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AEST | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/AEST/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Prerequisite: AEST 400A | Not available | 41794R | 9:00-11:50am | Friday | Lecture | Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus |
AEST | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/AEST/ | 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. | (1.0 unit) | Prerequisite: AEST 410A | Not available | 41745R | 7:00-8:50am | Friday | Lecture-Lab | Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac,John Gofus |
AEST | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/AEST/ | AEST 420b: | Leadership Laboratory V | Advanced leadership experiences for AFROTC continuing cadets. Graded CR/NC. | (1.0 unit) | Prerequisite: AEST 420A | Not available | 41750R | 7:00-8:50am | Friday | Lecture-Lab | Sadae Spicer,Mark Burley,Jacqueline Salas,Reynor Manalac |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51710D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Patrick Gless |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration | 51711D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Paul Ginsburg |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51712D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Lisa Ozaeta |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51720D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Gary Blackard |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51714D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Michael Harris |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration | 51715D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Michael Harris |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration | 51716D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Joseph Sierra |
HMGT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/HMGT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Health Administration | 51718D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Stanley Augustine |
MS | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/MS/ | 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. | (1.0 unit) | Not available | Not available | 41810R | 8:00-8:50am | Thursday | Lecture | Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim |
MS | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/MS/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41820R | 8:00-9:50am | Tuesday | Lecture | Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim |
MS | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/MS/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41830R | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim |
MS | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/MS/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41840R | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim |
MS | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/MS/ | MS 490x: | Directed Research | Individual research and readings | (1.0-12.0 units, max 12) | Not available | Not available | 41800D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Marvin Polk III,Juan Trujillo,Di Sang,Joann Marquez,Christian Peralta,Daniel Kim |
NAUT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NAUT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41860R | 6:00-8:50pm | Monday | Lecture | Lars Harding |
NAUT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NAUT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (NAUT 301A or NAUT 001A) | Not available | 41862R | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Lars Harding |
NAUT | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NAUT/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (NAUT 302A or NAUT 002A) | Not available | 41867R | 3:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Lars Harding |
NSC | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NSC/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41910R | 10:00-11:20am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Jack Tribolet |
NSC | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NSC/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41914R | 11:30-12:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Christina Perez,Samuel Galli |
NSC | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NSC/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41900R | 10:00-12:50pm | Friday | Lecture-Lab | Kristen Gabel |
NSC | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NSC/ | NSC 302: | Naval Ships Systems II (Weapons) | Systems approach to naval weapons; linear analysis of ballistics; weapons control systems configurations and dynamics. Field trips. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41904R | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Andrew Bates |
NSC | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/NSC/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 41917R | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Gilbert Juarez |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51101R | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Danyao Li |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 240g: | Citizenship and Public Ethics | Review of legal and ethical traditions of citizenship withemphasis on the latter; consideration of implications for currentpractice of public policy-making and management. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51110D | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | William Resh |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 245g: | The Urban Context | The urban context for planning and policy decisions. Socioeconomic, physical and spatial structure of cities; and the underlying demographic, economic and social processes that drive their ongoing transformation. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51106D | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Dowell Myers |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51111D | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Lavonna Lewis |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51104D | 6:30-8:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Lauren Opgenorth |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: MATH 117 | Not available | 51105R | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Mark Phillips |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 314: | Public Policy and Law | Institutional foundations and analysis of public policy issues; policy formulation and implementation; application of theories; case analyses. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51118R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Frank Zerunyan |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 225 | Not available | 51100R | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Pamela Mccann |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51113R | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Howard Greenwald,Frank Zerunyan |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51120R | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Darius Lakdawalla |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51102R | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Lavonna Lewis |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: ECON 203 | Not available | 51127R | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Michael Thom |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51141R | 9:00-12:20pm | Friday | Lecture | null |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51130R | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Cara Esposito |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 203 and PPD 225 and PPD 303 | Not available | 51122R | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Jordy Coutin |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51151R | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | Peter Robertson |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Public Policy, Urban Studies and Planning | 51123R | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | Lecture | David Sloane |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51136R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Deborah Natoli |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51124R | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Baqhar Syed |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 410: | Comparative Urban Development | Urbanization and urban development and growth through an international scope; globalizing cities. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51115R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Rym Kaki |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 2 from (ARCH 403 or PPD 425 or SOCI 314 or SSCI 483) | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Geodesign | 35667R | 2:00-5:50pm | Monday | Lecture-Lab | Guoping Huang |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51128R | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Mikaela Randolph |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 325 | Not available | 51125R | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Rosalie Pacula |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51139R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Selika Talbott |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51145R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture-Lab | Pedro Spindler-Ruiz |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Public Policy, Real Estate Development, Urban Studies and Planning | 51132R | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Howard Greenwald |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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 | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51137R | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Nicolas Duquette |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 490x: | Directed Research | Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Departmental approval. | (1.0-8.0 units, max 12) | Not available | Not available | 51140D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Samantha Malisos |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 497a | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior | 51138D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | null |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 499: | Special Topics | Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning. | (1.0-8.0 units, max 8) | Not available | Not available | 51156R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Deborah Natoli |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 501a: | Economics for Policy, Planning and Development | Microeconomic theory as applied to policy, planning, and development; concepts of efficiency; macroeconomic issues. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51351D | 6:00-7:50pm | Thursday | Lecture | Ke Ye |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51220R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | T.J. Mccarthy |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51234R | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | Lecture | William Leach |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 505: | Modeling for Health Policy and Medical Decision Making | Modeling techniques used to inform decisions in public health, disease control, and hospital operations. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 31541D | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | Lecture | Sze-Chuan Suen |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 516 | Not available | 51200D | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Norris Gunby |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 510A and PPD 516 | Not available | 51305R | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Denny Hooten |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 511: | Health Information Systems | Conceptual framework for data base development; relational data management; use of health statistics; health indicators; confidentiality, security, privacy. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51780D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Sean Johnson |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 509 | Not available | 51277D | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Michael Low |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 506 | Not available | 51275D | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Rosalie Pacula |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 506 or HMGT 565) and 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520) | Not available | 51204D | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Philip Dalton |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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 | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51781D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Sean Johnson |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51212R | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | Lecture | Marlon Boarnet |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51221R | 4:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Elizabeth Falletta |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51286R | 6:00-7:50pm | Thursday | Lecture | Nicole Kuklok-Waldman |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student | 51464D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Tara Blanc |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51243D | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Mark Alvarado |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 502 or PPD 504) | Not available | 51352D | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Howard Greenwald |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 543: | Internship Seminar | Supervised study of management, analytical, or other professional activities in government; integration of theory, practice and relevant literature. | (1.0 unit) | Not available | Not available | 51216R | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Valerie Savior |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 545: | Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior | Behavior in organizations; focus on personal, interpersonal, and group level factors that influence such behavior. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student | 51402D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Kelly Rawlings |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: (PPD 540 and PPD 545) and 1 from (PPD 542 or PPD 557) | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student | 51242D | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Nicole Esparza |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 554 | Not available | 51285D | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Jennifer King |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 504 or PPD 570) | Not available | 51283D | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | Lecture | T.J. Mccarthy |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: PPD 503 and PPD 504 and PPD 554 | Not available | 51224D | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Mark Phillips |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (3.0 units) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student | 51225D | 10:00-12:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Grace Bahng,Alexandra Graddy-Reed |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51355D | 9:00-12:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Rym Kaki |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 29818R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Shahed Rowshan |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (1.0-12.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51299D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Samantha Malisos |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (1.0-3.0 units, max 3) | Not available | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student | 51291D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Valerie Savior |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 599: | Special Topics | Selected topics in Public Policy, Management and Planning. | (2.0-8.0 units, max 8) | Not available | Not available | 51311D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Frank Zerunyan |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520) | Not available | 51310D | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Denny Hooten |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 545 or HMGT 520) | Not available | 51307R | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Victor Pena |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51241R | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Woodie Tescher |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51237R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Ben Feingold |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | PPD 627: | Design Skills for Urban Planners | Develop observation, description, analysis, and conceptualization skills related to urban spatial conditions; advance professional communication proficiencies. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51262R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | null |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51238D | 2:00-5:20pm | Thursday | Lecture | Deepak Bahl |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51308R | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Barry Waite,Bonnie Shrewsbury |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51274R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Emily Finkel |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51235R | 8:30-11:50am | Wednesday | Lecture | null |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Prerequisite: 1 from (PPD 501B or PPD 501 or PPD 503) | Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student | 51288R | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | Lecture | Michael Thom |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51231R | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | Lecture | Carl Alameda |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51300D | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | Lecture | Pamela Mccann |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51245R | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | Lecture | Frank Zerunyan |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51309R | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Norris Gunby |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51271R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Nicole Esparza |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (4.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51244R | 6:00-9:20pm | Monday | Lecture | Rym Kaki |
PPD | https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/PPD/ | 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. | (2.0 units) | Not available | Not available | 51304R | TBA | TBA | Lecture | Susan Sinclair |