Fall 2007

Gateway to the minor in Planning and Development. Ethnic history of Los Angeles, emphasis placed on architecture, planning, and development. Multiplicity of cross-connections shaped by race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

Institutions, legal context, and processes of public policy and management. Contemporary theories of public policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Public managerial challenges and reforms.

Gateway to B.S., Public Policy, Management and Planning and minor in Planning and Development. City building and development process; who plans; politics of planning and development; major topics include land use, fiscal policy, transportation, sustainability, and economic development.

Gateway to the minor in Health Policy and Management and the Health Care Policy and Management track of the B.S., Public Policy and Management. Institutions and processes affecting health care policy and the management of health care delivery in the United States; historical and philosophical roots; access and quality issues; responsiveness to public needs.

Review of legal and ethical traditions of citizenship with emphasis on the latter; consideration of implications for current practice of public policy-making and management.

The urban context for planning and policy decisions. Socioeconomi, physical, and spatial structure of cities: and the underlying demographic, economic, and social processes that drive their ongoing transformation.

Gateway to the B.S., Planning and Development. The transition from traditional to modern cities in the developing world. Primacy and dualism; comparative urbanism as an expression of cultural variation; contrast in Western cities.

Off-campus coursework, title of course at other institution appears as a section title.

Introduction to graphic design, photodocumentation, and geographic information systems as employed in planning, policy, and development. Visual explanations. Computer and by-hand applications.

Human resource development and management; values and processes in civil service career systems; training practices; human relations in supervision; personnel theory.

Basic accounting principles and concepts necessary for the preparation and understanding of financial statements; accounting for the service organizations in the public/nonprofit sector; fund accounting.

Understanding human behavior in public organization: motivation, roles, communication; group behavior and decision-making in public context; managing conflict; leadership and change in public complex organizational systems.

Concepts and determinants of health and illness; health care delivery organizations and programs; the role of the administrator; issues in health care financing and access; quality evaluation; future trends.

Public policy agenda-setting, alternatives formulation, and implementation for crime and criminal justice; analysis of specific issues including crime control, death penalty, and gun control.

Interrelated roles of business and public institutions; effects of public policies and laws on business sector; incorporates public and business perspectives.

Urban markets, government role and influences; capital markets and financing environment; mortgage instruments and analytic tools for decision-making.

Theories of the voluntary nonprofit sector in society and its relationship to government and business; public policies toward the sector.

Understanding neighborhoods as the fundamental places of everyday urban life from the perspectives of the fields of architecture, education, planning, and social work.

Seminar to accompany required internship related to public policy, management, and planning. Application of management and organizational concepts to workplace: reflection on experiences. Graded CR/NC.

Introduction to organizational and systems analysis; historical perspective; systems theory; information systems, procedure analysis; management planning; introduction to models.

Fundamentals of probability; basic statistical techniques; sampling; framing statistical questions; inference; hypothesis and significance tests; correlation analysis; regression analysis; identifying, evaluating, and managing data. Recommended preparation: MATH 108 or MATH 116

Historical evolution of planning and development. How changing modes of planning and development have shaped the built landscape throughout the century.

Theories and concepts of livable communities and good city form; case studies of historical and current best practices; field visits; collaborative design project.

Macro- and micro-analysis of urban property markets (residential, commercial, and industrial) with regard to their location and dynamics. Recommended preparation: PPD 362

Advanced real estate principles. The nature, operation, and role of U.S. mortgage markets. Mortgage financing of residential and income-producing property types.

Evolution of government housing and community development programs; present practices, e.g., housing elements, economic development, neighborhood rehabilitation; housing needs and market analysis; housing and health.

Social controls and delivery of justice administration services; comparative systems; organization theory and justice administration; system adaptation and change; system performance measurement: economy, efficiency, effectiveness.

Police and society; the structure and organization of American policing, current managerial problems; police research and development; future planning; administration of police juvenile programs.

Effective interface among juvenile justice subsystems (police and social service agencies, schools, courts); legal/jurisdictional parameters, resource constraints; strategies for joint intervention and problem resolution.

Strategies for coordinated mobilization of diverse juvenile justice agencies; resolution of conflicting agency objectives (e.g., enforcement vs. rehabilitation). Information and resource needs; organizational skills, techniques.

Analytic methods for policy and planning, problem definition, stakeholder analysis, modeling and evaluation techniques. Cost benefit analysis, decision analysis, graphics and problem modeling using computer.

Examination of the historical and contemporary components of U.S. immigration policy with emphasis on policies addressing legal permanent immigrants, refugees, asylees, the undocumented.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Departmental approval.

Concepts, theories, and methods of analysis of a selected topic within the fields of public policy, management, and planning.

Analysis of cross-sectoral governance relationships/role of public nonprofit, and for-profit sectors in social problem solving; applications.

Microeconomic theory applied to issues in public and nonprofit sectors, including organization models, market failures and policy instruments, and macroeconomic issues.

Improving operations, patient flow, quality and processes. Students will become familiar with methods for implementing change in health care settings such as hospitals or clinics.

Principles of epidemiology; disease trends, treatment efficacy, influences on utilization; health promotion, disease prevention and health protection; intergovernmental relationships; management of public health programs.

a: Accounting principles, financial reports, managerial finance, financial planning, capital investments, working capital analysis; elements of budgeting and reimbursement; performance standards; reporting; developing a management system.

Conceptual framework for database development; relational data management; use of health statistics; health indicators; confidentiality, security, privacy.

Rights of consumers; health-related powers of governments; rights and responsibilities of health care providers; interrelationships of rights, powers, and responsibilities.

Relationships between economic characteristics and health status; impact of economy on health services industry; demand and resources for health services; utilization, prices, costs, health insurance.

Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision-making; strategic management; organizational performance; communication; provider comparisons.

Accounting as a management tool; accounting systems; basic concepts; budgets; statements. Designed for nonaccounting administrative personnel. Not available for credit to MHA students.

Development of a critical perspective by becoming more aware of the intellectual roots of the planning profession, with a focus on practical outcomes of actions.

Fundamentals of probability and statistics, planning analysis techniques, computing standards, and understanding of the rhetoric related to statistical analysis.

Introduction to comparative international development with a focus on regional growth and urban development.

Understanding of the legal system and its processes and laws applicable to land use and development and the legal nature of powers of public and private entities.

Awareness, analysis, understanding, and influencing the city-building process locally and regionally; isolate and exercise tools and methods of visual literacy.

Application of methods in planning, programming, research, and evaluation in a professional context; data collection and analysis; case studies; practical applications.

Administrative concepts, institutions, legal systems, and practices; values; facilitation of responsibilities and rights; professional applications for personal, private sector, and public achievement.

Financial management applied to public and nonprofit organizations; financial valuation, financial markets, budgeting, tax administration, debt financing, cost-benefit analysis and financial analysis.

Methods and models for policy and program evaluation; methods for collecting and analyzing evaluation data; processes for linking evaluation to policy formulation and program management.

Supervised study of management, analytical, or other professional activities in government; integration of theory, practice and relevant literature.

Behavior in organizations; focus on personal, interpersonal, and group level factors that influence such behavior.

Constitutionally accountable and ethical practice, individually and organizationally; applications of core competencies; practical inquiry, analysis, systems; comparative frameworks; citizenship and public service.

Nature of public policy; public policy formulation processes; roles of institutions, groups, values; information and rationality in policymaking; models and other aids to policy choice.

Management science methods that support decision making in policy, management, and planning settings. Includes linear programming, queuing theory, decision analysis, and forecasting.

Applied multivariate statistics in support of policy, management, and planning problem solving. Includes regression analysis, logit models, and an introduction to time-series models and multi-equation estimation.

Theoretical approaches, critical issues, and research methods in public policy implementation. Field-based research project.

Methods used in the analysis of policy methods, including cost benefit analysis, decision and risk analysis, and applied social science methods.

Application and integration of the knowledge and techniques of analytic, qhantitative, managerial, political, and ethical analyses to specific public policy problems.

Federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements affecting California transportation systems, including transportation planning and funding law; and government contracting, environmental, and civil rights requirements.

Physical and operational characteristics of marine ports; impact analysis of modern logistics on port operation, planning and management; optimization and efficiency solutions for container terminals.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Credit on acceptance of thesis.

Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning.

Managed care arrangements, interorganizational relations, management practices and controls, medical staff relations, strategic planning, marketing, utilization review, quality assurance, outcomes measures.

History, development, trends; major policy issues; organization of systems; principles and techniques of administration; management of institutional and community based programs.

Emphasis on current or emergent issues in the health care industry. Focus on impact of recent health legislation and/or health care system responsiveness.

Addresses current US health policy issues and the critical processes that shape them, with an emphasis on urban populations; institutional, economic, social, ethical, and political factors.

A forum for leading executives and policymakers to address ways they or their organizations improve healthcare financing, delivery and management, in the US and internationally.

Provides practical and strategic decision-making skills in managed care contracting, including contract types, terms and conditions; financial assessment; proposal development and analysis; and negotiation.

Theory and policy regarding population change in urban areas: housing; cohort analysis; immigration; ethnicity; employment; education. Methods of graphic representation; census data manipulation, interpretation, forecasting.

Legal, political/institutional, and technical aspects of environmental impact reports for urban planning.

Socioeconomic change, economic development theory, assessment techniques, and economic indicators in the context of planning and development policies and programs.

Case studies of planning and public/private and mixed enterprises; public production of private goods; privatization of public services; public/private partnerships; mixed enterprises.

Develop observation, description, analysis, and conceptualization skills related to urban spatial conditions; advance professional communication proficiencies.

Urban planning and social work: theory, values, techniques of inquiry, and problem- solving methods appropriate to urban planning and social work.

Analysis of policies relating to transportation alternatives; institutional environment and background; federal, state, regional, and local agency responsibilities and interactions.

An intensive introduction to leading through core values. Focuses on developing leadership skills at the personal level to build a foundation for leadership at all levels. Open only to Executive Master in Leadership students.

Leadership styles in various settings; team demographics, and dynamics; problem-solving; decision-making; diversity and critical thinking skills; effect of culture on small groups communication; managing conflict. Open only to Executive Master in Leadership students.

Perspectives on advocacy in the policy process; practice of advocacy; accessing the policy process; simulation of the advocacy process; ethical considerations.

Methodologies, theories and models of comparison; administrative systems; role and functions of the public sector; administrative cultures.

Theories and techniques of assessing and improving interpersonal relationships and group dynamics in an organizational context; action research-based approaches to implementing organizational change.

Definition and history of terrorism, counterterrorism, domestic policy and public sector management; intelligence/information sharing and analysis; emergency perparedness planning, response and recovery.

An overview of leadership concepts, frameworks and skills; application of leadership in complex or intersectoral settings.

Merit principles, position classification, recruitment and selection, compensation, organizational development, labor relations; challenges and strategies for managing a diverse workforce.

Overall understanding of contemporary U.S. immigration policy.

Strategic management of nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurship, and management practice.

The business-government relationship; effects of selected public policies (antitrust, economic, and social regulation, industrial policies, legal policy) on firm and industry behavior.

Introduces key information and concepts for managers of clinical services. Examines problems and issues facing health care managers and clinician relations.

Pedagogy: learning objectives, curriculum design, teaching methods, evaluation. Open only to Ph.D. and D.P.A. students. Graded CR/NC.

The nature, functions, and transformations of contemporary cities; comparative urban theories, theories of globablization, and consequences of emerging urban outcomes; effective policy interventions.

Reflective and critical approach that questions data collection techniques, positions relative to those being studied, and explanatory methods. Recommended preparation: PLUS 502 or PLUS 504.

Statistical and econometric modeling in real estate finance, urban economics, public policy, and planning research. Building, estimating and adjusting models for real-world.

Theories of the role, structure, and growth of the public sector; political economy of public bureaucracies; the voluntary nonprofit sector.

Urbanization, urban economics, land use, the politics of growth, governance, regulation, and the state, immigration, and place promotion.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.