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Urban Studies
	UST 696 - Individual Research [1-4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 697 - Readings In Urban Problems [1-8 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 698 - Exit Project [1-8 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 699 - Master’s Thesis [1-4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 704 - Leadership, Management, & Organizational Behavior [4 credit(s)] Complex formal organizations are the principal social vehicle for the conduct of public affairs. This course is an introductory graduate seminar that examines the principal conceptual and theoretical bases for understanding the behavior of complex formal organizations, especially large-scale public bureaucracies. This course also examines leadership within the public sector. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 710 - Development Process/Market Analysis [4 credit(s)] Provides an overview of the planning/development process and obstacles encountered in the initiation of urban real estate projects. Provides a methodology for analyzing the commercial, industrial and residential market redevelopment potential for vacant or underutilized urban property. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 715 - Economic Development and Budget Policy [4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 716 - Systems and Processes of Policy Development [4 credit(s)] Study of methods used by policy makers and their staffs in formulating policy instruments; the objectives policy makers seek to accomplish; alternatives for achieving objectives. Areas of emphasis include distributional and spillover effects of policy; the political and organizational problems associated with the acceptance and implementation of policy. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 721 - Local Labor Market Analysis [4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 722 - Economic Development Policy [4 credit(s)] An examination of the international and national competitive positions of industry; state and national industrial policy proposals; various approaches to economic development and industrial policy. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 723 - Urban Development Finance [4 credit(s)] Financing, deal structuring, and analysis of public subsidy for urban real estate projects using discounted cash flow analysis. Also includes preparation of a comprehensive report and the presentation of an urban real estate project. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 726 - Workforce Development [4 credit(s)] Prerequisite. UST 603 or equivalent. Workforce development takes place on both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. The demand side deals with the expressed needs of employers for specific skill types. The supply side is divided into efforts to upgrade the skills of incumbent workers and to inculcate marketable skills to new workers. A practical examination of the state of the art in workforce development strategies, policies, and programs. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 731 - Law and Public Administration [4 credit(s)] Administrative law as the body of rules and prescriptions for public agencies. The evolution and development of American administrative law, its substance, and the role of administrative law in the governing process. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 733 - Budget Policy and Management [4 credit(s)] This course covers public budgeting and financial management in the context of America’s political economy. It explores the issue of what should be the appropriate role of the government in the economy and in society. It reviews American capitalism and democracy, their historical evolution, and the policy and budgetary tools available to political leaders and public administrators. It reviews sources of revenue, patterns of expenditure and the debt structure of American governmental units. It also includes an examination of budgetary processes, formats, and accounting systems. The course should provide a solid financial decision making foundation for non-financial managers and for students seeking careers in professions and organizations requiring knowledge of public finance and budgeting. Cross-listed with UST 633. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 734 - Ethics in the Public Sector [3 credit(s)] Ethics are a critical component of professional public administration. In the Administrative State, administrators participate in governance, manage complex organizations, supervise colleagues and engage citizens. These diverse duties require a set of ethics to guide how the relationships are managed. As administrators are accountable in all these relationships, ethics must guide their behaviors. The course examines the ethics of managing and participating in these relationships while being a professional constitutional administrator. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 741 - Survey Design & Implementation [1 credit(s)] This course will provide a basic understanding of key issues in designing and conducting surveys. Students will be exposed to and learn to use the tools to bring survey research into their own research and professional lives. Surveys can be a useful, even vital, tool for planning and public policy. But getting reasonable answers from a survey is a tricky combination of science and art. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 752 - Environmental Policy and Administration [4 credit(s)] A comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the values, preferences, and economic interests that underlie the formulation of environmental policy. Local, regional, state, national, and global issues are examined and characterized with emphasis on the national and state levels. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 753 - Environmental Planning II [4 credit(s)] Prerequisite: UST 553 or permission of the instructor. An advanced course designed for students with knowledge of ecological processes or relevant environmental fields. The course features regional ecological infrastructure and landscape scale. Typical topics include watershed management, land-use change and ecological impacts, and regional open space and habitat preservation. The course provides an opportunity to apply planning processes and techniques such as suitability analysis, GIS mapping, risk assessment, or environmental impact assessment through a project exercise. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 760 - Neighborhood Planning [4 credit(s)] The process and techniques for the creation and implementation of neighborhood development plans with an emphasis on Cleveland neighborhoods, neighborhood organizations, and neighborhood planning. An introduction to the local government organizations and private institutions that support neighborhood planning and federal, state, and local programs that fund neighborhood planning and development programs. Students participate in field research on a selected neighborhood project. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 762 - Urban Housing Policy [4 credit(s)] Focuses on the evolution of urban housing policy, the policies which shape the existing housing system, and proposals for modifying housing policy and programs. Housing policy developments are related to broad ideological and political changes since the 1960s. Considers major aspects of the current housing situation, including financing, production, affordability, preservation, and discrimination. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 771 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration [4 credit(s)] Examines the writings of major political philosophers and the way in which they have helped shape discourse in public administration. Students become more aware of the character of the presuppositions regarding the nature of a state, which undergird the writings of various public administration scholars. Ideas regarding the composition, authority, and engagements of government and administration, as well as the rights and obligations of citizens, are discussed drawing on original writings from different schools of philosophy, including rationalism, empiricism, positivism, utilitarianism, romanticism, pragmatism, idealism, analytical philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism. Students are encouraged to see how these ideas can be discerned in the public administration literature and how they affect the way in which the character and tasks of contemporary public administration are viewed. Cross-listed with UST 831. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 800 - Urban Theory [4 credit(s)] Introduces students to fundamental theories in the field of urban studies. This seminar course takes a multidisciplinary approach to exploring how the field has and does analyze urban problems. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 802 - Logic of Inquiry [4 credit(s)] Doctoral-level seminar focusing on the paradigmatic (metatheoretical assumptions of Public Administration theorists). The course examines classifications of such assumptions and their implications for the conduct of research and the structure of findings. Different schools of thought in public administration are examined paradigmatically. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 803 - Quantitative Research Methods I [4 credit(s)] Examines statistical models designed to assess a single outcome or criterion variable: bivariate and multiple regression; N-Way and factorial ANOVA; repeated measures ANOVA; and analysis of covariance of the General Linear Model. Examines the analysis and interpretation of a variety of data sets using each of these procedures. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 805 - Qualitative Research Methods In Urban Studies [4 credit(s)] In this survey course, students examine various qualitative research techniques accompanied by examples of their application in papers published in professional journals. Students design and present a project applying one of the qualitative methods studied or proposing a new approach. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 806 - Research Methods In Urban Studies [4 credit(s)] Provides a basic understanding of methods for conducting empirical social science research. Covers the process of social science research, the conduct of the enterprise, obstacles to empirical research, analysis and interpretation of data, and ethical issues in social science research. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 810 - Urban Policy and Development Seminar [4 credit(s)] The empirical and theoretical field of economic development of advanced industrial economies. Review of economic development literature and current practice. Required seminar for major or minor field in Economic Development. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 820 - Seminar in Housing Policy and Programs [4 credit(s)] A review and analysis of federal, state, and local housing policies and programs in the United States since the 1930s. Key policy issues and the economic, political, and social factors which affect policy outcomes. Required seminar for major or minor field in Housing and Neighborhood Development. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 830 - Public Administration Seminar [4 credit(s)] Explores the literature of public administration. How major pieces of literature relate to the period in which they were written and to the intellectual traditions on which the authors built. Economic, political, and social factors affecting major policy issues. Required seminar for major or minor field in Public Administration/Budgeting. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 831 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration [4 credit(s)] Examines the writings of major political philosophers and the way in which they have helped shape discourse in public administration. It seeks to help students become more aware of the character of the presuppositions regarding the nature of a state, which undergird the writings of various public administration scholars. Ideas regarding the composition, authority, and engagements of government and administration, as well as the rights and obligations of citizens, are discussed drawing on original writings from different schools of philosophy, including rationalism, empiricism, positivism, utilitarianism, romanticism, pragmatism, idealism, analytical philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism. Students are encouraged to see how these ideas can be discerned in the public administration literature and how they affect the way in which the character and tasks of contemporary public administration are viewed. Cross-listed with UST 771. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 835 - Organization Theory for Public Administration [4 credit(s)] An intensive review of major milestones in the organizational literature that have influenced public administration theory and practice. Theoretical perspectives include classic-bureaucratic, scientific management, human relations, sociotechnical, leadership, constructionist, and post-modern. Emphasis on developing a critical perspective and understanding the impact and implications of organizational theory for public administration. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 893 - Independent Study [1-6 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 895 - Doctoral Research [1-12 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 896 - Dissertation Prospectus [4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 897 - Readings in Urban Studies [1-4 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 898 - Doctoral Teaching Independent Study [1 credit(s)] Prerequisite: Defended and approved dissertation prospectus and permission of program director. The purpose of this course is to provide doctoral students with knowledge and application of best practices for teaching methods to prepare them for careers as university professors. Students will work with a full time faculty member as a mentor, attend workshops at the CSU Center for Faculty Excellence, prepare course materials, and participate in lectures for a course for which the faculty member is the instructor of record. Students will register for the course as an independent study with the faculty mentor. See independent study syllabus and rubric for details (available from the Levin Graduate Advisor). Grading will be on an S/U basis. Click here for the schedule of courses
	UST 899 - Dissertation [1-12 credit(s)] Click here for the schedule of courses
World Languages
	WLC 500 - Practicum in Language [1-4 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and departmental approval. Specially arranged projects or supervised experiences using non-native languages, conducted in the University and the community. Project arranged between individual instructors and students; title of the project appears on the student’s transcript. Click here for the schedule of courses
	WLC 502 - Intercultural Competence [2 credit(s)] As the catalog description of the M.A. Program in Global Interactions makes clear, “Employers have consistently pointed to the need for master’s program graduates to gain an enhanced capacity to interact with and live in foreign societies and cultures.” This two-credit course in Intercultural Competence is designed with this goal in mind. In this class, students will explore their own cultural identity and develop an awareness of how their identity and cultural values impact their ability to interact with other cultural groups. The course design follows a workshop format that integrates intercultural training techniques to engage students in reflective activities that focus on the skills, knowledge and attitudes from which intercultural competence emerges. Click here for the schedule of courses
	WLC 540 - Field Experience Abroad [1-6 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and departmental approval. Specially arranged field experience abroad providing intensive exposure to students’ target countries and languages. See semester Course Schedule and contact the department for further information. Click here for the schedule of courses
	WLC 592 - Special Topics: Study Abroad [1-6 credit(s)] Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. Study of a particular topic in a foreign language, literature, or civilization as part of the University’s Study Abroad Program. May be repeated with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses

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Course Descriptions

UST 696 - Individual Research

UST 697 - Readings In Urban Problems

UST 698 - Exit Project

UST 699 - Master’s Thesis

UST 704 - Leadership, Management, & Organizational Behavior

UST 710 - Development Process/Market Analysis

UST 715 - Economic Development and Budget Policy

UST 716 - Systems and Processes of Policy Development

UST 721 - Local Labor Market Analysis

UST 722 - Economic Development Policy

UST 723 - Urban Development Finance

UST 726 - Workforce Development

UST 731 - Law and Public Administration

UST 733 - Budget Policy and Management

UST 734 - Ethics in the Public Sector

UST 741 - Survey Design & Implementation

UST 752 - Environmental Policy and Administration

UST 753 - Environmental Planning II

UST 760 - Neighborhood Planning

UST 762 - Urban Housing Policy

UST 771 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration

UST 800 - Urban Theory

UST 802 - Logic of Inquiry

UST 803 - Quantitative Research Methods I

UST 805 - Qualitative Research Methods In Urban Studies

UST 806 - Research Methods In Urban Studies

UST 810 - Urban Policy and Development Seminar

UST 820 - Seminar in Housing Policy and Programs

UST 830 - Public Administration Seminar

UST 831 - Political Philosophy and Public Administration

UST 835 - Organization Theory for Public Administration

UST 893 - Independent Study

UST 895 - Doctoral Research

UST 896 - Dissertation Prospectus

UST 897 - Readings in Urban Studies

UST 898 - Doctoral Teaching Independent Study

UST 899 - Dissertation

WLC 500 - Practicum in Language

WLC 502 - Intercultural Competence

WLC 540 - Field Experience Abroad

WLC 592 - Special Topics: Study Abroad