Curriculum
The Urban and Social Policy Concentration Offers two tracks. Students choose one of the following tracks:
The Urban and Social Policy Concentration requires 15 points, consisting of 1 core course (3 points), and 4 elective courses (12 points).
Please note: (1) USP short courses (1.5 points) can count towards your elective requirement. (2) One additional core course can count towards your elective requirement. (3) Two specialization courses can be double counted for elective requirement.
The courses below reflect the courses offered in 2012-2013. For other courses that satisfy the concentration requirements, please refer to the Audit Form.
1. Urban Policy Track Requirements
Core Requirement - select at least one of the following
Course Number |
Course Title |
PUAF U4260 |
Critical Issues in Urban Public Policy |
PUAF U8232 |
Seminar in Urban Politics and Policy |
PUAF U8250 |
Governing in the 21st Century City |
PUAF U8238 |
Practical Problems in Urban Politics |
| Other |
(requires approval) |
Suggested Urban Policy Focus Areas:
The purpose of the urban policy focus areas is to encourage students to develop specialized policy knowledge, but it is only a guide. Students have the flexibility to take courses in one or several of the focus areas:
- Urban Politics and Governance
- Management in Urban Public Sector or Not-for-Profits
- Urban Social Policy (includes Family, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Immigration and Poverty)
- Economic Development Policy, Urban Planning and Land Use
- Sustainability and Environmental Policy
- Housing Policy
- Education Policy
- Health Policy
- Crime, Safety and Security Policy
- Employment and Labor Policy
2. Social Policy Track
Core Requirement - select at least one of the following
Course Number |
Course Title |
INAF U6475 |
Social Welfare and Development |
SOCW T6801
|
Social Welfare Policy |
| PUAF U8360 |
Social Movement and Social Change |
| SOCW T8801 |
History & Philosophy of Social Welfare
|
| Other |
(requires approval; includes core courses previously listed) |
3. Urban and Social Policy Elective - 12-credit required
URBAN POLICY ELECTIVES
| Urban Politics and Governance Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
SIPA U6003 |
Analysis of Public Sector Organizations |
| PUAF U4400 |
Campaign Management in the United States |
| PUAF U8241 |
Global Urban Policy and Development Semester |
| HIST W3575 |
20th Century Black Urban Politics |
| SOCI W3324 |
Global Urbanism |
| HIST W4535 |
20th Century New York City History |
| SOCI W3296 |
Paris: Making of a Modern City |
| LAW L6292 |
State and Local Government Law |
| HIST W3449 |
American Urban History |
| HIST G9570 |
Seminar in American Urban History (4 pts.) |
| ORLJ Y5340 |
Basic Practicum Conflict Resolution |
| Other |
(requires approval; includes core courses previously listed) |
| Management in Urban Public Sector or Not For Profit Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
| INAF U6016 |
Cost-Benefit Analysis |
SIPA U6003 |
Analysis of Public Sector Organizations |
| INAF U6894 |
Dimensions of Leadership |
| EMPA U8200 |
Public Management |
| PUAF U8207 |
Non-profit Management |
| INAF U6898 |
Program Evaluation and Design |
| PUAF U6217 |
Operations Management |
| PUAF U6310 |
Non-Profit Financial Management |
| PUAF U6058 |
Public Finance and Debt Management |
| PUAF U6033 |
Decision Models and Management |
| PUAF U6005 |
Effective Management in Public Service |
| SUMA K4100 |
Sustainability Management |
| PUAF U8203 |
Project Management
|
| SIPA U6008 |
Fostering Innovation & Driving Improvement in the Public & Non-Profit
Sectors |
| SIPA U6320 |
Budgeting and Financial Management for Government |
| ENVP U4727 |
Environmental Politics & Policy Management |
| ORLA 4876 |
School Finance: Resource Allocation for Non-Profit Organizations |
| HPMN P6530 |
Issues and Approaches in Health Policy and Management |
| SOCW T6416 |
Program Evaluation - Social Service |
| Other |
(requires approval; includes core courses previously listed) |
| Urban Social Policy Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
PUAF U8355 |
Politics of Race, Crime and Criminal Justice |
PUAF U8360 |
Social Movements and Social Change |
| INAF U6373 |
Gender Policy Practicum (1.5 pts.) |
| SOCW T7803 |
Homelessness |
| SOCI G6320 |
Immigration, Cities & States |
| SOCW T6416 |
Program Evaluation - Social Service |
| SOCW T6801 |
Social Welfare Policy |
| CSER W3924 |
Latin American and Latino Social Movements |
| FINC B8399 |
Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development |
| HIST W4462 |
Immigrant New York (4 pts.) |
| POLS W3260 |
Latino Politics: Immigration/Immigrant |
| ECON W4438 |
Economics of Race in the U.S. |
| LAW L9410 |
Law and Policy of Homelessness (2 pts.) |
| ANTH V3989 |
Urban Anthropology (4 pts.) |
| POLS W3595 |
Social Protection Around the World |
| Other |
(requires approval; includes core courses previously listed) |
| Economic Development Policy, Urban Planning, and Land Use Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
INAF U6257 |
Land Use Planning and Public Policy |
| PUAF U6427 |
Case Study of an Innovative Economic Development Strategy:
NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment (1.5 pts) |
ENVP U6275 |
GIS for International Studies |
| INAF U8145 |
Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs |
| INAF U6051 |
Infrastructure Investment and Development (1.5 pts) |
| PUAF U6234 |
Planning and Implementing Urban Public Policy |
| ECON W4228 |
Urban Economics |
| PLAN A6219 |
Urban Economics |
| PLAN A4340 |
Sustainable Zoning and Land Use |
| PLAN A4387 |
Public/Private Partnerships NYC |
| PLAN A4501 |
Local Economic Development Planning |
| FINC B8399 |
Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development |
| PLAN A6090 |
Sustainable Transportation Policy |
| PLAN A6052 |
Planning Law |
| PLAN A6213 |
Waterfront Development |
| PLAN A6011 |
City as Assemblage |
| PLAN A6216 |
NYC Land Use Approvals |
| PLAN A6227 |
Political Economics of Development Planning |
| PLAN A6434 |
Introduction to Transportation Planning |
| PLAN A6573 |
Community Development Policy |
| PLAN A4579 |
Introduction to Environmental Policy |
| ARCH A6454 |
Arab Cities in Evolution |
| LAW L6272 |
Land Use |
| PLAN A4112 |
Physical Structure of Cities |
| PLAN A6108 |
Land Use Planning |
| PLAN A6354 |
Political Environment of Development |
| PLAN A6878 |
A Country of Cities (1.5 pts.)
|
| PLAN A4320 |
Public Financing of Urban Development |
| ARCH A4460 |
Urban History I |
| ARCH A4460 |
Japanese Urbanism |
| ARCH A4517 |
Exotic Moderns: City, Space, and Modernity |
| ARCH A4722 |
Network City |
| ARCH A4688 |
Public Space/Recombinant Urbanism |
| ARCH A6835 |
Asian Urbanism and Public Spaces Now |
| PLAN A4381 |
Sustainable Urban Development - International Perspectives |
| Urban Sustainability and Environmental Policy Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
INAF U8778 |
Urban Energy Systems and Policy |
| SUMA K4100 |
Sustainability Management |
ENVP U4727 |
Environmental Politics & Policy Management |
| ARCH A4330 |
Sustainable Zoning and Land Use |
| PLAN A4381 |
Sustainable Urban Development - International Perspectives |
| PLAN A6065 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| SUMA K4130 |
Sustainable Cities |
| SUMA K4235 |
Science and Urban Ecology |
| PLAN A4579 |
Introduction to Environmental Planning |
| Housing Policy Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
PUAF U8237 |
Housing Policy and Equitable Development (1.5 pts.) |
LAW L9408 |
Housing Discrimination (2 pts.) |
| PLAN A4304 |
Introduction to Housing |
| PLAN A6222 |
Affordable Housing
|
| PLAN A6212 |
Developing Affordable Housing (1.5 pts.)
|
| PLAN A6573 |
Community Development Policy
|
| Education Policy Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
| INAF U8201 |
Developing Civic Support for Public education (1.5 pts.) |
| EDPE 4057 |
Economics of Urban and Minority Education |
| EDPA 6540 |
Topics in Urban Education Policy |
| A&HH 4076 |
History of Urban Education |
| EDPA 4033 |
Comprehensive Education Opportunity |
| ORLA 4876 |
School Finance: Resource Allocation for Non-Profit Organizations |
| EDPP 5042 |
Urban Politics & Education |
| EDPS 4022 |
Sociology of Urban Education |
| SOCW T6960 |
Services in Schools |
| EDPE 4060 |
Latinos in Urban Schools |
| ORLA 4045 |
Restructuring Schools in Urban Environments |
| ORLA 4060 |
Designing Charter Schools |
| POPF P8633 |
Issues in School-Based Health (1.5 pts.) |
| EDPA 4199 |
Iss: Social Science, Education Policy & the Courts |
| Healthy Policy Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
SOSC P8737 |
Emerging Topics - Urban/Community Health (1 pt.) |
| SOSC P8717 |
Urban Space and Health
|
| POPF P8633 |
Issues in School - Based Health (1.5 pts.)
|
POPF P8685
|
Migration and Health: Global and Local Perspectives (1.5 pts.) |
| ARCH A6165 |
Health and Cities
|
| HPMN P8535 |
Organization and Delivery of Population Based Public Health
Services |
| HPMN P8546 |
Medicare, Medicaid and the Uninsured: Policy Challenges in an
Era of Uncertainty |
| POPF P8648 |
Food and Nutrition in Complex Emergencies (1.5 pts.)
|
| POPF P8651 |
Water and Sanitation in Complex Emergencies (1.5 pts.)
|
| SOSC P8705 |
Evaluation of Health Programs
|
| SOSC P8750 |
Race and Health
|
| SOSC P8762 |
Chronic Disease, Urban and Community Health
|
| Crime, Safety and Security Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
PUAF U8355 |
Politics-Race/Crime/Criminal Justice Policy |
INAF U6388 |
Modern Urban Terrorism |
| SOCI W3900 |
Societal Adapt to Terrorism (4 pts.) |
| SOCI W3218 |
Race, Crime and Law
|
| LAW L8801 |
Race, Law and Criminal Justice
|
| SOSC P6770 |
Mass Incarceration/Public Health in America (1.5 pts.)
|
| Employment and Labor Policy Focus Area |
Course Number |
Course Title |
PUAF U8510 |
Women and Power: Public and Private Sector Policy (1.5 pts) |
INAF U6475 |
Social Welfare and Development Semester |
| SOCI G6320 |
Immigration, Cities and States |
| LAW L6239 |
Immigration Law |
| LAW L6338 |
Employment Law |
SOCIAL POLICY ELECTIVES
Course Number |
Course Title |
| PUAF U8355 |
Politics-Race/Crime/Criminal Justice Policy |
| INAF U6735 |
Issues in Rural Development |
| SIPA U6310 |
Non-Profit Financial Management |
| INAF U6373 |
Gender Policy Practicum (1.5 pts.) |
| ENVP U6275 |
GIS for International Studies |
| INAF U6041 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
| INAF U4409x |
Political, Social and Economic Development in Brazil (1.5 pts.) |
| INAF U6375 |
Gender and Livelihood |
| INAF U6734 |
Social Enterprise and Social Development in Asia |
| ENVP U6250 |
Poverty, Inequality and the Environment |
| INAF U6898 |
Program Evaluation and Design Semester |
| INAF U6899 |
Program Evaluation: Domestic and International |
| INAF U6374 |
Gender Mainstreaming in Global Affairs |
| INAF U8785 |
Gender, Politics, and Development |
| PUAF U8470 |
Work/Family Policy in Advanced Industrial Countries |
| INAF U6370 |
Women and Global Leadership |
| INAF U6475 |
Social Welfare and Development |
| SOCI W3225 |
Sociology of Education |
| SOCI W3264 |
The Changing American Family |
| SOCI W3281 |
American Society |
| SOCI G4370 |
Process of Stratification/Inequality |
| SOSC P8737 |
Emerging Topics in Urban and Community Health |
| SOCW T6960 |
Services in Schools |
| SOCW T7803 |
Homelessness |
| EDPP 5045 |
Race, Ethnicity and U.S. Education Policy |
| EDPS 4022 |
Sociology of Urban Education |
| EDPP 5042 |
Urban Politics and Education |
| LAW L6252 |
Family Law |
| LAW L6506 |
Gender Justice |
| LAW L6511 |
Law and Education: Equity Issues |
| A&HH 4026 |
History of Urban Education |
| SOCW T6416 |
Program Evaluation - Social Service |
| SOSC P8750 |
Race and Health |
| SOSP P8773 |
Social History of American Public Health |
| EDPS 5022 |
Sociological Analysis of Educational Systems |
| ORLJ Y5340 |
Basic Practicum Conflict Resolution |
| ITSF 4025 |
Languages, Society and Schools |
| SOSC P8745 |
Social and Economic Determinants of Health |
| POPF P8692 |
Law, Policy and Rights: Exploring Rights-Based Approaches to
Health |
| SOCW T6910 |
The Healthcare System |
| POPF P8639 |
Gender-based Violence in Complex Emergencies (1.5 pts.)
|
| POPF P8683 |
Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues in Forced Migration (1.5 pts.)
|
| HPMN P6503 |
Introduction to Health Economics |
| SOCW T6610 |
Contemporary Social Issues |
| HRTS G4410 |
Children's Rights: Selected Issues |
| LAW L6357 |
Public Health Law |
| EDPE 6050 |
Education and Economic Development |
| SOSC P6770 |
Mass Incarceration/Public Health in America (1.5 pts.) |
| POLS W3595 |
Social Protection Around the World
|
| SOCI G6200 |
International Migration
|
| SOCW T7803 |
Homelessness
|
| SOCI G6320 |
Immigration, Cities and States
|
| CSER W3924 |
Latin American and Latino Social Movements
|
| FINC B8399 |
Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development
|
| Other |
(includes core courses previously listed) |
Audit Form
