MPA3440

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Section information text: This course addresses current or timely topics (in Public Administration or Nonprofits) that are in a pilot phase or are known to be one time offerings. Special Topics can vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. SPRING 2022--THE ART OF PUBLIC POLICY This course will address the development of public policy through the lens of public art. Students will analyze federal, state, and local decision-making and gauge the effectiveness of public regulations while researching best practices, case studies, and social determinants of art legislation. This specialized course will review policies developed over decades as a result of political, social, and economic influences. Learning outcomes from this course:--Ability to discuss issues and cases related to policy making at the local, regional, and national level effecting the arts--Proven competency in articulating the issues in public art including scale, function, audience and public participation--Articulate the concepts of art and ownership, art and its relationship to the community, art and the public space, and art as an agent of change--Examine the historical impact and social tensions around funding for public art and their impact on public policy--Ability to develop an arts policy proposal addressing political, social, and economic determinants. SPRING 2022- MULTIFACETED COMMUNICATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR This course is centered on analyzing the multifaceted communication methodologies and techniques in the public sector to advance public policies, regulations, legislation and campaign strategies. With a focus on strategic messaging through stakeholders, special interest groups, and media professionals in our technologically driven society. In addition, this course will review the manner for ethically and socially responsible communication, messaging and brand positioning, and best practices through media trends, information dissemination, advancing technologies and targeted outcomes SUMMER 2021--ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY The nature and structure of this course, is of the cross-curricular type. The role of Public policy in the economic decision process is very crucial and plays a vital role in determining the nature public finances in an economy. Rethinking the approach around consensus building have changed since the crisis of 2008 and the current global pandemic (COVID-19), hence the importance of an in-depth Policy analysis approach from a broader perspective. This course offers a theoretically informed study of the Policy-making process across a selection of key issue areas and a detailed knowledge of how institutions interact. The course will cover a summary of the actors and institutions governing the Policy-making process, analyses of macroeconomics variables, the evolving role of monetary policy, understanding macroeconomic data, business cycles, aggregate demand, money and inflation. Policies towards economic stabilization after downturns will also be discussed extensively. Dynamic policy areas within the EU, the United States and other selected emerging economics are also discussed. Discussions will include, current policy debates within the sphere of monetary economics and public policy regarding the current global pandemic (COVID-19). With a mixture of theory and practice, the course will seek to build analytical tools and knowledge necessary for high quality Policy analysis. As we come to experience negative spillover effects from crisis, are not limited to country boarders, hence a discussion on the unconventional types of monetary policies deployed after the 2008 financial crisis. The role of leading Central Banks (the ECB, BOE and the FED) and other selected monetary authorities from emerging economies will be studied alongside aspects of Regulation and Regulatory Institutions.