MPP Elective Courses

Elective coursework in the MPP program should be used to develop an area of policy expertise. In order to develop an area of policy expertise, students are to direct their required 18 elective units toward a specific policy specialization. Students may develop policy expertise by choosing courses from a wide array of disciplines throughout the university.

Elective units may be chosen from 400 or 500 level courses offered by academic departments as appropriate. It is important to check with the instructor of the elective course to determine the current applicability the course has with the MPP degree. Only twelve of the eighteen required elective units in the program may be at the 400 level. For a description of each course check out the Cal Poly website's online 2007-2009 catalog.

MPP Elective Courses

Agriculture
AG 452 Issues Affecting California Agriculture (4)

Agribusiness
AGB 401 Managing Cultural Diversity in Agricultural Labor Relations (4)
AGB 405 Agribusiness Marketing Research Methods (4)
AGB 409 California Agricultural Law (3)
AGB 412 Advanced Agricultural Policy (4)
AGB 418 Seminar in U. S./World Agricultural Trade issues (2)
AGB 421 Agribusiness Operations Analysis (4)
AGB 422 Logistics in Global Agribusiness (4)
AGB 433 Agribusiness Price Analysis (4)
AGB 435 Linear Programming in Agriculture (4)
AGB 442 Agricultural Policy Resolution (4)
AGB 444 Wine Compliance and Market Analysis (4)
AGB 452 Agriculture Market Structure and Strategy (4)
AGB 455 Advanced Fair Management Seminar (2)
AGB 510 International Development and Agribusiness (4)
AGB 514 AGB Managerial Leadership and Communication (4)
AGB 543 Agribusiness Policy and Program Analysis (4)
AGB 555 Technological and Economic Change in Agribusiness (4)
AGB 563 International Agribusiness and Trade (4)

Agricultural Education
AGED 404 Agricultural Leadership (3)
AGED 460 Research Methodology in Agricultural Education and Communication (1)

Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
BRAE 418 Agricultural Systems Management I (4)

Business
BUS 401 General Management and Strategy (4)
BUS 404 Government and Social Influences on Business (4)
BUS 410 The Legal Environment of International Business (4)
BUS 422 Government and Not for Profit Entities (4)
BUS 433 International Business Finance (4)
BUS 443 Case Studies in Finance (4)
BUS 445 Ethics and Behavioral Finance (4)
BUS 446 International Marketing (4)
BUS 473 Employment Law (4)

City and Regional Planning
CRP 404 Environmental Law (3)
CRP 408 Water Resource Law and Policy (3)
CRP 420 Land Use Law (4)
CRP 427 Local Economic Development Planning (3)
CRP 435 Transportation Theory (4)
CRP 436 Collaborative Planning (4)
CRP 438 Pollution Prevention and Control (4)
CRP 458 Local Hazard Mitigation - Planning and Design (4)
CRP 470 Selected Advanced Topics (4)
CRP 501 Foundations of Cities and Planning (4)
CRP 512 Introduction to Visual Communication and GIS (4)
CRP 513 Planning Research Methods (4)
CRP 516 Quantitative Methods in Planning (4)
CRP 518 Public Policy Analysis (4)
CRP 520 Feasibility Studies in Planning (4)
CRP 535 Land Use and Planning Law (4)
CRP 545 Environmental Planning, Policies, and Principles (4)
CRP 548 Principles of Urban Development and Design (4)
CRP 554 Regional Planning and Analysis (4)
CRP 597 Policy, Planning, and Management (4)

Communication Studies
COMS 435 American Political Rhetoric (4)

Economics
ECON 401 International Trade (4)
ECON 403 Industrial Organization (4)
ECON 406 Applied Forecasting (4)
ECON 408 Mathematical Economics (4)
ECON 410 Public Finance and Cost-Benefit analysis (4)
ECON 413 Labor Economics (4)
ECON 417 Development of Economic analysis (4)
ECON 424 Monetary Economics (4)
ECON 431 Environmental Economics (4)
ECON 432 Economics of Energy and Resources (4)
ECON 433 Transportation Economics (4)
ECON 434 Urban Economics (4)
ECON 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)

Environmental Design
EDES 406 Sustainable Environments (4)

Education
EDUC 510 Educational Finance and Resource Allocation (4)
EDUC 511 Educational Law and Governance (4)
EDUC 512 Education Organization and Management (4)
EDUC 513 Educational Planning and Decision Making (4)
EDUC 515 Educational Program Management and Evaluation (4)
EDUC 587 Educational Foundations and Current issues (4)
EDUC 588 Education , Culture, and Learning (4)
EDUC 589 Introduction to Inquiry in Education (4)
EDUC 590 Research Applications in Education (3)

Forestry and Natural Resources
FNR 404 Environmental Law (3)
FNR 408 Water Resource Law and Policy (3)
FNR 414 Sustainable Forest Management (4)
FNR 416 Environmental Impact Analysis and Management (4)
FNR 419 Watershed Management and Restoration (4)
FNR 435 Natural Resources Policy Analysis (4)
FNR 450 Community Forestry (3)
FNR 455 Wildland -Urban Interface Fire Protection (3)
FNR 460 Advanced Applications of GIS (2)
FNR 464 Advanced GIS Practicum (1)
FNR 465 Ecosystem Management (4)
FNR 472 Leadership Practice (1) (Also listed as REC 472)
FNR 475 Sustainable Forest and Environmental Practices (15)
FNR 502 Resource Conservation (3)
FNR 530 Social Systems in Natural Resources Management (4)
FNR 532 Forestry Applications in Biometrics and Econometrics (4)

Food Science and Nutrition
FSN 410 Nutritional Implications of Food Industry Practices (4)
FSN 416 Community Nutrition (4)
FSN 420 Critical Evaluation of Nutrition Research (4)
FSN 426 Food Systems Management (4)
FSN 480 Policy Arguments in Food and Nutrition (4)

Graduate Studies - Business
GSB 511 Accounting for Managers (4)
GSB 512 Quantitative Analysis (4)
GSB 513 Organizational Behavior (4)
GSB 514 The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (4)
GSB 523 Managerial Economics (4)
GSB 524 Marketing Management (4)
GSB 531 Managerial Finance (4)
GSB 533 Aggregate Economics Analysis and Policy (4)
GSB 555 Negotiation for Managers (4)
GSB 569 Managing Technology in the International Legal Environment (4)
GSB 578 International Business Management (4)

Kinesiology
KINE 501 Evaluation of Current Studies (3)
KINE 511 Management and Administration in Kinesology (3)
KINE 534 Planning Health Promotion Programs (4)

Political Science
POLS 419 Social Movements and Political Protest(4)
POLS 420 Contemporary Foreign Policy (4)
POLS 426 International Organizations and Law (4)
POLS 427 International Political Economy (4)
POLS 451 Technology and Public Policy (4)
POLS 456 Politics and Economic Policy (4)
POLS 457 The Politics of Reproductive Policy (4)
POLS 459 The Politics of Poverty (4)
POLS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)
POLS 471 Urban Politics (4)
POLS 484 Community Research Seminar (2)
POLS 500 Independent Study (1-4)
POLS 516 Public Finance (4)
POLS 517 Administrative Theory and Behavior (4)
POLS 519 Public Personnel Policy (4)
POLS 568 Topics and Issues in Public Policy

Psychology
PSY 405 Abnormal Psychology (4)
PSY 413 Parent-Child Relationships (4)
PSY 456 Behavioral Disorders in Children (4)
PSY 460 Child Abuse and Neglect (4)
PSY 465 Cross-cultural Issues in Psychology (4)
PSY 494 Psychology of Technological Change (4)

Recreation Administration
REC 413 Tourism and Protected Area Management (4)
REC 424 Financing Recreation, Parks and Tourism Services (4)
REC 460 Research in Recreation, Parks and Tourism (4)
REC 502 Current Issues in Recreation, Parks and Tourism (4)

Sociology
SOC 402 Crime and Violence (4)
SOC 406 Juvenile Delinquency (4)
SOC 412 Criminal Justice (4)
SOC 413 Methods of Social Work (4)
SOC 421 Social Theory (4)
SOC 431 Population/Migration and the Environment (4)
SOC 470 Selected Advanced Topics in Sociology (1-4)

Statistics
STAT 416 Statistical Analysis of Time Series (4)
STAT 419 Applied Multivariate Statistics (4)
STAT 421 Survey Sampling and Methodology (4)
STAT 423 Design and Analysis of Experiments II (4)
STAT 425 Probability Theory (4)
STAT 426 Estimation and Sampling Theory (4)
STAT 512 Statistical Methods (4)
STAT 513 Applied Experimental Design and Regression Models (4)
STAT 530 Statistical Computing I: SAS (4)

Women's Studies
WS 450 Feminist Theory (4)