Engineering and Public Policy (PhD)

Core Courses:

• CIEG 646 - Convex Optimization (3cr.)
• CIEG 880 - Seminar: Engineering & Public Policy (0cr.)
• CIEG 881 - Case Studies in Engineering & Public Policy (3cr.)
• CIEG 882 - Summer Field Experience (0cr.)
• CIEG 969 - Doctoral Dissertation (1 to 12cr.)
• SPPA 861 - Academic and Professional Development for UAPP, DISA, ENEP Doctoral Students (0-1cr.)
• UAPP 701 - Public Policy (3cr.)
• UAPP 707 - Public Policy Analysis (3cr.)

Public Economics:

One of the following:

• UAPP 693 - Economics in Public & Nonprofit Sectors (3cr.)
• UAPP 709 - Advanced Topics in Economics for the Public and Non-Profit Sectors (3cr.)

Qualitative Research Methods:

One of the following:

• EVAL 755 - Evaluation Models and Approaches (3cr.)
• SPPA 808 - Qualitative Research Methods (3cr.)
• UAPP 684 - Performance Management and Program Evaluation (3cr.)

Quantitative Methods:

One of the following:

• BUAD 621 - Decision Analytics and Visualization (3cr.)
• BUAD 831 - Operations Management and Management Science (3cr.)
• CIEG 641 - Risk Analysis (3cr.)
• CIEG 642 - Advanced Data Analysis (3cr.)
• CIEG 647 - Network Optimization (3cr.)
• ECON 804 - Applied Econometrics II (3cr.)
• ECON 825 - Time-series Econometrics (3cr.)
• GEOG 670 - Geographic Information Systems and Science (3cr.)
• GEOG 671 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3cr.)
• MAST 672 - Benefit-Cost Analysis (3cr.)
• MISY 631 - Data Mining for Business Analytics (3cr.)
• MISY 840 - Project Management and Costing (3cr.)
• SOCI 605 - Data Collection and Analysis (3cr.)
• SPPA 704 - Advanced Quantitative Methods (3cr.)
• STAT 608 - Statistical Research Methods (3cr.)
• STAT 609 - Regression and Experimental Design (3cr.)
• STAT 611 - Regression Analysis (3cr.)
• STAT 612 - Advanced Regression Techniques (3cr.)
• STAT 617 - Multivariate Methods and Statistical Learning (3cr.)

Engineering Technical Electives:

Two of the following:

• CIEG 617 - Introduction to Railroad Safety and Derailment Engineering (3cr.)
• CIEG 618 - Railroad Engineering (3cr.)
• CIEG 652 - Transportation Facilities Design (3cr.)
• CIEG 653 - Roadway Geometric Design (3cr.)
• CIEG 654 - Urban Transportation Planning (3cr.)
• CIEG 655 - Civil Infrastructure Systems (3cr.)
• CIEG 657 - Contemporary Topics in Transportation (3cr.)
• CIEG 658 - Pavement Analysis and Design (3cr.)
• CIEG 663 - Traffic Engineering and Modeling (3cr.)

Elective:

One of the following (list is intended to be illustrative):

• DISA 650 - Overview of Disaster Science and Management (3cr.)
• DISA 651 - International Comparative Analysis of Disasters (3cr.)
• DISA 670 - Issues in Disaster Response (3cr.)
• ENEP 625 - Energy Policy and Administration (3cr.)
• ENEP 626 - Climate Change:Science, Policies & Political Economy (3cr.)
• ENEP 660 - Eng. Econ Analysis for Sust. Energy (3cr.)
• ENEP 810 - Political Economy of the Environment (3cr.)
• ENEP 820 - International Perspectives on Energy and Environment (3cr.)
• ENEP 821 - Proseminar: Technology, Environment and Society (3cr.)
• ENEP 824 - Sustainable Energy Policy and Planning (3cr.)
• GEOG 634 - Plan Sustainable Communities & Regions (3cr.)
• GEOG 649 - Environment and Society (3cr.)
• MAST 660 - International and National Ocean Policies (3cr.)
• MAST 662 - Climate Change: Policy, Equity and Mitigation (3cr.)
• MAST 674 - Legal Aspects of the Coastal Zone (3cr.)
• MAST 675 - Economics of Natural Resources (3cr.)
• MAST 676 - Environmental Economics (3cr.)
• MAST 684 - Electric Vehicles and the Grid (3cr.)
• MAST 802 - Case Study in Environmental Decision Making (3cr.)
• PHIL 648 - Environmental Ethics (3cr.)
• POSC 818 - Environmental Politics and Policy (3cr.)
• UAPP 611 - Regional Watershed Management (3cr.)
• UAPP 613 - Planning Theory and Urban Policy (3cr.)
• UAPP 675 - Land Use and Transportation Linkages (1cr.)