Open Economy Macroeconomic Analysis

Open Econ Macroecon Analysis

• W 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Francisco L Rivera-Batiz
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• 3 points

Political Environment of Policymaking

Polit Enviro of Policymaking

• T 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: James J Kim
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• 3 points

Global Context of Policymaking

Priority Reg: Executive MPA. 
This course asks how global cooperation can help meet global challenges. The readings, lectures, and class discussions address ongoing debates over the prospects for global governance. Special attention is given to the role of international institutions, including the United Nations, regional organizations, and international financial institutions. We discuss global policies on investment and trade, combating poverty, and sustainable development. Pressing security issues are also discussed, including peacebuilding in war-torn societies, terrorism, cybersecurity, and weapons of mass destruction.

The format of the class combines open-ended lectures and interactive discussions of assigned readings. Each week, students discuss and debate three assigned articles that offer differing interpretations of the global dilemma addressed in the session. Assigned readings are carefully selected to convey of a range of opinions on controversial themes. Restricting the syllabus to several readings per week cannot do justice to the complexity of each topic.  However, a realistic reading assignment enables students to fulfill this requirement diligently, and you are expected to do so. Supplementary sources will be suggested, to encourage exploration of specific topics in greater depth.

• T 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Naomi Weinberger
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

Social Enterprise in Community and Econo

Social Enterp-Comm & Econ Dev

Through case studies, guest presentations, literature reviews and interactive class sessions, this course will examine how social enterprise has challenged and transformed models for serving and empowering local communities. We will understand how it has inspired and been applied to business and impact models, and, even mindsets to improve the creation of public value in areas such as health, human services, workforce and small business development. We will also consider the challenges and limitations that have been experienced as social enterprise has been deployed through for-profit and nonprofit entities. Finally, we will explore how the public and private sectors at-large could better support social enterprises to launch, scale and generate greater positive impacts.

• R 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Gurski
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• 3 points

Economic Setting of Public Policy

Economic Setting of Pub Policy

• M 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Goodspeed
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• 3 points

Issues in Contemporary Security Policy

Issues-Contemp Security P

Priority Reg: Executive MPA
. This course examines central issues in contemporary international security policy such as general causes of war, American primacy and the rising challenge from China, terrorism and unconventional warfare, nationalism and ethnic strife, humanitarian intervention and global justice, the role of new technologies, environmental conflict and cooperation, and key concepts in the study of international politics and conflict.

• R 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart M Gottlieb
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

Public Management Innovation

Current and future public sector leaders face serious challenges in overcoming society’s most difficult and intractable social and environmental issues. Although many of our world’s problems may seem too great and too complex to solve—inequality, climate change, affordable housing, food insecurity—solutions to these challenges do exist, and will be found through new partnerships bringing together leaders from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

• W 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: William B Eimicke
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• 3 points

Portfolio Presentation Workshop

Portfolio Presentation Workshp

Open to Executive MPA Only.
This is a course during which the mid-career executives who are enrolled as students in the Executive MPA program exhibit and share professional work they have managed or directly created during their first year in the program. Materials are presented to the faculty and students for criticism, analysis, and potential improvement.

• F 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Arvid J Lukauskas
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points