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Policy, Planning and Development - Expanded (PPDE)
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in RGL-102; Phone: (213) 740-1460.
- D class assignments for graduate students available in RGL-102; Phone: (213) 740-1460.
- To access and submit the D-clearance request form for PPD courses, please visit priceschool.usc.edu/students/registration/
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
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51072D | 596 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 20 of 30 | Dora Kingsley Vertenten | TBA |    |
The application of decision analysis principles necessary for determining priorities for uses of strategic human, facility and financial resources in healthcare organizations; analytic and consulting skills; case studies.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50902R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-8:20pm | Thursday | 10 of 30 | Philip Dalton | VPD110 | |
Performance improvement methods and principles in health care; how Lean, Six-Sigma, and Human Centered Design (HCD) methodologies are applied to health care organizations to improve quality and efficiency.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51054R | 790 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 18 of 25 | Trent Lim | OFFICE | |
The role of planning in sustaining community health; examines relationship between health and environment; historical development, conceptualization and practice of community health planning
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50903R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | 18 of 20 | David Sloane | RGL209 | PDF (369713 KB) | |
Theories and methods of how to develop original data about, analyze, and produce visualizations of urban space; conventional conceptualization and representations of cities and urban spatial data. Recommended preparation: PPD 631 or other GIS coursework.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50907D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-11:50am | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | Annette Kim | OFFICE | |
Comprehensive introduction to the dynamics of the housing sector, problems, programs, and policies. Attention to both publicly assisted and market rate housing, recent trends and current debates.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50917R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 17 of 32 | Dowell Myers | RGL219 | |
Fundamentals of climate, sustainability and environmental planning from an urban planning and policy perspective; planning for climate and hazard risks; environmental equity and justice issues; environmental planning practices, policies and tools.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50923R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 36 of 40 | Santina Contreras | VPD110 | PDF (259176 KB) | |
Accounting and financial management principles and practices in nonprofit organizations: budgeting financial analysis, internal controls, financial policies, grant making and financial reporting. Duplicates credit in PPD 541.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50908R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 23 of 34 | James Siegrist | CPA203 | PDF (305370 KB) | |
Grant making process and proposal development; philanthropic foundations; strategies for funding; budgeting, logic models, and evaluation; peer review
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51052R | 790 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | Canceled | TBA | |
Critical issues involved in International Development NGO management; theoretical work and analytical framework to understand organizational features; NGO management, issues and challenges
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50914R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Canceled | Rym Kaki | |
Analytical foundation for design of institutions and policies; environmental policy; welfare economics and market failure; policy evaluation; economic policy instruments; climate change policy issues; other policy issues.
- Prerequisite: PPD 503
- Note: Students in need of a PPDE 660 prerequisite course waiver may contact Suzanne Alexander at alexa1@usc.edu or 213.740.1532.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50919R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 32 | Adam Rose | RGL215 | |
Application of econometric methods for causal inference. Production and evaluation of empirical estimates of causal relationships to inform evidence-based policy decisions.
- Prerequisite: PPD 558
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50912D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | 29 of 32 | T.J. Mccarthy | RGL100 | |
The role of public policy in education; application of theoretical frameworks to analyze policy design, implementation and impact; key concepts of policy analysis and key issues in education policy.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50922R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 9 of 32 | Julie Marsh | RGL209 | |
Analyze theoretical forces leading to agglomeration in cities and evidence that supporting these mechanisms empirically. Topics: sorting within and across cities, transportation, housing regulation, segregation and inequality, environmental justice.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ECON department but may qualify for major credit in PPDE. To register, enroll in ECON 687.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26277D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Wednesday | 6 of 15 | Paulina Oliva | KAP319 | PDF (88100 KB) | |