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Program

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MPP Approved Electives: 2005-2006

Overview

As noted in the Graduate Handbook, all MPP students must complete a policy emphasis. Currently, the approved emphases are:

ED: Education


FS: Family and Social

HA: Health and Aging

NRE: Natural Resources and the Environment

PE: Public Economics

PRM: Policy Research Methods

IDEV: Development

(Note: Students in Social and Family policy should try to concentrate either in family policy or social policy, though some cross-over is allowed).

Approval

Each student must have all their courses approved by the MPP program office. In the graduate handbook are a listing of courses that will be automatically approved for each area of emphasis. The list that follows are electives that are currently being offered during the 2005-2006 academic year. Graduate-level electives (500-699) will be automatically approved for the indicated emphases. Undergraduate electives (300-499) will be approved on a case-by-case basis depending on what electives are available and your overall program of study. The specified electives may require prerequisites that you may not have had. Please inquire with the course instructor concerning prerequisites. Students Interested in taking courses in the law school should contact the Graduate Director before trying to register.

Emphases

The emphases currently approved for the MPP Program are: FS: Family and Social Policy

HA: Health and Aging Policy

NRE: Natural Resource and Environmental Policy

ED: Education Policy

PRM: Policy Research Methods

PE: Public Economics

IDEV: Development

Fall Semester

Dept. Num. Title Emphases
BIOL 350 Ecology NRE
EDLF 621 Economics of Education ED
EDLF 622 The Law and Education ED
EDLF 650 Education Policy ED
EDLF 657 Language, Policy and Education ED, SF
EDLF 660 Education and Social Change ED, SF
ECON 420 Anti-trust Law and Regulation PE
ECON 431 Economic Development PE, IDEV
ECON 432 Economic Growth PE, IDEV
ECON 440 Natural Resources and Envir Econ NRE
ECON 463 Economics of the Labor Market PE
ECON 580 Advanced Price Theory PE
ECON 581 Advanced Macroeconomics PE
GEOG 412 Problem solving with GIS NRE,
GEOG 421 Comprehensive Planning NRE,
GEOG 422 Urban Design NRE, SF
GEOG 503 Geographic Info. Systems NRE
HLTH 600 Foundations of Public Health HA, IDEV
HLTH 602 Epidemiology HA, PRM
HLTH 607 Public Health Administration HA
HLTH 608 Determinants of Health Behav. HA, SF
HLTH 614 Health Promotion Intervetions 1 HA
HLTH 615 Health Promotion Intervetions 2 HA
HTLH 619 Infectious and Chronic Disease HA
HLTH 660 Substance Abuse HA, SF
HFL 461 The Family & the Law SF
HFL 472 Temporal Welfare in Families SF
HFL 489 Family & Public Policy SF
INBIO 417 Natural Resource Planning NRE
INBIO 450 Conservation Biology NRE
LAW 632 Family Law SF
LAW 707 Health Care Law HA
MFHD 542 Work and Family SF
PLSC 536 Environmental Regulation SF
SOC 318 Adolescent Dev. in the Family SF
SOC 367 Sociology of Gender SF
SOC 380 Deviance & Social Control SF
SOC 383 Juvenile Deliquencey SF
SOC 424 Political Sociology SF
SOC 450 Family & Change SF
SOC 460 Marriage and Family Interactions SF
SOC 481 Crime, Justice, Corrections SF
SOC 550 Contemporary Family Theories SF
SOC 622 Social Stratification SF
SOC 623 Seminar in Race & Ethnic Reltns. SF
SOC W 365 Social Welfare Programs SF
SOC W 366 Social Welfare Policy SF
SOC W 567 Social Services for the Aging SF, HA
SOC W 630 Social Policy Analysis SF
SOC W 670R Global Issues of Children at Risk SF, IDEV
SOC W 681 Comp. Intl. Social Welfare SF, IDEV
STAT 431 Experimental Design PRM
STAT 435 Categ. & Nonparemetirc Data PRM
STAT 441 Stat Theory I PRM
STAT 442 Stat Theory II PRM
STAT 469 Appl Time Series and Forecasting PRM
STAT 535 Applied Linear Models PRM
STAT 537 Generalized Linear Models PRM
STAT 611 Multivariate Statistical Methods PRM
STAT 635 Mixed Models PRM

Winter Semester

Dept. Num. Title Emphases
BIO 350 Ecology NRE
EDLF 614 Education of Diverse Populations ED, SF
EDLF 620 Educational Finance ED
EDLF 650 Education Policy ED
EDLF 656 Best Practices in American Educ. ED
EDLF 658 Political Aspects of Education ED
EDLF 661 Education and International Devl ED, IDEV
EDLF 663 Education, Culture and Econ Devl ED, IDEV
EDLF 720 Normative aspects of Educ Policy ED
ECON 420 Anti-trust Law and Regulation PE
ECON 431 Economic Development PE, IDEV
ECON 440 Natural Resources and Envir Econ PE, NRE
ECON 453 Monetary Theory and Policy PE
ECON 458 International Trade Theory PE, IDEV
ECON 475 Public Economics PE
ECON 588 Econometrics PRM
GEOG 346 Population Geography NRE, SF
GEOG 410 Land Use Planning NRE
GEOG 423 Planning for Unique Lands NRE
GEOG 493R Capstone: Wasting the West NRE
GEOG 495R Capstone: Public land issues NRE
GEOG 503 Geographic Info. Systems NRE
GEOG 521 Seminar in Enivronmental Geog. NRE
HFL 461 The Family & the Law SF
HFL 472 Temporal Welfare in Families SF
HLTH 604 Biostatistics HA, PRM
HLTH 606 Environmental Health Science HA, NRE
HLTH 612 Program Planning & Evaluation HA
HLTH 664 Social Context of Health HA, SF
HLTH 673 Maternal and Child Health HA, SF, IDEV
HLTH 676 Malnutrition and Obesity HA, IDEV
LAW 634 Law and Public Education ED
LAW 658 Land Use Planning NRE
MFHD 542 Work and Family SF
MFHD 611 Advances in Human Development SF
PLSC 472 International Pol. Econ. of Women SF, IDEV
PLSC 545 Social Policy SF
PMGT 658 International Dev. Mgt. IDEV
SOC 318 Adolescent Dev. in the Family SF
SOC 326 Sociology of Education SF, ED
SOC 329 Medical Sociology SF, HA
SOC 365 Sociology of Aging HA
SOC 367 Sociology of Gender SF
SOC 370 Sociology of Urban Life SF
SOC 383 Juvenile Deliquencey SF
SOC 424 Political Sociology SF
SOC 450 Family & Change SF
SOC 460 Marriage and Family Interactions SF
SOC 481 Crime, Justice, Corrections SF
SOC 525 Sociology of Religion SF
SOC 550 Contemporary Family Theories SF
SOC 611 Contemporary Social Theory SF
SOC 621 Complex Organizations SF
SOC 692R Seminar in Family Relations SF
SOC W 365 Social Welfare Programs SF
SOC W 366 Social Welfare Policy SF
SOC W 631 Social Welfare & Family Law SF
STAT 431 Experimental Design PRM
STAT 441 Stat Theory I PRM
STAT 442 Stat Theory II PRM
STAT 466 Intro to Reliability PRM
STAT 472 Actuarial Problems PRM
STAT 522 Theory of Linear Models PRM
STAT 536 Modern Regression Methods PRM
STAT 537 Generalized Linear Models PRM
STAT 551 Intro to Applied Bayesian Methods PRM
STAT 590 Statistical Consulting PRM
STAT 611 Multivariate Statistical Methods PRM
STAT 635 Mixed Models PRM