This course may also be taken in conjunction with an undergraduate course in another department to enhance or supplement existing courses in a student's field of concentration. This course requires the consent of the student s adviser. An Introduction General introduction to the private nonprofit sector, including theories of nonprofits in economics, political science, and sociology, a focus on legal regulation, and major contemporary challenges such as tax treatment, advocacy, and accountability. This course examines best business management practices from all sectors to learn how to more effectively manage a nonprofit organization. The course helps students understand strategies and tactics needed to maximize an organization's ability to change, while staying true to its core mission.
Students examine policy implementation at the federal, state, or local level.
This course is designed to be an introduction to U.S. social welfare policy, with a particular focus on anti-poverty efforts. Attention will be given to the relationship between research knowledge about poverty and current policies, and the effects of gender, ethnicity, and class on patterns of poverty and policy responses. This course provides an overview of economic growth and development with a focus on the technological capability and competitiveness of cities, regions, and nations. The organizing theme is understanding technological capability and competitiveness as the defining force in economic growth and development. Course readings are drawn from diverse literatures in economics, urban planning, geography, management, entrepreneurial studies and science and technology policy.