Excel Fundamentals

This introductory course surveys fundamental Microsoft Excel concepts and functionality applicable to SIPA courses and in professional settings. Topics include understanding references and functions, writing formulas, interacting with spreadsheets, building basic models, controlling formatting and presentation and creating basic charts. The course is targeted at students with limited or no prior Excel experience. The course is open to SIPA students only. Note: A laptop is required for this course

• SU 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
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• 0 points

Advanced Techniques in Excel

Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent experience This course explores skills needed for sophisticated spreadsheet development and problem solving in Microsoft Excel. Topics include implementing advanced logic using complex formulas, managing complexity with Excel's auditing features, leveraging lookup functions leveraging and calculated references, parsing and cleaning raw data, refining data structure, and constructing and leveraging PivotTables. The course does not focus on specific models or applications, but instead explores general concepts and techniques that can be flexibly applied to different solutions in Excel. The course is open to SIPA students only. Instructor approval is required: students will be waitlisted in SSOL and contacted by the instructor. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. Deadline to drop this course is one week prior to the start date of the course. A notation of "W" will be assigned if requests to drop are not made by this deadline.

• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
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• 0 points

Financial Modeling in Excel

This intensive one-day workshop develops financial modeling skills through the hands-on construction of an interactive financial model. Using a real company as a case study, the lectures will direct participants to blend accounting, corporate finance and Excel skills to create a dynamic, three-statement financial model. The completed product has five years of projections, three years of historical data and supporting schedules including working capital, debt, equity, depreciation and amortization. Other advanced topics include understanding and controlling circularity errors, troubleshooting, sensitivity analysis and discounted cash flow valuations.

• S 10:15 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
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• 0 points

Professional Development

Professional Profile

Navigating the employment market and successfully pursuing job and internship opportunities requires effective tools and search strategies. At all professional levels, job candidates must be able to clearly describe their unique professional qualifications and how they will contribute value to the hiring organization. This 2-session course is designed to facilitate a heightened awareness of career goals and develop the essential ingredients for an effective job search campaign: resume, pitch, online presence, and networking and interviewing skills. Participants will construct a professional resume appropriate to their target industry or organization and submit it for review and feedback. A distinct version of the course for international students covers the nuances of networking and job search in the US and provides CPT and OPT guidelines. Students should enroll in the version that aligns with their background and may attend sessions only in the course section for which they are registered. This course is a required component of the two-course (0.5 point, total) SIPA Professional Development requirement; the other component may be chosen from among a menu of five electives (see 
SIPA U4041
 through 
SIPA U4045
). Students should complete both components of the PD requirement in their first semester.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Joanne L Heyman
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• 0.2 points

Professional Development

Professional Profile-Intl

Navigating the employment market and successfully pursuing job and internship opportunities requires effective tools and search strategies. At all professional levels, job candidates must be able to clearly describe their unique professional qualifications and how they will contribute value to the hiring organization. This 2-session course is designed to facilitate a heightened awareness of career goals and develop the essential ingredients for an effective job search campaign: resume, pitch, online presence, and networking and interviewing skills. Participants will construct a professional resume appropriate to their target industry or organization and submit it for review and feedback. A distinct version of the course for international students covers the nuances of networking and job search in the US and provides CPT and OPT guidelines. Students should enroll in the version that aligns with their background and may attend sessions only in the course section for which they are registered. This course is a required component of the two-course (0.5 point, total) SIPA Professional Development requirement; the other component may be chosen from among a menu of five electives (see 
SIPA U4041
 through 
SIPA U4045
). Students should complete both components of the PD requirement in their first semester.

• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Sadaf G Sajwani
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• 0.2 points

Professional Development

Global Workplace

Understanding the Global Workplace
: In the contemporary workplace, teams are comprised of leaders and contributors from myriad cultural backgrounds. Each person’s way of viewing and being in the world shapes their approach to teamwork, leadership, and interpersonal relations in general. This 1-session course examines how diverse experiences and perspectives are critical to the growth and productivity of teams and organizations. Participants will gain insight into unconscious biases and other impediments to teamwork in the workplace and learn interpersonal skills that foster effective collaboration, conflict management, and productive team outcomes.

• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Tanya Odom
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• 0.2 points

Professional Development

Public Speaking at Work

Effective Public Speaking at Work:
Common workplace interactions such as leading or contributing to meetings and delivering presentations are critical components of professional life. Yet, for many professionals, public speaking is highly stressful. This 1-session course will introduce you to public speaking skills that produce effective results in the workplace, including how to structure, frame, and organize a presentation and deliver it with impact. You’ll learn the key elements of an effective presentation and how to communicate your message convincingly by analyzing your audience and determining its needs. Participants will have an opportunity to practice important verbal and non-verbal delivery techniques – and begin to overcome the fears of speaking up and speaking out.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Spielman
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• 0.2 points

Professional Development

Negotiation in Workplace

Negotiation Skills in the Workplace:
Effective negotiation is a key skill for leaders and contributors worldwide at all professional levels in organizations and workplaces. This 1-session course is designed to promote understanding and build problem-solving skills that can lead to strength and competency in this vital activity of everyday work life. Participants will be able to define negotiation and articulate the key tension that exists in all negotiations; prepare for negotiations using a research-based framework; and articulate their strengths and weaknesses as negotiators, as well as ways they can improve negotiation outcomes.

• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Joanne L Heyman
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• 0.2 points

Professional Development

MBTI Comm & Teamwork

Using the MBTI to Enhance Communication & Teamwork:
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a well-known personality assessment instrument widely administered worldwide in organizational and workplace settings. It does not measure skills or aptitudes but personality preferences – the qualities that combine to make us unique individuals. In this 1-session course, students will learn the benefits of using the MBTI in professional settings and developing self-awareness of preferred decision-making, problem-solving, and relating to others. Interactive exercises will also promote understanding and insight into the preferences of those who share styles dissimilar to ours. Understanding your MBTI profile will enable you to appreciate important personality differences and mesh with the complexities of diverse organizational cultures.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jodi L Caplan
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• 0.2 points

Effective Global Leadership for Economic

Effective Global Leadership II

These two-part mid-career global leadership development courses (1.5 credit course in the summer and spring) provide intensive, collaborative, and highly interactive hands-on instruction, constructive evaluation, and ample opportunities to transform theory into practice.  It utilizes cutting-edge, research-based methodologies and customized case studies to build the next generation of leaders that turn differences into opportunities, ideas into solutions, and knowledge into action.  Students will acquire a variety of leadership skills in global contexts, including cross-cultural negotiation strategies, consensus building, collaborative facilitation, persuasion, inclusionary leadership, design-thinking-based problem-solving techniques, and public speaking in knowledge-intensive industries.  They will gain a competitive edge in their professional careers by participating in a variety of simulation games, role-playing exercises, and mock public policy panels to apply the skills they have learned and receive valuable feedback. 

• F 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Analysis of Public Sector Organizations

Analysis of Public Sector Orgs

Virtually all government policies depend on organizations to execute and evaluate them. Effective public management therefore depends crucially on an understanding of how organizations work. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the institutional basis of public policy and administration. A major theme throughout is that explaining organizational outcomes requires the understanding of: (i) the actors involved and their preferences, and (ii) the institutions, or “rules of the game” within which they function. Expanding on this theme will allow us to explain many features of political organizations, including some that may appear (at first glance) to be pathological. The study of organizations is multi-disciplinary in nature, and as a result the course draws upon a range of literature from economics, political science, and psychology.  It will focus particularly on applications of behavioral economics and game theory.  The course readings and the student assignments will provide ample opportunities for seeing how theoretical arguments are developed and tested.  The objective is to give students not only a working knowledge of how public sector organizations work, but also the ability to utilize it across a broad range of settings. The course begins by considering different models of individual and collective behavior.  With these tools in place, it then proceeds to study the internal structures of organizations and their management implications.  The “principal-agent” framework will guide this discussion.  Next, it will examine the impact of the external environment on organizations.  Finally, it will consider some prospects for reform.

• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Ting
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• 3 points

Effective Management in the Public Servi

Effective Mgmt in the Pub Serv

The course is designed to introduce you to the field of public management. It is a practical course, organized around the tools managers may use to influence the behavior of their organizations. The course also discusses the political environment in which public managers must interact. This course serves as an introduction to management in government and in the non-profit and private organizations that contract with and/or partner with government to provide public services. Lectures, cases, discussions and group projects focus on an array of management tools that help managers implement public policy and deliver critical services. While many examples come from the instructor's experience in New York City and US state and federal agencies, numerous comparative cases and projects from Asia, Latin America and Europe are used to discover best practices, common challenges and the impact of culture on organization behavior. The course will be valuable to those expecting a career in large, complex organizations, either as a manager or a policy advisor. A laboratory section focuses on assigned readings and case studies, provides more opportunities for student discussions and brings in prominent guest speakers from multiple sectors.

• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: William B Eimicke
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• 3 points

Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organi

Strategic Mgmt- Nonprofit Orgs

The goal of the course is for students to develop an understanding of how the various functional areas of a nonprofit, guided by vision and strategy, interconnect to help a nonprofit organization make progress toward achieving its mission. Students will also explore strategic planning, strategic management, building a strong and inclusive organizational culture, and managing organizational change. Lectures, class discussion, case studies, and group presentations provide students with a platform for exploring key issues raised during the course.

• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gary Bagley
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• 3 points

Sustainability Management

Sustainability management matters because we only have one planet, and we must learn how to manage our organizations in a way that ensures that our planet is maintained. The course is designed to introduce you to the field of sustainability management. This is not an academic course that reviews the literature of the field and discusses how scholars think about the management of organizations that are environmentally sound. It is a practical, professional course organized around the core concepts of management and the core concepts of sustainability. This year I am introducing a specific emphasis on urban sustainability as the planet’s urban population continues to expand. Each week we will read one or two cases in management and/or sustainability, and some background material designed to help you answer the questions posed at the end of each case exercise. The cases always pose practical issues for decision makers to address—but issues that are best addressed with a firm grounding in the literature of management and sustainability. The literature and case material we will study this semester are based on lessons learned in government, non-profits and the private sector. However, most of my own work focuses on government and non-profits so this course will emphasize management in public and nonprofit organizations and the role of public policy in sustainability. In this course you will be assigned to one team that will present a briefing in class on an assigned position for a particular case, for which another team will present an opposing view. You will also write three two-page memos according to a specified format. The syllabus includes a schedule for each assignment. There is also a take home final exam that is due the last day of class.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Cohen
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• 3 points

Leading & Managing in Moments of Adversi

This course will provide the analytical ability and practical skills to lead and manage in moments of adversity and opportunity. The frameworks and strategies apply across the sectors from change-makers to start-ups, teams to companies, not-for-profit to government. The focus is on the leadership and management needed at key high-stakes moments: reform processes, large-scale social change, turnarounds, pressures from competition or innovation in the market, pivots, and pervasive and recurrent challenges… The methodology of this class relies on the 
case method 
using two types of cases: individual student professional leadership cases and pre-prepared case studies. It also draws on readings, structured exercises, videos and role-plays. 

Leadership requires a stomach for
 uncertainty, discomfort, conflict, and uncomfortable conversations around deeply held values
. The class is used as a crucible to explore and learn about how we operate
 beyond our comfort zone. It allows students to practice building the resilience to lead in complex situations. 
This course’s format differs from many other courses and does not rely on lectures but instead looks to create an active learning environment in the classroom. We call this learning style 
experiential
 – we will use ourselves as cases and the class as 
a space to practice
 and develop our diagnostic, communication, management, and leadership skills.

• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• M 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kirsti Samuels
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• 3 points

International Finance & Monetary Policy

Intl Finance & Monetary Policy

Examines international finance and the institutions and principles governing the functioning of the international monetary system. Among the topics discussed are the structure, operation, and stability of foreign exchange markets, the causes and consequences of international accounts disequilibria, the mechanisms of balance-of-payments adjustment, the merits of different exchange rate regimes, financial crises, the effects of international capital mobility on trade, growth, and employment, and the problem of international policy coordination. 

• S 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Goodspeed
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• 3 points

Public Sector Marketing, Strategic Plann

Pub Sector Mrkt/Stat Plan/Comm

This course deals with how public and non-profit agencies interact with their external environment: how they generate revenue, and develop brand identity. The class further discusses the application of private sector marketing techniques to non-profit and governmental organization as well as methodologies and uses of strategic planning in the public sector. 

• S 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• 3 points

Ethics for Public Leadership

The purpose of this course is to explore, identify and detail the connectivity between good governance and the realization of social wellbeing, economic justice and environmental health. Occurring in many forms, corruption is currently a worldwide phenomenon that impedes the realization of human rights, economic development and environmental stewardship by obstructing the rule of law and the administration of justice, whether subtly or blatantly. The meaningful and functional institution of anti-corruption measures depends upon an understanding of both attitudinal and transactional deficiencies in human affairs across many dimensions of malpractice in public service. Attitudinal deficiencies are often intangible, as in cases of narcissistic disorder, normalized collusion and cultural hypocrisy. Transactional deficiencies are often tangible, as in cases of immediate conflict of interest, ranging from gifts and bribes, to self-dealt compensation and investment, besides nepotism, cronyism and favoritism; and intermediate conflict of interest, ranging from undue influence to campaign contributions, voter suasion and lobbyist support, in exchange for regulatory loopholes, waivers, earmarks, bailouts, subsidies, permits and contracts, besides perquisites such as honoraria, board directorships and revolving-door career advancements.

The course has four primary sections, each addressing in three subsections a domain or theater of ethics, which is distinct from but interconnected with the others. The first section addresses ethics in discourse, particularly the contemporary need to frame ethics in global, scientific and practical terms. The second addresses ethics in leadership, especially the current debates about the traits, authenticity and efficacy of leaders. The third section addresses ethics in management, including the peculiar hazards or pathologies of its main forms: loyalty-based, science-based, and behavior-based management. The last section of the course addresses ethics in society, including three critical sets of values that are significantly determinate with regard to achieving good governance: public, civic and social values, associated with governmental, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

• S 3 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Adela J Gondek
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• 3 points

Cost Benefit Analysis

Econ CBA & Program Evaluation

Cost-benefit analysis and the economic evaluation of policies and projects. The course consists of two parts: methodology and practice. The goal is to be practically adept, not methodologically sophisticated. The goal is to give you the necessary skills and confidence to undertake an independent cost-benefit analysis.

• S 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Eva Weissman
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• 3 points

Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost-benefit analysis and the economic evaluation of policies and projects. The course consists of two parts: methodology and practice. The goal is to be practically adept, not methodologically sophisticated. The goal is to give you the necessary skills and confidence to undertake an independent cost-benefit analysis.

• S 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• 0 points

Global Leadership Seminar II

Global Leadership Sem II

The Global Leadership Seminar II is one of the core classes of the MPA in Global Leadership. It provides students with concrete lessons on the practice of leadership, enables students the opportunity to interface with established leaders across the spheres of government and civil society. The course culminates with each student submitting and presenting a plan to address a global policy challenge.  

• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mauricio Cardenas
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• 3 points

Strategic Management of Information and

Strategic Mgmt-Info&Comm Tech

Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technologies for the Public Good” addresses the spectrum of policy issues, options, and critical decisions confronting senior managers in the public sphere. Classes will be taught by a combination of lecture, readings, and case. Each class will address policy, technical, and managerial challenges for a particular domain of practice from the introduction or use of established and leading-edge information and communication technologies (ICTs), among them cloud, mobile and social. Arenas may include, for example, health, education, energy, economic development, transportation, civic engagement, law enforcement, human resources, social services, transportation, or compliance and regulatory affairs. The cases will involve a variety of managerial dilemmas and decisions, from governance to transparency, performance management to project management, and be generalizable across multiple domains, arenas, and technologies. Our goal is to expose students to the broadest range of policy challenges, and technologies comprising ICTs in use in the principal domains of practice, giving students a comprehensive exposure to the issues and opportunities as managers encounter them today - and will in the very near future. The course is intended for general, non-technical managers and assumes no engineering capability greater than plugging in a USB stick.

• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Z Tumin
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• 3 points

Economic Strategies for Public and Priva

Economic Strat-Pub&Priv M

The class focuses on strategies for optimal decisionmaking by managers in the public and private sectors. At the level of public- and private-sector firms, the areas covered will include pricing with market power, investment in risky situations, exporting and importing, productivity and compensation of workers and managers in unionized and non-unionized firms, and employment setting. At the level of government institutions, the areas covered will include government budget constraints and debt sustainability, capital flow waves, optimal taxes, tariffs, quotas and subsidies, market regulation, and competition policies. Related issues to be considered include internal and external macroeconomic shocks, macroeconomic policies in the energy transition, and the role of international institutions. There will be several guest lectures on these and other topics.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jan Svejnar
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• 3 points

Energy, Corporate Responsibility & Human

Energy, Corp Resp & Hum Rights

This class examines how to reconcile the differing/conflicting interests/goals of energy, and mining, companies and the public interest (e.g. governments); how to negotiate PPP agreements; understand the function/impact of laws and international trade agreements; and determine how CSR, especially environment and anti-corruption, and human rights apply. Case studies of multi-billion international energy pipeline projects, including TAP in Albania and Greece, TAPI in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, BTC in Georgian and the Caucasus and , for comparative purposes, the controversial Keystone in US and Canada, will be the prism/focus for analysis. The class is dynamic and cross-disciplinary. 

• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenik Radon
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• 3 points

Politics of Education Policy

The course will examine the role of states, districts, the federal government, private foundations, and corporations in American education policy We will focus in depth on a range of educational policy issues influenced by politics: including governance, equitable funding, choice, charter schools, teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, standards, accountability, collective bargaining, and the school to college pipeline.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Stanley Litow
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• 3 points

Accounting for International and Public

The purpose of this course is to enable you to become an informed user of financial information. To be properly informed you need to understand financial statements, the note disclosures and the language of accounting and financial reporting. We will focus on the three major financial statements – the balance sheet, the income statement and the statement of cash flows - that companies prepare for use by management and external parties. We will examine the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. As we gain an understanding of the financial information, we will look at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. We will use actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented.

• W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Norman Bartczak
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• 3 points

Political Economy of Finance

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of financial and international monetary policy, presenting both theoretical perspectives and more policy-oriented concerns.  The course requires no knowledge of formal economic models, but it does presume familiarity with basic concepts in open economy macroeconomics and finance. Students without this background may find several sections of the course very difficult. The course has three main sections.  The first examines the political economy of the global monetary system.  We begin by surveying the evolution of international monetary arrangements from the gold standard period to the present day.  Then we analyze the difficulties posed by floating rates and capital mobility as well as the global imbalances that have been frequent features of contemporary times.  In addition, we examine the Euro crisis and trace its origins to the establishment of the monetary union.  The second section examines the political economy of financial policy, regulation and central banking.  The role of financial policy in economic development, especially of industry, in developing and emerging market countries is the primary lens for exploring this topic.  The final section considers financial crises, with a special focus on the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98 and 2007/08 global crisis that had its origins in the United States.

• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Arvid J Lukauskas
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• 3 points

How Government, Civil Society & Corporat

Gov, Civ Soc, & Corp Solve Soc

The private sector has been widely criticized for economic and social conditions in the United States. Income inequality, the movement of jobs overseas, the disruption caused by technology, and the wide pay disparity between CEOs and employees are all placed squarely at the feet of leaders in the private sector. A historical review shows that much of the distrust of the private sector is justified. However, a review also shows ample examples, in the past and present, of private sector leadership shaping positive societal reforms. The substance of this course will entail a review of the past with lessons learned, where we are today in areas of critical concern to the nation, and most importantly, a review of specific next steps needed in the future to achieve real progress solving our most critical economic and social problems.

• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Stanley Litow
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• 3 points

History for Future Policymakers

Leaders often invoke the lessons of history, but rarely talk about anything but a few familiar episodes. Even if we can all agree that we should avoid another attack on Pearl Harbor or war in Vietnam, does this actually help us make decisions about the future? In this course, students will explore both the problems and the opportunities with using historical analysis to grapple with present and future challenges. They will develop a deeper understanding of the most often cited historical episodes, but also learn how to avoid using analogies in the place of more original thinking. That means thinking like a historian, and the course will introduce key concepts that can be used to analyze a range of complex challenges, including continuity and change, contingency and inevitability, human agency and structural constraints. But they will also learn how NOT to think like a historian, such as using history as a weapon, and extrapolating into the future.

• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah C Kovner
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• 3 points

Comparative Social Welfare Policy

This core course explores welfare systems from a comparative perspective and analyzes the political, economic, socio-cultural, and historical factors that shape and sustain them in advanced industrialized countries. It pays particular attention to the development of key national social welfare policies, such as social security, health care, unemployment insurance, social assistance, childcare, tax expenditure, and public employment and training, and emerging best practice in these areas. The course also identifies pressing global/regional trends (e.g. greying of societies, labor market stratification, and persistent gender inequality) and compares how developed and developing countries address them through policy.

• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Yumiko T Shimabukuro
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• 3 points

Political Economy Seminar

This seminar surveys the defining political economy issues of our time. It explores the interplay between politics and economics in the substantive issue areas of trade, finance, investment, development, and redistribution. The seminar surveys the most provocative, influential contributions in multiple disciplines utilizing a wide range of research methods. Contemporary debates are studied in depth, including the fragmentation of production, causes and consequences of financial crises, growing inequality, economic development challenges, and the determinants of public goods provision. The course equips students with the conceptual and empirical tools to better understand current developments, provides exposure to multiple perspectives, and builds confidence in development one's own point of view.

• R 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Yumiko T Shimabukuro
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• 3 points

International Relations Theory for Globa

IR Theory for Glob Policy

This course is designed to upgrade the students’ skills to design global policies by providing an in-depth understanding of essential International Relations theories and instructing how to apply them to solve real-world issues through exercises. As global cooperation is difficult to build yet critical for solving global issues, this course focuses on theories that are helpful to achieve such cooperation and employs issues related to the U.S.-China competition, a key obstacle to global cooperation, as case studies. At the end of the course, students will be able to define a fundamental structure in each complex and dynamic global issue and tailor policy recommendations that reflect this structure. 

• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Fumiko Sasaki
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• 3 points

Politics & Policy of Urban Sustainabilit

Politics & Policy-Urban Sustai

This is a course for thoughtful people who wish to influence actual policy outcomes related to sustainability challenges in major cities. Its objective is not to provide a primer on urban sustainability solutions; this is readily available from textbooks and will change by the time you are in a position to act. Rather, the course’s objective is to prepare you for the kind of challenges that will face you as a policy practitioner in the field of urban sustainability. Cities are increasingly recognized as a key level of government for environmental and sustainability policy. As at all levels, politics and policy are intensely intertwined, and perhaps more so at the local level because the decisions involved often affect constituents directly and intimately --in their neighborhoods, in their homes, in their commutes. This reading-heavy colloquium explores the politics and the policy of urban sustainability from the perspective of someone who wishes to effect change. It culminates in a team project in which students act as a sustainability policy team in a mayoral (or equivalent) office in one of the world’s major cities. The course considers key components of the city itself, with the objective of understanding what shapes the city and its impact on the environment. It mainly uses case studies from the twentieth-century United States, paired with international readings to allow a comparison with other experiences. The focus on deep case studies allows the consideration of the situations, constraints, and political dynamics of specific situations. It is intended to provide students with the ability to recognize patterns in urban political and policy dynamics related to sustainability. These are paired with an overview of leading solutions and how the professor believes practitioners should evaluate them for their own cities. The course also prominently features in-class presentations and discussions of the students’ main project: a team-based memo making a specific recommendation to solve a problem in a specific major world city, which is presented twice, once for a diagnosis of the problem in a given city and a second time with a policy recommendation. This project is the major portion of the overall grade for the class, and is used to allow the students to wrestle with the challenge of turning ideas from past and present into successful urban sustainability policies that can get implemented in a political and institutional world. In order to cover issues in depth, this course is not exhaustive;

• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Rohit T Aggarwala
  Wikipedia h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Development Practice Lab I

Development Practioner's Lab I

DP-Labs I & II are two full-semester, 3-credit courses with a first-year spring course focused on skills and tools around program design and a second-year fall course focused on skills around program management and leadership. The DP-Labs will bookend MPA-DP students’ 3-month professional summer placements, allowing for DP-Lab I skills to be applied over the summer and for DP Lab II to process those experiences as real case studies and examples. These skills will be applied to final semester capstone projects and allow students to synthesize lessons learned for their eventual job search and career development. DP-Lab I is designed to introduce students to key tools, techniques, and approaches used by development practitioners when diagnosing problems and designing programs.  Throughout the semester, students will receive hands-on training by experienced practitioners in high priority skill areas, while looking at communications and ethics and power as cross-cutting themes that can be applied to all skills. 

• T 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Chandani Punia
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• 3 points

Financing Sustainable Development: The R

This course will focus on the practice of financing sustainable development. During the past several years, there has been significant attention given to the challenges of mobilizing public and private finance for sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Climate Agreement (PCA) have spurred a significant amount of activity in public policy, regulation, new financial instruments and asset class development. As a result, financing sustainable development is even more complicated than it was before, and requires students to have an understanding of a broad range of topics. The goal of this course is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the practical realities of the topic of sustainable finance. The course instructor has been directly involved with major aspects of the topic, including as a policy advisor to the United Nations, an expert advisor to the Asian Development Bank and Uganda Development Bank, and a senior executive at various global financial institutions.

• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Aniket A Shah
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• 1.5 points

Affordable Housing Finance: Policy and A

Affordable Housing Finance is an introduction to the public policy concepts and technical skills necessary for development of both rental and owned housing for individuals and families earning less than 80% of the area median income (AMI). This immensely challenging field requires familiarity with the capital markets, knowledge of zoning, general real estate transactional concepts, contract and tax law and architecture, just to name a few trades. Affordable housing is often developed with public sector support (PPP’s) and with non-profit community development corporations (CDCs) and other development organizations with a mission to create affordable housing. The course will introduce the application of new digital tools to the assessment of investment opportunities and risks in these markets. Instruction in the use of these tools will be provided. Students should have a working knowledge of excel, real estate finance and securitization concepts.
 

• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Koss
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• 3 points

Economics of European Integration

Econ of European Integration

A policy-oriented but theory-based course on the current state of economic integration in the European Union. Topics include: macroeconomic policy responses to the Covid-19 crisis; the impact of Brexit; design failures of the Eurozone and steps to completing the Banking Union and Monetary Union; monetary policy of the ECB; fiscal policies and fiscal rules; EU labor markets; the Common Agricultural Policy and environmental policy; tax and competition policy for high tech firms in a digital economy; EU trade policy particularly relations with the U.S. and with China, the EU’s response to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the economic dimensions of European security.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Seamus C O'Cleireacain
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• 3 points

Macroeconomics for International and Pub

Prerequisite: SIPA U6300. This course continues the one-year sequence initiated with SIPA U6300 and focuses on macroeconomics. The goal of this course is to provide you with the analytical framework to examine and interpret observed economic events in the global economy. We will first familiarize ourselves with the measurement of the macroeconomic variables used to evaluate nations' well-being. Next, we will build from microeconomic principles to clarify the causal links between macroeconomic aggregates. The subject matter will always refer to concrete situations with a particular focus on the causes and effects of the current global financial crisis. The controversial nature of macroeconomic policies will be central. Note: This course is not eligible to fulfill the core economics requirement for students in the IFEP concentration or DAQA specialization. This course may not be repeated under the SIPA U6400/01 sequence.

• MW 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• TR 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• MW 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• R 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• R 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
• F 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• R 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• F 12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• F 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 4:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Martsella Davitaya
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• 3 points

Quantitative Techniques

The use of quantitative research techniques, statistics, and computer software in designing public policies and in evaluating, monitoring, and administering governmental programs. Practical applications include research, design measurement, data collection, data processing, and presentation of research findings.

• S 3 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• S 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart E Ward
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• 3 points

Quantitative Techniques

The use of quantitative research techniques, statistics, and computer software in designing public policies and in evaluating, monitoring, and administering governmental programs. Practical applications include research, design measurement, data collection, data processing, and presentation of research findings.

• S 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points

Diplomacy in Practice: the EU & the Worl

Diplomacy in Practice:EU/World

The course will introduce students to the practice of modern diplomacy through case studies of global or regional crises and the EU’s response to them. Students will learn how foreign policy is devised and implemented from the perspective of a professional diplomat.

The course will start with an introduction to the history of EU foreign policy and then to the institutions and instruments involved in foreign affairs. Each class will then focus on specific case studies starting with the EU approach to its different international partners: allies (transatlantic partnership and UN system), neighbors (the Southern Neighboring policy, the Eastern Partnership, the new European Political Community), and the rest of the multipolar world (Russia, China, India, Turkey,…); then the situation in Ukraine; the conflicts in the Middle East region (Libya, Syria, Middle East peace process) and the Iran nuclear agreement; lastly, the migration crisis. The final class will wrap up the course with a reflection on lessons learned and possible future developments of EU foreign policy’s organization and agenda. In each case, students will explore the interplay between the various instruments of foreign policy, including crisis management, defense and security, trade, financial aid, humanitarian assistance, and public diplomacy.

• R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Pierre Vimont
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• 1.5 points

Nonprofit Financial Management

This course provides an introduction to nonprofit and social enterprise finance, financial management and budgeting. The course is practical and hands-on. The course will examine how the principles of financial planning and management assist nonprofit managers in making operating, program and long-term financial decisions.  Through the use of readings, discussions, Case Studies, Excel labs, and a consulting project, students will learn underlying concepts as well as practical skills. No prior finance or budgeting experience is required and there is no prerequisite for this course. The course is designed to give students a range of core financial and managerial skills that are especially relevant to students who want to go on to establish, manage or work in nonprofit organizations or social enterprises.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• WF 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence S Rosenblatt
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• 3 points

Campaign Management

Together we are going to learn how to plan, manage, and execute the major elements of a modern American campaign using skills that can be applied to all levels of the electoral process. What are the elements of a modern political campaign? How are those pieces executed? How do we get the people elected (or un-elected) which impacts Public Policy for decades? If you are interested in political campaigns, this is your chance to learn directly from top experts in the field about the various tools and strategies used in all aspects of American politics and campaigns today.
 
Although this is a course focusing on practical competence, empirical political theory and relevant political science will be applied to our work. Guest lecturers, simulations, and additional materials such as videos and handouts will augment the course. When we are done, you will know what you need to do, and where you need to turn, in order to effectively organize an election campaign. The curriculum is ambitious, specialized, and task-specific. This is not a course in political science, but rather a hands-on, intensive training seminar in campaign skills. By May, you will be able to write a campaign plan, structure a fundraising effort, hire and work with consultants, plan a media campaign (both paid and unpaid), research and target a district, structure individual voter contact, use polling data, understand the utility of focus groups, write press releases, conduct advance work on behalf of your candidate, manage crises, hire and fire your staff, and tell your candidate when he or she is wrong. Our aim is to make you competent and eminently employable in the modern era of advanced campaign technology. For the purposes of this class, you will design a campaign plan for a political race. To make this more interesting (and realistic), you will be provided with information and situations throughout the semester that will require you to plan, anticipate, and adapt your campaign plan to the changing realities inherent to every campaign.
 
The course will be co-taught by Jefrey Pollock, the Founding Partner and President of Global Strategy Group, a premier strategic research and communications firm, who has advised numerous local and national political candidates and organizations; as well as, Camille Rivera, Partner at New Deal Strategies, an experienced policy and political legislative director with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization managem

• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

Politics in the European Union

This course offers an overview of recent and contemporary politics in the European Union. On the basis of the assumption that the latter is inextricably determined by both supra-national and infra-national dynamics, it examines the European Union as a whole, as well as the politics of certain key member states. Classes are based on readings from foundational texts in the recent comparative politics and history literature on the European Union and its member states. They will involve initial lectures by the instructor and leave ample time for seminar-style discussion. In addition, students will be required to participate in a number of structured class debates, which will form an integral part of the pedagogy, and serve as one of the bases for individual evaluation. Throughout the duration of the course, students will also be working on a final research paper, whose topic will be determined individually with the instructor.

• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Carlo E Invernizzi Accetti
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• 3 points

The EU and Democracy: Challenges and Per

The course will introduce students to the key political, institutional and democratic challenges the EU is currently facing. The course will start with an overview of the EU’s institutions different roles throughout the last decade. It will look at how crises – economic, geopolitical, Covid-19, the green transition and war in Ukraine – have challenged governance and Europe’s political landscape. It will delve into the restructuring of Europe’s political landscape, with the rise of populism and the erosion of traditional parties. It will end on how EU could foster democratic resilience, inside its institutions and abroad through deepening transatlantic ties, to adapt our modes of participation and policy-making to new challenges and demands from citizens. Students will learn how the EU - confronted with multi-faceted crises - attempts to chart a unique model in a tumultuous world from the perspective of a former European Commissioner, Vice-president of the European parliament and Minister for the economy and finance. 

• S 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Pierre Moscovici
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• 1.5 points

Budgeting & Financial Management for Gov

Budgeting & Fin Mgmt for Govt

Public sector budgeting in the United States, and perhaps globally, has become increasingly contentious in the aftermath of the2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. This course introduces students to the field of budgeting and fiscal management in the public sector. We will look at the special challenges of developing a budget within a political environment and the techniques used for reporting, accountability and management control. Domestically, the landscape for government budgeting is being tested in unprecedented ways. Fiscal pressures at the federal and state levels have increasingly pushed responsibilities for program funding to the local level. Municipal bankruptcy, once a theoretical and untested concept, has emerged more frequently as a solution despite its long-term consequences. Selected topics will include inter-governmental relationships, taxes and other revenues, expenditure control, audits and productivity enhancement. Lectures will also address current events related to public sector budgeting at all levels, especially as the world continues to confront the COVID-19 global pandemic and the ensuing economic and fiscal crises. This course seeks to provide students with practical knowledge for budgetary and financial analysis.  Drawing from theory and from case studies, students will acquire practical skills to help them design, implement and assess public sector budgets. The practical nature of the subject requires the students’ active hands-on participation in assignments such as in-class debates, case analyses and a budget cycle simulation. By the end of the semester, conscientious students will be able to formulate budgetary recommendations backed up by cogent analysis and calculations.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: John Liu
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• 3 points

Critical Issues in Urban Public Policy

Critical Issues-Urban Pub Pol

This course is designed to prepare future policymakers to critically analyze and evaluate key urban policy issues in US cities. It is unique in offering exposure to both practical leadership experience and urban affairs scholarship that will equip students to meet the challenges that face urban areas. Students will read academic articles and chapters from books dealing with urban politics and policy, and will hear from an exciting array of guest lecturers from the governmental, not-for-profit, and private sectors. Drawing from his experiences as former Mayor of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter will lay out the basic elements of urban government and policymaking, emphasizing the most important demographic, economic, and political trends facing urban areas.

• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael A Nutter
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• 3 points

Global Politics for People and Planet: A

Global Politics-People&Pl

This seminar will explore the outlines of a new way of thinking about and operating in global politics that is focused less on the security and prosperity of nation states and more on human wellbeing and planetary health and sustainability. Each week will examine a different global issue and identify actors and problem-solving methods that are at the forefront of crafting effective solutions. Our quest is to identify the components of a global governance system that works for our time.

• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne-Marie Slaughter
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• 3 points

Extreme-Right Populism and International

Ext-Right Populism & Intl

T
his course addresses one of the major political challenges of our times. Over the past generation, more scholarship, political analysis and journalism has been devoted to extreme-right parties than all other parties families combined. This course seeks to understand what effect such parties have had on concrete foreign policies of influential countries around the world. To do so, it scholarly research, policy analyses, case studies, journalistic accounts, visiting experts and student contributions. The course begins by reviewing foundational scholarly research and journalistic work about the nature, sources and pathologies of extreme-right populism, but spends most of the time discussing what concrete and consequential effects of such parties on foreign policy—a topic scholars have barely addressed. Those effects vary greatly across countries and issues. For example, most people believe President Trump’s term in office had—and a hypothetical second term would have even more—considerable impact on US foreign policy and global politics. On the other hand, in Italy extreme-right populists currently dominate government and in Austria they have been in the government for about half the last quarter century, with relatively little impact. Other countries seem to be somewhere in between. Since scholars have written far less about this, and many of these issues are ongoing, we draw on a wider range of materials. We don’t know what the future will bring—but few deny that the consequences of populist movements are potentially large and that the world will probably be facing this challenge for some time to come. The course will include meetings with a selection of prominent politicians, decision-makers, policy experts, consultants and scholars involved in these issues.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Moravcsik
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• 3 points

Macroeconomic Analysis for International

Prerequisites: SIPA U6400. This course continues the one-year sequence initiated with SIPA U6400 and focuses on macroeconomics. The goal of this course is to provide students with the analytical framework to examine and interpret observed economic events in the global economy. The causal relationships between macroeconomic aggregates is based upon microeconomic principles. The subject matter always refers to concrete situations with a particular focus on the causes and effects of the current global financial crisis. The controversial nature of macroeconomic policies is central.

• MW 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• TR 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• TR 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• R 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• R 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• F 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• R 6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
• F 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• R 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• R 4:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Fernando Cirelli
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• 3 points

Social Movements & Citizenship in Africa

Social Movemt & Citizen-Africa

This course focuses on social movements and citizenship in sub-Saharan Africa to examine how people form political and social movements and deploy citizenship strategies within social, historical, and economic structures that are both local and global. It draws on readings and lectures from scholars in history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and African studies to explore the following topics and themes: histories and theories of social movements and citizenship; cities and social movements and citizenship; citizenship outside the nation-state; social movements and democracy; citizenship as a creative enterprise that emphasizes claim-making and improvisation; citizenship within imperial, international, and national contexts; infrastructures, claim-making, and coalition building; opposition, leadership and democracy; and social movements of African youth and women. This course features guest lectures by and discussions with French and American scholars from Sciences-Po, Universite Paris 1, NYU, and Columbia, and is part of the Joint African Studies Program (JASP) at the Institute of African Studies that is supported by the Partnership University Fund (PUF) and the French Alliance Program at Columbia. It includes foundational readings on concepts, theories, and histories of social movements and citizenship in Africa as well as in-depth case studies on selective themes by various experts working on sub-Saharan Africa. It is unique insofar as it offers a strong foundation in social movements and citizenship while exposing students to in-depth case studies by leading experts working in a variety of disciplines and geographical contexts. All lectures and discussions are conducted in English.

• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jinny K Prais
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• 3 points

Universal Food Security

This course addresses the challenges and opportunities for achieving a productive, profitable, inclusive, healthy, sustainable, resilient, and ethical global food system. Our first class will provide a brief historical perspective of the global food system, highlighting relevant developments over the past 10,000 years and will explain key concepts, critical challenges, and opportunities ahead. For the ensuing few weeks, we will cover the core biophysical requirements for food production: soil and land, water and climate, and genetic resources. We include an introduction to human nutrition – 
Nutrition Week
 – that focuses on dietary change and food-based solutions to malnutrition. Building on this, the course will survey a selection of important food systems and trends across Asia, Africa, and Latin America that provide food security and livelihoods for more than half of the world’s population. Case studies and classroom debates throughout the course will explore the roles of science, technology, policies, politics, institutions, business, finance, aid, trade, and human behavior in advancing sustainable agriculture, and achieving food and nutritional security. We will probe the interactions of food systems with global issues including poverty and inequality, the persistence of chronic hunger and malnutrition, climate change, environmental degradation, international food business and value chains, biotechnology (GMOs), post-harvest losses, and food waste. With a sharp eye for credible evidence, we will confront controversies, reflect on historical trends, identify common myths, and surface little-known but important truths about agriculture and food systems. In our final sessions, we address the ultimate question: can we feed and nourish the world without wrecking it for future generations?

• TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Glenn Denning
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• 3 points

Exclusion, Gender, and Mano Dura Policie

Exclusion, Gender, & Mano

This course aims to develop a comprehensive perspective on gangs and violence in Latin American cities, with a special focus on young men’s subjectivities in urban spaces. Particular attention will be paid to the experiences of youths from marginalized populations and sectors. We will undertake a systematic reflection departing from the following themes: urban and armed violence in Latin America, social exclusion, mano dura polices, youth gangs and their transfiguration into organized crime; criminal governances as well as negotiated paths to gang violence. Urban crime and fear of it are perhaps the most pressing concerns for Latin Americans in countries across the region, such as El Salvador, Colombia, Brazil, México, and Venezuela. Media, government, and public discourse situate young men and gangs as the principal perpetrators of urban violence and crime. Indeed, most victimizers are men and they make up the majority of victims of violent deaths. They have become the target of governments’ repressive measures and extreme responses such as extrajudicial killings and mano dura policies. In this course we will pay particular attention to these extra-legal responses to young men, such as extrajudicial killings predicated upon the lethal stigmatization of lower-class youths. We will develop a thorough analysis of youth violence departing from the structural forces that drive youths to violent lifestyles. We will learn about the cultural dispositions associated with gender identities and lived experience. We will discuss the deleterious effects of Mano Dura policies in Latin American in countries such as El Salvador, Venezuela and Brazil and how gangs have transformed into criminal and lethal networks to respond. We will dive as well into the armed territorial orders and criminal governance established by these groups in their neighborhoods. Finally, we will discuss and reflect upon the ongoing fascinating debate of alternative paths to gang violence and criminal governances such as inclusion programs and negotiated pacts. The course also aims to familiarize students with the rich literature that has blossomed in Latin America related to these topics and to foster theoretical dialogues with these studies, including my own field research experience with youth in Caracas. Since the course aims to approach the experience of young men with local dynamics of armed&nbs

• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Veronica Zubillaga
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• 3 points

Communicating in Organizations

Communicating in Organizations is a survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication relating to presentations and other high-profile moments and more familiar elements of interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, video-recorded presentations, role plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments. It is highly experiential, with exercises or presentations scheduled in most sessions. Initially, we’ll focus on the communication skills and strategies that help you present your ideas to others.  I’ll ask you to do two benchmark assignments―a letter and a brief presentation―to assess the abilities you bring to the course. In several of our class sessions, you’ll be the one “in front of the room,” delivering either a prepared talk or brief, impromptu comments. Such assignments will allow you to develop your skills as a presenter.  I’ll also discuss the link between listening and speaking, showing you how developing your listening skills will improve your effectiveness as a speaker.  And we’ll explore several elements of visual communication, including how to design effective visual aids and written documents. To communicate effectively in such roles as coach, interviewer, negotiator, or facilitator, you need to be skilled at listening, questioning, observing behavior, and giving feedback.  We’ll practice each of these skills in-class exercises and assignments. The Social Style instrument will provide detailed feedback about how others view your communication style. You’ll discover how style differences may lead to miscommunication, missed opportunities, or mishandled conflict. 

• S 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
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• 3 points

Social Justice Movements in the Age of S

Social Justice & Social M

This course is an introduction to how emerging hybrid models of traditional and digital organizing and advocacy are building unprecedented social justice movements in the United States. During the first half of the course, students will examine the theory and practice of successful traditional offline organizing and advocacy campaigns as well as principles and characteristics of successful digital activism. In the second half of the course, students w2ill analyze contemporary social movements that have fused offline and online organizing and advocacy tactics, including ongoing activism for racial equity, drug policy reform, LGBTQ rights, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and immigration reform. Using a blend of book and journal readings, case studies, videos, and hands-on group project, and guest speaker practitioners, this course will paint a vivid picture of how social change happens in our age of social media coexisting within the practical realities of longstanding power dynamics.

• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard F Greenberg
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• 3 points

Rethinking Policing in the 21st Century

Rethinking Policing-21st Cent

Social movements and activists are reshaping the debate on the traditional role of policing in our society. The Black Lives Matter movement has been pivotal in leading the call for systemic change, accountability and transparency. A chorus of diverse voices has called into question unchecked police power. The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and other Black and brown people has led to a breakdown of trust between the public and police. This course is designed to examine current police practices through the lens of history, race, recent events, and jurisprudence.  This class will serve as a laboratory of ideas and recommendations as we analyze police training, disciplinary procedures, use of force guidelines and other practices in an effort to foster and improve community - police relations. Several cities have deconstructed police authorities, focusing on a more democratic force and in some cases diverting funds towards a more non-violent and community-based approach to policing. Some governmental leaders have criticized recent movements for their lack of structure and stated objectives other than demanding change. This class will discuss common threads and differences between recent movements and those of the past. Lastly, this class will tackle those issues that have impeded progress in advancing a police force that promotes trust and service.

• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Basil A Jr Smikle
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• 3 points

Benchmarking Skills for Process & Organi

Benchmarking Skills-Proc & Org

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the structural basis of benchmarking.  Using a public sector-based case study with “hands-on” group activities, as well as various other examples given by the instructors, this course will teach students the benchmarking process along with the different tools and techniques to be used in  implementation.   

• F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• 1 points

Quantitative Analysis I for Internationa

This survey course introduces students to the fundamentals of statistical analysis. We will examine the principles and basic methods for analyzing quantitative data, with a focus on applications to problems in public policy, management, and the social sciences. We will begin with simple statistical techniques for describing and summarizing data and build toward the use of more sophisticated techniques for drawing inferences from data and making predictions about the social world. The course will assume that students have little mathematical background beyond high school algebra. Students will be trained on STATA. This powerful statistical package is frequently used to manage and analyze quantitative data in many organizational/institutional contexts. Because each faculty member takes a somewhat different approach to teaching this course, students should examine each professors syllabus to understand the differences.

• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Doru Cojoc
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• 3 points