The following undergraduate Public Policy (PP) courses still have seats available this fall. All will count toward the Public Policy minor and are a great way for you to see if you are interested in joining our Fast-Track to MPA and MPP program.
PP 3098-H03 Public Policy Issues: Fund Development and Nonprofit Sustainability (online)
Description: This course will provide the student with the important skills to address the key questions and practical applications of developing funding to support the financial requirements for nonprofits to meet their mission. Key to this learning objective will be the development of the skills needed to create a fund development plan that uses diverse funding strategies to meet nonprofits’ long-term financial sustainability requirements. We will examine essential aspects of key philanthropic funding methods: general fundraising, annual fund, major gift, capital, planned giving campaigns, and the demographic dynamics of giving. The course will also investigate the growing usage of new revenue development methods; such on-line giving, earned-income enterprise, social impact bonds, and other developing methods of funding for organizational sustainability.
PP 3098-H02 Public Policy Issues: Public Policy, Diversity, and Inclusion (Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00pm, Hartford campus)
Description: This course is a management course that will focus on racial disparities, how to measure them, and how to address them. These examples will be extended to gender, and other domains with a history of exclusion, to obtain the broadest possible sense of diversity and inclusion. Laws and policies will be discussed as to how they changed over time and how they evolved from equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, to diversity and inclusion. Issues of measurement will be considered along with policies that organizations have devised to achieve diversity, and policies to maintain diversity and achieve inclusion. By the end of the course each student will develop a diversity and inclusion plan for an organization of their choice.
PP 4034 Social Policy (Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00pm, Hartford campus)
Description: This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to social policy. Students will examine the power structures that promote or deny policy, various theories put forth to understand how social policy decisions are made, and the underlying theories, logics, and social contexts that guide particular social policies.
For questions, contact:
Catherine Guarino
Administrative Program Director
University of Connecticut
Department of Public Policy
10 Prospect St. Hartford, CT 06103
Google voice: 860-351-3373
dpp.uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Catherine Guarino at 860-351-3373