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Planning, Public Policy & Management (PPPM)
119 Hendricks, 541-346-3635
College of Design
Course Data
  PPPM 101   + Dis >2 >AC >US 0.00 cr.
Explorations of how policy change occurs, how people and organizations create social and policy change, and how individuals can make a difference in their communities.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Instructor: Whittier LE-mail
Course Materials
 
  CRN Avail Max Time Day Location Instructor Notes

+ Dis

34299 25 25 1000-1050 f 45 COL Whittier L  
 
Associated Sections

Lecture

34296 150 150 1200-1320 tr 123 GSH Mason D  
Academic Deadlines
Deadline     Last day to:
March 29:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
April 4:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
April 4:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
April 5:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
April 5:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
April 6:   Add this course
April 6:   Last day to change to or from audit
April 12:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
April 12:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
April 19:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
April 19:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
April 26:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
April 26:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
May 17:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
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Expanded Course Description
Over the last several years, protest movements in the United States have reached a fever pitch, with Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ and Climate Change organizers leading the way. However, advocacy organizations have been active in the American landscape since the country’s founding. In fact, public policy has often changed through the action of citizen groups, nonprofit organizations, youth advocates and political leaders. The guiding questions of this class are: How does policy change occur? How do people and organizations create changes to public policy? How can individuals “make a difference” in their communities? This face-to-face class will include both written assignments, and an immersive simulation of one specific issue. In the simulation, students will learn about how to define and identify a social issue or problem, identify potential policy solutions, and develop recommendations for advocacy tactics. This course is an elective course, which can satisfy the General Social Science and/or Difference, Inequality and Agency requirements at the University of Oregon. It brings together our understandings of the role of the public and nonprofit sectors in advocating for public policy and social change.
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