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HPAM-GP.4849
Current Issues in Reproductive Healthcare Management and PolicyThis class will utilize a hands-on and practical approach to understanding reproductive healthcare in the context of policy and management. Students will have the opportunity to think through real-world case studies and engage with relevant reproductive …Course
HPAM-GP.2846
The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems course is designed to provide students with an up close perspective of how large health systems operate. Using real life case studies, expert insight, and relevant reading materials the course will outline …Course
HPAM-GP.2845
Healthcare Reimbursement StrategiesHealthcare Reimbursement Strategies is designed to familiarize students with the various health care payment systems that are used by various healthcare payers. The course focuses on Medicare's prospective payment systems for hospital and other provider …Course
HPAM-GP.1833
Strategic Management for Healthcare OrganizationsThis course aims to improve your ability to effectively manage and lead health service organizations. We examine a range of key challenges that managers must address to optimize organizational performance, including questions of mission, vision, and …Course
HPAM-GP.2825
Continuous Quality ImprovementThis course encourages students to think creatively about what it means for a healthcare organization to make quality the highest priority. We will explore the current forces driving the push toward quality outcomes and accountability at all levels and …Course
PHD-GP.5901
Seminar in Research in ProgressNot counted toward course requirements for a degree. A weekly seminar for doctoral candidates working on dissertation proposals, conducting research, writing dissertations, and preparing for their oral defenses. Students present their work in progress for …Course
HPAM-GP.2852
Comparative Analysis of Health SystemsWhat would the best healthcare system look like? How would you know it is the best? What systems in wealthy nations today come close to matching this ideal? We begin this class with short documentary films that cover some of issues raised by these …Course
PHD-GP.5908
Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and PovertyThe course focuses on economic inequality and poverty, drawing on research in economics and other social sciences. The aim is to explore research questions, recent empirical approaches, and policy responses. The course draws on international experiences, …Course
PHD-GP.5913
Urban Research Seminar IIThis course, taught jointly by faculty members across the university, offers doctoral students an opportunity to learn about the latest theoretical and empirical research on critical urban issues. The course is not taught in a lecture format. Rather, the …Course
PHD-GP.5912
Urban Research SeminarThis course, taught jointly by faculty members across the university, offers doctoral students an opportunity to learn about the latest theoretical and empirical research on critical urban issues. The course is not taught in a lecture format. Rather, the …Course
PHD-GP.5911
Doctoral Research Colloquium IIThe Doctoral Research Colloquium incorporates the NYU Wagner Seminar series at which prominent researchers present current work on pressing social issues. The speakers represent a range of disciplines and methodological approaches, and are affiliated with …Course
URPL-GP.4666
Topics in Urban Studies: Infrastructure in Action-Exploring NYC's Libraries, Streets, & ParksThis course will explore the public realm in New York City -- with a focus on libraries, parks and streets. It will consider how these components of our infrastructure were first built and how we maintain, manage and, in particular, share these spaces …Course
URPL-GP.2618
Geographic Information SystemsUnderstanding geographic relationships between people, land use, and resources is fundamental to planning. Urban planners routinely use spatial analysis to inform decision-making. This course will introduce students to Geographic Information Systems …Course
PADM-GP.2505
Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence BuildingThe goal of this course is to develop the key data analytics skill sets necessary to inform evidence-based policy. Its design offers hands-on training in how to make sense of and use large scale real world heterogeneous datasets in the context of …Course
PADM-GP.4504
Introduction to Database Design, Management, and SecurityThe goal of this course is to train advanced students on the principles, practices, and technologies required for good database design, management, and security. An introduction to the concepts and issues relating to data warehousing, governance, …Course
PADM-GP.4503
Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and ManagementThe goal of this course is to establish a first-principles understanding of the qualitative and quantitative techniques, tools, and processes used to wield data for effective decision-making. Its approach focuses on pragmatic, interactive learning using …Course
PADM-GP.4502
Using Large Data Sets in Policy ResearchThis half-semester course will focus on the analysis of data. We will discuss cleaning raw data – including trimming, variable transformations, and dealing with missing data – before turning to complex survey data. We will discuss how regression analysis …Course
PADM-GP.4501
Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and ManagementResearch is an important part of the policy process: it can inform the development of programs and policies so they are responsive to community needs, it can help us determine what the impacts of these programs and policies are, and it can help us better …Course
PADM-GP.1801
Communication Skills for Public ServiceThe goal of the course is to help students get the most out of every form of communication: to change minds with the written word, win allies in person, to sway audiences in presentations, and to get what they want out of the various forms of …Course
PADM-GP.4452
US Reproductive Rights AdvocacyThis course examines reproductive rights law and policy in the United States and how advocacy can impact it. Reproductive rights encompass the ability of individuals to make and exercise informed, independent decisions about their own body, sexuality, and …Course
PADM-GP.4451
Elections in ActionElections In Action is for those that are interested in learning how a campaign works from start to finish. Whether one is working a local to national campaign the structure is still the same. This seven-session course will provide an overview and …Course
PADM-GP.4313
The Intersection of Finance and Social JusticeCapital is but a tool – one that can be used for many different purposes. This course explores the use of finance as a tool for social change. The sessions provide an overview of different approaches to the question of aligning investments and values and …Course
UPADM-GP.260
What Really Matters? Leadership with No RegretsIn study after study, people lying on their deathbeds overwhelmingly say they regret five things at their end of their life: 1. Not living a life of authenticity 2. Working too hard at the expense of their relationships 3. Not having the courage to …Course
EXEC-GP.4126
Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations (EMPA)Culture -- the system of shared assumptions, values, meanings, and beliefs, which informs the behavior of individuals -- is perhaps the most salient variable mechanism that influences organizational performance (Schein, 2017). Successful leadership of …