Courses Fall 2008
Nonprofit and Public Management Courses Offered Fall 2008
This is a list
of courses offered at the University of Michigan Professional Schools
in Fall 2008. (Descriptions reflect information current as of
3/31/08, unless otherwise indicated.)
Ross School of Business
BA 612 Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid
Time: TTh 12:40-2:10pm E1530 BUS
Time: T 7-10 pm E0550 BUS
Instructor: London
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
This course integrates concepts from strategy, international business, and sustainable enterprise to stimulate the leadership skills and competitive imagination needed to design strategies for the base of the pyramid. Through a combination of cases, readings, lectures, videos, and guest speakers, the class will engage students in discussions aimed at (1) identifying business opportunities and (2) developing strategies and business models required to productively explore those opportunities.
STRATEGY 564 Competitive Environmental Strategy
Time: TTh 12:40-2:10pm W2760 BUS
Instructor: Hoffman
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
This course deals with environmental issues from a strategic perspective. It focuses on how environmental pressures (e.g. sustainable development) and environmental problems (e.g. global warming, air pollution, waste-disposal), impact corporate mission, competitive strategy, technology choices, product development decisions, and production processes. Basic concepts of ecology and environmental science are discussed and contrasted to those associated with the traditional economic paradigm.
STRATEGY 565 Strategies for Sustainable Development
Time: TTh 12:40-2:10pm W2760 BUS
Instructor: Hoffman
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec.9
This course examines how long-term competitive positioning can be secured through strategies such as positioning can be secured through strategies such a environmental partnerships, technology cooperation, and collaborative planning.
Strategy 646 Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
Time: TTh 12:40-2:10 pm E1550 BUS
Instructor: Gordon
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
The world's toughest problems can become opportunities for for-profit companies, non-profits, and other enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. We will pay significant attention to how companies working at the economic base of the pyramid in the developing world and the West can develop successful businesses, though we will focus on other opportunities as well. We will see how many innovations in this area embrace new business approaches that are supported by leapfrog applications of information and communication technology.
We will look at many examples of societal development through enterprise, try to spot trends, and look for frameworks. We will see that part of what makes such solutions work is finding ways to adopt innovative perspectives and devise innovative solutions.
This course is non-technical, highly interactive, and requires no special background. It should be of interest to those wishing to understand where new business opportunities for serving society lie and how organizations can innovate to take advantage.
Strategy 648 Projects in Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
Time: TTh 12:40-2:10 pm E1550 BUS
Instructor: Gordon
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Students work on real-life projects involving solving societal problems through for-profit and non-profit enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. Projects will address problems and opportunities in either the U.S. or the developing world, though no travel is required. The course will be a practicum involving a combination of individual group meetings and occasional lectures and presentations that promote synthesis and cross-project learning.
ES 581 Urban Entrepreneurship
Time: M 7-10pm W2759 BUS
Instructor: Pickard
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
This course addresses the specific challenges and opportunities to be found in urban areas, with special focus on entrepreneurship among ethinic-racial minorities and, particularly African Americans. The lectures, discussions, and presentations by urban and minority entrepreneurs will address issues of product design, marketing, access to capital and strategic targeting of business initiatives. Impacts of public and private policies, such as tax incentives and franchising methods will be considered.
LHC 522 Managerial Writing Fundamentals
Time: MW 10:20-11:50am W2759 BUS
Instructor: Pawlik
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: MW 10:20-11:50am W2759 BUS
Instructor: Pawlik
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Students review the punctuation, grammar, syntax, organizational approaches, content development and conventional formats necessary for managerial documents. Goals include writing clearly, concisely and correctly, achieved through numerous writing exercises and by composing a variety of business memoranda and letters.
LHC 524 Persuasive Management Communication
Time: T 7-10pm E1550 BUS
Instructor: Crawford
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: W 7-10pm COMM PARK
Instructor: Morrow
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
This course presents persuasive communication strategies that facilitate effective management. Specifically, the course covers fundamental persuasive frameworks (e.g. compliance-gaining, conflict management, credibility control) applied to oral and written messages. These frameworks provide a basis for exploring persuasive communication in a variety of management settings. Special emphasis is placed on differing strategies associated with cultural variation, focusing on those most critical for global business communication.
LHC 561 Management Presentations
Time: MW 12:40-2:10pm K1320 BUS
Instructor: Erdman
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: TTh 2:10-3:40pm W2759 BUS
Instructor: Kotzian
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: MW 12:40-2:10pm K1320 BUS
Instructor: Erdman
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Time: TTh 2:10-3:40pm W2759 BUS
Instructor: Kotzian
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
The course is guided by a theoretical framework that emphasizes strategic communication choices, expansion of communication styles, and adaptation to others within communication contexts. LHC 561 requires students to give professional business presentations in each of the four quadrants of management communication. In the course of doing these presentations, students develop outlines, create speaking notes, adapt content, and design supplementary materials. Students also practice questions management and impromptu speaking. By the end of the course, students will be able to design, develop, and deliver management presentations that employ a variety of audience-centered strategies.
MO 501 Human Behavior and Organization
Time: W 6-9pm OAKLAND COUNTY
Instructor: Baker
This is a course in the diagnosis and management of human behavior in organizations. One of the most important keys to your success as a manager is the ability to generate energy and commitment among people within an organization and to channel that energy and commitment toward critical organizational goals. Doing this requires a thorough understanding of the root causes of human attitudes and behavior and how they are influenced by your actions as a manager and by the surrounding organizational context. Thus, the course seeks an understanding of human behavior in hopes that such an understanding will enhance management practice. It is designed to include both individual level and organizational level concepts to enable students to develop an understanding of both psychological and contextual factors that affect behavior in the workplace.
MO 512 Bargaining and Influence Skills
Time: T 2:10-5:10pm E0550 BUS
Time: 7-10pm E0550 BUS
Time: W 7-10pm W2760 BUS
Instructor: Lytle
Time: TTh 2:10-4:30pm W2760 BUS
Instructor: Hoffman
Time: T 6-9pm COMM PARK
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: W 2:10-5:10pm W2760 BUS
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Instructor: Garcia
This experiential course is designed to improve students' skills in the use of power and negotiations. Students have the opportunity to experiment with various approaches to resolving interpersonal, intra-group, and inter-group conflict. Extensive personal feedback, peer review, coaching, and personal journals are used to help each student develop a negotiation style that is both effective and comfortable. Given the experiential nature of the course and pedagogy, enrollment in each section will be limited, and in addition, attendance will be mandatory.
MO 603 Navigating Change: Skills and Strategies for Consultants and Managers
Time: T 7-10pm W2759 BUS
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
Time: T 7-10pm W2759 BUS
Class meets: Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Instructor: Cameron
In this course, we will analyze the forces that drive organizations to change, examine impediments to change, and survey a range of approaches for making organizational change more effective. MO603 develops your understanding of change processes and provides you with practical skills for managing and leading change.
BIT 512 Decision Support with Spreadsheets
Time: W 2:10-5:10pm E1405 BUS
Time: W 7-10pm E1405 BUS
Instructor: Schriber
Class meets: Sept. 2 - Oct. 17
This course covers what-if analysis; charting; functions (e.g., financial; time and date; lookup; and others); one-variable and two-variable data tables; working with internal and external databases; sorting, querying and extracting; pivot tables; using information across multiple worksheets and workbooks; spreadsheet-based access to information on the World Wide Web; scenarios and scenario management; introductory optimization using Solver; and introductory material on the creation of macros in Visual Basic.
BIT 551 Information Systems
Time: M 6-9pm COMM PARK
Instructor: Severance
An introduction to information systems for managers. Topics discussed include the kinds of information systems that support individual, group and corporate goals, with an emphasis not only on the hardware/software but also the managerial concerns with the design and implementation of information technology.
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School of Public Policy
PUBPOL 585 Political Environment of Policymaking
Time: TTh 1-2:30pm 1230 WEILL
Instructor: Parthasarathy
This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes place. In the United States, public policies are formulated and implemented in a political system of widely-shared power by participants with many different, and often conflicting, goals. To be effective, policy analysts and public managers must understand this political system. The goal of this course is to provide the student with some of the background necessary to develop strategies for dealing effectively with the political environment of policy and administration. Most years, two variants of this course are available. The variant offered in the fall semester focuses on various cases in the US domestic policy environment.
PUBPOL 587 Public Management
Time: TTh 8:30-10am 1230 WEILL
Instructor: Thacher
This course is designed to introduce the students to what public managers do and to help provide the students with perspectives and opportunities for practice that will help them become effective public managers. The course includes topics such as the motivation of employees, the distribution of tasks and authority, the negotiation of support and services, and the representation of a public organization or public policy to a variety of audiences.
PUBPOL 636 Program Evaluation
Time: MW 10-11:30am 1230 WEILL
Instructor: Gerber
Students will learn how to tell whether programs of any kind are having specified impacts upon the world, which turns out to be an extremely difficult question to answer. Policies and programs in a broad range of areas are critiqued in discussion, including health, mental health, corrections, criminal justice, recreation, education, and development.
PUBPOL 686 State and Local Policy Analysis: Focus on Development
Time: MW 8:30-10am 1210 WEILL
Instructor: Gerber
The purpose of this course is to expose students to various perspectives on state and local policy in the U.S. through the lens of one especially topical policy area: development policy. The course begins with a survey of current federal, state, and local policies in the inter-connected areas of economic development, growth management, land use, housing, and resource management. The course exposes students to several theoretical perspectives on development policy, including economic, legal, political, sociological, environmental, and planning perspectives.
PUBPOL 735 Managing Professional Relationships
Time: F 8-2pm 1230 WEILL
Class meets: 9/26/08 and 10/17/08 only.
The goal of this course is to enhance the students' ability to bring about the individual and organizational changes they want to see. This course begins by addressing (1) what effective managers really do and (2) why some high-potential managers succeed while others fail. As effective managers know, the ability to develop and manage relationships with others is critical to a manager's success.
PUBPOL 736 Poverty & Inequality
Time: F 10am-12pm 1220 WEILL
Instructor: Corcoran
This course analyzes the conditions and causes of poverty within the United States and the variety of economic, social, and political responses to it. The first part of the course explores the problems of poverty, including a discussion of various causal theories of poverty and the underlying implications of these theories. The second part of the course analyzes specific problems and policy proposals, with particular attention to the most recent round of legislative reforms since the mid-1990s.
PUBPOL 756 Local Government, Opportunity for Activism
Time: TTh 1-2:30pm 1210 WEILL
Instructor: Hieftje
What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local level. It will explore the underlying dynamics of the city/suburb conflict, sprawl vs. density and how these issues influence local economies and state legislatures. There will be a focus on the interaction of citizen activists and elected officials in effecting change. Topics will include running for office, environmental and affordable housing campaigns and activist-generated ballot initiatives.
School of Social Work
SW 502 Organizational, Community and Societal Structures and Processes
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Spencer
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Tucker
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Savas
Time: T 8-11am
Instructor: Reed
Time: T 8-11am
Instructor:Weissman
Time: T 6-9pm
Instructor: Luke
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Tapia Granados
This course examines theory and research knowledge about political economic and societal structures and process related to communities, groups and organizations within contemporary society. Consideration is given to ways in which these social systems have significant social, political, economic, and psychological impacts on the functioning of individuals, families and social groups. The course provides a framework for understanding the influences of medium to large social systems on individuals, families and groups with whom social workers practice. This course will also introduce students to the curricular themes and PODS concepts (i.e. Privilege, Oppression, Diversity, and Social Justice) that are infused in the advanced practice areas. There is a focus on oppression, discrimination, prejudice and privilege and their relationship to social and economic justice for populations served by social workers.
SW 560 Introduction to Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation Practice
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Vinokur
Time: M 1-4pm
Instructor: Shaefer
Time: M 1-4pm
Time: T 8-11am
Instructor: TBD
Time: T 2-5pm
Instructor: Vinokur
Time: W 9am-12pm
Instructor: Woodford
Time: W 9am-12pm
Time: T 2-5pm
Instructor: Anderson
This course is a generalist social work foundation offering in the Macro Practice Concentrations (Community Organization, Management, and Policy/Evaluation). It covers basic content in these areas of social work method and prepares students to take the more advanced courses in their concentration. It is partly survey in nature, touching on a range of methodologies and emphases, and providing an appreciation of the historical and contemporary importance of these methods in social work. In addition, it deals with the process of professionalization and introduces students to a range of practice tools. Issues of diverse dimensions [e.g. ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation] will be emphasized throughout, with special focus on culturally sensitive practice - i.e., multicultural community organizing, culturally sensitive management practices, culturally sensitive analyses of policy proposals and their impact, and culturally sensitive research practices.
SW 608 Human Service Organizations: Theories and Approaches
Time: Th 9am-12pm
Instructor: Tucker
This course focuses on organization theory and research from the perspective of learning what it can teach us about a particular category of organizations generally referred to human service organizations, or organizations mainly concerned with directly supporting, constraining, or changing human behavior. Students will briefly explore the basis for categorizing organizations into different forms, as well as the history of the study of organizations. Subsequently, they will learn about the context, operation, and structure of human service organizations, as well as the role and impact of such organizations on contemporary social welfare.
SW 611 Social Change Theories
Time: Th 2-5pm
Instructor: Reed
This course will review theories and research from the social sciences on social change, focusing especially at the societal level. Theories of social conflict, interest groups, and social movements, and such processes as consciousness-raising will be covered. Dynamics of the diffusion of innovations in society will also be addressed. Examples will be drawn from areas of practice in which social workers are involved, such as mental health and chemical dependency, child and family welfare, civil rights, health care, and consumer protection.
SW 652 Organizing for Social and Political Action
Time: Th 9am-12pm
Instructor: Gant
This course examines methods of organizing people for social and political action on their own behalf or on behalf of others. Students will analyze different approaches to bringing people together for collective action, building organizational capacity, and generating power in the community. The course includes the study of skills in analyzing power structures, formulating action strategies, using conflict and persuasive tactics, challenging oppressive structures, conducting community campaigns, using political advocacy as a form of mobilization, and understanding contemporary social issues as they affect oppressed and disadvantaged communities. Special emphasis will be placed on organizing communities of color, women, LGBT populations, and other under-represented groups in U.S. society.
SW 654 Concepts and Techniques of Community Participation
Time: F 9am-12pm
Instructor: Richards-Schuster
This course examines concepts and techniques of community participation for diverse democracy. It analyzes the changing context and core concepts of participation, major models and methods of practice, and practical techniques for involving people in organizations and communities. It assesses formal efforts by agencies to involve people in their proceedings, indigenous initiatives by groups to influence institutions and decisions, and their potential for community empowerment and civic engagement in democratic societies which value diversity as an asset. Special emphasis is placed on increasing involvement of underrepresented groups located in economically disinvested and racially segregated areas worldwide.
SW 660 Managing Projects and Organizational Change
Time: Th 6-9pm
Instructor: Wiland
Social work programs are focused packages of service delivery whose successful management requires social workers to develop competence to conceive, plan, design, implement, manage, assess, and change them. Central technical skills presented in this course will teach students to visualize and concretize program planning and development (e.g., via flowcharting, Gantt and PERT charts, and quality management tools). Technical elements of program design will be augmented with complementary models and skills, especially those dealing with managing for results vis-a-vis a time deadline, meeting legitimate demands of diverse clients, and adapting to changing environments.
SW 662 Management of Information Systems in Human Service Agencies
Time: Th 9am-12pm
Instructor: Fitch
The development and use of management information systems (MISs) in the human services will be presented in this course with the goal of introducing students to relevant social work knowledge, skills, and practice. Basic principles of information management will be presented and students will apply those principles to the analysis of existing information systems and the planning and construction of information system improvements.
SW 663 Grantgetting, Contracting and Fund Raising
Time: Th 2-5pm
Time: F 2-5pm
Instructor: Miller
Human service organizations secure resources through a variety of venues, including fees, grants, contracts, gifts, bequests, in-kind (non-cash) contributions, and investments. Instruction will be provided in assessing an agency's resource mix and how to repackage or expand its revenue streams. Skill development will be emphasized in areas such as grant seeking, proposal writing, presentations, service contracting, campaign planning, campaign management, donor development, direct solicitation of gifts, and planning of fundraising events.
SW 664 Management of Human Resources
Time: F 9am-12pm
Instructor: Woodford
This course will focus on how human service administrators can increase their effectiveness and improve the quality and efficiency of agency staff performance through structured human resource practice methods. This course will present ways to develop an equitable, healthy, and viable workplace for employers and employees. It will explore the role of managers as change agents within organizations and the societal level impact of those changes. Students will learn relevant skills in staff recruitment, hiring, retention and termination, staff development, compensation and performance, and the development of benefit packages.
SW 683 Evaluation in Social Work
Time: W 9am-12pm
Instructor: Dunkle
Time: Th 9am-12pm
Instructor: Kossoudji
Time: Th 2-5pm
Instructor: Chadiha
Time: F 9am-12pm
Instructor: Savas
Time: Th 2-5pm
Instructor: Grabarek
Time: F 2-5pm
Instructor: Chadiha
This course will cover beginning level evaluation that builds on basic research knowledge as a method of assessing social work practice and strengthening clients, communities and their social programs as well as the systems that serve clients and communities. It addresses the evaluation of promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Students will learn to assess and apply evaluation methods from various perspectives, including scientific, ethical, multicultural, and social justice perspectives.
SW 799 Advance Topics: Philanthropy and Fundraising Skills for Nonprofit Managers
Time:TW 8:30am-4:30pm
Instructor: Heisman
Class meets: 9/23 & 9/24
This course presents advanced topics in macro social work practice. The topics may include emerging macro practice issues and advanced application of specific methods. Courses may be offered for 1-3 credits in a term.
SW 823 Comparative Cross National Analysis of Social Service Systems
Time: T 9am-12pm
Instructor: Tucker
Methodologies for cross-national comparative analysis of social service systems and policies in other countries will be examined. The relationship of this analysis to issues of social and economic development will also be investigated. Attention will be given to the implications of this analysis for the further development of social services in various countries including the United States.<p>Particular social service sectors will be chosen to illustrate in depth the relevance of cross-national analysis to solving the problems present in the sector. Students will become knowledgeable about and able to use at least one model of cross-national comparative analyses.
School of Information
SI 501 Contextual Inquiry and Project Management
Time: M 4-6 pm
Time: Th 5-7pm
Time: F 1-3pm
Instructor: Faniel
Course addresses a fundamental need of information professionals: how to examine an organization's current information use in the context of work practice and discover and recommend improved ways of working. This is a projects-based course. All projects are scoped to allow students to examine how information influences actions in some process or service within an organization and to develop and practice relevant skills.
SI 575 Community Information Corps Seminar
Time: F 12-1:30pm 311 WH
Instructor: Atkins
Course brings together students and faculty who are engaged in diverse community and public interest work to hear from a wide range of fascinating guests and to engage in discussion around their expertise and experiences. Readings include those recommended by guests and a highly focused group of context-setting community informatics articles. Students learn the roots of community informatics -- how it is practiced and where public interest information professionals work -- and consider citizenship, opportunity, and the public good in an information society.
SI 579 Government Information: Issues, Resources, and Policy
Time: W 2-5pm 311 WH
Instructor: Morse
Federal government publications as products of government activity and sources of information. Access issues and problems; methods of increasing access. Includes print, computer-based, and other formats
SI 621 Ethics, Values, and Information Dilemmas
Time: Th 4-7pm 409 WH
Instructor: Rezmierski
This discussion and lecture course provides in-depth study of the development of moral and ethical reasoning. It focuses on the ethical issues and value dilemmas that arise within then new information environment. It explores some of the information and technology-related incidents faced by individuals and institutions as they become familiar with, and adjust to, the impact of technology on work, recreation, and education.
SI 645 Information Use in Communitites
Time: Th 1-4pm 409 WH
Instructor: Durrance
This course examines information behavior and use in geographic communities by individuals and groups within specific contexts. The course focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on information use in civic situations. Students examine the interactions of individuals and groups in information organizations and institutions (including libraries and community technology centers) associated with civic contexts.
SI 702 Seminar in Organizational Studies
Time: F 1:30-3pm
Instructor: Davis, Cohen
Meets weekly for presentations and discussions of new work by leading researchers studying human organization and related subjects. Students attend all seminars and read weekly assignments. Students may write independent papers when enrolled for larger numbers of credit hours. Prior course work in organizations is recommended.
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School of Education
EDUC 553 Administrative Leadership in Schools
Time: TBD
Instructor: Goddard
The ways in which schools are organized, and the priorities and behaviors of school leaders, have profound implications for how students (and adults) act and learn in schools. This course considers organizational and administrative strategies which school leaders can employ to develop an effective school program. Topics include: organizational structure, resource allocation, student services, staff personnel support, organizational culture and climate, school relations with family and community, and school monitoring and accountability.
EDUC 561 Introduction to Higher Education
Time: W 1-4pm 2218 SEB
Instructor: Rowley
Provides an overview of the postsecondary education system in the United States; examines the major features of this system and explores its effects; explores effects of various professional and disciplinary perspectives on the study of postsecondary education viewed as an interdisciplinary field.
EDUC 649 Foundational Perspectives on Educational Reform
Time: TBD
Instructor: Potter
Time: W 4-7pm
Instructor: Mirel
Critically examines selected contemporary reform efforts in education from the perspective of one or more of the foundation disciplines. Aims to develop in the career educator a broader and deeper understanding of the tensions between ideas and practice in dynamic social environments. Graduate course required of all new Educational Studies master's students.
EDUC 764 Public Policy in Postsecondary Education
Time: T 1-4pm 2334 SEB
Instructor: DesJardins
Focuses on legislative and executive policy formulation processes at the state, regional, and national levels. Considers theoretical and conceptual approaches to understanding public policy formation, including the role and function of the major organizational factors at each level and their modes of influence in determining policy for postsecondary education. Examines in depth selected current public policy issues that cut across political levels.
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College of Architecture and Urban Planning
UP 502 Environmental Planning: Issues and Concepts
Time: Th 6-9pm 2213 A&AB
Instructor: Larsen
This is an introductory graduate-level course on the issues and concepts underlying environmental policy-making and planning, with a focus on the United States. Rather than concentrating on one particular type of planning method (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, impact assessment, site design), the principal goal of the course is to address value-based and analytical conflicts that are common to environmental policy-making and planning processes employed in the U.S. and abroad. The course is designed to: provide students the ability to recognize and tease apart the competing values and analytical assumptions made by various stakeholders in environmental policy-making and planning debates; consider how those debates are shaped by and play themselves out within the political, legal, and administrative processes that characterize environmental policy-making and planning in the U.S.; and familiarize students with the various forms of contemporary environmental policy-making and planning practice that they will likely encounter in their professional work.
UP 538 Economic Development Planning
Time: MW 10:30am-12pm 2222 A&AB
Instructor: Thomas
This course offers an introduction to ways of thinking about the fun
ctioning of regional, urban, and local economies and the implications for planning economic development. The course examines regional and metropolitan industrial locations, processes of development and growth, international and inter-regional trade, labor markets, and migration. Close attention is given to how planning intervention can influence the location, speed, and character of growth.
UP 540 Planning Theory
Time: MW 12-1:30pm 2108 A&AB
Instructor: Campbell
Time: W 3-4pm 2222 A&AB
Instructor: TBD
This is a course in the theoretical foundations of planning. This course will stress basic tools that will help you to invent new solutions to new problems in the real world. We will use case studies of urban regions across the US for class discussion to both bring theory to life and allow us to test established planning theory against real urban problems. We will cover the historical foundations of planning, the classical theoretical paradigms of planning, an examination of the major roles played by practicing planners, and finally the application of those theories and roles to the case study and to larger problems of environmental limits, economic globalization, and increasing social disparity.
UP 634 Integrative Field Experience
Time: MWF 1:30-4:30pm 2207 A&AB
Instructor: Dewar, Dueweke
Time: W 3-5pm
Instructor: Larsen, Dueweke
A one- or two-term capstone experience involving second-year students working with community-based organizations or with agencies concerned with neighborhood issues in Detroit and occasionally in Flint. Following general introduction and orientation to the planning topic and the neighborhood, students work intensively in collaboration with neighborhood leaders and residents in improving their situation. Students produce a plan to deal with the community-identified need. Plans often address strengthening housing, reinforcing neighborhoods, revitalizing commercial districts, relieving transportation difficulties, dealing with contaminated sites, reinforcing industrial areas. Students will make presentations at community or agency meetings throughout the semester.
UP 654 Concepts and Techniques of Community Participation
Time: F 9am-12pm
Instructor: Richards-Schuster
This course examines concepts and techniques of citizen participation in public policy, planning, and administration. It analyzes the political economy of participation; selected strategies and skills; and new and emergent techniques to involve people in decisions from neighborhood to nation. Emphasis is placed on promoting participation of economically disadvantaged people, African-Americans, women, and other groups in multicultural communities. Course responsibilities include critical analysis of recent research and practice, experiential exercises, and in-depth student-selected study of participation in an actual organization or community in the field.
UP 658 Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries
Time: TTh 12-1:30pm 2213 A&AB
Instructor: Shatkin
This course is designed to emphasize the theories that underlie planning interventions in countries that are newly industrialized or industrializing. Countries such as India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Guatemala, China, Thailand, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Venezuela, and Egypt, varying in size and historical antecedent, will be used for drawing illustrative case studies. The demographic, technological, and ideological changes that have resulted in unprecedented population growth and migration during the development decades will be reviewed. Responses to migration, housing scarcity, need for physical and social infrastructure, for jobs, and amenities will be studied.
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School of Natural Resources & Environment
NRE 562 Resource Policy and Administration
Time: TTh 8:30-10am 2024 DANA
Instructor: Yaffee
Examines processes of resource policy formation and administration, and the behavior of government institutions as they shape natural resource policies and management programs. Develops an analytic ability to disaggregate complex political and management situations, assess the feasibility of resource policy changes, and build strategy to get such changes adopted and implemented. Cases explore situations at the federal, state, and local levels.
NRE 575 Thinking Analytically for Policy and Decisions
Time: MWF 1:05-2:25pm 250 HH Mondays; 236 HH Wedesndays; 132 HH Fridays
Time: F 8:30-10am TBD
Instructor: Parson
The course will develop the skills of using analytic methods and models to understand real decisions and policy issues, drawn from the realms of natural resource management, public policy, business strategy, politics, negotiations, and conflict.
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School of Public Health
HMP 607 Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators
Time: TTh 10-11:30am 1112 SPH2
Instructor: Wheeler
Corporate finance theory and applications to health care organizations. Topics include the capital expenditure decision, the capital financing decision, financial feasibility, financial planning, cash management, and financial aspects of prepayment programs. The course makes extensive use of case studies.
HMP 608 Health Care Financial Accounting
Time: W 1-3pm 1655 SPH1A
Instructor: Wheeler
Health Care Financial Accounting provides an overview of financial accounting for students interested in health care management and policy. It is designed to serve the needs of both students who have never had a course in financial accounting (for 2 credits) and students who have had an introductory course in financial accounting but without health care applications (for 1 credit).
HMP 615 Introduction to Public Health Policy
Time: MW 10-11:30am 1690 SPH1A
Instructor: Lantz
Describes the nature of public policy interventions within the various domains of public health, the theoretical motivations for undertaking them, the influence of the political, bureaucratic, and social environmental in which policy decisions are made, the consequences of such decisions, and the key dimensions of analysis of the effects of public health policies. In addition to conceptual discussion of each of the above, the course includes evaluation of several case studies of public health policy decisions and their implications.
HMP 616 Understanding Organizations
Time: TTh 3-4:30pm 1170 SPH2
Instructor: Myers
This course provides an overview of key issues confronting modern organizations, with an emphasis on healthcare organizations but attention to supplier, customer, and other partnering organizations. The issues will be studied from several perspectives to familiarize students preparing for work in health care organizations with a working understanding of both organizational dynamics and approaches to understanding them. Students completing the course should understand fundamentals of how organizations are formed, governed, designed, and improved. They will also learn how workers and organizations related to each other, and how organizations relate to their environment and other organizations.
HMP 643 Individual and Group Behavior in Health Service Organizations
Time: MW 11:30am-1pm 1112 SPH2
Instructor: Banaszak-Holl
This course provides the knowledge and skills for understanding and effectively managing individuals and groups within health care organizations. We consider a wide variety of motivations that draw individuals to their jobs and keep them productive. We also consider why organizations form small groups and the dynamics of these groups over time. Students learn techniques for persuasive communication and conflict management, develop strategies for dealing with interpersonal problems in an organizational setting, and processes for handling work teams. Common organizational problems that students solve include choosing the right person through the hiring process, evaluating employee performance, and negotiating contracts.
HMP 658 Leadership and Governance: Accountability, Authority and Decision-making in Nonprofit Health Organizations
Time: MW 10-11:30am TBD
Instructor: Alexander
The purpose of the course is to offer students insight and practical guidance for dealing with and serving on nonprofit boards of directions of health organizations. This course provides critical and practical understanding of the leadership role of nonprofit governance for managers, board members, and policy makers. It examines the legal characteristics of nonprofit entities, mechanisms of internal and external accountability, the governance implications of organizational structure, the powers and responsibilities of governing boards, factors affecting decision making, board/staff relations, the dynamics of board governance, and the role of stakeholders in governance. Readings include articles and monographs from the fields of anthropology, law, management, organizational behavior, and sociology, as well as cases and pertinent materials from the print media.
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School of Music, Theatre and Dance
THTREMUS 385 Performing Arts Management
Time: TTh 1-2pm 2443 WDC
Instructor: Tupac
An overall look at the administrative aspects of the performing arts, using a Theatre company as the standard model, but with a look at orchestras, dance, and opera. Exploration of theatre development, profit vs. non-profit companies, role of board of directors, unions, budgeting, marketing, public relations, and fundraising.
THTREMUS 386 Practicum in Performing Arts Management
Time: TBD
Instructor: Kuras
Practical work in the management of the performing arts, principally theatre, through assisting in the creation of live performing arts presentations.
