| PU EN AF 102 - Environment and Society | |
| An examination of the relationship between humans and the biophysical environment at local, national, and global levels. Emphasis is given to the impact of personal attitudes, cultural beliefs, economics, politics, technology and available resources on environmental problems and solutions. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| General Education: Social Sciences 2 | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 202 - Introduction to Public Policy | |
| Contemporary issues in American public policy. Substantive public policies such as those dealing with the American economy, energy, crime, environmental quality, the welfare state and social programs. Models of the policy process are also considered. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| General Education: Social Sciences 2 | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 215 - Introduction to Public Administration | |
| Using case studies, this course explores the principal tools and methods for conducting public affairs, the external and internal elements affecting public agencies, and the role of these elements and the human dimension in creating and implementing public policies and programs. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| General Education: Social Sciences 2 | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 301 - Environmental Politics and Policy | |
| U.S. and global environmental problems and their political implications. Emphasizes U.S. environmental politics, issues and controversies in environmental protection policy, the performance of governmental institution in response to environmental challenges, and strategies for environmental improvement. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 306 - Regulatory Policy and Administration | |
| The origins, purposes and operation of regulatory agencies and the programs in the U.S.: theories of regulation, issues and controversies in regulatory policy, and decision-making in such areas as economic regulation, public health, consumer protection workplace safety and environmental quality. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 314 - Administrative Law | |
| Administrative law in the American federal (intergovernmental) system: connections between administrative law issues and issues of public policy; and legal dimensions of administrative problems. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or Pu En Af 215. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 315 - Public and Non-Profit Management | |
| Using case studies and applied learning techniques, this course explores management in public and nonprofit organizations from the perspective of a manager. Management approaches, techniques and concepts and theoretical frameworks are covered. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202; REC: Pu En Af 215. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 321 - Coastal Resources: Their Use and Management | |
| The importance of coastal resources, with an emphasis on Wisconsin's coasts. With field trips to local lakes and Lake Superior, we will study issues of development, overuse, risk, and their consequent environmental, aesthetic and economic impacts. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| Field Trip: Field Trip(s) Required | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 322 - Environmental Planning | |
| History, processes, and impacts of environmental planning in the United States. Action forcing legislation and its effect on environmental issues and processes. Emphasizes environmental planning and implementation at the national, state, and local levels. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202; REC: Env Sci 102. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 323 - Land Use Controls | |
| Various forms of public land-use controls in planning and administration, addressing "what, why and how" aspects of land-use controls. Smart Growth, Environmental Impact Analysis, and other comprehensive planning models studied. | |
| P: jr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 324 - Transitioning to Sustainable Communities | |
| Creating resilient communities based on local inputs/outputs to support jobs, housing, transportation, schools, agriculture and city services. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 344 - Leadership and Human Resources | |
| Roles, functions and environments of organizational managers and leaders broadly defined, especially in public enterprises; issues of human resources management within these sectors. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall Odd | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 350 - Geographic Information Systems | |
| Uses state-of-the-art software to integrate digitized data maps, transfer data, manage relational data bases, overlay maps, display, query, edit interactive graphics, and geocode addresses. Applications are tailored to fit student interests and may include tax base analysis, property mapping, natural resources inventory, crime demography, transportation routing, and other tasks. | |
| No Prerequisites | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 351 - Water Resources: Planning, Management and Policy | |
| This course will cover the basics of water management and planning, covering local to global examples of such things as surface water pollution, mining of fossil aquifers, water wars at regional, interstate, and international levels. | |
| P: Pu En Af 102 or Env Sci 102. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 378 - Environmental Law | |
| An overview of major environmental laws such as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, with emphasis on how these laws are implemented by the federal and state governments. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202 or 215. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 402 - Environmental and Resource Economics | |
| Applications of tools such as cost-benefit analysis and other economic concepts in current public decision making, with special emphasis upon common property resources management. | |
| P: Econ 303 or 305. | |
| Typically offered in Fall Even | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 406 - State and Local Government | |
| Policy and institutional comparisons across states and local governments through hands-on research, placing a special focus on Wisconsin's local governments. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or Pu En Af 215. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 408 - Public Policy Analysis | |
| An introduction to public policy analysis and to the policy-making process, primarily in American government. The course emphasizes the political aspects of policy analysis, models and methods for rational design of public policies, and applications of policy studies to particular public problems. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 409 - Public Finance and Fiscal Policy | |
| Effects of government spending and taxation on resource allocation, incomes, prices and employment. Includes consideration of the uses and effects of fiscal policy. | |
| P: Econ 203. | |
| Typically offered in Fall Odd | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 415 - Public and Nonprofit Budgeting | |
| The purposes and attributes of major public budgetary systems: principles and methods in designing and managing relationships among program planning, policy planning and budgetary operation; applications of analytical and decision-assisting tools in public budgetary operations. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202 or 215. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 425 - Fundraising and Marketing for Nonprofits | |
| The course is designed for students aspiring to manage a nonprofit or serve on a Board of Directors. Students learn about creating a sustainable nonprofit by developing broad based fundraising strategies and by marketing the organization to create a positive community immage. | |
| P: Pu En Af 215; REC Pu En Af 315. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 428 - Evaluating Programs in Public/Non-Profit Organizations | |
| Develops a working understanding and selected skills relating to the conduct of program evaluations. Evaluation design, data collection, data analysis, and utilization of findings are discussed using the political and social context of "real" organizations. | |
| P: Pol Sci 101 or 202 or Pu En Af 202; REC: Comm Sci 301; Pu En Af 408. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 450 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems | |
| Project-based course using ArcGIS. Students define a project, develop a database, analyze spatial data, and develop GIS maps displaying results of their analysis. | |
| P: Geog 350 or Pu En Af 350. | |
| Typically offered in Spring Even | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 497 - Internship | |
| Supervised practical experience in an organization or activity appropriate to a student's career and educational interests. Internships are supervised by faculty members and require periodic student/faculty meetings. | |
| P: jr st. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Course is repeatable for credit. | |
| 1 units min / 12 units max, Field Experience | |
| PU EN AF 498 - Independent Study | |
| Independent study is offered on an individual basis at the student's request and consists of a program of learning activities planned in consultation with a faculty member. A student wishing to study or conduct research in an area not represented in available scheduled courses should develop a preliminary proposal and seek the sponsorship of a faculty member. The student's advisor can direct him or her to instructors with appropriate interests. A written report or equivalent is required for evaluation, and a short title describing the program must be sent early inthe semester to the registrar for entry on the student's transcript. | |
| P: fr or so st with cum gpa > or = 2.50; or jr or sr st with cum gpa > or = 2.00. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| Course is repeatable for credit. | |
| 1 units min / 4 units max, Independent Study | |
| PU EN AF 506 - Regulatory Policy and Administration | |
| The origins, purposes and operation of regulatory agencies and the programs in the U.S.: theories of regulation, issues and controversies in regulatory policy, and decision-making in such areas as economic regulation, public health, consumer protection workplace safety and environmental quality. | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 514 - Administrative Law | |
| Administrative law in the American federal (intergovernmental) system: connections between administrative law issues and issues of public policy; and legal dimensions of administrative problems. | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 522 - Environmental Planning | |
| History, processes, and impacts of environmental planning in the United States. Action forcing legislation and its effect on environmental issues and processes. Emphasizes environmental planning and implementation at the national, state, and local levels. | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 551 - Water Resources: Planning, Management and Policy | |
| This course will cover the basics of water management and planning, covering local to global examples of such things as surface water pollution, mining of fossil aquifers, water wars at regional, interstate, and international levels. | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 578 - Environmental Law | |
| An overview of major environmental laws such as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, with emphasis on how these laws are implemented by the federal and state governments. | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Fall | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 602 - Environmental and Resource Economics | |
| Applications of tools such as cost-benefit analysis and other economic concepts in current public decision making, with special emphasis upon common property resources management. P: gr st. (F,S) | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Fall and Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 615 - Public and Nonprofit Budgeting | |
| The purposes and attributes of major public budgetary systems: principles and methods in designing and managing relationships among program planning, policy planning and budgetary operation; applications of analytical and decision-assisting tools in public budgetary operations. P: gr st. (S) | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 650 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems | |
| Project-based course using ARC/INFO software. Students adopt a study area, develop data layers, analyze these data and develop GIS maps showing results of the analysis. P: gr st. (S) | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |
| PU EN AF 652 - Planning Theory and Methods | |
| Planning for public and not-for-profit agencies: theory and practical significance of planning; the political and administrative setting of planning operations; and methods of planning analysis such as strategic planning. P: gr st. (S) | |
| P: gr st. | |
| Typically offered in Spring | |
| 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture | |