Electives

SPP 501 Organizational Context of Practice - 1.5 units
This course presents the conceptual and theoretical foundations for understanding the organization of professional work, organizational change, and the organization of ethical practice. Students will reflect on their own work experiences to develop a critical methodological approach to the investigation of organizational practices, e.g. document-based management, intra-organizational relations, and fiscal accountability.
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SPP 520 Advanced Methodology Seminar - 1.5 units
This course offers an in-depth look at a particular research methodology. Issues covered include methodological links to theory, policy, practice, and praxis. Seminar content varies depending on faculty and student interest.

For Spring 2011, discourse analysis will be the focus.
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SPP 521 Action-Oriented Research - 1.5 units
This course provides students with an opportunity to examine the purposes, context, procedures, and relationships within action-oriented methodologies, such as comparative policy analysis, program evaluation, participatory action research, and community-based research. The feasibility, rationale, and implications of researching a problem related to the students' interests are explored, as are relevant data collection and analytical procedures. Emphasis in the course is placed on experiential learning.
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SPP 530 Advanced Policy and Practice Seminar - 1.5 units
This course offers an in-depth theoretical and/or empirical look at a particular issue, topic, or set of questions in relation to policy and practice. Links to methodology and praxis are also examined. Seminar content varies depending on faculty and student interest.

Theoretical Frameworks for Methodology (Fall 2011)
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Women, Chronic Illness, Bodies (Fall 2010)
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Disability Institute: Contesting Illness and Disability (Summer 2007)
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SPP 531 – Critical Approaches to Policy Analysis
The purpose of this seminar is to provide a context within which class members can explore a number of critical approaches to policy analysis.
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SPP 580 Special Topics - 1.5 or 3.0 units
This is a variable content course which will focus on the policy, practice and/or research interests of faculty and students in the SPP Program. Students will be permitted to take it more than once for credit, providing the course content is different. Sample topics include:

• Analytical Methods: Discourse, Autobiography, History (Spring 2001, Moss)
• Safety for Women and Children from Violence in Relationships (Summer 2001)
• Self, Body, Illness/Health, Autobiography (Spring 2002, Moss)
• The Social Construction of Drug Policy (Fall 2004, Boyd)
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• Critical Perspectives on Mental Illness and Mental Health (Spring 2006, Teghtsoonian)
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• Critical Approaches to Policy Analysis (Spring 2009, Teghtsoonian)
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• Contested Illness and Disability (Spring 2009, Moss)
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• Disability Policy, Practice and Politics (Summer 2010, Prince)
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• Reefer Madness: Drug Policy and Practice (Spring 2011, Boyd)
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SPP 590 Directed Studies - 1.5 or 3.0 units
Individual studies under the direct supervision of one or more faculty members. The content, credit value, and method of evaluation must be approved by the instructor and the Graduate Advisor prior to registering in this course. May be taken more than once, as long as course content is different from that previously taken.

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