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Policy, Planning and Development (PPD)
- http://priceschool.usc.edu/
- D class assignments available in RGL102; Phone: (213) 740-1460.
- To access and submit the D-clearance request form for PPD courses, please visit priceschool.usc.edu/students/registration/dclearance-request/
Institutions, legal context, and processes of public policy and management. Contemporary theories of public policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Public managerial challenges and reforms.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51100R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 40 of 45 | Kathleen Doherty | RGL100 | ||
51101R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 44 of 45 | Lori Glasgow | VPD116 |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51103R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 33 of 45 | Alan Kreditor | RGL100 | Word (49631 KB) | |
51190R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 38 of 45 | Todd Gish | RGL100 |
Review of legal and ethical traditions of citizenship withemphasis on the latter; consideration of implications for currentpractice of public policy-making and management.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Public Policy majors can obtain D-clearance through the department.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51110D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 49 of 60 | Diane Yoder | VPD112 |
The urban context for planning and policy decisions. Socioeconomic, physical, and spatial structure of cities: and the underlying demographic, economic, and social processes that drive their ongoing transformation.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Public Policy majors can obtain D-clearance through the department.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51106D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 38 of 45 | Lisa Schweitzer | VPD112 | ||
51109D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 43 of 45 | Elizabeth Halkett | VPD112 |
Policy, planning, and development skills for practice; internship seminar; leadership, group dynamics and presentation skills; application of management; organizational diversity; reflection on experiences. Duplicates credit in the former PPD-401.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51104D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-8:20pm | Wednesday | 46 of 55 | Aggie Afarinesh | VKC150 |
Statistical applications applied to the real world; techniques including probability, sampling; hypothesis formation and testing; correlation, and linear regression. Duplicates credit in the former PPD-404.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51105R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 34 of 35 | Emma Aguila Vega | RGL101 | ||
51107R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 31 of 35 | Ray Gonzales | VPD106 | ||
51112R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 35 of 35 | Mark Velez | VPD110 |
Institutional foundations and analysis of public policy issues; policy formulation and implementation; application of theories; case analyses.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51118R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 18 of 32 | Nona Randois | VKC157 | PDF (166208 KB) |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51113R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 32 of 32 | Howard Greenwald | VPD110 |
Institutions, policies, and processes affecting health care policy and management; historical and philosophical roots; management of health care delivery; access and quality issues; responsiveness to public needs. Duplicates credit in the former PPD-230.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51120R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 32 | Michael Nichol | VPD112 |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51102R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 26 of 31 | Lavonna Lewis | RGL209 |
Interrelated roles of business and public institutions; effects of public policies and laws on business sector; incorporates public and business perspectives.
- Prerequisite: ECON 203
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51114R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | Jennifer Miller | |||
51141R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 41 of 45 | Michael Thom | RGL101 |
Urban markets, government role and influences; capital markets and financing environment; mortgage instruments and analytic tools for decision-making.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51151D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 27 of 30 | Bret Nielsen | VPD112 | ||
51152D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 27 of 30 | Rodney Ramcharan | RGL100 | ||
51155D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Wed, Fri | 16 of 30 | Jorge Martin De La Roca MacChiavello | VPD110 |
Voluntary service in an urban, multicultural context: diverse meanings and practices, history, motivations, relationship to charity and change, dilemmas, public policies; service learning project required.
- Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51108R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Grace Dyrness |
Applied analytic modeling and data manipulation; visual presentation; interpretation of data; needs assessment and market failure analysis; indexing; extrapolation and simple forecasting; simple risk analysis; benefit-cost analysis. Duplicates credit in the former PPD-473.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51122R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 40 of 45 | Tj McCarthy | RGL100 | ||
51123R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 26 of 45 | Jennifer Miller | VPD112 |
Definitions and measurements of development; impact of globalization; concept and practice of international development administration and planning at local, national, and global governance levels.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51117R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Peter Robertson |
Contemporary management theory; the nature of complex organizations' organizational and intergovernmental arrangements; roles and responsibilities of managers; managerial and organizational effectiveness; organizational structure and dynamics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51136R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 25 of 32 | Marcella Marlowe | VKC203 |
Urbanization and urban development and growth through an international scope; globalizing cities.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51115R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Annette Kim | OFFICE |
Application of design concepts, planning protocols and spatial analysis skills to a complex planning or design problem sponsored by a local public, private or not-for-profit client in a studio setting.
- Prerequisite: 2 from (ARCH 403 or PPD 425 or SOCI 314 or SSCI 483)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): GeoDesign
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the SSCI department but may qualify for major credit in PPD. To register, enroll in SSCI 412.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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35667R | 001 | Lecture-Lab | 2:00-5:50pm | Thursday | 5 of 20 | Travis Longcore | AHF145D | PDF (197284 KB) |
Historical perspectives on and the contemporary practice of community health planning; impact of culture, socioeconomics, and environment; policy dimensions; urban plannings role in enhancing and sustaining health.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51128R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 32 | David Sloane | VPD112 |
Health policy analysis and challenges; price of health; structure of major sectors in health care; role of insurance in policy debates; trade-offs with policy decisions.
- Prerequisite: PPD 325
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51125R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 8 of 32 | Darius Lakdawalla | RGL219 |
Key issues related to the practice of food system planning; practice of creating and implementing food policies; understanding of food systems; issues around community food governance.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51131R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Monday | 5 of 32 | Paula Daniels | WPH107 |
Theories and concepts of livable communities and good city form; case studies of historical and current best practices; field visits; collaborative design project.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51146D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 38 of 40 | Elizabeth Falletta | VPD110 | ||
51148D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 25 | Elizabeth Falletta | VPD112 |
Basic GIS concepts, ArcView and other GIS software, planning applications and databases, basic cartography; students selct, research and prepare a planning GIS analysis project.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51145R | 001 | Lecture-Lab | 6:30-9:50pm | Thursday | 19 of 32 | Daniel Inloes Jr | KOH208 |
Application of methods in the exploration of a specific project, policy, or organization from the multiple perspectives of the five tracks in the undergraduate program. Open only to seniors.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51134D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 28 of 28 | Donald Spivack | VPD110 | Word (37336 KB) | |
51135D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 28 of 28 | John Loper | VPD110 |
Macro- and micro-analysis of urban property markets (residential, commercial, and industrial) with regard to their location and dynamics. Recommended preparation: PPD 362
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51121D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 28 of 30 | Mark Ruff | RGL100 | PDF (480812 KB) | |
51127D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 29 of 30 | Austin Anderson | RGL219 |
Advanced real estate principles. The nature, operation, and role of US mortgage markets. Financing of residential and income-producing property types. Prerequisites: MATH 117 and PPD 362.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51126D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 28 of 30 | Babak Ziai | VKC205 | ||
51140D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 30 of 30 | John Loper | VKC260 |
Policy and planning as shaped by sustainability theories; sustainability indicators; topics include water resources, air quality, land use regulations, environmental design, carrying capacity, ecological footprint analysis.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51129R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Wed, Fri | 21 of 32 | Dan Mazmanian | VPD110 |
Strategies and processes of social innovation and change; examination of social change in the market, government, and within the nonprofit sector; dynamics; civic action and activism
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51137R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 29 of 32 | Nicolas Duquette | VPD112 |
Writing of the honors capstone project in an area of interest related to the track of study; research and writing skills.
- Prerequisite: PPD 497a
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51138D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 10 | Lavonna Lewis | OFFICE |
Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Tech and the City | ||||||||||
51119R | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 24 of 25 | Vincent Reina | VKC154 | ||
The Mixed-Use Development Process | ||||||||||
51142D | 510 | 4.0 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Friday | 4 of 5 | Richard Green | RGL304 | ||
Millennial Leadership and Inter-Sectoral Strategies | ||||||||||
51143D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Wednesday | Canceled | Lavonna Lewis | |||
Applied Data Analysis Using Health Data | ||||||||||
51144R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Friday | Canceled | Glenn Melnick |
Roles of public, private, nonprofit, and civil society sectors in policy, planning, and development. Leadership skills in negotiation, conflict resolution, institutional design, problem solving.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51210R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 28 of 28 | Bill Kelly | OFFICE | Word (51955 KB) | |
51211R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Friday | 10 of 28 | Frank Zerunyan | VPD107 | Word (148992 KB) | |
51213R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 28 of 28 | Maurice Rahimi | OFFICE | ||
51236R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 27 of 28 | Eric Batch | OFFICE | ||
51238R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 12 of 28 | Maurice Rahimi | OFFICE | ||
51239R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Monday | 30 of 31 | Clifford Graves | VKC211 | Word (47616 KB) | |
51260R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Monday | 30 of 30 | Clifford Graves | WPHB30 | Word (47616 KB) | |
51421D | 563 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 24 of 31 | Paul Danczyk, Jei Africa | SACRAMENTO | ||
51460D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 35 of 55 | William Leach,Matthew Wheeler | ONLINE | PDF (419880 KB) |
Microeconomic theory as applied to policy, planning, and development; concepts of efficiency; macroeconomic issues.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51265R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | 17 of 32 | Jorge Martin De La Roca MacChiavello | RGL209 | ||
51266R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 32 | Jorge Martin De La Roca MacChiavello | RGL209 | ||
51305R | 595 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 55 of 57 | Mark Phillips | VPD112 | ||
51351D | 785 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Saturday | 22 of 40 | Ke Ye | VKC102 |
Microeconomic analysis and modeling to incorporate market failure and issues of uncertainty and information failure; organization models; policy instruments; policy and planning applications.
- Prerequisite: PPD 501a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51306R | 596 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 52 of 60 | Mark Phillips | VPD112 |
Statistical analysis concepts and reasoning; sampling and data sources; focus on basic statistical applications in public management and policy analysis
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51263R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 15 of 35 | Mark Velez | VPD110 | ||
51461D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 44 of 60 | John Calanni | ONLINE |
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. Recommended preparation: PPD 502x.
- Prerequisite: PPD 516
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51278R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 26 of 26 | Lannie Tonnu | VKC210 | ||
51279R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 18 of 23 | Joe Nihom | OFFICE | ||
51291R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 27 of 27 | Andrew Landis | OFFICE |
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. b: Changing practices, emerging issues, strategies and innovations in financial planning, management, and regulation; federal and state policies and requirements.
- Prerequisite: PPD 510A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51200R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 15 | Ellen Riley | OFFICE |
Conceptual framework for database development; relational data management; use of health statistics; health indicators; confidentiality, security, privacy. Recommended preparation: PPD 502x or competence in statistics and PPD 516x or competence in accounting.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51775D | 820 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 52 of 60 | Gary Blackard | ONLINE |
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.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 501A or PPD 501)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51218R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 22 of 22 | Alice Chen | OFFICE | ||
51274R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 20 of 22 | Paul Ginsburg | OFFICE | ||
51275R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 20 of 21 | Ian Spatz | OFFICE |
Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision-making; strategic management; organizational performance; communication; provider comparisons. Recommended preparation: PPD 509, PPD 511, PPD 513, PPD 514, PPD-557.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51204D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 68 of 70 | Marco Huesch | OFFICE |
Quality issues and complexities affecting healthcare; fundamentals of quality improvement programs; examination of quality issues and improvement programs in various health care venues; strategies
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51205R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 24 of 24 | Amy Howell | OFFICE | ||
51206R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 17 of 20 | Barton Wald | OFFICE | ||
51208R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 24 of 24 | Donald Hufford | OFFICE |
Introduction to comparative international development with a focus on regional growth and urban development.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51301R | 596 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 55 of 65 | Eric Heikkila | RGL101 |
Examination of the formation of the modern urban environment with its consumer culture, social classes, and racial and ethnic diversity.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51302R | 595 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 52 of 65 | Martin Krieger | RGL101 | Word (65268 KB) |
Application of methods in planning, programming, research, andevaluation in a professional context; data collection andanalysis; case studies; practical applications.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51212D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 19 of 20 | Stephen Russell | OFFICE | ||
51233D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture-Lab | 9:00-12:20pm | Friday | 12 of 20 | Janis Breidenbach | RGL103 | Word (197720 KB) | |
51241D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture-Lab | 9:00-12:20pm | Thursday | 20 of 20 | John Blackman | RGL215 | ||
51269D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture-Lab | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 13 of 20 | Eric Shen | VKC258 |
Administrative concepts, institutions, legal systems, and practices; values; facilitation of responsibilities and rights; professional applications for personal, private sector, and public achievement.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51290R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | 14 of 25 | Kathleen Doherty | RGL219 | ||
51462D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 62 of 75 | Dr Dora Kingsley Vertenten, William Resh, Matthew Wheeler, Michael Paules | ONLINE |
Financial management applied to public and nonprofit organizations; financial valuation, financial markets, budgeting, tax administration, debt financing, cost-benefit analysis and financial analysis. Duplicates credit in PPDE 645.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51242R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 39 of 41 | Tomson Ong | VPD116 | Word (22110 KB) |
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.
- Prerequisite: PPD 502
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51215R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 20 of 32 | Howard Greenwald | VPD112 | ||
51217R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 32 of 32 | Nicole Esparza | VPD112 | ||
51352D | 785 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 31 of 42 | Jeanne Ringel | VPD112 | ||
51464D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 33 of 45 | William Leach | ONLINE | PDF (749382 KB) |
Supervised study of management, analytical, or other professional activities in government; integration of theory, practice and relevant literature.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51216R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-8:20pm | Wednesday | 24 of 25 | Bill Kelly | VKC200 | Word (36370 KB) | |
51223R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 28 of 32 | Scott Turner | RGL209 | ||
51393D | 597 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | Canceled | Jodi Traversaro | TBA | ||
51463D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 10 | Dian Johnson Harrison | ONLINE |
Behavior in organizations; focus on personal, interpersonal, and group level factors that influence such behavior.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51243R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 23 of 26 | Susan Gautsch | OFFICE | ||
51246R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 26 of 31 | Deborah Natoli | RGL209 | ||
51402D | 530 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 25 of 31 | Janet Denhardt | SACRAMENTO |
Constitutionally accountable and ethical practice, individually and organizationally; applications of core competencies; practical inquiry, analysis, systems; comparative frameworks; citizenship and public service. Prerequisite: PPD 540 and PPD 545 and PPD 542 or PPD 557. Open only to master and doctoral students.
- Prerequisite: (PPD 540 and PPD 545) and 1 from (PPD 542 or PPD 557)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51219D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 29 of 32 | Diane Yoder | RGL100 | ||
51259D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 43 of 43 | Donald Morgan | RGL100 | ||
51401D | 530 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 26 of 30 | Daniel Haverty | SACRAMENTO | PDF (2857846 MB) | |
51465D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 45 of 55 | Dr Dora Kingsley Vertenten, Juliet Musso | ONLINE | ||
51503D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 21 of 24 | Peter Robertson | RGL215 |
Introduction to public policy analysis; issue diagnosis and policy design; analytic reasoning and argumentation; the role of the public policy professional; ethical issues in policy analysis. Open only to M.P.P. and Certificate in Public Policy students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Public Policy, Public Policy
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51430D | 564 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 17 of 24 | Christopher Weare | SACRAMENTO |
Political and organizational perspectives on policy making process; agenda setting, policy design, adoption, implementation, evaluation, modification or termination. Policy leadership skills:negotiation and strategic mapping.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51285D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 24 of 40 | Pamela McCann | VPD110 | ||
51287D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | 35 of 35 | Dan Mazmanian | RGL101 | ||
51354D | 785 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 19 of 20 | Gayla Kraetsch-Hartsough | RGL215 | ||
51400D | 530 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 12 of 30 | Juliet Musso | SACRAMENTO |
Management science methods that support decision making in policy, management, and planning settings. Includes linear programming, queuing theory, decision analysis, and forecasting.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 502 or PPD 525)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51221R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 36 of 38 | Jeffrey Smith | RGL100 | PDF (30125 KB) | |
51394D | 597 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 3 of 10 | Jeffrey Smith | ONLINE | PDF (30125 KB) |
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.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 502 or PPD 525)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51283D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 24 of 32 | Julie Zissimopoulos | RGL101 |
Methods used in the analysis of policy methods, including cost benefit analysis, decision and risk analysis, and applied social science methods.
- Prerequisite: (PPD 502 and PPD 554) and 1 from (PPD 501 or PPD 501b)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51224D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | 37 of 37 | Tj McCarthy | RGL100 | ||
51267D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 29 of 29 | Tj McCarthy | RGL100 |
Application and integration of the knowledge and techniques of analytic, quantitative, managerial, political, and ethical analyses to specific public policy problems.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51201D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Monday | 26 of 26 | Dan Mazmanian, Gary Painter | OFFICE | ||
51225D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Monday | 28 of 28 | Gary Painter, Dan Mazmanian | OFFICE |
Current international public policy on issues such as governmental reform, regulation, social welfare, poverty alleviation and international aid. Policy framework and in-depth analysis of specific topics of relevance to government agencies and international organizations.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51355D | 785 | 4.0 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Friday | 12 of 20 | Frank Zerunyan | VPD110 | Word (661254 KB) | |
51357D | 785 | 2.0 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Friday | 8 of 20 | Glenn Melnick | RGL215 |
Concepts of risk analysis, risk in engineered systems, environmental risk, security risks; fault trees, event trees, risk simulations; risks and decision-making. Recommended preparation: MATH 108 or MATH 116
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51264R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 30 of 30 | Detlof Von Winterfeldt | RGL215 | ||
51395D | 597 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 3 of 15 | Detlof Von Winterfeldt | ONLINE |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51226D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 20 | Jennifer Hsu | OFFICE | ||
51227D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Jennifer Hsu | OFFICE | ||
51405D | 530 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Jennifer Hsu | SACRAMENTO |
Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51228R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE |
Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Impact Investing | ||||||||||
51222R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 11 of 15 | Elisabeth (lisa) Richter, Tina Castro | THH211 | ||
Social Finance and Global Poverty Reduction | ||||||||||
51251R | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 9 of 20 | Rym Kaki | VPD107 | ||
Introduction to Lean Health Care | ||||||||||
51280R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 6:00-7:20pm | Tuesday | 16 of 16 | Kevin Kaldjian, Tyler Woolsey | VKC160 | ||
Transitional Care and Hospital Readmission Prevention | ||||||||||
51281R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 13 of 15 | Joshua Luke | OFFICE | ||
Leadership for Social Change | ||||||||||
51299R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Thursday | 14 of 15 | Fred Ali | |||
Local Government Policy and Governance | ||||||||||
51403D | 530 | 4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 27 of 30 | Rodney Gould | SACRAMENTO | ||
Energy Policy | ||||||||||
51501R | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Friday | Canceled | Jonathan Eyer | |||
Economic Impact Analysis Methods and Applications | ||||||||||
51502R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | Canceled | Dan Wei |
Managed care arrangements, interorganizational relations, management practices and controls, medical staff relations, strategic planning, marketing, utilization review, quality assurance, outcomes measures. Recommended preparation: PPD 516x, PPD 510a or HMGT 565.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51273R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 13 of 15 | Guillermo Gil | OFFICE |
Hospital systems and functions; managerial processes, theory, and practice; governance structures; legal, regulatory, administrative, and professional requirements; medical and professional staff; multi-institutional arrangements; controls. Recommended preparation: PPD 516x.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51276R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 16 of 20 | Ray Hahn | OFFICE |
Research methods for intensive practical field research and evaluation; policy, management and planning practice in intercultural contexts; preparation for professional-level consulting abroad.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51293R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:00pm | Monday | 17 of 21 | Gary Painter | RGL219 | ||
51294R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Wednesday | 22 of 23 | Antonio Bento | RGL215 | ||
51295R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Thursday | 5 of 20 | Eric Heikkila | RGL103 | ||
51396D | 597 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 3 | Gary Painter | OFFICE | ||
51397D | 597 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 1 | Antonio Bento | OFFICE | ||
51398D | 597 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 5 | Eric Heikkila | OFFICE | ||
51473D | 598 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 5 | Gary Painter | ONLINE | ||
51474D | 598 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 7 | Antonio Bento | ONLINE | ||
51475D | 598 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 5 | Eric Heikkila | ONLINE |
Central city housing and renewal problems and policies. Site selection, organization; land valuation, acquisition, disposition; relocation and management; reuse; site planning and development; politics; financing.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51500R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 8 of 32 | Con Howe, David Grunwald | VKC261 |
Fundamentals for economic development professionals and policy makers including feasibility analysis and the financing of facilities, social services, and community-based enterprises.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51237R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 32 of 37 | John Perfitt | VKC203 |
Case studies of planning and public/private and mixed enterprises; public production of private goods; privatization of public services; public/private partnerships; mixed enterprises.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51261R | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 6 of 25 | Allan Kotin | OFFICE |
Introduction to GIS systems and usage in the public sector; spatial data; understanding software and the application of technology; analysis of data using GIS.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51202R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Friday | 12 of 16 | Mark Hanson | OFFICE | ||
51203R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Friday | 15 of 16 | Mark Hanson | OFFICE | ||
51247R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 21 of 24 | Barry Waite,Bonnie Shrewsbury | OFFICE |
Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip- assignment; evaluation; criticisms.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51272R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | 17 of 25 | Sandipan Bhattacharjee | VKC210 |
Strategic analysis; strategic planning; leadership; performance measurement and management; control systems; organizational structure and networks; organizational culture; organizational learning and change. Open only to Executive Master in Leadership students.
- Prerequisite: PPD 641
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51450D | 533 | Lecture | 9:00-5:00pm | FSU | 24 of 25 | Bob Denhardt | OFFICE |
Sources of government revenue, intergovernmental financial relations, budgeting, public goods theory. Theoretical and applied skills in analysis of equity and efficiency issues.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 501B or PPD 501)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51288R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 23 of 25 | Michael Thom | OFFICE |
Role of state government in intergovernmental relations, emphasis on California experience; financial aspects of intergovernmental system.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51404D | 530 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 24 | Kevin Starr | SACRAMENTO |
Analysis/field application of action research models for strategic planning in public agencies; design of effective public systems; citizens/administrators' roles in strategic decision-making.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51248R | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 22 of 24 | Rick Culley | OFFICE |
Development of theories; role of international institutions in resource exchanges; foreign investment and trade policies; national planning and allocation systems; development and modernization strategies and implementation.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51244R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 21 of 32 | Rym Kaki | RGL219 |
Merit principles, position classification, recruitment and selection, compensation, organizational development, labor relations; challenges and strategies for managing a diverse workforce.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51466D | 593 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 11 of 20 | Tara Blanc | ONLINE |
The business-government relationship; effects of selected public policies (antitrust, economic, and social regulation, industrial policies, legal policy) on firm and industry behavior.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51232R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Thursday | 6 of 20 | Frank Zerunyan | RGL103 | Word (243712 KB) |
Exploring the complex relationships that exist among policies, policymakers, and the media; analyzing the role of journalists and policy analysts in the public policy process.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51268R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 17 of 32 | Sherry Jeffe | RGL219 | Word (75264 KB) |
Coastal management issues in the context of public and private users competing for land resources, the costs and benefits of seaports, comparison of coastal development models.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51245R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Canceled | James Fawcett |
Provides an understanding of what social factors contribute to racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in health and the culturally proficient provision of health care.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51282R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 10 of 15 | Lavonna Lewis | RGL103 |
Pedagogy: learning objectives, curriculum design, teaching methods, evaluation. Graded CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in former PPD-700ab)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51292D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Monday | 12 of 13 | Deborah Natoli | RGL103 |
Philosophy of social science; applied social research; research design; sampling & validity; overview of qualitative and quantitative methods
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51249D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 9 of 12 | Nicole Esparza | RGL304 |
Research fields and design; literature reviews; critical reading and critiquing; project development
- Prerequisite: PPD 710a
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51284D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 12 of 12 | Marlon Boarnet | RGL304 |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51252D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 11 of 13 | Marlon Boarnet,Jennifer Hsu | OFFICE | ||
51253D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Marlon Boarnet,Jennifer Hsu | OFFICE | ||
51307D | 544 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 5 | Deborah Natoli, Jennifer Hsu | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51254D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Marlon Boarnet | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PPD 794a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51255D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 10 | Marlon Boarnet | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PPD 794b
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51256D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 10 | Marlon Boarnet | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PPD 794c
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51257D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 10 | Marlon Boarnet | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: PPD 794d
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51258D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 10 of 12 | Marlon Boarnet | OFFICE |