into managing a health care organization. (Interruption of the order of things is often the nature of management.) We conclude with a discussion of leading and managing in the health system of the future.The course has been structured to alternate between the presentation and discussion of literature relating to each of the main topic areas and the use of case studies to illustrate and expand on the issues raised in the literature. Readings, chosen to provide background perspective on the case studies, will be provided during the course of the semester in hard copy and through blackboard. Performance Evaluation CriteriaCase Studies: 75%Engagement in Class: 25%PAI 786: Urban PolicyProfessorJohn YingerCourse Description Many of the most severe social problems in the United States are concentrated in cities— and are different because of that concentration. This course explores recent evidence about urban problems, develops analytical tools for understanding the causes and consequences of these problems, and discusses alternative policy responses. The course concentrates on urban problems and policies involving housing or labor markets. Simple microeconomic tools are used to analyze many urban problems, but the readings and lectures also will bring in work from other disciplines. The principal emphasis of the course will be on the use of scholarly evidence to inform decisions about urban policy. This course is designed for students with previous exposure to microeconomic analysis. Some background in statistics and regression analysis is also desirable, but not required. Any student who has taken ECN 601 or PPA 723 with a grade of B or better may take this course. Other students may receive the instructor’s permission. Performance Evaluation CriteriaCase Discussion: 1/6Memo: 1/6Journal: 1/3Urban Summit: 1/3PAI 790/ECN 610: Public Finance— An International PerspectiveProfessorYilin HouCourse Description This course covers public finance from an international perspective. It is offered parallel to “state and local public finance” (PAI 735/ECN 635, by Professor John Yinger) but it differs from “state and local” in several important ways. First, this course surveys most of the major issues in the broad area of public finance as is relevant and necessary for students who need an overview of the area. Second, for each topic covered in this course, my approach is to start with an introduction, the basic principles and techniques of empirical analysis, then compare and contrast the different systems and practices in major parts/countries of the world. Thus, the course shifts the focus away from any particular country to the generic economic principles and administrative practices. Finally, examples are chosen from multiple representative countries in terms of their political and state systems, socio-economic development, and geographic location. In general, each week we will discuss one topical area. The first session of the week (Monday) will deliberate on the “what” and “why”. That is, what the topic is, what it means and covers, and more importantly, why it has become an important policy topic and area of study and why it has evolved to what it is today. Typically, this first session is more theoretical or conceptual. The second session (Wednesday) of the week is devoted to the “how”: How to design such a policy? How to analyze the issues involved? And how to evaluate the effects (outcome) of the policy? The second session is thus mostly empirical, via going through details of a research paper so that students will learn “how to do it” if you are entrusted with such a task.This course is geared towards: (1) MPA and IA students who may pursue an international career and therefore need basic knowledge and appreciation of the systems of government functions and finances; (2) MA students in the Economic Departments who like and need familiarity and understanding of public finance in the international perspective; and (3) PAIA doctoral students who like to explore the comparative and international side of public finance.Performance Evaluation CriteriaResearch Paper/Project Components:Exercises: 30%Research Paper/Project: 70%Mid-term Exam: 35%Final Exam: 35%PAI 801: Intellectual History of Public AdministrationProfessorTina NabatchiCourse Description This doctoral seminar explores the history of public administration, which is considered both a concrete body of practical activity in the world (public administration) and a self-conscious field of academic inquiry (Public Administration). The former (public administration) has roots that extend back into antiquity insofar as humans have grappled with the challenge of organizing collective behavior in society. The latter (Public Administration) is more recently recognized as a distinct academic discipline, having emerged from other disciplines (such as law, political science, sociology, business studies, and industrial management) in the mid-to-late 19th century and reaching its fullest and most clearly articulated academic status in the 20th century in the United States. Our seminar will consider these phenomena in both the pa and PA senses of the term, but with much more emphasis on the latter. While we will be primarily concerned with the U.S. experience, significant parts of the seminar will be devoted to looking at public administration within the fuller historical and philosophical framework, as well as in a broader international and global context.Over the course of the semester, we will read, discuss, review, analyze, and synthesize a considerable body of journal articles and parts (or all) of several books, and each week selected students will report on them and lead the class discussion. In addition, all students will write a (publishable) analytic and systematic literature review on a specific issue.By the end of the semester you should have: (1) developed a mastery (both breadth and depth) of the intellectual work in the academic field of public administration; (2) cultivated skills in synthesizing and conveying rich bodies of literature in both oral and written form; and (3) be well prepared for your comprehensive and field exams.Performance Evaluation CriteriaParticipation and AttendanceStudent-Led Discussions and Critical ReflectionsPublishable Systematic Literature ReviewNo weight amount for each grading category could be found.PAI 803: Research Methods for Public AdministrationProfessorRobert BifulcoCourse Description The objective of this course is to introduce students to the logic, design, and conduct of applied social research for students interested in public management and policy. Research in public administration and public policy comes in two distinct but related forms. One flows from a scientific tradition that emphasizes the objective of providing general explanations for observable phenomena. The second derives from the action-oriented environment of public administration, which focuses on prescription of best practices and prediction of effects. Even in prescriptive research, some underlying explanatory theory underlies the predictions of the effect of the practices and why practice A is likely to be better than practice B in a certain environment. Thus, traditional scientific explanatory research is a prerequisite for any prescriptive research. Therefore, the primary orientation of this course is to focus on development of social science explanations and the development of research designs which permit testing of hypotheses derived from these explanations.Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation: 10%Homework: 20%Research Proposals: 60%Presentation of Research Proposal: 10%PAI 804: Quantitative Methods IIProfessorDavid PoppCourse Description This course is the second course in the methodology sequence for Public Administration PhD students. The course focuses on the use of regression analysis for social science research. We will begin with a description of the properties and assumptions of the basic multivariate linear regression model using ordinary least squares (OLS), along with the statistical inference tools necessary for hypothesis testing. The course continues by examining the consequences of violating the assumptions of the OLS model. Techniques for dealing with such cases are at the heart of empirical research. We discuss several such techniques, including adjustments for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation, and the instrumental variables technique.Students should have successfully completed PAI 803, Quantitative Methods I, or an equivalent course that discusses research design. Students should have basic familiarity with probability and statistical inference.Performance Evaluation CriteriaClass Participation: 10%Homework: 25%Referee Report: 25%Replication Exercise: 40%PAI 805: Foundations of Policy Analysis and ManagementProfessorLeonard M. LopooCourse Description This course exposes students to the foundational literature in public policy analysis and public management. The primary goal of the course is to prepare doctoral students in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs for the qualifying exam in “Foundations in Policy Analysis and Management.” The course has three distinct sections. First, the course covers consumer theory (microeconomics) which serves as a starting point for inquiries into market failures, government failures, and cost benefit analysis. In the second section of the course, students will read criticisms of this “rational” approach to decision making, which includes findings from behavioral economics. In the third portion of the course, students turn their focus to the policy process, which includes readings on agenda setting, policy diffusion, and policy implementation. Theoretical work from microeconomics, political science, psychology, and public administration serve as the source material. Performance Evaluation CriteriaProblem Sets: 15%Cost-Benefit Analysis: 15%Critical Analysis: 20%Book Club: 30%Participation: 20%PAI 810: Applied Econometrics for Policy AnalysisProfessorSarah HamersmaCourse DescriptionThe purpose of this course is to help prepare you for empirical research on policy issues by investigating the use of a variety of econometric tools and practicing their implementation. It is critically important that we learn to do this well, because when we get it wrong we may make flawed policy recommendations or, more generally, profess that we have found “truth” that is not true. This course will be different from typical econometrics courses in several key ways. We will:spend little time discussing statistical properties of estimators (this is not because they are unimportant, but because the knowledge will be assumed)read primarily academic articles that exemplify the use of techniques you have learned about in the past (your textbooks will be used only as a reference)practice several important aspects of being an empirical researcher, including estimation using publicly-available data, discussion/critique of empirical research, writing a referee report on an empirical paper, and presenting an empirical paperaddress some of the practical issues of dealing with imperfect data discuss and practice some non-parametric and semi-parametric approaches that are becoming more common in applied workfocus on accurate, meaningful interpretation of results that moves beyond a “statistically significant” or “not statistically significant” dichotomylook very carefully at the assumptions made using each method, recognizing that the appropriate use of a method is fundamentally based on the assumptions we must make to use itIf we think of econometric methods as tools to do applied research, the goal of this course is to help you learn to choose the right tools and use them appropriately. To stretch the analogy, I hope the course will help you avoid situations where you are trying to pound a nail into a wall using the back end of a screwdriver – because that’s hard to do and things don’t always turn out so well.This course will assume solid knowledge of econometric methods, which could be gained through the Ph.D. quantitative methods sequence in the PAIA department or the Ph.D. econometrics sequence in the Economics Department.Performance Evaluation CriteriaGrade will be determined by ~5 substantial problem sets; participation in a mock conference; a written referee report on a working paper; and your performance on a final exam.PAI 895: Managerial Leadership in the Public SectorProfessorThis course is taught by several different professors and has several sections. Professors who have taught it in the past are: Catherine Gerard and Sean O’Keefe.Course Description This course is designed for managerial leaders in the public sector and has two major objectives. First, the course seeks to help you build a better understanding of leadership theories and how they underlie practice. Second, the course will guide you in assessing and improving your own managerial skills and competencies. To meet that objective, much of the class time will be devoted to self-assessment and experiential learning activities showing theory in action. Course readings will focus on the changing environment of managerial leadership at all levels of the organizational hierarchy, the latest thinking in leadership, and concrete ideas to enhance your abilities. Course assignments ask you to analyze leadership practices and to reflect on developing new approaches. In summary, the course seeks to improve your ability to observe and analyze leadership, through multiple theoretical lenses, and to provide you with choices about how to lead situationally. Performance Evaluation CriteriaDue to the fact this course is taught by several different professors, there is no sample grading criteria, as each professor is subject to their own grading scheme.PAI 897: Fundamentals of Policy AnalysisProfessorJohn McPeakCourse DescriptionThis course is designed to get you to think about what situations call for public sector policy, and what principles should guide the formulation of the policies in these situations. Since both formulating and predicting the outcomes of policies relies heavily on basic principles of microeconomics, we will spend the first half of the class going over the fundamentals of microeconomic theory as they apply to policy analysis. A second portion of the course begins with a focus on the policy analysis process, including recognition of the multiple objectives commonly sought from public policies, and illustrates how the rational policy analysis model can be used to evaluate alternative policy instruments. The final portion of the course focuses on costbenefit analysis as one technique for systematically analyzing the effects of potential policies.As experienced public managers, it is unlikely that you will move into a policy analysis position; however, it is highly likely that you are or will be a consumer of what such analysts produce. Thus, a primary objective of this course is to make you a more informed consumer. The course should also help prepare you for certain other policyoriented courses you may wish to include in your program of study.This course does not focus on specific policy areas, except as examples. Instead, the course focuses on the tools of policy analysis that should help you in your particular area of interest, e.g., health policy, social policy, environmental policy, etc. This course also will not focus on the politics of the policy process. While clearly policy formulation and analysis takes place within the context of a political process, we wish to focus more on the justification, analysis, and design aspects of policy. This course is meant to complement a more detailed analysis of the politics of policy in other courses.Performance Evaluation CriteriaProblem Sets: 10%Completion of Policy Memos: 30%In-Class Exams: 30%Final Exam: 30%PAI 996: Master’s Project CourseProfessorThis course is taught by several different professors and has several sections. Professors who have taught it in the past are: Saba Siddiki and Yilin Hou.Course DescriptionThis is the capstone for participants of the Executive MPA program who will use this project paper as the finale of their degree. As such, this is NOT a regular class or course; rather, it is an opportunity for every pursuer of the EMPA degree to produce a research product. Once successfully done, EMPAs can claim this research product as the achievement of their time as the Maxwell School. They can take it to their home institution or sponsor as the payoff of the time, resources, and support that have made their degree possible.In this course, students will have an opportunity to complete a project for their respective organizations of employment that serves as a summative evaluation of knowledge gained from participation in the Maxwell School Executive MPA program. The capstone project should reflect students’ ability to effectively integrate ideas, concepts, and skills presented in the MPA curriculum. This course will offer a medium for completing the capstone project. In addition, students in the course will meet on a weekly basis to discuss topics relevant for planning, conducting, and implementing their respective projects.Performance Evaluation CriteriaDue to the fact this course is taught by several different professors, there is no sample grading criteria, as each professor is subject to their own grading scheme. ................
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