2009-2010 Course Listing

The course listing is an online catalog, offering course descriptions, information on the faculty, syllabi (if posted by the faculty), as well as course meeting times and locations. Note that course offerings vary from year to year, and those marked with an asterisk are not currently on offer. You can search courses by subject area, semester or keyword.

Changes in Course Numbers: Courses previously numbered  "STM " ("Strategic Management  of Public Organizations"  or "PAL" ("Political Advocacy and Leadership")  have been renumbered to either :

MLD: Management, Leadership and Decision Sciences; or
DPI: Democracy, Politics and Institutions

In addition some courses previously in API (Analysis of Policies and Institutions) and NPS ( Non Profit Sector)  have also been renumbered to one of the above areas. Please see the Course Number Conversion Chart.

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Course Title Number Semester Faculty
Political Analysis and Strategy for U.S. Health Policy
Schedule: M/W 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-175 Spring Robert Blendon
The Economics of Health Care Policy
Schedule: M/W 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-272 Spring Joseph Newhouse
Health Policy Reform: Comparative Perspective
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-382 Fall Mary Ruggie
Doctoral Seminar in the Economics of Health and Medical Care
Schedule: W 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-581 Spring Joseph Newhouse
Core Course in Health Policy I
Schedule: T/Th 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-597 Fall Joseph Newhouse, Alan Zaslavsky
Core Course in Health Policy II
Schedule: T/Th 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HCP-598 Spring Joseph Newhouse, Alan Zaslavsky
Credits: 1.0
 HF - Fall TBA
Institutional and Community-Based Strategies to Support Children & Strengthen Families
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-111 Fall Julie Boatright Wilson
Introduction to Educational Policy
Schedule: M 4:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-122 Fall Jal Mehta
The Federal Government in the Schools
Schedule: F 12:00 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-124 Spring Thomas Hehir
Seminar: Human Services, Labor and Education Policy and Management
Schedule: Th 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-150Y Year Timothy Nelson
Poverty and Social Policy
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-201 Spring Kathryn Edin
Population Changes and Consequences
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-202 Spring Kenneth Hill
Social Structure and Culture in the Study of Race and Urban Poverty
Schedule: Th 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-207 Spring William Julius Wilson
The Economic Impact of Immigration
Schedule: M/W 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-211 Fall George Borjas
Policy, Politics and the Impact of Illegal Immigration from Latin America
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-212 Fall Edward Schumacher-Matos
Designing Social Security Systems
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 0.5
 HLE-221M Spr Mod3 Jo Anne Barnhart
Economics of the Labor Market
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-222 Not Offered Brigitte Madrian
Analyzing Education Policy
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-227 Spring Joshua Goodman
Youth Development and The Achievement Gap
Schedule: T/Th 10:00 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-270 Spring Ronald Ferguson
Major Issues in Federal Education Policy
Schedule: T 4:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-312 Spring James Kim
Market Based Reform in American Education
Schedule: T 11:30 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-313 Spring Marty West
School Reform and At Risk Children
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-325 Not Offered Richard Weissbourd
Tackling the Toughest Challenges for Modern American Higher Education
Schedule: M 12:00 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-342 Fall Richard Light
Politics, Policy Making and Political Action in Education
Schedule: F 12:00 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-347 Fall Paul Peterson, Marty West
The Political Economy of the School
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-348 Not Offered Paul Peterson
Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy I
Schedule: W 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-511 Fall Kathryn Edin, Bruce Western
Proseminar in Inequality and Social Policy II
Schedule: W 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-512 Spring Christopher Jencks, Theda Skocpol
Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy III
Schedule: M 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HLE-513 Fall William Julius Wilson
Policymaking in Urban Settings
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-100 Not Offered William Apgar
Seminar: Housing, Urban Economic Development, and Transportation
Schedule: Th 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-150Y Year Mary Ruggie
Urban Politics, Planning, and Development
Schedule: T/Th 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-201 Fall Alan Altshuler
Leading Cities
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-205 Spring Anthony Williams, Stephen Goldsmith
Disaster Recovery Management and Urban Development: Rebuilding New Orleans
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-206 Fall Doug Ahlers
Redevelopment Policy
Schedule: M/W 10:00 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-208 Spring Susan Fainstein
Histories and Theories of Urban Planning Interventions
Schedule: M/W 11:30 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-209 Fall Susan Fainstein
Transportation Policy and Planning
Schedule: T/Th 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-251 Spring Jose Gomez-Ibanez
Planning and Environmental Law
Schedule: M/W 8:30 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-263 Fall Brian Blaesser
Housing Policy in the U.S.: Intersection of Public/Private Sectors in Housing Finance
Schedule: F 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-264 Spring Eric Belsky
Real Estate Finance and Development Fundamentals
Schedule: M/W 4:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-265 Fall Edward Marchant
Public and Private Development
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 HUT-268 Spring Brian Blaesser
International Relations: Theory and Practice
Schedule: M/W 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-101 Fall Stephen Walt
The World and the U.S. Since 1917: Policy, Politics, and the Uses of History
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-102 Spring Moshik Temkin
Global Governance
Schedule: M/W 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-103 Spring John Ruggie
Managing a Living Planet: How Interactions Among Population, Health, Resources & Environment Shape the Stage of Global Affairs
Schedule: M/W 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-104 Spring William Clark
Seminar: International and Global Affairs
Schedule: Th 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-150Y Year Monica Toft
Central Challenges of American Foreign Policy
Schedule: M/W 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-201 Spring Graham Allison
American National Security Policy
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-202 Not Offered Ashton Carter
Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-203 Not Offered Samantha Power
Environmental and Resource Science for Policy
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-204 Not Offered John Holdren
Science, Technology, Innovation, and Public Policy
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-205 Fall Matthew Bunn, Venkatesh Narayanamurti
The Politics and Ethics of Statecraft
Schedule: M/W 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-206 Fall J. Bryan Hehir
Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-207 Spring Tarek Masoud
Modern Diplomacy: Peace and War in the 21st Century
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-208-A Fall R. Nicholas Burns
Modern Diplomacy: Peace and War in the 21st Century
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-208-B Spring R. Nicholas Burns
War, States and Intervention
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-215 Fall Rory Stewart
Power in the 21st Century
Schedule: W 4:10 PM
Credits: 0.5
 IGA-225M Fall Mod1 Joseph Nye
Geopolitics of Energy
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-226 Fall Meghan O'Sullivan
Leadership and 20th Century American Foreign Policy
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-301 Fall Joseph Nye
National Security Organization and Management
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 IGA-302 Fall John White

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