AGSC - Agr. Science
ANSC - Animal Science
AREC - Agr./Rsrc. Econ.
BCHM - Biochemistry
BIOL - Biology
BIOM - Biometrics
BMGT - Business Mgmt.
BSCI - Biological Sciences
CHEM - Chemistry
CMSC - Computer Science
ENBE - Biol. Res. Engr.
ENCE - Civil Engr.
ENME - Mechanical Engr.
ENTM - Entemology
GEOG - Geography
GEOL - Geology
MATH - Mathematics
MEES - Mar.-Est.-Envir. Sci.
METO - Meteorology
MICB - Microbiology
MPHY - Physiology
NRMT - Nat. Rsrc. Mgmt
NRSC - Nat. Rsrc. Sci.
PATH - Pathology
PHYS - Physics
PUAF - Public Affairs
STAT - Statistics


MEES Course Listing : Public Affairs

PUAF 610 Quantitative Methods in Policy Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisites: For PUAF majors only, or permission of department.
Course Description: An introduction to the use of statistical and mathematical analysis of public policy problems utilizing skills in statistics, probability theory, computer programming, and regression analysis. Recognition of inaccurate analyses and the use of available tools in the construction of models.

PUAF 711 Management Strategies in Public Organizations (3 credits)
Prerequisites: For PUAF majors only, or permission of department.
Course Description: The day to day problems faced by public sector managers, including setting out an organization's goals, obtaining and protecting a mandate for a new program, designing a service delivery system, implementing a new program, supervising subordinates, and marketing a new program to the public.

PUAF 740 Public Policy & the Environment (3 credits)
Prerequisites: For PUAF majors only, or permission of department.
Course Description: Surveys of major federal environmental legislation; the development and implementation of laws, and alternative ways of thinking about the relationship between humans and the environment.

PUAF 742 Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
Prerequisites: For PUAF majors only, or permission of department.
Course Description: Analyzes issues such as the relation between human beings and nature from the perspectives of the science, history, philosophy, and religion. Considers the bases for policies such as environmental regulation, public lands, and international conventions with respect to the environment.

PUAF 743 Ecological Economics (3 credits)
Prerequisites: For PUAF majors only, or permission of department.
Course Description: Course is based upon the text Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, and Ethics.