MSPPM Course Information

The School of Public Policy and Management at Heinz College offers elective courses taught by faculty and industry practitioners that are leaders in their field. Below is just a sample of electives. You can also choose courses in the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

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Course Number	Title	Faculty
90-744	Accounting and Control in Not for Profit Organizations	Kathleen A. Smith
94-801	Acting for Management	Melissa Martin
94-819	Advanced Negotiation in Complex Environments	Jared Simmer
91-845	Advanced Power and Influence	David M. Krackhardt
94-704	Advanced Strategic Writing (Writing for Entrepreneurs)	Edward H. Barr
94-703	Advanced Strategic Writing (Writing for Policy)	Edward H. Barr Stacy Rosenberg
90-792	Applied Demography	Shelby Stewman
90-770	Applied Econometrics I	Seth Richards-Shubik
90-771	Applied Econometrics II	Seth Richards-Shubik
90-710	Applied Economic Analysis	Lowell J. Taylor Mark Wessel
90-737	Budgeting And Management Control Systems	Kathleen A. Smith
90-765	Cities, Technology, and the Environment	Joel Tarr
94-803	Consulting Communications	Chris Labash
90-747	Cost-Benefit Analysis	Karen B. Clay Tiong Kiong Lim
90-885	Counterinsurgency History and Theory	Terrence Kelly
94-824	Creating Results-Oriented Programs	Matt Hannigan
90-864	Cross-Cultural Management
94-833	Decision Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision Making	Jonathan P. Caulkins
90-886	Decision Making in Counterinsurgencies	Terrence Kelly
94-831	Design & Policy for Humanitarian Impact	Tim Zak
90-801	Desktop Publishing	Gary Franko
90-781	Digital Transformation	Karyn E. Moore
90-807	Diplomacy and Statecraft	Jendayi E. Frazer
90-825	E&TIM Seminar: Innovation Management in Practice
90-738	Economics II	Tiong Kiong Lim
90-827	Economics of Development	Mark Wessel
90-828	Economics of Global Warming	Lee Branstetter
90-881	Education Policy
90-826	Education Policy Analysis
90-711	Empirical Methods For Public Policy And Management	Daniel Nagin Mark Wessel
90-768	Energy and the Environment	Karen B. Clay
90-754	Engineering Public Policy Change	Richard A. Stafford
90-803	Environmental Economics	Karen B. Clay
90-798	Environmental Policy And Planning	Matthew Mehalik
91-828	Ethical Issues In Management	Peter Madsen
90-758	Ethics and Public Policy	Riaz Esmailzadeh Peter Madsen
94-814	Evidence-Based Management	Denise M. Rousseau
90-724	Financial Analysis	Tiong Kiong Lim Kathleen A. Smith
91-857	Financial Modeling and Analysis	Lynne Pastor
90-811	Foundations of Social Innovation and Enterprise	Tim Zak
90-727	Globalization	Silvia Borzutzky
90-777	Globalization and International Trade	Mark Wessel
90-721	Health Care Management	Laura W. Synnott
94-705	Health Economics	Martin S. Gaynor
90-861	Health Policy	David J. Dausey
90-863	Health Policy II	Seth Richards-Shubik
90-797	Human Resources Management
91-822	Human Resources Management
90-796	Human Resources Policy and Modeling	Shelby Stewman
90-763	Human Rights Policy	Silvia Borzutzky
90-804	Industrial Organization
90-802	Information Security: Comparison of US and European Policies	Albrecht Funk
90-821	Innovation for Energy and the Environment	Wilpen L. Gorr
90-709	Intermediate Economic Analysis	Martin S. Gaynor
90-786	Intermediate Empirical Methods	Ellerie Weber
90-755	Intermediate Management Science I	Robert C. Hampshire Haijing Hao
90-775	Intermediate Management Science II: Decision and Risk Modeling	Robert C. Hampshire
94-702	Intermediate Writing Skills	Edward H. Barr Stacy Rosenberg
90-713	International Politics and Policies	Silvia Borzutzky
90-856	International Project Development and Management - An NGO
90-813	Introduction to Corporate Governance	Urmi Ashar
90-728	Introduction to Database Management	Wilpen L. Gorr John Huber Karyn E. Moore
94-802	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	Wilpen L. Gorr Kristen S. Kurland
94-810	Introduction to Supply Chain Management and Systems	Tim Zak
90-741	Irregular Warfare in the 21st Century	Terrence Kelly
90-764	Just War in the 21st Century	Terrence Kelly
90-866	Large Scale Data Analysis for Public Policy	Daniel B. Neill
90-791	Law and Economics	Karen B. Clay
91-810	Leadership: Innovation And Organizational Change
91-824	Legal Issues In Human Resources Management	Toni Pellegrini
90-840	Legislative Policy Making	Jonathan W. Delano
90-762	Macroeconomics	Robert P. Strauss
90-862	Making Public Policy in the Real World
94-808	Management Consulting	Chris W. Brussalis
90-731	Management Methods	Gordon Lewis
90-722	Management Science I: Optimization and Multicriteria Methods	Haijing Hao Stephen F. Roehrig Jonathan P. Caulkins
90-760	Management Science II: Decision and Risk Modeling	Jonathan P. Caulkins Haijing Hao
91-851	Managerial And Cost Accounting
90-879	Managerial and Engineering Economics
91-844	Managing Quality Improvement	Joseph J. Balestreire
94-829	Market Research
90-778	Media And Public Policy	Jonathan W. Delano
90-730	Methods Of Policy Analysis	Terry F. Buss Harold D. Miller
90-858	Microfinance and Development
90-816	Migration Policy	Brian K. Kovak
90-726	Money & Politics	Jonathan W. Delano
90-782	Multi-Media	Gary Franko
94-800	Negotiation	Linda C. Babcock Jared Simmer
91-877	Non-Profit Marketing
90-772	Operations Research	Robert C. Hampshire
91-809	Organizational Change: Transition And Transformation	Denise M. Rousseau
94-700	Organizational Design And Implementation	David M. Krackhardt
91-800	Organizational Management: Theory And Practice	Terry F. Buss David Lassman
91-808	Performance Management	Denise M. Rousseau
90-719	Physical Technical Systems I
90-720	Physical Technical Systems II
90-705	Policy Analysis I	Terry F. Buss
90-714	Policy And Politics In American Political Institutions	Silvia Borzutzky
90-854	Policy Decision Modeling Workshop	Jonathan P. Caulkins
90-860	Policy in a Global Economy	Brian K. Kovak
90-757	Policy Seminar
90-897	Policy Topics IV: International Development Policy	Jendayi E. Frazer
94-818	Policy Topics: Information Security Policy	Earl N. Crane Michael J. Smith
90-810	Population and Policy	Shelby Stewman
91-843	Power And Influence	David M. Krackhardt
91-863	Process Analysis and Improvement
90-823	Program Evaluation
91-823	Program Evaluation
94-813	Project Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Laura W. Synnott
90-774	Public Expenditure Analysis	Robert P. Strauss
90-736	Public Finance	Robert P. Strauss
90-844	Public Leadership	Robert B. Webb
90-812	Public Management
90-842	Public Policy Implementation	Jonathan W. Delano
48-725	Real Estate Design and Development
90-748	Real Estate Development
90-817	Regional Finance and Education Policy	Robert P. Strauss
90-865	Regional Security in the Horn of Africa
90-742	Seminar in Criminal Justice	Alfred Blumstein
94-805	Service Management	Robert C. Hampshire
90-845	Social Enterprise Incubator
90-814	Special Topics Technology Innovation Policy
91-858	Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Management Decision Making	Lynne Pastor
90-790	State And Local Finance	Robert P. Strauss
91-815	State and Local Government Law
91-854	Strategic Cost Analysis	Lynne Pastor
91-820	Strategic Planning	Terry F. Buss
91-718	Strategic Presentation Skills	Pamela Payne Lewis
90-718	Strategic Presentation Skills	Kim J. Hyatt Pamela Payne Lewis
94-701	Strategic Writing Skills	Edward H. Barr
94-811	Strategy Development	Tim Zak
90-794	Survey Sampling Methods
90-789	Sustainable Community Development	Matthew Mehalik
90-739	Systems Synthesis I
90-740	Systems Synthesis II
90-756	Technology and Economic Growth	Serguey Braguinsky
90-795	Technology and Policy for Disaster and Humanitarian Response
90-855	Technology for Developing Communities
94-812	Technology for International Development	Joseph Mertz
90-776	The Global Financial System: Growth, Crisis & Opportunity	Mark Wessel
90-752	The Rise of the Asian Economies	Lee Branstetter
90-880	The Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation
94-804	Transformational Leadership for Global Enterprises
90-808	U.S. Energy Policy	Jeffrey Kupfer
90-743	Urban And Regional Economic Development	Donald F Smith
90-733	Urban Development	George R. Whitmer
90-767	Welfare Policy Analysis	Gordon Lewis
90-703	Women and Public Policy	Silvia Borzutzky

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