Introduction to the Course ^
- January 22: Syllabus, Schedule | Roster and Course Management:
Introductions, yours and mine- Roster check. Please note that attendance
will be taken and absences of all registered students will be recorded.
- Syllabus
distributed and reviewed, expectations and responsibilities explained. Overview
of course. How to do well.
- Schedule and Bulletin
Board previewed
- Explanation and demonstration of
public policy web site
- Keeping your Current
Policy Events Log
Part I: Introduction Through Agenda and Globalization & Sustainability ^
Part I, covering the public policy cycle from Introduction through Formulation I, begins January 29 and ends March 5, with an exam. The sequence of topics corresponds to the web site.
- February 5, Part I: Frame Term Project Proposal:
- Discussion of how to choose and frame a topic. Follow proposal format directions. Sample papers will be
distributed.
- Examine tips for the
term project
- Manual of style: Diana Hacker, Rules For
Writers at www.dianahacker.com/rules
- February 5, Part II: Introduction To Public Policy:
- Instructions for Current Policy Events Log
- Introduction
-
Orientation
- Premises
- The limits to
public policy
- The legacy of Malthus:
public policy as the dismal science
- Class photograph
- February 12, Part I: End Introduction to Public Policy:
- A brief word on
ideology in public policy
- Trial run:
What is
your political ideology?, a web-based quiz game
- February 12, Part II: How to study Public Policy:
-
Introducing the study of
public policy
- Why study public
policy?
- The scope of
public policy
- What are
the general approaches to public policy and which is adopted here?
- Definitions
of public policy
- How to study
public policy
- The public
policy cycle as a method
- February 19, Part I: Agenda Setting:
- Introduction
to agenda setting
- Setting the
agenda
- Definitions: simple and explanatory
- Agenda
typology
- Setting the agenda:
Getting attention
- Who sets
the agenda and how
- How to study
the agenda
- February 26: Power; Lester R. Brown, Plan B 2.0:
- Term Project Proposals Due
- Bias and the
exercise of power
-
Speech by Lester
Brown
- Lester R. Brown, Plan B
2.0: Preface and Ch. 1, Entering a New World, pp. 1-18
- Wayne Hayes,
Overview of Brown: Lecture
Notes
- Lester R. Brown, Plan B
2.0: Ch. 2, Beyond the Oil Peak, pp. 21-40
-
Presentation of notes on Plan B
2.0: Ch. 2, Beyond the Oil Peak
- Time permitting, we will
play The U.S. Oil Policy
Simulation
- Lester R. Brown, Plan B
2.0: Ch. 3, Emerging Water Shortages, pp. 41-58
- Lester R. Brown, Plan B
2.0: Ch. 4, Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas, pp. 59-78
- Wayne Hayes,
Notes on Global
Warming
- Brown, Ch. 5, Natural
Systems Under Stress, pp. 79-98
- Wayne Hayes,
Notes on Natural Systems Under
Stress
- Lester R. Brown, Plan B
2.0: Ch. 6, Early Signs of Decline, pp. 99-120
- Wayne Hayes,
Notes on The Social
Divide
- March 5: Exam, Part I of course
- Return, review, discussion
of term project proposals. Tips and traps revealed. About one hour, followed by
short break.
- Overview of research on the Internet with
special emphasis on searching with Google
- Manual of style: Diana Hacker, Rules For
Writers at www.dianahacker.com/rules
- Exam on Part I,
multiple choice and essay format, counts 24% of grade