Course Listing

34:833:524 Ethics in Planning and Public Policy (3) Examines issues in the ethics of policy professionals, focusing on the normative and conceptual aspects of problems that arise for individuals and institutions within a constitutional democracy. Cross-listed with 34:970:524.

34:833:535 Data Visualization for Health, Administration, and Policy (3) This course will cover both concepts for identifying and planning an appropriate visualization for specific tasks and the Excel and other software skills to create effective, professional visualizations.

34:833:540 State and Local Public Finance (3) Theory and practice of state-local public finance; link between regional economy and subnational governments; fiscal federalism; major state-local spending programs; revenues, including property, sales, and income taxes and gambling; intergovernmental grants.

34:833:555 Labor Market Policy (3) Examination of labor markets and policies. Topics include wage inequality, discrimination, unions, and employment and training programs.

34:833:571 Public Management (3) Fundamental tasks and responsibilities of management in the public sector, with an emphasis on the external and internal environments in which managers implement public policy.

34:833:580 Health Care Policy (3) Current issues in U.S. health care policy with in-depth case examples from New Jersey policy. Provides an overview of the financing, regulation, and delivery of health care in the United States with discussion of current policy topics including health insurance coverage, quality of care, and racial/ethnic disparities in care.

34:833:585 American Social Policy (3) Focuses on the development of social welfare politics in the United States. Places the American case within the larger international and historical context, explores the major dilemmas in contemporary social policymaking including agenda setting, institutional choice, and implementation design. Examines dilemmas in greater depth by analyzing specific policy issues, such as child support enforcement, nutrition programs, and medical care.

34:833:684 Seminar in Public Policy (3) Selected problems include globalization; special topics in education, law, and public policy; and science and technology policy.

34:970:507 Comprehensive Planning (3) Introduction to the principles and practice of physical planning in the United States. Workshop exercises, analyses, and readings designed to provide a comprehensive and practical understanding of steps in the physical planning and approval process, the elements of physical plans, and the data and analyses needed to prepare and review such plans.

34:970:520 Planning and Land-Use Administration (3) Overview of the evolution of the historic preservation movement in the United States, examining the regulations, programs, and economics impacting historic preservation.

34:970:528 Housing Economy and Markets (3) Demographic shifts and changing housing need/demand parameters, evolution of housing supply patterns and cost trends, and market interrelationships. Historic trend lines and future directions evaluated. Current issues and policies examined.

34:970:532 Bridging Public Health and Urban Planning (3) This class offers an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of the intersection of public health and urban planning.

34:970:553 Methods of Transportation Planning (3) This course explores the basic policies, practices, and methods of analysis that are central to contemporary transportation planning in the United States.

34:970:558 Public Transit Planning and Management (3) Overview of transit policy and planning issues with particular reference to the United States. Includes planning and operations methods across conventional fixed-route transit and paratransit systems, and newer concepts such as quality of service and the community transit system approach.

34:970:572 Green Building (3) This graduate seminar focuses on the green building phenomenon. It provides a multidisciplinary, rigorous, and practical introduction to green building.

34:970:590 Graphical Communcation for Planners (3) Focus on the basic graphic skills necessary to communicate the visual and spatial characteristics of streets, buildings, and neighborhoods using AutoCAD, SketchUp, and photo simulations.

34:970:591 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Policy (3) Introduces basic concepts of geographic information science (GIS) and its computer applications.

34:970:592 Topics in Geographic Information Science (3) Includes advanced geographic information science (GIS) topics, spatial statistics, and specialized computer applications.

34:970:594 Program Evaluation (3) The procedures and techniques used to scientifically document the implications of professional interventions. Conceptual, measurement, and analytic tools including activities and objectives, monitoring and measurement, design of monitoring and social experiments, and impact analysis.

34:970:600 Planning and Design I (3) Planning and design process, history of design, basic graphic techniques, environmental analysis, and conceptualization of the 10 basic design principles. Prior design training not necessary.

34:970:605 Planning Real Estate Analysis (3) Provide students with the basics of real estate analysis: fiscal analysis/impact fees, appraisal skills, financial analysis, and hazard mitigation/adaptation strategies.

34:970:618 Environmental Planning and Management (3) Institutional, technical, procedural, and normative factors that influence environmental planning and policy. Topics include environmental decision-making, stakeholders, methods, process issues, and decision criteria. Case studies and in-class exercises put topics into context.

34:970:620 Energy Sustainability and Policy (3) Examines energy policy and planning through a timely, critical, and practical approach designed to give students an insight into the factors that shape energy policy. Credit not given for both this course and 34:833:680.

34:970:622 Urban Redevelopment (3) The evolution of urban redevelopment activities in the United States, post-World War II. Examines the successes and failures of urban renewal, public housing, historic preservation, business improvement districts, enterprise and empowerment zones, targeted incentives, and the public provision of cultural and tourism infrastructure.

34:970:630 Discrete Choice Methods (3) This course begins with a review of linear regression and focuses on categorical dependent variables. Methods will include linear probability, logit, probit, multinomial, and conditional logit models.

34:970:633 Demographic and Population Studies (3) Basic demographic concepts, methods, and their application. Population growth, mortality, fertility, migration, and marriage patterns.