Course # 41350 Section Number 1 Day(s) W Time(s) 1:30pm-4:20pm Term Spring 2025 Syllabus Syllabus 2/24/25 This course will provide the tools to analyze and evaluate various areas of public policy – including taxes, financial regulations, social safety nets, disaster preparedness and response, early warning systems, risk communications and education - through a risk management lens. Students will engage with questions including how policies encourage “good” risk taking and encourage “bad” risk-taking, how risk benefits and burdens are shared, and what trade-offs risk-related public policies must weigh. Participants will debate ways in which using a risk lens changes the way governments design policies and how favorably (or not) citizens view those policies. Through comparative analysis, case studies, class participation, and individual and group projects, and readings from practitioner and academic authors, students will gain a new understanding of and ability to discuss key aspects of risk policy issues and systems. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Spring 2025 Global Risk Policy Michele Wucker Wednesday 1:30pm-4:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Lindsay Hiser, MPP’23 Thu., May 08, 2025 Alumni Profile: Ricardo Sande, MPP’23 Tue., May 06, 2025 New Research Shows 60% of Historic Homelessness Increase Prompted by Immigration Policy Tue., May 06, 2025 Upcoming Events More events DPSS Capstone Deepdive and TA Roundtable (in Chinese) Mon., May 12, 2025 | 7:00 AM Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Mini Class with Sheng-Hao Lo Tue., May 13, 2025 | 7:00 AM Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Tue., May 13, 2025 | 4:30 PM
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