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This course provides an overview of community planning and urban development. It focuses on the historical and contemporary relationships between urban social patterns, federal policies, and neighborhood initiatives. Students examine factors that contribute to disparities in urban communities and the challenges of managing planning, and implementing policy across diverse groups. Students analyze and evaluate how metropolitan development, proposed and implemented projects, and sociopolitical dimensions of community programs affect planning and development. This is an advanced standing course that may count toward both, baccalaureate and master’s degrees.

This course provides a review of the foundational theories of urban society. Students assess the impact that public and social institutions have on inequality within the urban environment. They further identify causes of poverty and inequality within the urban environment and examine strategies for addressing social challenges related to urban poverty. Students also analyze strategies used to impact urban policy making with the intended goal of bringing forth social change. This is an advanced standing course that may count toward both, baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Pre-requisite(s): RES 410 or another advanced standing gateway course equivalent by approval of Program Director. Completion of 90+ QH; and CGPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the Program Director or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

This course introduces students to international comparative approach to public administration and policymaking. Through a combination of policy analysis, empirical research, and case studies, students examine approaches to public administration and policy development and implementation in a number of industrialized societies. Readings and discussions address topics such as social welfare, education, maternity/paternity leave, immigration, sustainable development, economic development, finance and organizational management, and international aid. Students collect, evaluate, and analyze information and data to make systematic comparisons between public policies in different societies. This is an advanced standing course that may count toward both, baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Pre-requisite(s): RES 410 or another advanced standing gateway course equivalent by approval of Program Director. Completion of 90+ QH; and CGPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the Program Director or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

This course recognizes that gender, race, and culture must be addressed in public policy to achieve equality. Readings focus on how constructions of gender, race, and culture inform and are informed by civil society, political discourse, and economic and political structures. The course considers a range of theories and case studies, including: health care, child care, race, minimum wage, affordable housing, gender gaps in education, property rights, culture, international migration, reproductive labor, and reproductive social justice. Students use intersectionality as theory and method to engage in how equality practices in the public sector and policy in the public sector and policy initiatives address gender, racial, and cultural issues. This is an advanced standing course that may count toward both, baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Pre-requisite(s): RES 410 or another advanced standing gateway course equivalent by approval of Program Director. Completion of 90+ QH; and CGPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the Program Director or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours