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Social Policy Concentration

CIPA fellows in the Social Policy concentration learn design, management and evaluation of public-sector programs in the areas of health, welfare, education and aging. The fundamental material of this concentration introduces students to problem formation, cost-benefit analysis, identification of policy alternatives, and policy implementation.

In addition to the nine foundation courses, CIPA fellows who select the Social Policy concentration take a minimum of five courses related to their specific area of focus. The course list below, organized thematically to facilitate course selection, is designed to help fellows develop a particular area of study, but should not limit choices. CIPA fellows may elect to substitute other relevant courses, by petition, with the approval of their advisor.

Course List

Administration Politics and Public Policy

Dept

Course

Title

Credits

Semester

Professor

CRP

612

Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management

4

F

Warner

EDUC

661

Administration of Educational Organizations

3

F

Sipple

ILRCB

681

International Labor Law

3

S

Compa

LAW

662

Law and Social Change

3

S

Greenberg

NS

450

Public Health Nutrition

4

S

Pelletier

NS

642

Globalization, Food Security, and Nutrition

2

F

Pinstrup-Andersen

PAM

334

Corporations, Shareholders and Policy

3

F

Geddes

PAM

383

Social Welfare as a Social Institution

4

F

Allen

PAM

473

Social Policy

4

S

Allen

*PAM

559

Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, and Management Interface Issues

3

F

Rodriguez

*PAM

567

Health Policy

4

S

Simon

PAM

601

Policy Processes and Theory

4

F

Swisher

Economics and Public Finance

ECON

456

The Economics of Employee Benefits

4

Not offered 2005-2006

Staff

ILRLE

441

Income Distribution

4

F

Hutchens

ILRLE

642

Economic Analysis of the Welfare State

4

S

Hutchens

ILRLE

648

Economic Analysis of the University

4

F

Ehrenberg

ILRLE

747

The Economics of Education

4

S

Ehrenbeg

NS

457

Economics of Hunger and Malnutrition

4

S

Sahn

PAM

341

Economics of Consumer Law and Protection

4

F

Mathios

*PAM

547

Microeconomics for Management and Policy

4

S

Kenkle

PAM

605

Economics of Family Policy

4

F

Peters

PAM

639

Graduate Microeconomics for Policy Analysis

4

S

Cowley

Quantitative Analysis

ECON

619

Econometrics

4

F

Hong

NS

685

Empirical Methods for the Analysis of Household Survey Data: Applications to Nutrition, Health and Poverty

4

S

Sahn

PAM

305

Multi-Variate Statistics

4

F,S

Rosen

PAM

603

Experimental, Quasi Experimental and Economic Evaluation Methods

4

S

Peters

PAM

604

Qualitative, Mixed Methods and Measurement

4

F

Waller

PAM

606

Demographic Techniques

3

F

Joyner

Focus Courses

ANTRH

621

Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

4

F

March

BIOGD

482

Human Genetics and Society

4

F

Calvo

EDUC

571

Social and Political Context of American Education

3

F

Sipple

EDUC

665

Administrative Decision Making

3

F

Sipple

EDUC

671

American School Reform: Organizational and Sociological Perspectives

3

F

Sipple

EDUC

682

Community Education and Development

3

F

Peters

EDUC

694

Special Topics in Education

1-3

F,S

Staff

EDUC

714

Moral Development and Education

3

S

Schrader

EDUC

762

Comparative and International Education

3

F

Assie-Lumumba

HD

483

Early Care and Education in Global Perspectives

3

F

Cochran

HD

691

Poverty, the Life Course, and Public Policy

3

F

Evans

ILRHR

360

Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

3

F,S

Briggs

Bishop

ILRHR

653

Research on Education Reform and Human Resource Policy

4

S

Bishop

ILRIC

631

Comparative Labor Movements in Latin America

3

F

Cook

ILRIC

637

Labor Relations in Asia

4

F

Kuruvilla

ILROB

729

Organizational Change and Intervention

3

F

Staff

LAW

631

Education Law

3

S

Heise

LAW

642

Family Law

3

F

Graycar

LAW

647

Health Law

2

F

Beresford

LAW

683

Social Security Law

4

S

Martin

LAW

744

Law and Social Movements in East Asia

4

S

Riles

NBA

538

Inclusive Leadership

1.5

S

Stepp

NS

306

Nutrition Problems in Developing Countries

4

Not offered 2005-2006

Stoltzfus

NS

451

Epidemiology and Health of Human Communities

3

F

Frongillo

NS

650

Assessing Food and Nutrition in a Social Context

4

F

Pelletier

Pelto

NS

651

Food and Nutrition Action in a Social Context

4

Not offered 2005-2006

Pelletier

Pelto

PAM

323

Consumers in the Marketplace II

4

S

Avery

PAM

371

Demography and Family Policy

4

F

Koyna

PAM

435

The U.S. Health Care System

3

F

Battistella

PAM

640

Consumer Policy: Information, Markets, and Regulation

4

F

Mathios

* = Sloan Program Curriculum

Recently Completed Theses:

"New Student Programs, Policies, and Practices at American Colleges and Universities" (Author: Aaron Andersen. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Jerome Ziegler; Prof. John Mortensen)

"Prison Phone Contracts" (Author: Elenore Garton. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Mary Katzenstein)

"Do Educationally Empowered Mothers Improve Child Health? Evidence From Tamil Nadu, India" (Author: Maki Ueyama. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Alaka Basu)

"Parental Life Stressors and Child Maltreatment" (Author: Catherine Vu. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven Jackson)


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