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Public Policy Institute (PPOL)
Interim Dean of Public Policy: William Gormley (202) 687-5932
Georgetown Public Policy Institute website
Students registering for any course in this program must obtain signature approval from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute's Office (Car Barn,
SPECIAL SESSION (May 18-July 2)
Advanced Regression/Program Evaluation Method
Staff
PPOL-512-60
MW 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. GPPI Students Only
PPOL-512-61
MW 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. non-GPPI Students Only
This is an introduction to advanced methods of statistical analysis. Instruction will concentrate on how to determine the appropriate econometric approach in addressing various types of policy questions. Topics to be covered will include: Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Limited Dependent Variables (Linear Probability, Logit & Probit Models); Truncated/Censored Dependent Variables (Tobit Models); Panel data; Instrumental Variable methods; and Time-Series analysis. NOTE: GPPI MPP-Evening Program students only; other graduate students with permission of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Office.
SPECIAL SESSION (May 25-July 2)
Public Management
Ross
PPOL-580-60
MW 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. GPPI Students Only
PPOL-580-61
MW 6:15-8:45 p.m,
3 cr. non-GPPI Students Only
This course introduces students to public management: the art and science of planning and implementing public programs. A key objective is to offer students a useful mix of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on management as a function performed in all sectors (public, nonprofit, and private) but, when appropriate, participants focus on what factors make public management distinctive and more challenging. Some of the specific topics covered include: executive leadership; the role of front-line operators and middle managers; organizational culture; problems of bureaucratic coordination and dysfunction; how Congress, the President, and the courts attempt to control the public bureaucracy; managing people; managing budgets; privatization and contracting out; ethics in public management; performance management and strategic planning; and management reform strategies. NOTE: GPPI MPP-Evening Program students only; other graduate students with permission of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Office.
SPECIAL SESSION (July 6 -August 13)
Public Finance
Staff
PPOL-503-60
TR 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. GPPI Students Only
PPOL-503-61
TR 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. non-GPPI Students Only
Prereq: PPOL-501, Introduction to Microtheory. This course serves as a continuation of Introduction to Microtheory. This course explores the impact of a variety of factors that may result in market failures, including public goods, externalities, information asymmetries, and uncertainty. A rationale for government policies as a corrective device for market failures is then developed. This framework is then used to discuss a variety of government transfer programs and their financing, with particular emphasis on the incentive effects of such programs and policies. An introduction to cost/benefit analysis is incorporated as a mechanism for evaluating various programs. NOTE: GPPI MPP-Evening Program students only; other graduate students with permission of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Office.
Survey Research Methods
Morrison
PPOL-526-60
MW 6:15-8:15 p.m.
3 cr. GPPI Students Only
PPOL-526-61
MW 6:15-8:15 p.m.
3 cr. non-GPPI Students Only
Surveys are the most commonly used data collection tool in the social sciences, providing for efficient collection of data over broad populations, amenable to administration in person, by telephone, and over the Internet. The course teaches state of the art methods for designing, conducting, and interpreting the results of surveys. The emphasis is on the development of practical skills that will be valuable additions to the GPPI student?s analytic toolkit. The course integrates perspectives from sociology, economics and cognitive psychology and methodologies commonly applied within policy evaluation, social science and public opinion research settings. Topics include questionnaire development and testing, judging the quality of a survey, the use and misuse of survey methods, sources of bias/error in survey design and analysis, techniques for dealing with limitations in surveys, data collection techniques, coding and data processing, and ethical issues in survey research. For some topics, guest speakers from government and private research and polling firms will provide practical insights.
Ethics, Values, and Public Policy
Rom
PPOL-560-60
TR 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. GPPI Students Only
PPOL-560-61
TR 6:15-8:45 p.m.
3 cr. non-GPPI Students Only
This course provides an introduction to the following course themes: 1) Values (and not just interests) are fundamental to public policy, and so sophisticated policy analysts should understand the roles that values can play in policy analysis and the policy process; 2) Values are contested in that political actors interpret core values (e.g., equity, liberty, justice, security, efficiency) in conflicting ways and also place different weights on different values; 3) Differing institutional arrangements (markets, democracy, authority) enhance certain values and potentially suppress others; 4) Differing forms of reasoning (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, or casuistry) offer differing ways to reach conclusions regarding value choices, but that no method can be demonstrated to provide the answer to these choices; 5) The systematic analysis of values can provide policy recommendations that are superior to those made without systematic reflection; 6) Policy analysts should be able to provide a reasoned explanation regarding the values embedded in the policy recommendations they make.
NOTE: GPPI MPP-Evening Program students only; other graduate students with permission of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Office.
