| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| I. Foundations | ||
| 1 | Course Description, Goals, and Requirements | |
| 2 | Policy and Visions of Governance | |
| 3 | Case: Needles and Safe Injection Sites | Assignment 1 due |
| 4 | Theories of Public Policy: How Choices Are Made | |
| 5 | Values and Public Policy | |
| 6 | Policy Analysis – Case: Bees, Mites, and Pesticides | Skype with Haiti (re: mites and drought); Skype with New England Wildflower Society (re: pesticides) |
| 7 | Policy Analysis – Bees (cont.) | |
| 8 | Cost of Policy | Assignment 2 due |
| II. Major Policies | ||
| 9 | Defense Policy | |
| 10 | Cost Benefit Analysis | |
| 11 | Cost Benefit (cont.) | |
| 12 | Cost-Effectiveness and Regression Analysis – Appalachia Case Study | Assignment 3 due |
| III. Policy Process | ||
| 13 | Cost-Effectiveness and Regression Analysis – Poverty in America (cont.) | |
| 14 | Welfare – Focus Groups | |
| 15 | Social Insurance | |
| 16 |
Health Policy – Vaccination Case Guest: Dr. Howard Heller, Associate Medical Director at MIT Medical | |
| 17 |
City Government Policy and the Media Guest: David Goodman, City Hall Reporter at The New York Times | Assignment 4 due |
| IV. Case Analysis | ||
| 18 |
Case: Air Emissions Policy; Federal Policy Guest: Coralie Cooper, Environmental Protection Specialist at Volpe | |
| 19 |
Case: Seed Conservation – New England Wild Flower Society; Regional Policy Guest: Debbi Edelstein, Executive Director of New England Wild Flower Society | |
| 20 |
Case: Boston Busing and Desegregation; Local Policy Guest: Joe Burnieika, Interim Director at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston | |
| 21 | Case: Land Readjustment Case; International Policy | |
| 22 | Final Assignment Work Day | |
| 23–25 | Project Presentations | |
| 26 | Wrap Up | Final Paper due |