Courses Open to Undergraduates
The following courses are open to all undergraduates at NYU. All courses are taught by NYU Wagner faculty, who are recognized experts in their fields and provide students with an opportunity to explore some of the most important public policy issues facing policy-makers and practitioners at the local and national level today.
For further information, please contact wagner.undergraduate@nyu.edu
January 2012
Spring 2012
- UPADM-GP 101, The Politics of Public Policy: City, Nation, Globe
Professor Rogan Kersh
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- UPADM-GP 102, Introduction to Public Service
Professor Paul Light
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- UPADM-GP 103, Introduction to Managing Public Service Organizations
Professor Monte Kurs
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- UPADM-GP 217, Globalizing Social Activism: Sustainable Development in Urban Areas
Professor Carlos Restrepo
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- UPADM-GP 219, Race, Class & Gender in American Cities
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
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- UPADM-GP 221, The Meaning of Leadership
Professor Frances Kunreuther
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- UPADM-GP 229, The Intersection of Politics and Public Service
Professor Douglas Band
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- UPADM-GP 236, Topics in Health: Policy, Politics and Power
Professor John Billings
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- UPADM-GP 243, Brandraising: Nonprofit Communications for Social Change
Professor Sarah Durham
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- UPADM-GP 246, Democratizing Islam: Indonesia to Egypt in the Arab Spring
Professor Margaret Scott
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- UPADM-GP.250, Interfaith, Dialogue, Leadership & Public Service: Traditions of Engagement in the US & Beyond
Professor Judah Joseph Sarna
Professor Khalid Latif
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- UPADM-GP.251, Legal & Philosophical Approaches to Islam
Professor Khalid Latif
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- UPADM-GP.252, Legal & Philosophical Approaches to Judaism
Professor Judah Joseph Sarna
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- UPADM-GP 266, Advanced Social Entrepreneurship
(*prerequisite: UPADM-GP 0265)
Professor Ellen McGrath
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- UPADM-GP 269, Social Justice and Public Policy: Advocacy and Movement
Professor Michael Duffy
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- UPADM-GP 270, Global Social Entrepreneurship: Field Experience
Professor Ellen McGrath
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- UPADM-GP 272, Criminal Justice Reform: New Frontiers and Strategies
Professor Harry Wexler
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- UPADM-GP 281, Advanced Seminar: Mapping
Professor Hillary Ballon
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- UPADM-GP 282, Urban Planning and Design: Past, Present , Future
Professor Julia Trilling
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- UPADM-GP 290, Labor Rights and Job Creation in the 21st Century
Professor Lisette Garcia
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- UPADM-GP 430, The Politics of Development
Professor John Gershman
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- UPADM-GP 440, Gender and Development
Professor John Gershman
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- UPADM-GP 801, Social Entrepreneurship: Financial and Budget Strategies [Note: 2 credit course]
Professor Russell Pomeranz
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Fall 2011
- UPADM-GP 213, The Constitution and Today’s Public Policy Debates
Professor Mimi Marziani
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- UPADM-GP 216, Minorities in America: Status, Rights, Culture and Community
Professor David Elcott
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- UPADM-GP 226, Women and Public Leadership
Professor Marylouise Oates
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- UPADM-GP 227, Trends and Issues in National Policy-Making
Professor Harold Ford, Jr.
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- UPADM-GP 228, LGBT Issues in Public Policy
Professor Sean Cahill
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- UPADM-GP 230, Medical Care and Health: Comparative Perspectives
Professor Victor Rodwin
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- UPADM-GP 232, Global Health: The Political Economy of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Professor Peter Navario
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- UPADM-GP 242, The Business of Nonprofit Management
Professor Aria Finger
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- UPADM-GP.250, Interfaith, Dialogue, Leadership & Public Service: Traditions of Engagement in the US & Beyond
Professor Judah Joseph Sarna
Professor Khalid Latif
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- UPADM-GP 251, Legal and Philosophical Approaches to Islam
Imam Khalid Latif
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- UPADM-GP 252, Legal and Philosophical Approaches to Judaism
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna
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- UPADM-GP 263, From Degas to Disney: Public Policy and the Arts
Professor Ruth Ann Stewart
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- UPADM-GP 264, Understanding Social Entreprenuership: How to Change the World One Venture at a Time
Professor Andrew Greenblatt
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- UPADM-GP 265, Fundamentals of Social Entrepreneurship: Problem Solving and Innovation
Professor Ellen McGrath
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- UPADM-GP 267, Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship
Professor Ellen McGrath
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- UPADM-GP 280, Global Politics of Green Growth
Professor Sophia Kalantzakos
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Comments from Students
Before taking this class, I was wavering on my decision to apply to
medical school or to go on with a more political field. This class has
helped me decide.
Topics in Health: Policy, Politics, and Power
This class is great for students interested in city politics and public
policy. It is important to learn how various issues connect and shape
our daily lives as city residents.
The Politics of New York
This was such an amazing class. I learned so much about myself and the
person I am destined to become, an active public servant.
Introduction to Public Service