Students should complete the Minor Enrollment Formas early in their academic career as possible. This course focuses on the sensible application of econometric methods to empirical problems in economics and public policy analysis. Broadly, goals are for students to a) become comfortable in translating crime prevention problems into social scientific questions, and b) specifically understand how research findings can inform law and policy. Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Impact of Government Policies on Poor Children and Families: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021 
Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Classroom-based guided reflection, skills development, career information, and engagement with current debates will complement the fieldwork. Final exam not required. Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, International, Coupled Natural and Human Systems, Political Economy, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics.Research Profile, Saru Jayaraman, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Public Policy. Combining real-time analysis of the election, an in-depth study of the relevant historical and sociological trends that are shaping this moment, and a lively roster of guest speakers from across the Berkeley campus and community, this class will provide students with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary introduction to American politics in a time of unprecedented crisis and possibility. Examination of the impact of policies of state intervention and public benefit programs on poor children and families. Arts and Cultural Policy: Read More [+]. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Terms offered: Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session, Fall 2020. , the resulting energy crisis in California, and current efforts to reconsider the utility business model. Directed Group Study: Read More [+], Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Fall 2018 This exp can open the door to life-long careers as organizers, researchers, policy analysts, political lobbyists, communication specialists and leaders. Behavioral Economics, Program Evaluation, Public Management, Stereotyping, Prejudice & Discrimination, Civil Servants, Motivation and Performance, Diversity in the Workplace, Recruitment and Retention.Research Profile, Shelley Liu, Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. defining security dilemmas of the present: the challenge of securing democracy against both internal and external threats; the challenge of cybersecurity in a networked world; and global climate change. Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016 During the fall 2020 semester we will have the quadrennial opportunity to study American politics during a presidential campaign. Undergraduate level of 256. Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for PUBPOL165 after completing PUBPOL165. Information Technology, Public Management, Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Corruption and Governance, India.Research Profile, Igor Chirikov, SERU Consortium Director and Senior Researcher, CSHE. guided reflection, skills development, career information, and engagement with current debates will complement the fieldwork. This course uses the lens of specific technologies to survey environmental policy and management, with an emphasis on the complexities of policy-making with diverse interest groups. Research Profile, Larry Magid, Lecturer. Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week, Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 Building upon the Labor Centers Summer program, it allows students to apply existing organizing skills/acquire new knowledge in community and labor organizations. Group Study in Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 Research Profile, Amy Slater, Lecturer. Simulated negotiation exercises and role-plays will be used extensively. A systematic and critical approach to evaluating and designing public policies. Program and Policy Design: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Housing & Urban Policy, Law, Land Use, Civic Engagement.Research Profile, Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Public sector budgeting incorporates many, perhaps most, of the skills of the public manager and analyst. Elections, Government, Politics, State and Local Politics and Policy, Public Sector Unions, Women in Politics, Public Employee Pensions.Research Profile, Josefina Castillo Baltodano, Founder and Executive Director, Executive Leadership Academy. Students will have an opportunity to master a specific problem area. Designed for non-experts and taught by some of Berkeleys top professors. Higher Education, Economic Policy, International, Science Policy.Research Profile, Sean Farhang, Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy. Arts and Cultural Policy: Read More [+], Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Terms offered: Fall 2020 One of the primary objectives of this course is to develop a theoretical and analytical understanding of contemporary workers experiences of work in the U.S. shaped by race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration status, language, religion, and other social constructs. Emphasizes "highbrow" arts, U.S. policy, and the social and economic roles of participants in the arts. Combines theory and application to particular cases and problems. It is also intended to provide insight into the political and public policy debates that have arisen in light of the divergence as well as possible means of reversing it. Environment, Climate Change, Food Policy, Agricultural Policy, Development, Energy, International Trade.Research Profile, Larry A. Rosenthal, Senior Lecturer of Public Policy; Program Director, Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement; Resident Faculty, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Why do fines work better than bonuses (except when they don't)? Field Study in Labor Organizing: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week, Field Study in Labor Organizing: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2007 Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020. , impact of personality traits and public policy mediation. Environment, Regulation, Public Finance, Economic Organization, Environmental Markets, School Finance, Utility Regulation.Research Profile, Michael W. Hanemann, Emeritus and Affiliated Professor in the Graduate School. Tax Policy, Labor and Employment, Youth and Families, Government.Research Profile, Solomon Hsiang, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy. Copyright 2022-23, UC Regents; all rights reserved. Health Policy and Health Economics, Competition and Regulation in Health Insurance Markets, The ACA and Covered California, Accountable Care Organizations and Market Power, Organization and Financing of Mental Health Services, Social Capital and Health, Global Health Workforce, Pay for Performance in the US and Around the Globe.Research Profile, Eugene Smolensky, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Read Less [-], Daniel J. Acland, Associate Professor of Practice in Public Policy. Undergraduate level of 257. Generally, undergraduates require an. Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020. intersects with different racial and ethnic groups. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This course can be applied to the political science major. Wealth and Poverty: Read More [+]. Education, Race & Policy, Advocacy Politics, Educational Equity, Policy Analysis & Evaluation, Politics of Education, Privatization, Qualitative Methods, Urban Leadership, Urban Schooling.Research Profile, Jennifer Skeem, Professor. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the types of research designs that can lead to convincing analysis and be comfortable working with large scale data sets. Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. This course introduces students to the arena of security policy. Education, German History, Higher Education Policy.Research Profile, Alain de Janvry, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Public Management, Program Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, International, Foreign Policy, Regulation, Public Sector Operations, Data Driven Decision Making, Information Technology Strategy, US-Mexico Binational Policy, Regulatory Reform, Criminal Justice Reform.Research Profile, Timothy M. Dayonot, Lecturer. Diverse policy topics, including environmental, health, education, communications, safety, and arts policy issues, among others.
Arts Policy, Quantitative Methods, Environment, Public Management.Research Profile, Richard M. Scheffler, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Public Policy. Registration for the minor(which does not obligate one to complete it) makes students eligible for various Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) undergraduate programs and activities and gets them on a mailing list for GSPP events of interest to anyone concerned with public affairs. The course concludes with a required one-day crisis simulation exercise. Food Policy.Research Profile, Rucker Johnson, Chancellors Professor of Public Policy. Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy, Air Quality Control, Utility Regulation and Administrative Law, Non-Profit Management, Renewable Energy Development, Electric Transmission Policy, Environmental Justice.Research Profile, Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Law and Politics. Children, Youth and Families, Education, Race &, Ethnicity, Law, Politics, Ethics, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Community.Research Profile, Stephen M. Maurer, Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Public Policy. Select four from the following (of which two must be PUB POL courses): in a time of unprecedented crisis and possibility. Research Profile, Janelle Scott, Robert C. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, Professor of Graduate School of Education, African American Studies & The Goldman School of Public Policy. Open to students from other departments. Group study of a selected topic or topics in Public Policy. Criminal Justice Policy, Economic Demography, Health and Human Services Policy, Policy and Program Evaluation.Research Profile, Robert J. Birgeneau, Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Public Policy. For upper division students wishing to pursue special study and directed research under direction of a member of the staff. Terms offered: Spring 2012 Law, Energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, Labor and Employment, Politics, Economics of Industry, Manufacturing and Job Markets.Research Profile, Barbara Haya, Research Fellow, CEPP. Politics, Transportation Policy, Energy Policy, Strategic Communications.Research Profile, Daniel Mulhern, Lecturer. Undegraduate level of Public Policy 269. Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Read More [+], Prerequisites: 140 or 141 or consent of instructor. Topics will include: distributive and integrative bargaining; preparation strategies; defense to ploys; power and perceptions; team and multi-party negotiations; political, legislative and regulatory negotiations; emotions and gender, email negotiations, handling difficult negotiators, impact of personality traits and public policy mediation. Research Profile, Todd Achilles, Lecturer.
Introduction to Security Policy: Read More [+], Introduction to Security Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2016, Fall 2011 The objective of this course is to use the tools and insights of public policy analysis as a means of understanding the ways in which policies are shaped by and respond to issues of race, ethnicity, and cultural difference.
Energy and Society: Read More [+], Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week10 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week, Terms offered: Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session, Fall 2020 These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Research Profile, Jane Mauldon, Associate Professor of Practice. US National Security Policy and International Relations, Science, Technology and Public Policy, Management Strategies for Complex Organizations.Research Profile, Janet Napolitano, Professor of Public Policy. Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021 Courts, Regulation.Research Profile, Avi Feller, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Statistics. This course will examine the nature and extent of poverty in the U.S., its causes and consequences, and the antipoverty effects of existing and proposed Employers and graduate schools recognize a completed minor as indicative of broader preparation than a single degree, not to mention curiosity and willingness to do extra work.
Negotiations: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 All UC Berkeley undergraduate students are eligible for enrollment in the Public Policy minor. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This course introduces a range of economic phenomena that cannot be explained by standard, fully rational economic models, and explores implications for public policy. Complements courses in policy analysis, public management, economics, and political science; especially intended to integrate elements of professional programs in public policy and related areas. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Read More [+], Prerequisites: Co-enrollment in PUBPOL160AC, ETH STD 160AC, or SOCIOL116AC, Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of fieldwork per week. Students will design, in groups and individually, programs and policies that create value in the public sector, including statutes, regulations, and implementation projects. Research Profile, Angela Glover-Blackwell, Lecturer. Education, Leadership and Management, Politics.Research Profile, Patricia A. Pelfrey, Senior Research Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 10 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week, Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25. Freshman Seminar: Read More [+]. Why do we vote for social security despite the fact that it reduces our freedom to choose how we spend our money? This course can be applied to the political science major. Economic History, Labor and Employment, Racial Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility.Research Profile, John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education. Explore what interests you in these small, interactive courses taught by world-class Berkeley faculty. Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2016, Fall 2011. will feature invited guests. Group Study in Public Policy: Read More [+]. Comparative reviews will feature invited guests. Simulated negotiation exercises and role-plays will be used extensively. In this interdisciplinary course students examine the relationships among social science, law, and crime prevention policy. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Berkeley Berkeley Academic Guide: Academic Guide 2022-23, Introduction to Health Policy and Management [3], Selected Topics in American Politics-UCDC [4], Public Organization and Administration [4], Behavioral Economics for Public Policy [3], Applied Econometrics and Public Policy [4], Impact of Government Policies on Poor Children and Families [4], Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy [4], Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective [4], Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy [3], Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change [3], Supervised Independent Study and Research [1-4]. Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. Credit Restrictions: This course may be applied to the Demography major. Introduction to Public Policy Analysis: Read More [+], Summer: 6 weeks - 8-10 hours of lecture and 2-0 hours of discussion per week. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective, Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008. creative, effective, and actionable environmental solutions. Research Profile, Daniel Sargent, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy. Emphasizes "highbrow" arts, U.S. policy, and the social and economic roles of participants in the arts. The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) connects undergraduates with faculty-initiated research in every field of knowledge. Students will learn the origins and evolution of the governing framework for security policy in the United States, including the post-9/11 creation of Homeland Security, and key methodologies of security policy, including risk assessment. THE 2020 ELECTION: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week, Subject/Course Level: Public Policy/Undergraduate. The objective of this course is to improve negotiation skills and to increase the ability to resolve conflicts in a multitude of situations, including public policy disputes. Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020. psychology. Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Public Policy C157/Letters and Science C180x after taking Public Policy 108 or 157. Course examines current problems and issues in the field of public policy. The course concludes with a required one-day crisis simulation exercise. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Introduction to child and family policy, and study of specific issue areas, such as income transfer programs, housing, health care, and child abuse. Emphasis is placed on how psychological science (clinical, developmental, social) can inform decisions about individuals at high risk for repeated involvement in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Wealth and Poverty: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week. Industrial Policy, Labor and Employment, Leadership and Management, Politics, Poverty, Inequality, Leadership and Social Change, Macroeconomic Policy, Social and Economic Policy.Research Profile, David Roland-Holst, Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics. Work, Justice and the Labor Movement: Read More [+], Work, Justice and the Labor Movement: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2021 Topics of focus include risk assessment, adolescent development and juvenile justice, and prevention/intervention/correctional psychology. Telecommunication technology and policy, Broadband divide, Utility regulation and decarbonization, Energy markets and demand response.Research Profile, Ashley Adams, Lecturer. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Read More [+], Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 These programs have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript in the memoranda section, but they are not noted on diplomas. Over the years, the department has realized that the underlying model of policy analysis enriches and complements a variety of undergraduate specializations and that public policy training can be valuable not only as a pre-MPP experience but also to students whose graduate training wont include the Masters in Public Policy degree. This class will provide students with a grounding in the literature of social movement theory and history, with a special emphasis on social movements led by African American, Latinx, indigenous, and Asian Pacific Islander communities for equity. The first ten weeks of this course focuses on social science theory and evidence about the causes, Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for C103 after taking 103. Lawyers, doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, and others need to understand government choices as citizens, as participants in government, and on behalf of their organizations, many of which are profoundly affected by public policy. Readings, field trips, and case discussion. Homeland Security, Innovation Intellectual Property, Open Source, and Innovation, WMD Terrorism, Biosecurity, Phramaceutical Innovation, Database policy.Research Profile, Michael O'Hare, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of the Graduate School. Agriculture, Poverty and Inequality, Rural Development, Quantitative Analysis of Development Policies, Impact Analysis of Social Programs, Technological Innovations in Agriculture, Management of Common Property Resources.Research Profile, John Ellwood, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy. There are no prerequisites for enrollment in the undergraduate courses unless specifically noted otherwise in the course descriptions. The undergraduate courses in public policy deal with the substance of public policy, how it is made, how its effects can be gauged, and what the purposes of policy should be. Please note that early declaration of the minor does not obligate students to this program should it become unfeasible later in their academic pursuits. Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. consequences and costs of poverty. All courses must be taken for a letter grade, except, Students may count graduate level public policy electives to complete their minor requirements. Studio/laboratory in the design of nonphysical environments. This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding both of the organization of the political economy in the United States and of other advanced economies, and of why the distribution of earnings, wealth, and opportunity have been diverging in the United States and in other nations. If you just want to print information on specific tabs, you're better off downloading a PDF of the page, opening it, and then selecting the pages you really want to print.
Fall and/or spring: 7 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week, Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of lecture per week, Special Topics in Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Research Profile, Anibel Ferus-Comelo, Lecturer. Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change: Read More [+], Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week, Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Students will work in teams to collect and analyze data thematically, and learn to use digital tools to disseminate the research findings to various audiences. What kinds of policies should the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implement? The class covers the alternatives to traditional cost-of-service rate regulation, the electricity deregulation experiment, the resulting energy crisis in California, and current efforts to reconsider the utility business model. methods in a semester-long service-learning project in partnership with a worker organization. Program Evaluation, Design Thinking.Research Profile, Magnus Lofstrom, Lecturer. Climate Change, Environment, Energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, Program Evaluation, Carbon Offsetting.Research Profile, Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities. Political Psychology, Politics, Race & Policy, Race/Racial Justice.Research Profile, David Wooley, Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP). Benefit-Cost Analysis, Behavioral Economics, Behavior Change, Public Health.Research Profile, Sarah F. Anzia, Michelle J. Schwartz Associate Professor of Public Policy & Associate Professor of Political Science. Readings, field trips, and case discussion. Higher Education.Research Profile, Ellora Derenoncourt, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy. This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding both of the structure of political economy and of why the distribution of earnings, wealth, and opportunity have been diverging in the United States and in other nations. It is designed to provide a robust training in research methods and community engagement with worker organizations to inform policies for a fair, inclusive, and democratic society. Students who complete the requirements for the Public Policy Minor will receive a certificate of completion in the U.S. mail.
Labor and Employment, Race, Poverty & Inequality, Economics of Education, Health Disparities, Social Welfare Policy.Research Profile, Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL). Behavioral Economics provides answers to these questions that standard economics does not. Higher Education.Research Profile, David Kirp, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy.
The class focuses on the economic regulation of electricity and natural gas and its role in public policy innovation. The course is organized around a series of discrete policy problems involving issues of race and ethnicity. Labor and Employment, Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Quantitative Methods, Economic Policy, Program Evaluation, Housing and Urban Policy, Immigration, Poverty and Inequality, Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Labor Economics, Racial Inequality, Urban Economics.Research Profile, Robert Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy. Housing & Urban Policy, Budget/Finance, Labor and Employment, Poverty & Inequality, Economic and Community Development, City Management, Education Finance & Policy, Police and Criminal Justice, Public Employee Pensions, Public Health.Research Profile, Elizabeth Linos, Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Survey of government policy toward the arts (especially direct subsidy, copyright and regulation, and indirect assistance) and its effects on artists, audiences, and institutions. The training provided by the courses is useful to those interested in combining the substantive perspectives of the social sciences with the immediacy of contemporary problems, to those considering professional study, and to the informed and politically aware citizen. should the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implement? Topics may vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the semester. The course delves into defining security dilemmas of the present: the challenge of securing democracy against both internal and external threats; the challenge of cybersecurity in a networked world; and global climate change. We will delve into how the economic regulatory framework creates opportunities to implement public policy, and the enhanced role climate change now plays in decision making worldwide. Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week. Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower-division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small seminar setting. The last four weeks of the course examines child poverty policies, employment policies, and setting an overall agenda for poverty policy. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. The class includes case studies, guest practitioners, and a group project in which students employ a range of analytic tools and frameworks in order to develop creative, effective, and actionable environmental solutions.
Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Classroom-based guided reflection, skills development, career information, and engagement with current debates will complement the fieldwork. Final exam not required. Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, International, Coupled Natural and Human Systems, Political Economy, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics.Research Profile, Saru Jayaraman, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Public Policy. Combining real-time analysis of the election, an in-depth study of the relevant historical and sociological trends that are shaping this moment, and a lively roster of guest speakers from across the Berkeley campus and community, this class will provide students with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary introduction to American politics in a time of unprecedented crisis and possibility. Examination of the impact of policies of state intervention and public benefit programs on poor children and families. Arts and Cultural Policy: Read More [+]. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Terms offered: Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session, Fall 2020. , the resulting energy crisis in California, and current efforts to reconsider the utility business model. Directed Group Study: Read More [+], Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Fall 2018 This exp can open the door to life-long careers as organizers, researchers, policy analysts, political lobbyists, communication specialists and leaders. Behavioral Economics, Program Evaluation, Public Management, Stereotyping, Prejudice & Discrimination, Civil Servants, Motivation and Performance, Diversity in the Workplace, Recruitment and Retention.Research Profile, Shelley Liu, Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. defining security dilemmas of the present: the challenge of securing democracy against both internal and external threats; the challenge of cybersecurity in a networked world; and global climate change. Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016 During the fall 2020 semester we will have the quadrennial opportunity to study American politics during a presidential campaign. Undergraduate level of 256. Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for PUBPOL165 after completing PUBPOL165. Information Technology, Public Management, Politics, Comparative Public Policy, Corruption and Governance, India.Research Profile, Igor Chirikov, SERU Consortium Director and Senior Researcher, CSHE. guided reflection, skills development, career information, and engagement with current debates will complement the fieldwork. This course uses the lens of specific technologies to survey environmental policy and management, with an emphasis on the complexities of policy-making with diverse interest groups. Research Profile, Larry Magid, Lecturer. Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week, Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 Building upon the Labor Centers Summer program, it allows students to apply existing organizing skills/acquire new knowledge in community and labor organizations. Group Study in Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 Research Profile, Amy Slater, Lecturer. Simulated negotiation exercises and role-plays will be used extensively. A systematic and critical approach to evaluating and designing public policies. Program and Policy Design: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Housing & Urban Policy, Law, Land Use, Civic Engagement.Research Profile, Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Public sector budgeting incorporates many, perhaps most, of the skills of the public manager and analyst. Elections, Government, Politics, State and Local Politics and Policy, Public Sector Unions, Women in Politics, Public Employee Pensions.Research Profile, Josefina Castillo Baltodano, Founder and Executive Director, Executive Leadership Academy. Students will have an opportunity to master a specific problem area. Designed for non-experts and taught by some of Berkeleys top professors. Higher Education, Economic Policy, International, Science Policy.Research Profile, Sean Farhang, Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy. Arts and Cultural Policy: Read More [+], Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Terms offered: Fall 2020 One of the primary objectives of this course is to develop a theoretical and analytical understanding of contemporary workers experiences of work in the U.S. shaped by race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration status, language, religion, and other social constructs. Emphasizes "highbrow" arts, U.S. policy, and the social and economic roles of participants in the arts. Combines theory and application to particular cases and problems. It is also intended to provide insight into the political and public policy debates that have arisen in light of the divergence as well as possible means of reversing it. Environment, Climate Change, Food Policy, Agricultural Policy, Development, Energy, International Trade.Research Profile, Larry A. Rosenthal, Senior Lecturer of Public Policy; Program Director, Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement; Resident Faculty, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Why do fines work better than bonuses (except when they don't)? Field Study in Labor Organizing: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week, Field Study in Labor Organizing: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2007 Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020. , impact of personality traits and public policy mediation. Environment, Regulation, Public Finance, Economic Organization, Environmental Markets, School Finance, Utility Regulation.Research Profile, Michael W. Hanemann, Emeritus and Affiliated Professor in the Graduate School. Tax Policy, Labor and Employment, Youth and Families, Government.Research Profile, Solomon Hsiang, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy. Copyright 2022-23, UC Regents; all rights reserved. Health Policy and Health Economics, Competition and Regulation in Health Insurance Markets, The ACA and Covered California, Accountable Care Organizations and Market Power, Organization and Financing of Mental Health Services, Social Capital and Health, Global Health Workforce, Pay for Performance in the US and Around the Globe.Research Profile, Eugene Smolensky, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Read Less [-], Daniel J. Acland, Associate Professor of Practice in Public Policy. Undergraduate level of 257. Generally, undergraduates require an. Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020. intersects with different racial and ethnic groups. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This course can be applied to the political science major. Wealth and Poverty: Read More [+]. Education, Race & Policy, Advocacy Politics, Educational Equity, Policy Analysis & Evaluation, Politics of Education, Privatization, Qualitative Methods, Urban Leadership, Urban Schooling.Research Profile, Jennifer Skeem, Professor. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the types of research designs that can lead to convincing analysis and be comfortable working with large scale data sets. Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. This course introduces students to the arena of security policy. Education, German History, Higher Education Policy.Research Profile, Alain de Janvry, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Public Management, Program Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, International, Foreign Policy, Regulation, Public Sector Operations, Data Driven Decision Making, Information Technology Strategy, US-Mexico Binational Policy, Regulatory Reform, Criminal Justice Reform.Research Profile, Timothy M. Dayonot, Lecturer. Diverse policy topics, including environmental, health, education, communications, safety, and arts policy issues, among others. Arts Policy, Quantitative Methods, Environment, Public Management.Research Profile, Richard M. Scheffler, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Public Policy. Registration for the minor(which does not obligate one to complete it) makes students eligible for various Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) undergraduate programs and activities and gets them on a mailing list for GSPP events of interest to anyone concerned with public affairs. The course concludes with a required one-day crisis simulation exercise. Food Policy.Research Profile, Rucker Johnson, Chancellors Professor of Public Policy. Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy, Air Quality Control, Utility Regulation and Administrative Law, Non-Profit Management, Renewable Energy Development, Electric Transmission Policy, Environmental Justice.Research Profile, Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Law and Politics. Children, Youth and Families, Education, Race &, Ethnicity, Law, Politics, Ethics, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Community.Research Profile, Stephen M. Maurer, Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Public Policy. Select four from the following (of which two must be PUB POL courses): in a time of unprecedented crisis and possibility. Research Profile, Janelle Scott, Robert C. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, Professor of Graduate School of Education, African American Studies & The Goldman School of Public Policy. Open to students from other departments. Group study of a selected topic or topics in Public Policy. Criminal Justice Policy, Economic Demography, Health and Human Services Policy, Policy and Program Evaluation.Research Profile, Robert J. Birgeneau, Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Public Policy. For upper division students wishing to pursue special study and directed research under direction of a member of the staff. Terms offered: Spring 2012 Law, Energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, Labor and Employment, Politics, Economics of Industry, Manufacturing and Job Markets.Research Profile, Barbara Haya, Research Fellow, CEPP. Politics, Transportation Policy, Energy Policy, Strategic Communications.Research Profile, Daniel Mulhern, Lecturer. Undegraduate level of Public Policy 269. Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Read More [+], Prerequisites: 140 or 141 or consent of instructor. Topics will include: distributive and integrative bargaining; preparation strategies; defense to ploys; power and perceptions; team and multi-party negotiations; political, legislative and regulatory negotiations; emotions and gender, email negotiations, handling difficult negotiators, impact of personality traits and public policy mediation. Research Profile, Todd Achilles, Lecturer.
Introduction to Security Policy: Read More [+], Introduction to Security Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2016, Fall 2011 The objective of this course is to use the tools and insights of public policy analysis as a means of understanding the ways in which policies are shaped by and respond to issues of race, ethnicity, and cultural difference.
Energy and Society: Read More [+], Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week10 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week, Terms offered: Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session, Fall 2020 These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Research Profile, Jane Mauldon, Associate Professor of Practice. US National Security Policy and International Relations, Science, Technology and Public Policy, Management Strategies for Complex Organizations.Research Profile, Janet Napolitano, Professor of Public Policy. Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021 Courts, Regulation.Research Profile, Avi Feller, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Statistics. This course will examine the nature and extent of poverty in the U.S., its causes and consequences, and the antipoverty effects of existing and proposed Employers and graduate schools recognize a completed minor as indicative of broader preparation than a single degree, not to mention curiosity and willingness to do extra work.
Negotiations: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week, Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 All UC Berkeley undergraduate students are eligible for enrollment in the Public Policy minor. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This course introduces a range of economic phenomena that cannot be explained by standard, fully rational economic models, and explores implications for public policy. Complements courses in policy analysis, public management, economics, and political science; especially intended to integrate elements of professional programs in public policy and related areas. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Read More [+], Prerequisites: Co-enrollment in PUBPOL160AC, ETH STD 160AC, or SOCIOL116AC, Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of fieldwork per week. Students will design, in groups and individually, programs and policies that create value in the public sector, including statutes, regulations, and implementation projects. Research Profile, Angela Glover-Blackwell, Lecturer. Education, Leadership and Management, Politics.Research Profile, Patricia A. Pelfrey, Senior Research Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 10 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week, Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25. Freshman Seminar: Read More [+]. Why do we vote for social security despite the fact that it reduces our freedom to choose how we spend our money? This course can be applied to the political science major. Economic History, Labor and Employment, Racial Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility.Research Profile, John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education. Explore what interests you in these small, interactive courses taught by world-class Berkeley faculty. Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2016, Fall 2011. will feature invited guests. Group Study in Public Policy: Read More [+]. Comparative reviews will feature invited guests. Simulated negotiation exercises and role-plays will be used extensively. In this interdisciplinary course students examine the relationships among social science, law, and crime prevention policy. Berkeley Changemaker: Labor Research for Action and Policy (L-RAP): Berkeley Berkeley Academic Guide: Academic Guide 2022-23, Introduction to Health Policy and Management [3], Selected Topics in American Politics-UCDC [4], Public Organization and Administration [4], Behavioral Economics for Public Policy [3], Applied Econometrics and Public Policy [4], Impact of Government Policies on Poor Children and Families [4], Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy [4], Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective [4], Social Science & Crime Prevention Policy [3], Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change [3], Supervised Independent Study and Research [1-4]. Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. Credit Restrictions: This course may be applied to the Demography major. Introduction to Public Policy Analysis: Read More [+], Summer: 6 weeks - 8-10 hours of lecture and 2-0 hours of discussion per week. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective, Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008. creative, effective, and actionable environmental solutions. Research Profile, Daniel Sargent, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy. Emphasizes "highbrow" arts, U.S. policy, and the social and economic roles of participants in the arts. The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) connects undergraduates with faculty-initiated research in every field of knowledge. Students will learn the origins and evolution of the governing framework for security policy in the United States, including the post-9/11 creation of Homeland Security, and key methodologies of security policy, including risk assessment. THE 2020 ELECTION: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week, Subject/Course Level: Public Policy/Undergraduate. The objective of this course is to improve negotiation skills and to increase the ability to resolve conflicts in a multitude of situations, including public policy disputes. Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020. psychology. Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Public Policy C157/Letters and Science C180x after taking Public Policy 108 or 157. Course examines current problems and issues in the field of public policy. The course concludes with a required one-day crisis simulation exercise. Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Introduction to child and family policy, and study of specific issue areas, such as income transfer programs, housing, health care, and child abuse. Emphasis is placed on how psychological science (clinical, developmental, social) can inform decisions about individuals at high risk for repeated involvement in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Wealth and Poverty: Read More [+], Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week. Industrial Policy, Labor and Employment, Leadership and Management, Politics, Poverty, Inequality, Leadership and Social Change, Macroeconomic Policy, Social and Economic Policy.Research Profile, David Roland-Holst, Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics. Work, Justice and the Labor Movement: Read More [+], Work, Justice and the Labor Movement: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2021 Topics of focus include risk assessment, adolescent development and juvenile justice, and prevention/intervention/correctional psychology. Telecommunication technology and policy, Broadband divide, Utility regulation and decarbonization, Energy markets and demand response.Research Profile, Ashley Adams, Lecturer. Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Read More [+], Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 These programs have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript in the memoranda section, but they are not noted on diplomas. Over the years, the department has realized that the underlying model of policy analysis enriches and complements a variety of undergraduate specializations and that public policy training can be valuable not only as a pre-MPP experience but also to students whose graduate training wont include the Masters in Public Policy degree. This class will provide students with a grounding in the literature of social movement theory and history, with a special emphasis on social movements led by African American, Latinx, indigenous, and Asian Pacific Islander communities for equity. The first ten weeks of this course focuses on social science theory and evidence about the causes, Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for C103 after taking 103. Lawyers, doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, and others need to understand government choices as citizens, as participants in government, and on behalf of their organizations, many of which are profoundly affected by public policy. Readings, field trips, and case discussion. Homeland Security, Innovation Intellectual Property, Open Source, and Innovation, WMD Terrorism, Biosecurity, Phramaceutical Innovation, Database policy.Research Profile, Michael O'Hare, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of the Graduate School. Agriculture, Poverty and Inequality, Rural Development, Quantitative Analysis of Development Policies, Impact Analysis of Social Programs, Technological Innovations in Agriculture, Management of Common Property Resources.Research Profile, John Ellwood, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy. There are no prerequisites for enrollment in the undergraduate courses unless specifically noted otherwise in the course descriptions. The undergraduate courses in public policy deal with the substance of public policy, how it is made, how its effects can be gauged, and what the purposes of policy should be. Please note that early declaration of the minor does not obligate students to this program should it become unfeasible later in their academic pursuits. Energy sources, uses, and impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. consequences and costs of poverty. All courses must be taken for a letter grade, except, Students may count graduate level public policy electives to complete their minor requirements. Studio/laboratory in the design of nonphysical environments. This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding both of the organization of the political economy in the United States and of other advanced economies, and of why the distribution of earnings, wealth, and opportunity have been diverging in the United States and in other nations. If you just want to print information on specific tabs, you're better off downloading a PDF of the page, opening it, and then selecting the pages you really want to print.
Fall and/or spring: 7 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week, Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of lecture per week, Special Topics in Public Policy: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Research Profile, Anibel Ferus-Comelo, Lecturer. Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change: Read More [+], Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week, Social Movements, Organizing & Policy Change: Read Less [-], Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Students will work in teams to collect and analyze data thematically, and learn to use digital tools to disseminate the research findings to various audiences. What kinds of policies should the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implement? The class covers the alternatives to traditional cost-of-service rate regulation, the electricity deregulation experiment, the resulting energy crisis in California, and current efforts to reconsider the utility business model. methods in a semester-long service-learning project in partnership with a worker organization. Program Evaluation, Design Thinking.Research Profile, Magnus Lofstrom, Lecturer. Climate Change, Environment, Energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, Program Evaluation, Carbon Offsetting.Research Profile, Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities. Political Psychology, Politics, Race & Policy, Race/Racial Justice.Research Profile, David Wooley, Executive Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP). Benefit-Cost Analysis, Behavioral Economics, Behavior Change, Public Health.Research Profile, Sarah F. Anzia, Michelle J. Schwartz Associate Professor of Public Policy & Associate Professor of Political Science. Readings, field trips, and case discussion. Higher Education.Research Profile, Ellora Derenoncourt, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy. This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding both of the structure of political economy and of why the distribution of earnings, wealth, and opportunity have been diverging in the United States and in other nations. It is designed to provide a robust training in research methods and community engagement with worker organizations to inform policies for a fair, inclusive, and democratic society. Students who complete the requirements for the Public Policy Minor will receive a certificate of completion in the U.S. mail.
Labor and Employment, Race, Poverty & Inequality, Economics of Education, Health Disparities, Social Welfare Policy.Research Profile, Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL). Behavioral Economics provides answers to these questions that standard economics does not. Higher Education.Research Profile, David Kirp, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy.
The class focuses on the economic regulation of electricity and natural gas and its role in public policy innovation. The course is organized around a series of discrete policy problems involving issues of race and ethnicity. Labor and Employment, Race and Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Quantitative Methods, Economic Policy, Program Evaluation, Housing and Urban Policy, Immigration, Poverty and Inequality, Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Labor Economics, Racial Inequality, Urban Economics.Research Profile, Robert Reich, Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy. Housing & Urban Policy, Budget/Finance, Labor and Employment, Poverty & Inequality, Economic and Community Development, City Management, Education Finance & Policy, Police and Criminal Justice, Public Employee Pensions, Public Health.Research Profile, Elizabeth Linos, Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Survey of government policy toward the arts (especially direct subsidy, copyright and regulation, and indirect assistance) and its effects on artists, audiences, and institutions. The training provided by the courses is useful to those interested in combining the substantive perspectives of the social sciences with the immediacy of contemporary problems, to those considering professional study, and to the informed and politically aware citizen. should the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implement? Topics may vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the semester. The course delves into defining security dilemmas of the present: the challenge of securing democracy against both internal and external threats; the challenge of cybersecurity in a networked world; and global climate change. We will delve into how the economic regulatory framework creates opportunities to implement public policy, and the enhanced role climate change now plays in decision making worldwide. Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week. Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower-division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small seminar setting. The last four weeks of the course examines child poverty policies, employment policies, and setting an overall agenda for poverty policy. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. The class includes case studies, guest practitioners, and a group project in which students employ a range of analytic tools and frameworks in order to develop creative, effective, and actionable environmental solutions.