Courses and Syllabi
These syllabi are intended as a guide to assist prospective students in understanding the scope of SPEA coursework, and to help current SPEA students with course selection. They are updated regularly to reflect course offerings, but do not reflect the entire course schedule and may differ from what is actually used in class.
To see syllabi, please choose among Introductory and Core courses, samples of Arts Administration courses, samples of Environmental courses, samples of Public Health courses, and samples of Public Affairs courses.
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Introductory and Core Courses
Public Affairs Core
Courses required by all majors in the Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs
V160 National and International Policy
V161 Urban Problems and Solutions
E162 Environment and People or E272 Introduction to Environmental Science
V372 Government Finances and Budget
Arts Administration Intro and Management Core Coursework
Introductory Course / Management Core Requirement
A163 Arts Worlds and Management
Health Administration Intro and Core Coursework
Introductory Course / Core Course Requirement
H124 Health Care Management and Policy
Arts Management Courses
A236: Music Industry I
A241: Inside Community Arts Organizations
A336: Music Industry II
A354: Arts Marketing Fundamentals
A450: Repertoire Appraisal for Arts Managers
A459: Public Policy & the Arts
Environmental Courses
E100: Campus Sustainability
E325: Computing for Environmental Scientists
E332: Introduction to Applied Ecology
E400: Leadership & Creativity in Environmental Policy
E440: Wetlands Ecology
E451: Air Pollution and Control
E455: Limnology
E460: Fisheries & Wildlife Mgmt
E476: Environmental Law and Regulation
Public Health Courses
H316: Environmental Health Science
H322: Principles of Epidemiology
H352: Health Finance and Budgeting
H353: Advanced Health Finance and Budgeting
H401: Strategic Planning in Health Org.
H402: Hospital Administration
H441: Legal Aspects of Health Care Admin
H455: Disasters & Healthcare Preparedness
H456: Managed Care
Return to topPublic Affairs Courses
K300: Statistical Techniques
V221: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector
V246: Elements of Gov and NonProfit Accounting
V252: Career Development
V261: Computers in Public Affairs
V275: Introduction to Emergency Management
V361: Financial Management
V362: Nonprofit Management & Leadership
V366: Managing Behavior in Pub. Organizations
V369: Managing Information Technology
V370: Research Methods & Stat Modeling
V372: Government Finance & Budgets
V373: Human Resource Management
V401: Financial Cost-Benefit Analysis
V405: Public Law & Legislative Process
V407: Public Law & Government Relations
V412: Leadership and Ethics
V435: Negotiation & Alternative Dispute
V449: Senior Policy Seminar
V450: Climate Change and Electricity
V456: Real World Criminal Law
V459: Public Policy and the Arts
V462/V450: Community Development: Toward Sustainability