Course Listings
Policy Brief Courses | Core
Courses | Research Methods Courses | Concentrations
EXAMPLES OF POLICY BRIEF COURSES
ECON 316 Labor Market Analysis
ECON 317 Economics of Sports
ECON 326 Public Microeconomics
EDUC 460 Baccalaureate Seminar: Moral and Ethical Issues in Education
PHIL 236 Philosophy of Law
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
PPOL 328 Environmental Policy
PPOL 364 Social Policy and Community Activism
SOC 375 Social Policy
CORE COURSES
Humanities
HIST 311 20th-Century America: 1917-1941
HIST 312 The United States Since 1939
PHIL 150 Issues: Justice and Equality
PHIL 151 Issues: Crime and Punishment
PHIL 152 Issues: Philosophy and Feminism
PHIL 154 Issues: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 155 Issues: Morality of War
PHIL 158 Issues: Debating Public Policy
PHIL 159 Issues: Global Justice
Social Sciences
ANTH 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 122 Economics of Caring
ECON 160 Principles of Economics
POL 110 Introduction to American Politics
PPOL 101 Democracy and Public Policy
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
Natural Sciences
BIOL 162 Dangerous Diseases
BIOL 164 A Biotech World
CHEM 110 Molecules That Matter
ENV 170 The Fluid Earth
ENV 191 Environmental Science
FSEM 041 Science and Public Policy
GEO 170 The Solid Earth
PHYS 140 Principles of Physics
PHYS 150 Introductory Physics I
RESEARCH METHODS COURSES
Qualitative
ANTH 227 Intercultural Communication
ANTH 273 Ethnographic Research and Methods
PHIL 120 Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing
SOC 211 Research Methods
Quantitative
BIO 212 Biostatistics
ECON 212 Statistics
ECON 304 Econometrics
POL 261 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in Political Science
PSY 210 Statistics and Research Methods
PSY 305 Psychological Test Development and Validation
SOC 212 Data Analysis
CONCENTRATIONS
Children and Families
ALST 200 Ghettoscapes
ANTH 230 Beyond Monogamy
BIDS 307 Children in Contexts
ECON 248 Poverty and Welfare
ECON 310 Economics and Gender
EDUC 203 Children with Disabilities
EDUC 332 Disability, Family, and Society
HIST 367 Women and the State: Russia
POL 333 Civil Rights
POL 375 Feminist Legal Theory
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
PPOL 364 Social Policy and Community Activism
PSY 203 Child Psychology and Human Development or
PSY 205 Adolescent Psychology
SOC 225 Sociology of the Family
SOC 226 Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC 258 Social Problems
SOC 310 Generations
SOC 375 Social Policy
WMST 247 Psychology of Women
Development
ANTH 280 Environment and Culture: Cultural Ecology
ANTH 296 African Cultures
ANTH 297 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
BIDS 211 Labor: Domestic and Global
BIDS 235 Third World Experience
ECON 206 Community Development Economics and Finance
ECON 212 Environmental Economics
ECON 213 Urban Economics
ECON 316 Labor Market Issues
ECON 344 Economic Development
HIST 231 Modern Latin America
HIST 283 South Africa in Transition
HIST 284 Africa: From Colonialism to Neocolonialism
HIST 285 The Middle East: Roots of Conflict
HIST 352 Who Wants to be a Millionaire
POL 248 Politics of Development
SOC 201 The Sociology of International Development
SOC 233 Women in the Third World
SOC 240 Gender and Development
SOC 259 People Creating Social Change
SOC 291 Sociology of India
SOC 299 Sociology of Vietnam
Education
ANTH 298 Moden Japan
BIDS 233 Race, Class, and Gender
BIDS 307 Children in Contexts
ECON 248 Poverty and Welfare
EDUC 203 Children with Disabilities
EDUC 204 Policy and Politics in American Education
EDUC 252 Disability: Deviance, Stigma and Environment
EDUC 333 Literacy
EDUC 338 Inclusive Schooling
EDUC 370 Multiculturalism
EDUC 460 Baccalaureate Seminar: Moral and Ethical Issues in Education
POL 333 Civil Rights
PPOL 364 Social Policy and Community Activism
PSY 203 Child Psychology and Human Development or
PSY 205 Adolescent Psychology
SOC 261 Sociology of Education
Environmental Policy
ANTH 280 Environment and Culture: Cultural Ecology
ARCH 301 Design II: The Immediate
Environment
ARCH 302 Design III: The Wider Environment
ECON 212 Environmental Economics
ECON 213 Urban Economics
ECON 348 Natural Resources and Energy Economics
ENV 205 Introduction to Environmental Law
ENV 280 Approaches to Environmental Problem Solving
HIST 246 American Environmental History
HIST 397 Environmental History Seminar
PPOL 328 Environmental Policy
SOC 249 Technology and Society
SOC 271 Sociology of Environmental Issues
Foreign Policy
ECON 233 Comparative Economics
ECON 240 International Trade
ECON 344 Economic Development
ECON 435 Political Economy of Latin America
ECON 466 Population Issues
HIST 237 Europe since the War
HIST 238 The World Wars in Global Perspective
HIST 261 20th Century Russia
HIST 284 Africa: From Colonialism to Neocolonialism
HIST 285 The Middle East: Roots of Conflict
HIST 312 U.S. Since 1939
HIST 390 Modern Transformation of China and Japan
HIST 394 Russia and Asia
HIST 461 War and Peace in the Middle East
POL 248 Politics of Development
POL 283 War in the International System
POL 290 American Foreign Policy
POL 296 International Law
POL 380 Theories of International Relations
Health Care
BIDS 295 Alcohol Use and Abuse
ECON 248 Poverty and Welfare
ECON 338 Third Sector Economics
EDUC 203 Children with Disabilities
EDUC 332 Disability, Family, and Society
HIST 325 Medicine and Public Health in Modern Europe
PHIL 156 Issues: Biomedical Ethics
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
PPOL 346 The President, Congress, and Public Policy
PPOL 364 Social Policy and Community Activism
WMST 204 The Politics of Health
Law
BIDS 233 Race, Class, and Gender
CHEM 302 Forensic Science
ECON 203 Collective Bargaining
ECON 204 Business Law
ENV 205 Introduction to Environmental Law
HIST 215 American Urban History
PHIL 232 Liberty and Community
PHIL 235 Morality and Self Interest
PHIL236 Philosophy of Law
POL333 Civil Rights
POL334 Civil Liberties
POL335 Law and Society
POL207 Governing Through Crime
POL375 Feminist Legal Theory
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
PPOL 328 Environmental Policy
SOC 224 Social Deviance
SOC 375 Social Policy
National Policy Process
ECON 327 The Economic Policy for the “New” Economy
ECON 372 Keynes, Keynesians, and Post-Keynesians
ECON 480 Seminar: Current Issues in Macroeconomics
HIST 311 20th Century America: 1917-1941
HIST 312 The United States Since 1939
POL 204 Modern American Conservatism
POL 224 American Congress
POL 225 American Presidency
POL 290 American Foreign Policy
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
PPOL 236 Urban Politics and Public Policy
PPOL 328 Environmental Policy
PPOL 346 The President, Congress, and Public Policy
PPOL 425 Seminar in National Decision Making
Sexuality Concentration
AMST 310 Sexual Minorities in America
BIDS 233 Race, Class, and Gender
BIDS 245 Men and Masculinity
POL 238 Sex and Power
POL 333 Civil Rights
POL 334 Civil Liberties
POL 375 Feminist Legal Theory
PSY 275 Human Sexuality
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
REL 283 Que(e)rying Religious Studies
SOC 225 Sociology of Family
SOC 226 Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC 340 Sex and the State: Feminist Social Theory
WRRH 301 Discourses of Rape in Contemporary Culture
Technology
AMST 201 American Attitudes toward Nature
ECON 230 History of Economic Thought
ECON 305 Political Economy
ECON 344 Economic Development
HIST 215 American Urban History
HIST 256 Technology and Society in Europe
HIST 310 Rise of Industrial America
HIST 325 Medicine and Public Health in Modern Europe
PHYS 270 Modern Physics
PPOL 328 Environmental Policy
PPOL 363 Politics and the Internet
SOC 249 Technology and Society
SOC 251 Sociology of the City
Welfare concentration
BIDS 307 Children in Contexts
ECON 248 Poverty and Welfare
POL 204 Modern American Conservatism
POL 229 State and Local Government
POL 236 Urban Politics and Public Policy
PPOL 364 Social Policy and Community Activism
SOC 256 Power and Powerlessness
SOC 375 Social Policy |
