[Biostudent] SPR 2025 Public Policy Courses

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The Evans School of Public Policy & Governance will offer the following undergraduate PUBPOL courses in SPR 2025.
We have a few new courses including a new 1 credit seminar for those who just want to dip their toe in.
PUBPOL 201 is recommended for most of our upper division courses but is not a registration restriction currently.
Please share with your students as appropriate.

PUBPOL 201 Intro to Public Policy & Governance (5) with Isaiah Wright
In addition to introducing the discipline, this is a solid course to start exploring the public policy minor<https://evans.uw.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate-programs/undergraduate-minor/> and our undergraduate course offerings.

PUBPOL 302 Public Service Leadership (5) with Joaquin Herranz
This course examines how communities work with governments, businesses, and nonprofits to solve complex problems. Explores ways to assess value trade-offs between profit, people, planet, and purpose. Students will learn to address these questions through immersive learning experiences, guest speakers, small group exercises, and reflective assignments. Recommended: PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 313 Evidence-Based Policy Implementation (5) with Rachel Fyall
Explores the multidimensional challenge of turning policy and program intentions into valued results on the ground. Understanding why implementation can fall short of expectation requires an understanding of how public/nonprofit organizations work; including their mission, resources, collaborators, and results measurement. Examines the role that evidence can play in the service of democratic governance and policy effectiveness. Recommended: PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 321 Decision-making, Behavior, and Policy Design (5) with Ines Jurcevic
This course provides a foundation in the application of psychology, behavioral economics, judgment and decision-making to study public policy problems. Students will learn how cognition, heuristics, biases, emotion, and social dynamics interact in decision-making, and how context and framing shape decisions. We will also engage in how decision-making influences the effect of public policies on the equity and efficiency of the production and distribution of goods and resources. Recommended: PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 390 Environmental Policy (5) with Cory Struthers
Provides an overview of central environmental, natural resource management, and climate policies, focusing primarily on those in the United States. Students will learn about the actors and institutions involved in environmental governance, as well as key social science and policy theories that help to explain environmental conflicts and decision-making. This course will cover environmental governance issues in both legislative and executive branches and across levels of government. Recommended: PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 400 Public Policy Seminar: Social Media, Data Privacy, and Educational Tech (1) with Emily Cherkin
The seminar explores emerging policy issues around social media, data and privacy, and educational technology, and the complex challenges that come from making policy decisions in these spaces that serve a broad range of constituents including children and youth. We'll feature a diverse collection of guests who will speak about current policy challenges and potential solutions with an emphasis on emergent trends in the field.

PUBPOL 403 Leadership in Action (5) with Eric Svaren
This course provides a survey of leadership techniques and an experimental space for practicing them. We will demystify leadership, explore the many ways you have already been a leader, emphasize learning about yourself and your leadership style, and identify what makes leaders genuinely successful. You will also improve your skills in participation, teamwork, and facilitation. Recommended: PUBPOL 201 and LEAD 100.

PUBPOL 480 Geographic Information Systems for Public Policy (5) with Dafeng Xu
Focuses on geographic information systems in public policy analysis with attention to the tools widely used by social scientists, public policy scholars, urban planners, and environmental scientists. Recommended: PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 499A Special Topics: Philanthropy and Society (5) with David Suarez
Provides students with a holistic background in the philanthropic sector. Begins with an in-depth analysis of history and context and ends with a discussion of current strategies and approaches to giving by foundations. Builds in sequence: history, context, sub-sectors, accountability, and results. Cross listed with PUBPOL 552. Complete Course Access Request<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/r/19VbQXEE1P__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k1V18n18Z6huD_sFeVesIXDGUc4vc_tnimJDuR3V0d9K2UPGw8dta--yb5Ke4-NWHR9oZF36lrQamihfd42gZwf0ICSvpBmT$> for add code.

PUBPOL 499B Special Topics: Intergroup Relations and Public Policy (5) with Crystal Hall
Explores how social psychological research on intergroup relations is pertinent to various aspects of public policy. Includes historical and current perspectives. Examines how the literature describes how individuals perceive, judge, and feel about individuals from various social groups. The groups discussed range from minimal groups to classic social groups. Cross listed with PUBPOL 563. Complete Course Access Request<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/r/19VbQXEE1P__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k1V18n18Z6huD_sFeVesIXDGUc4vc_tnimJDuR3V0d9K2UPGw8dta--yb5Ke4-NWHR9oZF36lrQamihfd42gZwf0ICSvpBmT$> for add code.

PUBPOL 499C Special Topics: Crime & Punishment Policy (5) with Karin Martin
Examines how politics, culture, ideology, and empirics generate policy related to crime and punishment. Draws on examples from policing, courts, prison, and community supervision to explore the (often contested) realities of policymaking in the criminal legal domain. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which policy and practice are shaped by values, moral foundations, and structural inequities. Cross listed with PUBPOL 573. Complete Course Access Request<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/r/19VbQXEE1P__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k1V18n18Z6huD_sFeVesIXDGUc4vc_tnimJDuR3V0d9K2UPGw8dta--yb5Ke4-NWHR9oZF36lrQamihfd42gZwf0ICSvpBmT$> for add code.

If you have any questions about our courses, our minor, or our other programs, please let me know. The best way for students to connect is to schedule an advising<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/EvansSchoolPublicPolicyMinor@cloud.washington.edu/bookings/s/RXhRGPBqHEWF3zYdMJVQPw2__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lZTO0_6uKnDfrQPYW_hitPAIFOi44peDELT6n1TpC3OkcFmWk_91masN_sNeYPz5HEx3xuAvIrlW_xQ$> appointment or to email pubpoladv at uw.edu<mailto:pubpoladv at uw.edu> Thanks,

Susan

Susan Inman, MSSW  (she/her)
Learning Manager
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance<https://evans.uw.edu/>
University of Washington
140 Parrington Hall I Box 353055 I Seattle, WA 98195

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