Social Sciences Subcommittee
REPORT
December 2007
I.  MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	
Management and Organization
Revise Course	Eff. 	Spring 2009
MOR-555	Designing High Performance Organizations (3)

New: Theory and practice of organization design. How to maximize organization performance by aligning structure, rewards, staffing, processes, and culture with strategy and environment.  Open only to graduate business majors.

Current: Latest organization design knowledge, including Internet-enabled firms, alliances, joint ventures and team-based organizations, provided through cases and research from USC's Center for Effective Organizations. Speakers and project.
>	Approved
The chair noted  the following statement in the syllabus:  " Papers unclaimed by a student will be discarded after four weeks and hence will not be available should a grade appeal be pursued by a student following receipt of his/her course grade."  This practice does not follow AACRAO guidelines on retention of course materials that affect the grade, which states that they should be retained for a year.
II.  ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION	
New Course	Eff. 	Fall 2008
EDUC-710	Assessment, Organizational Learning and Performance	(3)

The role of assessment in higher education. An analysis of the purpose and value of particular assessment approaches and instruments, in particular those addressing classroom learning and institutional effectiveness.
Current organizational, state, and federal policies impacting urban postsecondary education.
>	Approved

III.  COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	
A.  American Studies and Ethnicity
Two new courses.
1.  AMST-250	The African Diaspora  (4) 		Eff. Fall 2008

History, political-economy and aesthetics of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
>	Approved
Cross-listed as ENGL 250.  Also proposed for diversity and GE credit.

2.  AMST-330 Jazz and the Political Imagination (4)  	Eff. Fall 2008

Explores the changing political meanings of jazz throughout the 20th century, from freedom to a threat to civil order, from racial integration to Black liberation
>	Approved
Also proposed for diversity credit.  Approval received from School of Music.

B.  History
Four new	courses.	
1.  HIST-307  Women in Medieval Europe, c. 1000-1500  (4) 			Eff. Fall 2008

The influences of cultural, social, economic, familial, religious, and political factors on medieval women, as well as consideration of differences among them.
>	Approved
Cross-Listed As SWMS 307

2.  HIST-544  Feminist Theory for Historians (4)                Eff. 	Fall 2008

Readings in contemporary feminist theory, focused especially on theories that address the construction, writing, and general practice of history.  Open only to Graduate students
>	Approved
Cross-Listed As SWMS-544

3.  HIST-546  Comparative History of Women and Gender in the West to 1800 (4)
				 Eff. 	Fall 2008
Topically-focused readings in the comparative history of women and gender in Europe and the Americas before 1800. Open only to Graduate Students
>	Approved
Cross-Listed As SWMS-546

4.  HIST-302  From Sappho to Stonewall: Lesbians in History (4)     Eff. 	Fall 2008

The cultural, social, and personal meanings of same-sex relations between women in Europe and the United States, from archaic Greece to the 1960s.
>	Approved
Cross-Listed As	 SWMS-302

C.  International Relations

1.  New Degree	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
B.A., Middle East Studies (36)

Eight courses, including required HIST 180, plus 7 more courses, 6 of which are upper division from a prepared list; an 8th course which may be from the list or  the fourth semester of a Middle Eastern language (at present, Arabic or Hebrew).
	>	Approved

2.  New Minor	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
Minor in Middle East Studies (20)
HIST 180 plus 4 upper division courses from a prepared list.
	>	Approved
The subcommittee chair will discuss with the relevant departments the existing language-oriented minor in Linguistics, Arabic and Middle East Studies, which has much course overlap with this minor.

3.  New	Course	
IR-539  Seminar in International Politics - Conflict Processes (4)        Eff. 	Fall 2008

Advanced seminar in international conflict, crisis and war.  General perspectives on factors that bring about war and promote peace, with priority given to ethnopolitics.  Open only to graduate students.
>	Approved
D.  Gender Studies
New	Course	
SWMS-215	Gender Conflict in Cultural Contexts  (4)  Eff. 	Fall 2008

Identification and examination of social and cultural conflicts through the lens of gender, and comparison of such conflicts across cultures, regions, and historical periods.
>	Approved
Also approved as GE course.
IV.  SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

All new and revised PPD courses and programs are effective Fall 2008.                                                                                                                                                                                

A.  Revise four courses  (Note:  these course revisions are not related to the extensive changes in core courses and degrees which follow.) 

1.  HMGT-560	Customer-Focused Health Care Organization  (2)

Revised:  Same description and registration restriction.  Change units from 4 to 2 units.

Current:  (4 units)  Strategies for gaining and using customer-derived data in planning, marketing and managing health care organizations. Open to EMHA  students only.  
>	Approved

2.  PPD-510b	Financial Management of Health Services (2)

Revised:  PPD-510ab (4-2). 
 Same description, reduce 510b from 4 to 2 units.

Current PPD 510ab: (4-4)  a: Accounting principles, financial reports, managerial finance, financial planning, capital investments, working capital analysis; elements of budgeting and reimbursement; performance standards; reporting; developing a management system. b: Changing practices, emerging issues, strategies and innovations in financial planning, management, and regulation; federal and state policies and requirements. Prerequisite(s) PPD-510a. Open only to Masters and Doctoral students.
[Note:  Only PPD 510b is being revised, not 510a, but they are listed as 510ab in the catalog.]
>	Approved

3.  PPD-605	Frontline Issues in Health Services Administration and Policy (2, 	max 6)

New: Same description.   Change units to (2, max 6)

Current: (2, max 4) Emphasis on current or emergent issues in the health care industry. Focus on impact of recent health legislation and/or health care system responsiveness. 

> Approved

4.  PPD-608	Leadership Symposium in Health Management and Policy (1, max 3)
Revision:  Same catalog description.  Change units to (1, max 3).

Current.  (1, max 2).  A forum for leading executives and policymakers to address ways they or their organizations improve healthcare financing, delivery and management, in the US and internationally.

> Approved

B.  Revisions to core courses and most degrees in SPPD
Proposal to create a shared core in SPPD for all five traditional master degree programs. The change involves revising PPD 500 to a 2-unit course, dropping the current PPD 501 course, and creating a new PPD501ab (2 units each). PPD 501b will only be required for the MPA and MPP programs.  The changes affect the five traditional degrees, two additional degrees within SPPD, 19 dual degrees, and four certificates.  None of the changes involves a change in total units for the degree.  Changes in dual degrees reflect the changes in the core courses.  All of the dual degrees have been approved by the SSS chair who is not from PPD (and one additional reviewer).  However, several of the dual degrees are not included in this report because the sign-offs or catalog copy from the other school have not been received, or, as in the case of ARCH and GERO, because the other school is in the process of revising their masters’ degrees; these are noted below.
Because these changes affect so many degrees, the report below is simplified by stating at the outset:
--All changes below are APPROVED.
--All changes below are effective FALL 2008.
CHANGES IN CORE COURSES 
ADD TWO NEW COURSES: 
1.  PPD 501a  (2)  Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Microeconomic theory as applied to policy, planning, and development; concepts of efficiency; macroeconomic issues.  (Duplicates credit in former PPD 501)

2.  PPD 501b  (2)  Economics for Policy, Planning and Development
Microeconomic analysis and modeling to incorporate market failure and issues of uncertainty and information failure; organization models; policy instruments; policy and planning applications.  [It goes without saying that the prerequisite is PPD 501a.]  (Duplicates credit in former PPD 501)

REVISE ONE COURSE: 
PPD 500  NEW: Intersectoral Leadership (2)
Roles of public, private, nonprofit, and civil society sectors in policy, planning, and development. Leadership skills in negotiation, conflict resolution, institutional design, problem solving. 

Current: Cross-Sectoral Governance (4)
Analysis of cross-sectoral governance relationships/role of public nonprofit, and for-profit sectors in social problem solving; applications.
TERMINATE ONE COURSE: 
PPD 501  Public Sector Economics (4)
Microeconomic theory applied to issues in public and nonprofit sectors, including organization models, market failures and policy instruments, and macroeconomic issues.
CHANGES IN PREREQUISITES FOR COURSES THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD 501 PREREQUISITE: 
Nine courses had PPD-501 as a prerequisite. The new prerequisites will be as follows:
Prerequisite is 501a: PPD 514, PPD 692
Prerequisite is 501b: PPD 546, PPD 560, PPD 647, PPD 688, PPD 711, PPD 712, PUAD 675.
C.  CHANGES TO MAIN DEGREES, WITH ASSOCIATED DUAL DEGREES: 
Note: These five degrees are the traditional (as opposed to “executive”) Masters degrees offered by PPD. All are affected by the change in the core courses. They are listed in alphabetical order. The dual degrees associated with them that have been approved are listed under each degree.  Those which are still in process are listed parenthetically afterwards.  
REVISE PROGRAMS:
1.  Master of Health Administration (M.H.A)   
Revise PPD 500 to 2units.  Replace PPD 501 (4) with PPD  501a (2).  Remove list of electives, but still requires 8 units.
[Note:  There is a dual degree using the MHA with GERO, but it does not use any of the courses that are being changed (except for PPD 557, which is only a title change).]
2.  Masters of Planning (M.Pl.) and Dual Degrees 
Delete specialization methodology, add concentration requirement.  Add PPD 501a and PPD 533; drop PPD 528.
INCLUDES TWO NEW COURSES: 
1.  PPD 533  Planning History and Urban Form (2)
  History of urban planning with an emphasis on the evolution of how planning shaped the physical environment in response to political, economic, and social issues.

2.  PPD 644  Shaping the Built Environment (4)  
Introduction to the theories and concepts and good city form. Explores the options for designing more livable and sustainable urban communities.

INCLUDES ONE REVISED COURSE: 
PPD 616   New: Participatory Methods in Planning and Policy (4)
Approaches to community participation, introducing students to the theories behind participatory methods as well as to the skills to implement them. 
Current: Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Development and Planning.  (4)  
Theory and methods of conflict analysis, negotiation and mediation involving public regulators and private developers. Psychology of dispute resolution; alternative institutional resources. Case studies and gaming exercises.
INCLUDES ONE TERMINATED COURSE:
PPD 528  The Urban Economy (2)
 Introduction to markets and how they allocate scarce resources, focus on cities and the interaction of land, labor, housing, and transportation.
ASSOCIATED DUAL DEGREES
Dual degrees that are fully approved:
1.  Master of Business Administration/Master of Planning (M.B.A./M.Pl.) 
Delete specialization methodology, add concentration methodology.  Add PPD 501a, PPD 533; drop PPD 528.
2.  Master of Arts, International Relations/Master of Planning (M.A./M.Pl.) 
Add PPD 501a, PPD 533; drop PPD 528.
3.  Master of Planning/Master of Real Estate Development (M.Pl./M.R.E.D.) 
For Planning: Add PPD 501a, PPD 533; drop PPD 532L  
For Real Estate:  Add RED 573; drop RED 500, Red 541,
4.  Master of Planning/Master of Public Administration (M.Pl./M.P.A.) 
5.  Master of Public Art Studies/Master of Planning (M.P.A.S./M.Pl.)
6.  Master of Public Policy/Master of Planning (M.P.P./M.Pl.) 
For Public Policy: add analytic elective; Add PPD 501a, PPD 501b;, PPD 662, PPD 687 drop PPD 555, PPD 542.  
For Planning:  Add PPD 533, PPD 616, PPD 634; drop PPD 631, PPD 632,  PPD 633, PPD 637, PPD 707, PPD 708, RED 509, RED 542.
[Dual degrees that are not fully approved or finalized by the other owning unit—these are expected to be approved on the February report:  Master of Architecture/Master of Planning (M.Arch/M.Pl.); Master of Planning/Master of Arts, Economics (M.Pl./M.A.); Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Planning (M.S./M.Pl.); Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of Planning (M.L.Arch./M.Pl.); Master of Planning/Master of Social Work (M.Pl./M.S.W.) ]

3.  Public Administration (M.P.A.) and Dual Degrees 
Change core courses as noted above.  Students will take PPD 500 and 501ab.  Elective units will increase by 2 units.
ASSOCIATED DUAL DEGREES
Dual degrees that are fully approved:
1.  Master of Arts, International Relations/Master of Public Administration (M.A./M.P.A.) 
2.  Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration (J.D./M.P.A.) 
3.  Master of Public Administration/Master of Arts, Jewish Communal Service (M.P.A./M.A.)
[Dual degrees that are not fully approved or finalized by the other owning unit—these are expected to be approved on the February report:  Master of Science, Gerontology/Master of Public Administration (M.S./M.P.A.); Master of Public Administration/Master of Social Work (M.P.A./M.S.W.);]
4.  Masters of Public Policy (M.P.P.) and Dual Degrees 
Change core courses as described above.  Students will take PPD 500 and 501ab.  In addition, PPD 554 will be revised, PPD 559 will be removed from the core required list and PPD 555 will be added.  The four units freed up will go to an analytic elective.  PPD 656 is added to the management electives course list.

INCLUDES THREE REVISED COURSES: 
1.  PPD 554 
NEW: Introduction to Policy Analysis (2)
Introduction to public policy analysis; issue diagnosis and policy design; analytic reasoning and argumentation; the role of the public policy professional; ethical issues in policy analysis. Open only to: MPP Students/Certificate in Public Policy Students. 

CURRENT: Public Policy Formulation (4)
Nature of public policy; public policy formulation processes; roles of institutions, groups, values; information and rationality in policymaking; models and other aids to policy choice.

2.  PPD 557  
NEW: Modeling and Operations Research.  [Title change only.]
CURRENT: Quantitative Analysis I. (4)
 Management science methods that support decision making in policy, management, and planning settings. Includes linear programming, queuing theory, decision analysis, and forecasting. Prerequisite:  PPD-404 or PPD-525.   Open only to Masters or Doctoral Students

3.  PPD 558 

NEW: Statistical Analysis  [Title change only]

CURRENT: Quantitative Analysis II (4)
Applied multivariate statistics in support of policy, management, and planning problem solving. Includes regression analysis, logit models, and an introduction to time-series models and multi-equation estimation. Prerequisite:  PPD-404 or PPD-525.  Open only to Masters or Doctoral Students.
ASSOCIATED DUAL DEGREE (fully approved)
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Policy (J.D./M.P.P.) 

5.  Real Estate Development (M.R.E.D.) and Dual Degrees 
Replace RED 500 (2) with PPD 500 (2).  Remove RED 541 (2), add PPD 501a (2).  Same units.
ASSOCIATED DUAL DEGREES (fully approved)
1.  Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate Development (J.D./M.R.E.D.) 
2.  Master of Business Administration/Master of Real Estate Development (M.B.A./M.R.E.D.)
Exchange PPD 500 for RED 500 (both 2 units).
D.  ADDITIONAL DEGREES AFFECTED BY CHANGE IN CORE COURSES
1.  Public Policy and Management (M.P.P.M.) 
Replace 501 with 501a and 2 additional elective units.  Reduce core from 20 to 18 units; increase concentration electives from 12 units to 14.

2.  Policy, Planning and Development (Ph.D.) 
Changes made in the 14 units of prerequisites for students without a master’s degree in a relevant area to reflect the changes made in core PPD courses for the master’s degrees.  Students in all four areas of specialization will still need 14 units of prerequisites.

UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CERTIFICATES 
1.  Public Financial Management (52 units; 53 pre-service)
Reduce MPA core to 14 units; increase electives to 10 units.

2.  Public Policy (16 units)
Require 8 units of core courses (PPD 500, 554, 555) and 8 units of electives (PPD 559 is removed from the list of electives).

3.  Public Policy Analysis and Management (52 units; 53 pre-service)
Reduce MPA core to 14 units; increase electives to 10 units.

4.  Training and Human Resources Development (52 units; 53 pre-service)
Reduce MPA core to 14 units; increase electives to 10 units.