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CONTACT PERSON
FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSE INFORMATION:
Dee Holisky, College of Arts & Sciences, 3-8721, dholisky@gmu.edu
New Courses for
Approval
EVPP 626. Environment
and Development in South and East Asia (3:3:0)
Prerequisites: A course in policy process; a course in international development
and a course in ecology, or permission of instructor.
Through lectures, guest lecturers, assigned reading, class discussions,
and oral and written case studies, this course will examine environment
and development in selected countries of South and East Asia. It will
review the relationship between environment and development, consider
the background and history leading up to the present, analyze the factors
which have led to the present situation, and consider what may be required
to achieve more effective and sustainable results.
HIST 696. Clio Wired:
An Introduction to History and New Media. (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: Graduate standing through enrollment in MA program or extended
studies. Students with limited computer competency should consult department
before enrolling.
An introduction to the changes that new media and technologies are bringing
to how we research, write, present, and teach about the past. Students
explore theoretical and historical issues as well as learn hands-on skills
in digital history.
HIST 697. Creating
Digital History. (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: Graduate standing through enrollment in MA program or extended
studies, HIST 696, or permission of instructor.
A seminar in which students create original historical projects in digital
media.
HIST 803. Doctoral
Readings in History. (3:0:0).
Prerequisites: Doctoral candidate standing.
Independent readings for Ph.D. students on a topic agreed on by student
and instructor. Usually taken in order to prepare a major or minor field.
Modified Courses
for Approval
GEOG 550. Mapping
Foundation. (3:3:0).
Change Title from Mapping Foundation to "Introduction to GIS".
New Course Description: Introduces students to topics in geographic information
science, emphasizing the concepts and theories of cartography and geographic
information systems. Lectures accompanied by hands-on lab exercises to
familiarize students with current technology. Prerequisites: Graduate
Standing.
Deleted Courses
for Approval
BIOL 505. Selected
Topics in Environmental Science
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CONTACT PERSON
FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSE INFORMATION:
Stephen
Nash, School of Information Technology & Engineering, 3-1678, snash@gmu.edu
Modified Courses
for Approval
CS 706.
Concurrent Software Systems (3:3:0)
Change prerequisites to: "CS 571 and CS 621 or CS 631 or equivalent.
IT 950.
Design & Management Aspects of Info Systems (3:3:0)
Cross-list with PUBP 950.
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CONTACT PERSON
FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSE INFORMATION:
Ellen
Dawson , College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 3-1731, edawson@gmu.edu
Modified Courses
for Approval
NURS 755: Theoretical
Foundations Related to Nursing (2:2:0).
Renumber to NURS 680.
NURS 790: Applications
of Nursing Research (3:3:0)
Renumber to NURS 685.
NURS 791: Projects
in Nursing Research (2:2:0)
Renumber to NURS 686.
NURS 794: Organization
of Nursing/Health Care Delivery System (3:3:0)
Renumber to NURS 688.
NURS 759: Data Analysis
in Nursing Research (3:3:0)
Renumber to NURS 597.
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CONTACT PERSON
FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSE INFORMATION:
Jim Finkelstein,
School of Public Policy, 3-2269, jfinkel@gmu.edu
New Courses for
Approval
PUBP 738. Information,
Technology, and Institutional Change (3:3:0)
Examines role and character of information in institutions as foundation
to understanding role of IT in economy, society and politics. Considers
theories of and practice of information in institutions, organizations
and markets, and assesses effects of information technology changes on
key economic, social and political institutions, such as firms, markets,
communities, non-profit organizations and government.
PUBP 755. National
Security Decision-Making Policy (3:3:0)
This course applies behavioral, economic, strategic and other decision
theories to U.S. government and other actors in historical national security
crisis cases and in current policy issues. We seek to explore the tension
in decisions between rational goal-seeking by actors vs. organizational
process, and to develop usable decision tools.
PUBP 756. Geostrategic
Assessment Policy (3:3:0)
The course is a geopolitical assessment of global threats to international
order and security. The first half of the course focuses on geopolitical
theories, elements of military power, and global social, demographic and
political trends. The second half analyzes region-by-region political,
military, economic and social trends.
PUBP 768 Education
and Public Policy (3:3:0)
Explores current issues and policy initiatives in education policy at
federal, state, and local levels, with emphasis on education reform. Issues
and topics will vary somewhat from year to year to maintain currency.
Typical policy issues to be addressed include raising academic standards,
high-stakes testing, alternative governance including school choice and
voucher policies, teacher quality and certification, the role of school
resources in academic outputs, and equity topics.
PUBP 783 Global Governance
(3:3:0)
This course is a survey of important issues in global governance given
changes in the contemporary world. It explores the dynamics and complexity
of formal and informal actors, institutional arrangements, organizations,
and the roles they play in the process of governance in the international
sphere. Considers states, governmental and nongovernmental organizations,
international regimes, social movements, regional associations, and multinational
corporations as actors bearing on transnational authority. Various vehicles
for international coordination and conflict are examined in terms of relevance
and opportunities for global governance.
PUBP 799. Master's
Thesis (1-6:0:0).
Prerequisites: Degree candidacy in a Public Policy Master's program, completion
of the required credits of graduate course work, and approval of a thesis
proposal by the faculty advisor, two committee members, and the program
director. Individualized Section form required.
Original research endeavor related to the student's program concentration.
Research must result in a document meeting Public Policy and university
standards. Graded S/NC.
Modified Courses
for Approval
PUBP 736 The Global
Information Economy and the Digital Divide (3:3:0)
Change title to: "E-Commerce and the Digital Divide." Change
course description to read:
This course discusses institutional, social and policy issues involved
in the development of a global information economy and society. Economic
development needs, public institutional capacity, non-governmental networks
will be examined critically; also the implications of universal access
to the Internet and equality of use in online delivery of government services,
privacy, online voting, e-government, and others. The course will also
emphasize efforts to ameliorate the digital divide by major multilateral
agencies like the World Bank and the United Nations, as well as development
of public policies for democratic governance in complex networked world.
PUBP 753 Ethics in
Public Policy (3:3:0)
Renumber to: PUBP 853. Change course title to: "Ethics/Legal Issues
and Social Action." Change credits to: (1-4:3:0) Change course description
to read:
Provides an
inquiry into the ethical and moral issues in public policy. Explores issues
that are controversial and often confusing to public policy makers, such
as health care, secrecy in government, surrogate motherhood, and disability.
Perspectives are national as well as global, and deal with the impact
of culture and politics on ethical dilemmas confronting society. The course
also looks at the processes by which specific ethical systems are incorporated
into governing bodies. Larger issues, such as war and peace, "just" and
"unjust" wars, capital punishment, medical and legal ethics, and communitarian
vs. individual liberties are also included, with an emphasis on how they
affect public policy.
PUBP 782 International
Financial Policy (3:3:0)
Renumber to: PUBP 882. Change course descriptio to read:
This course addresses the theory of international finance, its application
to financial policy such as exchange rate regimes, and the institutions
of international finance. It covers the operations of the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the development of the European Monetary
Union, and the debate over "international financial architecture."
New Concentration
for Approval
Concentration in the
MNPS(PP) Masters Program:
The substantive policy concentration requires three courses in one concentration
area; one of these courses must have an international focus. Courses with
international focus are marked with an asterisk (*):
X. NATIONAL SECURITYAND
PUBLIC POLICY
- PUBP 650 Peace
Operations I (3:3:0)* Existing
- PUBP 651 Peace
Operations II (3:3:0)* Existing
- PUBP 743 National
Security Management and Policy Existing
- PUBP 750 History
of Military Operations Other than War (3:3:0)* Existing
- PUBP 751 International
Police Operations (3:3:0)* Existing
- PUBP 755 National
Security Decision-Making Policy (3:3:0)* New
- PUBP 756 Geostrategic
Assessment Policy (3:3:0)* New
- ITRN 756 National
Security and the Global Economy (3:3:0) Existing
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