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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/
Evidence-based argumentation, written reporting and communication in public administration; research skills for effective stakeholder engagement.
| 50909D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 24 of 24 | Laura Wittcoff | RGL215 | PDF (179255 KB) |   |
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.
| 50902R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-8:20pm | Wednesday | 7 of 20 | Philip Dalton | RGL209 | | |
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.
| 51054R | 790 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 30 | Trent Lim | OFFICE & ONLINE | |  |
The role of planning in sustaining community health; examines relationship between health and environment; historical development, conceptualization and practice of community health planning
| 50903R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | Canceled | | | | |
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.
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.
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.
| 50923R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 29 of 40 | Santina Contreras | VPD112 | PDF (370794 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.
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 may be eligible to waive the PPD 503 prerequisite with prior economics coursework. For more information, please contact Suzanne Alexander, Program Administrator, at alexa1@usc.edu.
| 50919R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 10 of 25 | Adam Rose | RGL215 | | |
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.
| 50922R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | 10 of 32 | Julie Marsh | RGL219 | | |
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.
| 26277D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 9 of 15 | Paulina Oliva | KAP319 | | |