Below are the proposed Policy Studies graduate courses for 2013 - 2014. This schedule is subject to change. Consult the time schedule for the most up-to-date information.
2013 - 2014 Schedule
Autumn Quarter 2013
Required Courses
BPOLST 500 Policy Process (Year 1)
T 5:45 - 10 pm, Kochis
BPOLST 501 Public Finance and Budgeting (Year 1)
TH 5:45 – 10 pm, TBD
BPOLST 504 Management and Organizations (Year 2)
TH 5:45 – 10 pm, Nitta
Elective Courses
BPOLST 583 Issues in Environmental Policy: Governmental Responses to Global Climate Change
M 5:45 - 10 pm, Dolšak, UW Seattle campus
BPOLST 594 Research Design (Year 1 strongly recommended)
W 5:45 - 10 pm, Dolšak
BPOLST 591 Research Colloquium
Three Tuesday sessions during the quarter; dates and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 598 Directed Research
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 520 Policy Internship
Prerequisites: Policy Process; Statistics for Policy Studies
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 508 Capstone Project
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
Winter Quarter 2014
Required Courses
BPOLST 502 Statistics for Policy Studies (Year 1)
T 5:45 – 10 pm, Carlisle
BPOLST 505 Leadership and Organizations (Year 2)
T 5:45 – 10 pm, Nitta
BPOLST 506 Capstone Research (Year 2)
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
Elective Courses
BPOLST 585 Issues in Health Policy
MW 5:45 - 7:45 pm, Stone
BPOLST 593 Topics in Policy Studies: Islam and Muslims in Western Contexts
MW 1:15 – 3:15 pm, Dana
BPOLST 591 Research Colloquium
Three Tuesday sessions during the quarter; dates and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 598 Directed Research
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 520 Internship
Prerequisites: Policy Process; Statistics for Policy Studies
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 508 Capstone Project
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
Spring Quarter 2014
Required Courses
BPOLST 503 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation (Year 1)
T 5:45 – 10 pm, Dolšak
BPOLST 508 Capstone Project (Year 2)
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
Elective Courses
BPOLST 5xx Social Policy
TBD, Carlisle
BPOLST 5xx Environmental Justice and Neoliberalism
W 5:45 - 10:00 pm, Ottinger, UW Seattle campus
BPOLST 591 Research Colloquium
Three Tuesday sessions during the quarter; dates and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 598 Directed Research
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
BPOLST 520 Internship
Prerequisites: Policy Process; Statistics for Policy Studies
Meetings and faculty to be arranged
* Students are also encouraged to seek interdisciplinary elective courses from Cultural Studies.
** This schedule is subject to change.