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501: The Politics of Public Policy (open to MPA students only)
Thomas Romer, Robert Hutchings, Grigore Pop-Eleches, Carmela Lutmar

Syllabus
This course analyzes the political forces that influence the policy making process, with an emphasis on the political implications of policy decisions. Examples are drawn from international and U.S. cases. Special attention is given to writing skills as they apply to the roles of advisers and decision makers in public sector organizations.

503: The Management of Organizations
Barbara Blumenthal

Syllabus
Diagnose organizational issues and design interventions to improve performance, using case studies of public and nonprofit organizations. Analysis of characteristics of high performing organizations and differences between sectors. Explore techniques and skills for problem solving, team building, developing consensus, and leading change, so that students' ideas and initiatives are more likely to succeed. Students reflect on their prior experiences in organizations as a means to further personal development.

507b: Quantitative Analysis: Basic
Graham Lord

Syllabus
Study of basic data analysis techniques, stressing application to public policy. Includes measurement, descriptive statistics, data collection, probability, exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression, correlation, and graphical procedures. Some training offered in the use of computers. No previous training in statistics is required. Assumes a fluency in high school algebra and familiarity with basic calculus concepts.

507c: Quantitative Analysis: Advanced
Mark Watson

Syllabus
Study of basic data analysis techniques, stressing application to public policy. Includes measurement, descriptive statistics, data collection, probability, exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression, correlation, and graphical procedures. Some training offered in the use of computers. No previous training in statistics is required. Assumes a fluency in calculus.

509: Generalized Linear Statistical Models (Also ECO509)
German Rodriguez

Syllabus
Focuses primarily on the analysis of survey data using generalized linear statistical models. The course starts with a review of linear models for continuous responses and then proceeds to consider logistic regression models for binary data, log-linear models for count data-including rates and contingency tables and hazard models for duration data. Attention is paid to the logical and mathematical foundations of the techniques, but the main emphasis is on the applications, including computer usage. Assumes prior exposure to statistics at the level 507c or higher and familiarity with matrix algebra and calculus. Prerequisite: 507c.

511b: Microeconomic Analysis: Basic
Cecilia Rouse

Syllabus
Courses 511 and 512 provide systematic exposition of principles and techniques of economic theory that are most useful in analyzing economic aspects of public affairs. The courses are divided into separate sections according to a student's previous experience with economics and the student's level of mathematical sophistication. The basic level assumes a fluency in high-school algebra and a basic knowledge of calculus concepts, while the advanced level assumes a fluency in calculus and some previous exposure to economics.

511c: Microeconomic Analysis: Advanced
Robert Willig

Syllabus
Courses 511 and 512 provide systematic exposition of principles and techniques of economic theory that are most useful in analyzing economic aspects of public affairs. The courses are divided into separate sections according to a student's previous experience with economics and the student's level of mathematical sophistication. The basic level assumes a fluency in high-school algebra and a basic knowledge of calculus concepts, while the advanced level assumes a fluency in calculus and some previous exposure to economics.

511d: Microeconomic Analysis: Accelerated
Staff

Syllabus
Courses 511 and 512 provide systematic exposition of principles and techniques of economic theory that are most useful in analyzing economic aspects of public affairs. The courses are divided into separate sections according to a student's previous experience with economics and the student's level of mathematical sophistication. The basic level assumes a fluency in high-school algebra and a basic knowledge of calculus concepts, while the advanced level assumes a fluency in calculus and some previous exposure to economics. Section "d" moves through the materials at an accelerated rate.

515b: Program and Policy Evaluation (Enrollment Limit: 20 students)
Deborah Peikes, Anu Rangarajan, Christopher Trenholm

Syllabus
This course introduces students to evaluation. It explores ways: to develop and implement research-based program improvement strategies and program accountability systems; to judge the effects of policies and programs; and to assess the benefits and costs of policy or program changes. Students study a wide range of evaluation tools; read and discuss both domestic and international evaluation examples and apply this knowledge by designing several different types of evaluations on programs of their choosing. Prerequisite: 507b/c or instructor's permission

519a/519b: Negotiation, Persuasion and Social Influence: Theory and Practice (Also PSY528)
Meenakshi Chakraverti and Frank Vargas

Syllabus
This course examines the principles of negotiation in organizational settings and provides firsthand experience in simulated negotiations. Theoretical and empirical research on the variables that affect success in negotiations are discussed. The students engage in a series of bargaining exercises between individuals and teams. The results of these exercises are analyzed in detail by the class.

521: Domestic Politics
Douglas Arnold

Syllabus
An introduction to the political analysis of policymaking in the American setting. Includes theoretical and empirical analyses of political institutions, including executives, legislatures, and bureaucracies. Also examines the political environment in which these institutions operate, with special attention to the role of public opinion, interest groups, and elections.

525: Microeconomic Analysis of Government Activity
Eytan Sheshinski

Syllabus
Analyzes government involvement in "market failures"; externalities (corrective tolls for congestion, environmental damage); "natural" monopolies (infrastructure- telecommunication, electricity-regulation and pricing); efficiency and equity aspects of excise and income taxes; and alternative social security structures and reform proposals in the U.S. and other countries. Prerequisite: 511c.

527b: Political Analysis for Public Affairs
C. Cameron

Syllabus
Top level managers in the public and non-profit sectors operate in highly political environments in which they must anticipate the responses of legislators, regulators, political activists, voters, and the media. This course provides conceptual frameworks for analyzing political threats and opportunities, managing political crises, and formulating effective organizational strategies in highly political environments.

527c: Domestic Policy Analysis: Urban Economic Development
Anthony Shorris

Syllabus
Examines theory, tools, and strategies of urban economic development. Reviews the moral, economic, and political rationales for governmental development efforts, then uses readings and cases to examine tools commonly used in urban development including targeted infrastructure creation, zoning and land use, sub-national tax policy, educational initiatives, and public-private partnerships. Reviews strategic approaches to urban development including sectoral efforts, such as those focused on manufacturing and intellectual capital creation and competitive efforts such as marketing and tourism.

527d: Domestic Policy Analysis: Political Leadership for Social Change
Mickey Edwards

Syllabus
Social change is not always the result of an enlightened "official" national leadership, nor the result of historical evolution, nor a "great man" or "great woman" on whom change rests. It is the premise of this course that progress is the result of human action, often without official sanction and in opposition to prevailing authority. We will study how people change the world they live in, explore effective and ineffective campaigns for change, and attempt to determine how successful movements become successful, how strategies are developed, messages framed, coalitions built, and decision-making structures created. Taught by a former member of Congress and long-time social activist.

532: Political Campaigning
Markus Prior

Syllabus
This class examines strategy and effects of modern election campaigns. The main goal is to introduce students to scholarly analyses of how campaigns are conducted and what their effects are on people's political reasoning and their vote choices. As part of the class, students will apply existing theories of campaigning and public opinion to the ongoing 2006 campaigns.

533: Planning Theory and Process (Also ARC535)
Shlomo Angel

Syllabus
The course is designed as a lecture/seminar. Themes include: Why Plan?—Historical Rationales for Modern Urban Planning; The Charm of Urban Utopias and the Dangers Inherent in Grand Visions; Plans, Planning, and Planning Theory; Comprehensive Planning—Small Acts and the Command of the Big Picture; The Stakeholder Perspective—Responsive Planning in the Age of Pluralism; The Stubborn Persistence of the Unplanned; City Beautiful—Shared Public Aesthetic or Culture Hegemony?; Conservation, Rehabilitation or Redevelopment—Reclaiming the Inner City; Zoning and Other Limits on Private Property Regimes; Economic Development and the City; Urban Sprawl; and the New Urbanism.

537: Social Organization of Cities (Also SOC537)
Douglas Massey

Syllabus
This course reviews the historical emergence and social evolution of cities and urban life and presents current theories regarding the ecological and social structure of urban areas, and how urban social organization affects the behavior and well-being of human beings who live and work in cities. (Fulfills URP requirement.)

541: International Politics
John Ikenberry

Syllabus
This course introduces competing theories of international relations and evaluates their explanation of foreign policy decisions and general patterns in international relations over the last century. Broadly covering security policy and international political economy, topics include the causes of war, the role of international organizations to promote cooperation, and the interaction between domestic actors and governments in negotiations on trade and the environment.

555a: Topics in IR: Jerusalem: The Contested City: Exploring Options for a Settlement (Enrollment closed)
Amb. Daniel Kurtzer

Syllabus
The most contentious issue dividing Arabs and Israelis, and Muslims, Christians and Jews, is the status of and sovereignty over Jerusalem. Numerous proposals have been put forward for dealing with the most salient contentious issues: preserving religious rights and free access to holy places; security, police and administration of justice; governance and administration; economic activity. Following a visit to Jerusalem in early September for briefings by politicians, academics, religious figures and public personalities, students will examine the proposals for resolving the Jerusalem issue, critique them and make a set of recommendations. Students will work in small teams and present their findings to policymakers at the end of the term.

Daniel C. Kurtzer recently retired from the U.S. Foreign Service with the rank of Career-Minister. From 2001-2005 he served as the United States Ambassador to Israel and from 1997-2001 as the United States Ambassador to Egypt.

555b: Topics in International Relations: International Justice
Gary Bass

Syllabus
Examines the politics and ethics of prosecuting war crimes. The course asks if international law can help to moderate or prevent war, why states sometimes pursue the prosecution of war criminals, and how law shapes and is shaped by international politics. Cases include Nuremberg and the aftermaths of World War I, the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the recent wars in ex-Yugoslavia and Iraq, and Al-Qaeda's terrorism.

555c: Topics in IR: Institutional Rhetoric & Reality: Human Rights & World Politics
Emilie Hafner-Burton

Syllabus
The violation of human rights is insidious; while strategies for protection are many, people in every region of the world are repressed. This seminar is designed to prepare students to analyze the causes and consequences of repression and various forms of interventions to promote peace and justice. It applies insights from political science, international law, sociology, and economics to the study of conflicts among peoples competing for power, resources, and autonomy in various political and geographical contexts. Particular attention will be focused on developing the tools necessary to evaluate the design, implementation, and effectiveness of common human rights strategies, including international laws and institutions, multinational business activities, foreign aid and investment, and social movement advocacy.

555d: The Iraq War
Michael O'Hanlon

Syllabus
This seminar will address America's role in the Iraq War, with a focus on future policy options. It will consider the history of Iraq and its place in American foreign policy before the George W. Bush presidency, as well as broader questions of weapons nonproliferation and the global war on terror. It will deal in turn with Iraq's history, the decision to invade and ensuing overthrow of the Baathist regime, and the occupation/stabilization phase since Saddam Hussein was deposed.

561: The Comparative Political Economy of Development (Also POL523)
Atul Kohli

Syllabus
Analysis of political change and the operation of political institutions in the development process, with emphasis on the interaction of political and economic factors. Various definitions and theories of political development are examined and tested against different economic, ethnic, geographic, and social contexts.

571a: Topics in Devt: Making Schools Effective in Developing Countries
Marlaine Lockheed

Syllabus
This course is designed to help students understand what lessons for improving schools in developing countries can be gleaned from the empirical literature. First, it will review the evidence regarding the quality of education in developing countries. Second, it will consider various models of school effectiveness, and will examine the evidence related to the impact of various school inputs, including teacher quality and school management, on student learning. Finally, it will examine the evidence linking control of schools, including parent and community participation, with better student learning outcomes.

571b: Topics in Development: Development Policy in Africa
Jennifer Widner

Syllabus
An introduction to development policy challenges in Africa. Opens with a brief review of intellectual and practical debates about development policy in the Independence era. Addresses reasons for success or failure of structural adjustment policies, the challenges of institutional reform, and the relationship between accountability and democratization. Finally, examines policy issues, such as cumulative wisdom about war-peace transitions, health policy and the response to HIV/AIDS, and the role of new regional organizations. Assumes some background in the study of Africa. Supplementary readings available for social science Ph.D. students.

585b: Topics in STEP: Living in a Greenhouse: Technology and Policy (MAE580)
Robert Socolow

Syllabus
This course will focus primarily on the challenge of modifying the global energy system to reduce projected carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. We will pursue both science/technology and policy in each of five two-week units: 1) The underlying carbon cycle science, and the ways the world has organized to learn more and to communicate results; 2) Energy efficiency, patterns of demand, lifestyles, energy and poverty; 3) Fossil fuels, abundance and depletion, energy security; 4) Carbon capture and storage, policies enabling commercialization, risk assessment; 5) Non-carbon energy in its two forms, nuclear power and renewable energy; subsidies, social preferences. The final two-weeks will be devoted to student reports. Cross-cutting themes include uncertain science, imperfectly discernible costs of future technologies, the limitations of quantification, and the necessity of muddling through.

587: Research Workshop in Population
Staff

Syllabus
Individual research projects involving demographic analysis related to issues in population policy or, occasionally, participation in the research conducted at the Office of Population Research. Prerequisite: Survey of Population Problems (SOC 571/ECO 571).

591a: Workshop: Climate Change, State Initiatives, and Coastal Hazards: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for New Jersey
David Kinsey, Denise Mauzerall

 

Syllabus
In the absence of federal leadership, states, regions and local governments are beginning to develop policies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to adapt to expected impacts of climate change. Threats to coastal regions from climate change are acute and predictable, including damages resulting from increased incidence of severe storms and rising sea level. This workshop will prepare recommendations for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies, as well as on strategies to adapt to expected increases in damages to coastal New Jersey resulting from climate change. The workshop will be explicitly comparative, informing its recommendations with the initiatives of other states, regions, and countries.

591b: Policy Workshop: Building Councils & Legislatures in Fragile States
Joel Barkan

 

Syllabus
There is legitimate concern that executive branches often become dominant in fragile states and promote authoritarian rule. In this context it is critical to develop and maintain a system of checks and balances. Elected representatives need technical support for formulating policy positions, but there are no specialized committee structures to provide expertise or to monitor performance. This workshop will develop metrics for assessing legislative performance, distill some recommendations from a study of variation in performance across local councils within a given country or from variation in legislative performance across similar countries, and consider strategies for building new representative bodies.

591c: Policy Workshop: Managing Elections in Fragile States
Jeff Fischer

 

Syllabus
Elections often become focal points for violence in divided societies. Their competitive nature and their importance heighten passions. They create targets, whether in the form of candidates, crowds, poll workers, or voters lined up at ballot boxes. From a police perspective, they can also give rise to ambiguous behavior and difficult split-second decisions. Security sector involvement can also create the appearance of partisanship or of threat where police help deliver ballot boxes in insecure territory but where police typically are agents of politicians. This workshop will focus on creating guidelines for maintaining order and highlight innovations worth promoting.

591d: Policy Workshop: Education in Emergencies
Gonzalo Retamal

 

Syllabus
This workshop will look at education systems and provision in the context of complex emergencies. We will focus on 1) responding to the humanitarian and psycho-social needs of affected children and youth and 2) contributing to the future economic and human resource development of countries in crisis. We will consider teacher training, incentive structures, institutional capacity building, and curriculum design including elements of psychosocial support and conflict resolution, or non-formal strategies for vulnerable youth groups. The likely client agency will be UNICEF and possibly UNHCR, in a few key countries: Colombia, Kosovo, Liberia and possibly, Haiti.

591e: Policy Workshop: Pension Reform for Transition Economies and Developing Countries
Eytan Sheshinski

Syllabus
Pensions are policy instruments to prevent poverty in the elderly population and to guarantee welfare levels after retirement. This workshop will consider models of pension reform that are appropriate for transition economies and developing countries, such as the Chilean experience with privately managed pension funds. The World Bank offers an alternate model, based on a multi-pillar system that uses a pooling mechanism to alleviate poverty but relies on a savings mechanism to guarantee consumption smoothing over the life cycle. Designing an optimal regime includes considerations about demographics, labor market characteristics, tax structure, and financial markets development, among others.

591f: Policy Workshop: Strengthening National Capacities for Fighting Proliferation
Frank von Hippel, Robert Einhorn

 

Syllabus
This workshop aims to strengthen national capacities to implement UN Security Council resolution 1540, which requires all U.N. member states to put in place effective domestic laws, export controls, physical security measures, and enforcement mechanisms to thwart the proliferation of WMD-related materials and technologies to terrorist groups or other countries. On the basis of readings, discussions with U.S. officials and delegates from foreign missions to the United Nations, and travel to the capitals of key Security Council members, the workshop will develop policy recommendations for making Resolution 1540 a more effective instrument for impeding WMD proliferation.

591g: Policy Workshop: US-China Relations
Aaron Friedberg

 

Syllabus
This workshop will examine the strategic implications of China's recent, rapid economic growth. Among the possible topics for discussion will be: prospects for future growth and political stability; impact of China's need to import oil and other resources on its defense and foreign policies; the evolution of China's high-technology defense and dual-use industries; strategic implications of increased economic interaction between China and other actors, including the EU, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States; and the potential use of commercial and financial leverage for diplomatic purposes.

591h: Policy Workshop: The Provision of Mental Services in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
John Lumpkin, Christina Paxson

Syllabus
This workshop will provide an assessment of the mental health services available to those affected by Hurricane Katrina. We will investigate whether this group has special mental health care needs; whether their mental health care needs are being met; and, if not, what policies or programs would most effectively improve the quality of and access to mental health services. The workshop will examine these issues in New Orleans as well as several other cities with large concentrations of evacuees. It will produce a final report for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on initiatives for improving mental health care among Katrina survivors.

591i: Policy Workshop: Millennium Challenge Corporation
John Gershman

 

Syllabus
This workshop will focus on MCA compacts and the absorptive capacity of country recipients. At present there are no clear measures of a country's absorptive capacity in the selection process (administratively or macroeconomically). This workshop will address the following questions: How can MCC make realistic assessments about how much aid a country can absorb before negotiating a compact? What have other donors done to assess this? Are there capacity building elements that might be included in compacts that would increase absorptive capacity? What niche might that capacity fill after the completion of an MCA compact?

593a: Policy Solutions for Eliminating U.S. Poverty (Session I)
Elizabeth Donahue

Syllabus
This course will examine various policies that have been proposed to decrease poverty in this country: increasing the safety net for those who are unable to work; increasing marriage and decreasing non-marital births; increasing earnings; improving neighborhoods, community centers and education; and offering work supports such as child care and health care. This course is being offered in conjunction with the Future of Children journal. As part of this course, students will actively participate in a two-day writers' conference on October 12-13, 2006.

593b: Policy Analysis: Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights (Session II) (Also POP504b)
James Trussell

Syllabus
Examines selected topics in reproductive health, with primary emphasis on contemporary domestic issues in the United States--such as unintended pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection--but within the context of the international agenda on reproductive rights established in the 1994 Cairo international Conference on Population and development.

593c: Policy Analysis: Public Policy and the Political Economy of Latin America (Session I)
John Londregan

Syllabus
The course will look at issues in political economy that are particularly salient in Latin America: the establishment and preservation of stable democracy, populism, sovereign debt repayment, free trade agreements, income inequality, education, and narcotics trafficking. In each area we will look at what the theoretical literature in economics and politics has to say about the subject, look at some significant cases in Latin America, and discuss policy implications, both from the perspective of policymakers in Latin America, and from the point of view of policymakers in the rest of the world. The subjects will be knit together by the underlying themes of economic development and sustainable democracy.

593d: Policy Analysis: Game Theory and Strategy (Session II)
John Londregan

Syllabus
This course will present some basics about game theory (and perhaps debunk a few myths fostered by the movie "A Beautiful Mind"). While the course will be designed around the structure of game theoretic models, building from the simple ones to the more sophisticated, at each stage the emphasis will be on applications. These include models of oligopoly, bargaining, military conflict, legislative voting, and the design of the rules under which to negotiate, vote, or hold an auction.

593e: Policy Analysis: Surveys and Public Policy (Session I)
Ed Freeland

Syllabus
The aim of the course is to improve students' abilities to understand and critically evaluate public opinion polls and surveys, particularly as they are used to influence public policy. The course begins with an overview of contrasting perspectives on the role of public opinion in politics. From here we look at the evolution of public opinion polling in the U.S. and other countries. The class will visit a major polling operation to get a firsthand look at how they actually work. We also examine procedures used for designing representative samples and conducting surveys by telephone, mail and the Internet. Students will have the option to (1) write a critical evaluation of a survey or set of surveys related to a particular issue, or (2) design and pretest a questionnaire on a topic that is of interest to them.

593f: Policy Analysis: Inequality and American Democracy (Session II)
Larry Bartels

Syllabus
This course will focus on the political causes and consequences of growing economic inequality in the contemporary U.S. We will consider the effects of public policies (for example, macroeconomic policies, taxes and transfers, and minimum wage laws) on changes in the income distribution. We will examine the politics of redistribution, including shifting class cleavages in the American party system and the ideological and partisan bases of public responses to increasing inequality. Finally, we will assess whether and why the preferences and interests of rich and poor Americans are differentially reflected in the policy-making process.

593g: Financing for Development: What to Do? (Session I)
Tony Gambino

Syllabus
This course will address the profound challenges faced by field-based donor representatives coping with insufficient resources. How should scarce resources be allocated? What are the tradeoffs, and how do these play out, given differential pressures from headquarters, from within the country, and elsewhere? How does donor coordination really work? What is the effect of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and process in ensuring more coordination and better development outcomes? Can private sector flows help lessen these problems? Finally, how effective are new approaches, such as the USAID Global Development Alliance and the Millennium Challenge Account, in helping to solve these problems?

Tony Gambino MPA ‘85 was the USAID Mission Director in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001-2004. He now works as an independent consultant.

593h: Measurement under Constraint: Evaluating the Impact of Foreign Aid (Session II)
Jodi Lee Nelson

Syllabus
The international assistance community continues to grapple with how best to demonstrate its impact and effectiveness. With the number of humanitarian crises on the rise, demands for transparency, oversight and accountability are growing. Is it a realistic assumption that development practitioners can provide the evidence of results? From the perspective of an operational NGO, this course will take an in-depth look at the structural context of relief and development aid-- its donors, implementers, decision makers and the way that their interaction prevents a coherent effort to create an evidence base for which methodologies work, which don't and why.

--Jodi Lee Nelson is the Director of Research & Evaluation for the International Rescue Committee.

593i: Policy Analysis: The Federal Budget (Session I)
James Klumpner

Syllabus
This course will cover how the Federal budget process is supposed to work and how it actually does work. Topics will include: (1) institutions, processes, and definitions; (2) history of budget outcomes; (3) the current state of the Federal budget process; (4) the role of uncertainty in budgeting; (4) the role of politics in budgeting; and (5) the budget's short- and long-term fiscal consequences. Students will be required to submit at least one short memo during the course and one research paper at the end of the course.

593j: Policy Analysis: State and Local Finance (Session II)
Richard Keevey

Syllabus
This course examines budgeting and finance at the state and local level of government. Topics include: budget structure and process; decision makers within the political and economic environment; debt, capital planning and bond financing; revenue structures supporting expenditures. Tax policy and associated tradeoffs between tax equity and efficiency and spending and program needs are also examined. Two case studies are utilized--one related to state and local tax policy and one related to budgetary decision-making.

593k: Topics in Domestic Macroeconomic Policy
Jonathan Parker

Syllabus
An extension of 512c, the course covers specific topics such as economic growth, political institutions and policy choices, the welfare state and redistribution, unemployment, regulation and corruption, the behavior of asset markets, the economics of happiness, the state of the US economy. A central aim of the course is to show how modern theoretical and quantitative methods can be useful in analyzing important macroeconomic policy issues. Prerequisite: 512c.

593l: Topics in International Macroeconomics
Paolo Pesenti

Syllabus
Examines issues in open economy macroeconomics and international finance. Topics include current account behavior and capital flows, exchange-rate determination and dynamics, international financial market integration, macroeconomic policy under fixed and floating exchange rates, international policy coordination, and the history of the international monetary system. Special attention is given to the analysis of financial crises. Prerequisite: 512c or instructor's permission.

597: The Political Economy of Health Systems
Uwe Reinhardt

Syllabus
This course explores the professed and unspoken goals nations pursue with their health systems and the alternative economic and administrative structures different nations use to pursue those goals. The emphasis in the course will be on the industrialized world, although some time may be allocated later in the course to approaches used in developing countries, depending on student interest.

599: PhD Seminar: Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity (Session II)
Elizabeth Armstrong, Harold Shapiro

Syllabus
Examines the ethical issues arising in the context of scientific research. Evaluates the role and responsibilities of professional researchers in dealing with plagiarism, fraud, conflict over authorial credit, and ownership of data. In addition, it undertakes a broader inquiry into conceptions of professional integrity, and the responsibilities that scientists have to their research subjects, to their students and apprentices, as well as to society at large.