USC/USC-Course-Catalog huggingface dataset:
PT 660: Advanced Clinical Experience with Academic Integration 
A 16-week clerkship consisting of a minimum of 24 hours per week in a part-time setting. Emphasis on the care of orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric or complicated medical conditions.
Units: (5.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PT 665: Advanced Clinical Experience 
A 16-week clerkship consisting of a minimum of 36 hours per week in a full-time setting. Emphasis on care of orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric or complicated medical conditions.
Units: (8.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PT 670b: Hybrid Advanced Clinical Experience with Academic Integratio 
A 13-week clerkship consisting of a minimum of 36 hours per week in a full-time setting. Emphasis on care of orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric or complicated medical conditions.
Units: (6.5 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PT 670A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
AEST 100b: Aerospace Studies I (Air Force Mission and Organization) 
Organization and function of NORAD; Tactical Air, Military Airlift, Systems, Logistics, Air Training, and Communications Commands; Army, Navy, Marines; Reserves; Separate Operating Agencies.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 100A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 9:00-9:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 110b: Leadership Laboratory I 
Introduction to the military experiecne focusing on customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and the environment of an Air Force Officer. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 110A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 7:00-8:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 200b: Aerospace Studies II (Air Force History) 
Development of aerospace power since WWII; emphasis on international confrontations involving the U.S.; communications skills.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 200A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 11:00-11:50am
AEST 210b: Leadership Laboratory II 
Introduction to the military experience focusing on customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and the environment of an Air Force Offficer. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 210A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 7:00-8:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 300b: Aerospace Studies III (Air Force Management and Leadership) 
Air Force management fucusing on the new manager in the Air Force milieu. Emphasis on communication skills peculiar to the Air Force.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 300A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 9:00-11:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 310b: Leadership Laboratory III 
Practical introduction to Air Force leadership focusing on military communicative skills, group dynamics, and application of theories of leadership and management. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 310A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 7:00-8:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 400b: Aerospace Studies IV (National Security Forces in Contemporary American Society) 
(AEROSPACE STUDIES IV - NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY - Military professionalism and the context in which defense policy is formulated and implemented; national security policy, political/social constraints, and military justice.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 400A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 9:00-11:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 410b: Leadership Laboratory IV 
Advanced Air Forcer leadership experience forcusing on the practical development of the Air Force officer through command and staff positions within the Cadet Corps. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 410A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 7:00-8:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus
AEST 420b: Leadership Laboratory V 
Advanced leadership experiences for AFROTC continuing cadets. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: AEST 420A
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 7:00-8:50am
Instructor: Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac
HMGT 520: Leading People and Health Care Organizations 
Exploration of contemporary workforce issues and skills development in organizational design, performance measurement, teamwork, conflict resolution, leadership, and change management. Open to MHM students only.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Patrick Gless
HMGT 540: Health Economics, Financing and Reimbursement 
Provides a framework for the economic analysis of health care issues and provides students with an opportunity to apply economic methods to a number of actual health care problems.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Paul Ginsburg
HMGT 565: Managing the Organization's Financial Health 
Executives confront and solve problems requiring use of accounting, finance, and management control principles; provides core financial skills for non-finance professionals. Open to MHM students only.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Lisa Ozaeta
HMGT 570: Strategic Management 
Provides skill development and application in the integrative discipline of strategic management including assessment, strategy formulation implementation and control. Open to MHM students only.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Gary Blackard
HMGT 575: Managing and Improving Health 
Methods for monitoring and improving the health of populations. Topics include outcomes management, risk-adjustment, development and implementation of practice guidelines. Open to MHM students only.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Michael Harris
HMGT 600: Managing Risk 
Overview of reimbursement models in clinical and institutional settings; legal, financial and clinical assumption of risk pursuant to new and evolving federal and state statutory and regulatory provisions. Open only to EMHA students.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Michael Harris
HMGT 602: Operational Efficiency Processes in Health Care Organizations 
Improving productivity and efficiency of health care organizations combining the application of key operational analysis principles to improve quality, speed and productivity in the delivery of health care. Open only to EMHA students.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Joseph Sierra
HMGT 603: Developing & Monitoring of Quality & Patient Safety Outcomes 
Overview of contemporary methods used to develop and monitor patient quality and safety outcomes; develop skill in data collection and analysis of clinical care outcomes; focus on operationalizing outcomes that matter to payers, organizations, and clinicians. Open only to EMHA students.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Stanley Augustine
MS 102: Basic Leadership 
Establishes foundation of basic leadership fundamentals such as problem solving, communications, briefings and effective writing, goal setting, techniques for improving listening and speaking skills and an introduction to counseling.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 8:00-8:50am
Instructor: Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim
MS 202: Leadership and Teamwork 
Study examines how to build successful teams, various methods for influencing action, effective communication in setting and achieving goals, the importance of timing the decision, creativity in the problem solving process, and obtaining team buy-in through immediate feedback.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 8:00-9:50am
Instructor: Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim
MS 302: Leadership and Ethics 
Examines the role communications, values, and ethics play in effective leadership. Topics include ethical decision-making, consideration of others, spirituality in the military, and survey Army leadership doctrine. Emphasis on improving oral and written communication abilities.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 8:00-9:20am
Instructor: Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim
MS 402: Leadership and Management 
Study includes case study analysis of military law and practical exercises on establishing an ethical command climate. Students must complete a semester long Senior Leadership Project that requires them to plan, organize, collaborate, analyze, and demonstrate their leadership skills.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 8:00-9:20am
Instructor: Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim
MS 490x: Directed Research 
Individual research and readings
Units: (1.0-12.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim
NAUT 301a: Seamanship and Navigation 
An experiential approach to sailing and seafaring, introducing offshore sailing theory and techniques, navigation, and basic oceanography as relevant to seamanship, leadership and communication skills.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-8:50pm
Instructor: Lars Harding
NAUT 301b: Seamanship and Navigation 
An experiential approach to sailing and seafaring, introducing offshore sailing theory and techniques, navigation, and basic oceanography as relevant to seamanship, leadership and communication skills.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (NAUT 301A or NAUT 001A)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Lars Harding
NAUT 302bx: Advanced Seamanship and Navigation 
Responsibilities and operations commanding an offshore sailing vessel including sailing theory and advanced techniques, advanced navigation, ships engineering and oceanography relevant to seamanship.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (NAUT 302A or NAUT 002A)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 3:00-4:50pm
Instructor: Lars Harding
NSC 102: Seapower and Maritime Affairs 
Analysis of U.S. Navy development and campaigns; evolution of strategic, tactical and maritime doctrines; interaction of naval affairs with national security and domestic policies.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 10:00-11:20am
Instructor: Jack Tribolet
NSC 202: Navigation 
Purposes, methods, and instruments of navigation; terrestrial and celestial navigation and nautical astronomy; time diagrams; lines of position by observation of celestial bodies.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 11:30-12:50pm
Instructor: Christina Perez,Samuel Galli
NSC 203: Evolution of Warfare 
Causes and practice of warfare from ancient times; impact of changes in strategy, tactics, and technology; modern revolutionary warfare, global conflict, and politico-military relationships.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Friday
Time: 10:00-12:50pm
Instructor: Kristen Gabel
NSC 302: Naval Ships Systems II (Weapons) 
Systems approach to naval weapons; linear analysis of ballistics; weapons control systems configurations and dynamics. Field trips.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:20am
Instructor: Andrew Bates
NSC 402: Leadership and Ethics 
Introduction to primary duties of junior naval officers; counseling and interviewing techniques; review of basic administrative responsibilities at the division officer level.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 8:30-9:50am
Instructor: Gilbert Juarez
PPD 225: Solving Public Problems 
Develops a framework for understanding public policy and its role in solving current complex issues. Theories, processes and institutions that shape policymaking and professional development for policymaking.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 4:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Danyao Li
PPD 300: Social Justice Issues in Public Policy and Urban Planning 
Social justice issues through the lens of public policy and urban planning with main focus on Los Angeles; critical thinking skills about the fields and their relevance to social justice.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Lavonna Lewis
PPD 301: PPD Practices: Internship Seminar 
Policy, planning, and development skills for practice; internship seminar; leadership, group dynamics and presentation skills; application of management; organizational diversity; reflection on experiences.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:30-8:20pm
Instructor: Lauren Opgenorth
PPD 303: Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development 
Statistical applications applied to the real world; techniques including probability, sampling; hypothesis formation and testing; correlation, and linear regression.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 117
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Mark Phillips
PPD 314: Public Policy and Law 
Institutional foundations and analysis of public policy issues; policy formulation and implementation; application of theories; case analyses.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Frank Zerunyan
PPD 315: Analytic Foundations for Public Policy 
Qualitative methods of analysis; ethical and political implications of policy choices; issue diagnosis and policy design skills; critical reasoning and ethics; policy leadership.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 225
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Pamela Mccann
PPD 320: Organizational Behavior in Public Administration 
Understanding human behavior in public organization: motivation, roles, communication; group behavior and decision-making in public context; managing conflict; leadership and change in public complex organizational systems.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Howard Greenwald,Frank Zerunyan
PPD 325: Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management 
Learning the institutions of health care delivery and financing; evaluating key health policy issues; understanding and using economic, statistical and mathematical tools as ways to inform health policy issues.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Darius Lakdawalla
PPD 330: Introduction to Health Care Systems 
Concepts and determinants of health and illness; health care delivery organizations and programs; the role of the administrator; issues in health care financing and access; quality evaluation; future trends.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Lavonna Lewis
PPD 357: Government and Business 
Interrelated roles of business and public institutions; effects of public policies and laws on business sector; incorporates public and business perspectives.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ECON 203
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 10:00-11:50am
Instructor: Michael Thom
PPD 361: Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning 
Policy and planning as shaped by sustainability theories; sustainability indicators; topics include water resources, air quality, land use regulations, environmental design, carrying capacity, ecological footprint analysis. Duplicates credit in former PPD 461.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Friday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
PPD 371: The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest 
Theories of the voluntary nonprofit sector in society and its relationship to government and business; public policies toward the sector.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Cara Esposito
PPD 373: Public Policy and Planning Analysis 
Applied analytic modeling and data manipulation; visual presentation; interpretation of data; needs assessment and market failure analysis; indexing; extrapolation and simple forecasting; simple risk analysis; benefit-cost analysis.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 203 and PPD 225 and PPD 303
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 8:00-9:50am
Instructor: Jordy Coutin
PPD 382: International Development 
Definitions and measurements of development; impact of globalization; concept and practice of international development administration and planning at local, national, and global governance levels.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 4:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Peter Robertson
PPD 400: Topics in Public Policy and Urban Studies 
Seminar in cross cutting topics in public policy and urban studies that engages students with faculty and scholars in interdisciplinary research and analysis of key problems and issues in the fields.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Public Policy, Urban Studies and Planning
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tue, Thu
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: David Sloane
PPD 402: Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations 
Contemporary management theory; the nature of complex organizations' organizational and intergovernmental arrangements; roles and responsibilities of managers; managerial and organizational effectiveness; organizational structure and dynamics.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Deborah Natoli
PPD 407: Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations 
Time value of money, risk, government bonds and tax-exempt financing, cost of capital, budgeting, financial statement analysis, and working capital management.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Baqhar Syed
PPD 410: Comparative Urban Development 
Urbanization and urban development and growth through an international scope; globalizing cities.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Rym Kaki
PPD 412: GeoDesign Practicum 
Application of design concepts, planning protocols and spatial analysis skills to a complex planning or design problem sponsored by a local public, private or not-for-profit client in a studio setting.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 2 from (ARCH 403 or PPD 425 or SOCI 314 or SSCI 483)
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Geodesign
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Monday
Time: 2:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Guoping Huang
PPD 414: Community Health Policy and Planning 
Historical perspectives on and the contemporary practice of community health planning; impact of culture, socioeconomics, and environment; policy dimensions; urban plannings role in enhancing and sustaining health.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Mikaela Randolph
PPD 415: Health Policy 
Health policy analysis and challenges; price of health; structure of major sectors in health care; role of insurance in policy debates; trade-offs with policy decisions.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 325
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 8:00-9:50am
Instructor: Rosalie Pacula
PPD 422: Transportation and Technology and the Future of Mobility 
Introduction of the role that technology will play in facilitating shared mobility, disrupting transportation markets, and reshaping multi-modal urban transportation systems; analyses of governance issues; the interaction between private markets and regulators; changes in the nature of infrastructure and urban planning that will be required to accommodate the wired future of transportation.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Selika Talbott
PPD 427L: Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications 
Basic GIS concepts, ArcView and other GIS software, planning applications and databases, basic cartography; students select, research and prepare a planning GIS analysis project.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture-Lab
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Pedro Spindler-Ruiz
PPD 431: Undergraduate Policy, Planning, and Development Studio 
Application of methods in the exploration of a specific project, policy, or organization from the multiple perspectives of the five tracks in the undergraduate program.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following major(s): Public Policy, Real Estate Development, Urban Studies and Planning
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 4:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Howard Greenwald
PPD 478: Social Innovation 
Strategies and processes of social innovation and change; examination of social change in the market, government, and within the nonprofit sector; dynamics; civic action and activism
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Nicolas Duquette
PPD 490x: Directed Research 
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Departmental approval.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Samantha Malisos
PPD 497b: Senior Thesis 
Writing of the honors capstone project in an area of interest related to the track of study; research and writing skills.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 497a
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPD 499: Special Topics 
Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning.
Units: (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Deborah Natoli
PPD 501a: Economics for Policy, Planning and Development 
Microeconomic theory as applied to policy, planning, and development; concepts of efficiency; macroeconomic issues.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Ke Ye
PPD 503: Economics for Public Policy 
Economic theory as applied to public policy. Concepts of efficiency and equity, analysis of market failure and policy interventions.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: T.J. Mccarthy
PPD 504: Essential Statistics for Public Management 
Essential statistics for public managers and administrators; application of statistical methods in addressing public policy and management questions.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: William Leach
PPD 505: Modeling for Health Policy and Medical Decision Making 
Modeling techniques used to inform decisions in public health, disease control, and hospital operations.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Mon, Wed
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Sze-Chuan Suen
PPD 510a: Financial Management of Health Services 
Accounting principles, financial reports, managerial finance, financial planning, capital investments, working capital analysis; elements of budgeting and reimbursement; performance standards; reporting; developing a management system.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 516
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Norris Gunby
PPD 510b: Financial Management of Health Services 
Changing practices, emerging issues, strategies and innovations in financial planning, management, and regulation; federal and state policies and requirements.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 510A and PPD 516
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Denny Hooten
PPD 511: Health Information Systems 
Conceptual framework for data base development; relational data management; use of health statistics; health indicators; confidentiality, security, privacy.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Sean Johnson
PPD 512: Health Administration Residency Seminar 
Supervised study of health care administration, governance, professional staff relations, internal operations and controls, legal and regulatory requirements, management policy and strategy.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 509
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Michael Low
PPD 514: Economic Concepts Applied to Health 
Relationships between economic characteristics and health status; impact of economy on health services industry; demand and resources for health services; utilization, prices, costs, health insurance.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 506
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Rosalie Pacula
PPD 515: Strategic Management of Health Organizations 
Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision-making; strategic management; organizational performance; communication; provider comparisons.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 506 or HMGT 565) and 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Philip Dalton
PPD 518: Quality of Care Concepts 
Quality issues and complexities affecting healthcare; fundamentals of quality improvement programs; examination of quality issues and improvement programs in various health care venues; strategies
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Sean Johnson
PPD 523: Urban and International Development 
Fundamentals of urban development including role of land markets, externalities, economic analysis of market failures; regulations and stakeholders. Applications to U.S. and international contexts.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Marlon Boarnet
PPD 528: Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design 
Exploration of the theories and concepts of livable communities and good city form. Introductory basics of design and city form. Case studies of historical and current best practices.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4:00-5:50pm
Instructor: Elizabeth Falletta
PPD 529: Planning Law and Legal Frameworks of Planning 
Understanding of the legal system and its processes and laws applicable to land use and development and the legal nature of powers of public and private entities.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Nicole Kuklok-Waldman
PPD 540: Fundamentals of Public Administration 
Administrative concepts, institutions, legal systems, and practices; values; facilitation of responsibilities and rights; professional applications for personal, private sector and public achievement.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Tara Blanc
PPD 541: Public Financial Management and Budgeting 
Financial management applied to public and nonprofit organizations; financial valuation, financial markets, budgeting, tax administration, debt financing, cost-benefit analysis and financial analysis. Duplicates credit in PPDE 645.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Mark Alvarado
PPD 542: Policy and Program Evaluation 
Methods and models for policy and program evaluation; methods of collecting and analyzing evaluation data; processes for linking evaluation to policy formulation and program management.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 502 or PPD 504)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Howard Greenwald
PPD 543: Internship Seminar 
Supervised study of management, analytical, or other professional activities in government; integration of theory, practice and relevant literature.
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Valerie Savior
PPD 545: Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior 
Behavior in organizations; focus on personal, interpersonal, and group level factors that influence such behavior.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Kelly Rawlings
PPD 546: Capstone in Public Administration 
Constitutionally accountable and ethical practice, individually and organizationally; applications of core competencies; practical inquiry, analysis, systems; comparative frameworks; citizenship and public service. Prerequisite: PPD 540 and PPD 545 and PPD 542 or PPD 557. Open only to master and doctoral students.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: (PPD 540 and PPD 545) and 1 from (PPD 542 or PPD 557)
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Nicole Esparza
PPD 555: Public Policy Formulation and Implementation 
Political and organizational perspectives on policy making process; agenda setting, policy design, adoption, implementation, evaluation, modification or termination. Policy leadership skills: negotiation and strategic mapping.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 554
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Jennifer King
PPD 558: Multivariate Statistical Analysis 
Applied multivariate statistics in support of policy, management, and planning problem solving. Includes regression analysis, logit models, and an introduction to time-series models and multi-equation estimation.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 504 or PPD 570)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: T.J. Mccarthy
PPD 560: Methods for Policy Analysis 
Examination of methods used in the analysis of policy methods, including cost benefit analysis, decision and risk analysis, and applied social science methods.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 503 and PPD 504 and PPD 554
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Mark Phillips
PPD 561b: Policy Analysis Practicum 
Application and integration of the knowledge and techniques of analytic, quantitative, managerial, political, and ethical analyses to specific public policy problems.
Units: (3.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 10:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Grace Bahng,Alexandra Graddy-Reed
PPD 569: Applied International Policy Analysis and Management Project 
Enables students to integrate theory, research and practice into an applied project of their own choosing. The output of this course is a professional report in a selected public policy or management area.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 9:00-12:20pm
Instructor: Rym Kaki
PPD 582: Transportation System Security and Emergency Management 
Multimodal transportation resilience with emphasis on transit systems. Principles of emergency management, preparedness, vulnerability assessment, countermeasures. Related topics in policy and economics.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Shahed Rowshan
PPD 590: Directed Research 
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Samantha Malisos
PPD 596: Internship for Curricular Practical Training 
Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the students field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
Units: (1.0-3.0 units, max 3)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Valerie Savior
PPD 599: Special Topics 
Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning.
Units: (2.0-8.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Frank Zerunyan
PPD 600: Management of Managed Care Organizations 
Managed care arrangements, interorganizational relations, management practices and controls, medical staff relations, strategic planning, marketing, utilization review, quality assurance, outcomes measures. Recommended preparation: PPD 516x, PPD 510a or HMGT 565.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Denny Hooten
PPD 604: Seminar in Hospital Administration 
Hospital systems and functions; managerial processes, theory, and practice; governance structures; legal, regulatory, administrative, and professional requirements; medical and professional staff; multi-institutional arrangements; controls. Recommended preparation: PPD 516x.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520)
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Victor Pena
PPD 620: General Plans 
Assessment of a recently adopted general plan, analysis of the general plan process, and detailed review of each major element and issues.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Woodie Tescher
PPD 625: Planning and Economic Development Finance 
Fundamentals for economic development professionals and policy makers including feasibility analysis and the financing of facilities, social services, and community-based enterprises.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Ben Feingold
PPD 627: Design Skills for Urban Planners 
Develop observation, description, analysis, and conceptualization skills related to urban spatial conditions; advance professional communication proficiencies.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
PPD 629: Capstone in Urban Planning 
Successful completion of a comprehensive written and oral project-oriented assessment; analysis, interpretation, and solution of a real-world planning problem.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Deepak Bahl
PPD 631: Geographic Information Systems for Policy, Planning, and Development 
Introduction to GIS systems and usage in the public sector; spatial data; understanding software and the application of technology; analysis of data using GIS.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Barry Waite,Bonnie Shrewsbury
PPD 633: Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation Planning 
Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip-assignment; evaluation; criticisms.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Emily Finkel
PPD 639: Introduction to Community and Economic Development 
Theories of community and economic development and a contextual understanding of the forces that change the development and community life of urban areas.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 8:30-11:50am
PPD 647: Finance of the Public Sector 
Sources of government revenue, intergovernmental financial relations, budgeting, public goods theory. Theoretical and applied skills in analysis of equity and efficiency issues.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 501B or PPD 501 or PPD 503)
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Michael Thom
PPD 651: Seminar in the Administration of Local Government 
Intensive consideration of the functions of the municipal executive and his environment. Research preparation and discussion of cases.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Carl Alameda
PPD 663: Intergovernmental Management: Federal Perspective 
Role of national government in intergovernmental process; impact of federal legislative, executive, and judicial actions on state and local government; intergovernmental policy-making processes.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
Instructor: Pamela Mccann
PPD 672: Collaborative Governance 
Theory and practice of collaborative policy and planning processes involving stakeholders from public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Leadership skills in the design and facilitation of multi-party negotiations and consensus-building.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Frank Zerunyan
PPD 673: Strategic Planning in the Public Sector 
Analysis/field application of action research models for strategic planning in public agencies; design of effective public systems; citizens/administrators' roles in strategic decision-making.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Norris Gunby
PPD 675: Nonprofit Management and Leadership 
Issues in nonprofit management and leadership including: the role of boards; strategic planning; marketing and fundraising; financial management; and volunteer and human resource management. Recommended preparation: PPD 689.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Nicole Esparza
PPD 677: International Development Administration 
Development of theories; role of international institutions in resource exchanges; foreign investment and trade policies; national planning and allocation systems; development and modernization strategies and implementation.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Rym Kaki
PPD 696: Health Care Venture Development 
Focuses on developing the resourcefulness, know-how and decision support skills needed to identify, assess and develop new health ventures. Includes business planning, financing, strategy, entrepreneurship. Recommended preparation: PPD 510a or HMGT 565.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Susan Sinclair
PPD 697: Cultural Proficiency in Health Management and Policy 
Provides an understanding of what social factors contribute to racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in health and the culturally proficient provision of health care.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Lavonna Lewis
PPD 700: Teaching Seminar 
Pedagogy: learning objectives, curriculum design, teaching methods, evaluation. Graded CR/NC. (Duplicates credit in former PPD-700ab)
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 12:00-1:50pm
PPD 706: Research Design 
Philosophy of social science; applied social research; research design; sampling & validity; overview of qualitative and quantitative methods
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 2:00-5:20pm
Instructor: Jeffery Jenkins
PPD 710b: Research Seminar 
Research fields and design; literature reviews; critical reading and critiquing; project development
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 710a
Restrictions: Restriction:  Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Class type: Lecture
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:50pm
Instructor: Dowell Myers
PPD 790: Research 
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Units: (1.0-12.0 units, max 18)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Samantha Malisos
PPD 794a: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPD 794b: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 794a
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPD 794c: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 794b
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPD 794d: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 794c
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPD 794z: Doctoral Dissertation 
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
Units: (0.0 units)
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PPD 794d
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
PPDE 505: Professional Workshop in Public Administration 
Evidence-based argumentation, written reporting and communication in public administration; research skills for effective stakeholder engagement.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm
Instructor: Laura Wittcoff
PPDE 506: Professional Residency in Public Administration 
Skills in written reporting, professional briefings and social media for public administrators; effective engagement for stakeholders and constituencies; research, analysis and reporting on current policy or management cases
Units: (1.0 unit)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Dora Kingsley Vertenten
PPDE 580: Social Innovation 
Strategies and processes of social innovation in the context of economics, institutional, and innovation theory. How social innovation materializes across all sectors, including the government, nonprofit, and for-profit spheres. Critical thinking and practical application development to solve social problems.
Units: (4.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Tuesday
Time: 6:00-9:20pm
Instructor: Christine Beckman
PPDE 610: Population Health Management 
Principles and concepts of population health management; application of key principles that drive health and well being of populations; development and evaluation of strategies in management of disease and prevention of illness.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: TBA
Time: TBA
Instructor: Ellen Rudy
PPDE 613: Analytics and Operations for Healthcare Management 
Integrates data, analytics and operational management concepts through cross-functional case studies and in-depth analysis principles and tools.
Units: (2.0 units)
Prerequisites: Not available
Restrictions: Not available
Class type: Lecture
Days: Monday
Time: 6:00-7:50pm