PUBLPOL 308: Political Analysis for Public Policymakers
Policymakers in the United States, whether elected or unelected, operate in a governmental system where politics pervades nearly every element of their daily activity. This course provides students with both the theory and real-world examples they need to understand and evaluate the impact of politics, political institutions, and the political process on policymaking. Readings will include selections from the public policy, political science, legal, and economics literatures.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
PUBLPOL 309: Public Policy Graduate Practicum
The Public Policy Graduate Practicum is a two-quarter sequence that serves as the Master's capstone course. In the Practicum, students work in teams to apply and further develop analytical tools acquired in the program to perform policy analysis on real-world projects for government and non-profit clients.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
PUBLPOL 311: Public Policy Colloquium
Weekly colloquia speaker series required for M.P.P. and M.A. in Public Policy students. Open only to Public Policy graduate students; permission number required to enroll.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Rosston, G. (PI)
SOC 129X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112, EDUC 212, SOC 229X, URBANST 115)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212 or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Velazquez, M. (PI)
;
pearman, f. (PI)
SOC 130: Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 230)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 149: The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 249, URBANST 112)
(Graduate students register for 249.) We explore the history of residential segregation, urban policy, race, discrimination, policing and mass incarceration in the US. What are the various causes and consequences of poverty? How do institutions that serve the poor work and sometimes fail? We will read deeply into the social, political, and the legal causes of today¿s conflicts.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:EC-AmerCul, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
SOC 229X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112, EDUC 212, SOC 129X, URBANST 115)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212 or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Velazquez, M. (PI)
;
pearman, f. (PI)
SOC 249: The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 149, URBANST 112)
(Graduate students register for 249.) We explore the history of residential segregation, urban policy, race, discrimination, policing and mass incarceration in the US. What are the various causes and consequences of poverty? How do institutions that serve the poor work and sometimes fail? We will read deeply into the social, political, and the legal causes of today¿s conflicts.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
SOC 341W: Workshop: Inequality
Causes, consequences, and structure of inequality; how inequality results from and shapes social classes, occupations, professions, and other aspects of the economy. Research presentations by students, faculty, and guest speakers. Discussion of controversies, theories, and recent writings. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to Sociology doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
SOC 350W: Workshop: Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Nation
Weekly research workshop with a focus on ongoing research by faculty and graduate student participants, new theory and research, and recent publications. Workshop participants will present their own work, and read and critique the research-in-progress of their peers. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Sociology doctoral student or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 60 units total)
Instructors:
Asad, A. (PI)
;
Hwang, J. (PI)
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