Policy, Analysis and Management (PAM)Human Ecology

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PAM 2000
Intermediate Microeconomics

Topics include theory of demand and consumer behavior including classical and indifference curve analyses; theories of production and cost; models for the following markets-competitive, monopoly, monopolistic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14237 PAM 2000   LEC 001

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  • 13959 PAM 2000   DIS 201

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  • 14491 PAM 2000   DIS 202

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PAM 2030
Population and Public Policy

Examines from a demographic perspective family policies that concern children and adults. Toward this end, it considers the relationships between family policies and demographic behavior. It also addresses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Field studies optional.

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  • 14479 PAM 2030   LEC 001

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  • 18766 PAM 2030   FLD 801

  • This trip will take students to Copenhagen, Denmark. A program fee of $1,500 will be billed to the student's bursar account. Travel dates will be May 27 and June 8.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 2080
Confinement!

When we think about prisons and jails, we tend to think mostly about crime – or maybe social inequality. But what we rarely think about is how it feels to be locked up and what social life in prisons and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 15357 PAM 2080   SEM 101

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  • This is a Learning Where You Live course.

PAM 2100
Introduction to Statistics

The course introduces students to standard methods of describing and analyzing data, probability theory, statistical inference, and ordinary least squares. Students will learn to describe data with summary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 13952 PAM 2100   LEC 001

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  • 13953 PAM 2100   DIS 201

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  • 13954 PAM 2100   DIS 202

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  • 13955 PAM 2100   DIS 203

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  • 13956 PAM 2100   DIS 204

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  • 13957 PAM 2100   DIS 205

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  • 13958 PAM 2100   DIS 206

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PAM 2208
Social Inequality

This course reviews contemporary approaches to understanding social inequality and the processes by which it comes to be seen as legitimate, natural, or desirable.  We address questions of the following ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2090, SOC 2208

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17659 PAM 2208   LEC 001

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  • 17733 PAM 2208   DIS 201

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  • 17734 PAM 2208   DIS 202

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  • 17735 PAM 2208   DIS 203

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  • 17736 PAM 2208   DIS 204

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  • 17737 PAM 2208   DIS 205

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  • 17738 PAM 2208   DIS 206

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  • 17739 PAM 2208   DIS 207

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  • 17740 PAM 2208   DIS 208

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PAM 2250
Social Problems in the United States

This course introduces the causes, consequences, and possible solutions of major issues facing U.S. society today. Students learn how social problems are defined and contested in the public sphere, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 2070

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17012 PAM 2250   LEC 001

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PAM 3080
Economics of the U.S. Social Safety Net

This course provides an overview of the major programs that make up the social safety net in the United States. We will review the economic rationale behind social programs, identify the economic consequences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 5080

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14783 PAM 3080   LEC 001

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PAM 3100
Multiple Regression Analysis

Introduces basic econometric principles and the use of statistical procedures in empirical studies of economic models. Discusses assumptions, properties, and problems encountered in the use of multiple ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14358 PAM 3100   LEC 001

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  • 14389 PAM 3100   DIS 200

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  • 14390 PAM 3100   DIS 201

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  • 17164 PAM 3100   DIS 202

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  • 17165 PAM 3100   DIS 203

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PAM 3130
Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

Standard economic theory assumes that individuals are rational decision-makers; however, that is often not the case in the real world. Behavioral economics uses findings from psychology to determine ways ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3670, PAM 5130

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17156 PAM 3130   LEC 001

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PAM 3160
Labor Markets and Public Policy

This course provides a survey of labor economics with an emphasis on policy issues. While the course teaches the analytical tools necessary to understand how labor markets work, it is structured around ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14784 PAM 3160   LEC 001

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PAM 3170
Market Regulation and Public Policy

This course examines rationales for and effects of government intervention in the marketplace. We begin with study of the marginal analysis that describes the "optimal" or the "efficient" amount of any ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 5170

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14793 PAM 3170   LEC 001

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PAM 3300
Cost-Benefit Analysis

In-depth treatment of methods for public policy analysis. The course focuses on cost-benefit analysis, a method grounded in microeconomics and applied welfare economics. Topics include market failures; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 5300

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17159 PAM 3300   LEC 001

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  • 17160 PAM 3300   DIS 200

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  • 17161 PAM 3300   DIS 201

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  • 17163 PAM 3300   DIS 203

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PAM 3340
Corporations, Shareholders, and Policy

Uses economic analysis to study the interaction of the market, the corporation, and the law and how these interactions affect the well-being of shareholders and consumers. Examines the costs and benefits ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 5334

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14769 PAM 3340   LEC 001

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PAM 3360
Evolving Families: Challenges to Public Policy

Examines the social institution of the family, challenges to the institution's well-being and stability, and the role of public policy in these transformations. Topics include family structure ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3360

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17202 PAM 3360   LEC 001

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PAM 3780
Sick Around the World? Comparing Health Care Systems Around the World

This course provides an introduction into Comparative Health Care System Analysis. Using a unifying framework, students learn how to systematically analyze the institutional and organizational setup of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14606 PAM 3780   LEC 001

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  • Required Prerequisites: Introductory statistics (PAM 2100, 2101; AEM 2100; ECON 3190; ILRST 2100; MATH 1102; SOC 3010; STSCI 2100). Recommended Prerequisite: US Health Care System (PAM 2350).

PAM 3870
Economic Evaluations in Health Care

This course covers economic evaluation methods used for decisions in the health care sector and health policy.  Economic evaluations include cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 5870

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17206 PAM 3870   LEC 001

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PAM 4000
Directed Readings

For study that predominantly involves library research and independent reading. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13823 PAM 4000   IND 600

    • TBA

    • Musick, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 4010
Empirical Research

For study that predominantly involves data collection and analysis. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13841 PAM 4010   IND 600

    • TBA

    • Sanders, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 4020
Supervised Fieldwork

For study that involves both responsible participation in a community setting and reflection on that experience through discussion, reading, and writing. Academic credit is awarded for this integration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13855 PAM 4020   IND 600

    • TBA

    • Tach, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 4030
Teaching Apprenticeship

For study that includes assisting faculty with instruction. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13872 PAM 4030   IND 600

    • TBA

    • Ziebarth, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 4080
Demographic Techniques II

This is the second course in the demographic techniques sequence. It has two foci. First, we will learn the basics of constructing single and multiple decrement life tables, along with extensions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4080, DSOC 6080, PAM 6060

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14690 PAM 4080   LEC 001

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PAM 4280
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Risky health behaviors such as cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol, risky sex, poor diet and physical inactivity (leading to obesity) are responsible for hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3710

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17232 PAM 4280   LEC 001

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PAM 4990
Honors Program

Provides students with the opportunity to undertake basic or applied research that will be preparation of a thesis representing original work of publishable quality. Intended for students who desire the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13889 PAM 4990   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Geddes, R

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14152 PAM 4990   IND 620

    • TBA

    • Avery, R

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PAM 5040
Public Finance: Economics of the Public Sector

This course covers topics in public economics, macroeconomics, and political economy. The course will use the tools of economics to consider when and how the government should intervene in the economy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17562 PAM 5040   LEC 001

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PAM 5080
Economics of the U.S. Social Safety Net

This course provides an overview of the major programs that make up the social safety net in the United States. We will review the economic rationale behind social programs, identify the economic consequences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3080

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14807 PAM 5080   LEC 001

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PAM 5100
Applied Multivariate Statistics in Public Affairs

This class is an applied introduction to multivariate statistical inference that is aimed at graduate students with little prior statistical experience, and satisfies the Quantitative Methods and Analytics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17977 PAM 5100   LEC 001

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PAM 5130
Behavioral Economics and Public Policy (Masters component)

Standard economic theory assumes that individuals are rational decision-makers; however, that is often not the case in the real world. Behavioral economics uses findings from psychology to determine ways ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3670, PAM 3130

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17543 PAM 5130   LEC 001

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PAM 5170
Market Regulation and Public Policy

This course examines rationales for and effects of government intervention in the marketplace. We begin with study of the marginal analysis that describes the "optimal" or the "efficient" amount of any ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3170

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14774 PAM 5170   LEC 001

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PAM 5280
Population Health for Health Managers

Provides students with training in the language, theories, concepts, methods, measurement, analysis, and implementation of population health. A framework of core functions and essential features of population ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14480 PAM 5280   LEC 001

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PAM 5300
Cost-Benefit Analysis

In-depth treatment of methods for public policy analysis. The course focuses on cost-benefit analysis, a method grounded in microeconomics and applied welfare economics. Topics include market failures; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 3300

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17166 PAM 5300   LEC 001

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  • 17167 PAM 5300   DIS 201

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PAM 5334
Corporations, Shareholders, and Policy

The term "firm" has very broad usage. It refers to any organizational form that people use to create teams or groups that focus on achieving a specific purpose. Firms provide a structure through which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3340

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14679 PAM 5334   LEC 001

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PAM 5470
Microeconomics for Management and Policy

Introduces microeconomic theory and its application to decision making in the management and policy arenas. Places special emphasis on the economic environment of health care organizations and the problems ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14527 PAM 5470   LEC 001

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  • Priority enrollment for Sloan students.

PAM 5670
Health Policy

Addresses major health policy issues and the critical processes that influence them. Focuses primarily on the United States, with some coverage of health policy in other countries. Topics include Medicare, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14528 PAM 5670   LEC 001

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  • Enrollment limited to: Sloan students only.

PAM 5740
Short Course in Fundamentals of Health Facility Planning for Managers

Provides M.H.A. and other students who may be interested in careers in health care management with a basic familiarity regarding some of the concepts and terminology related to health facility planning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 13820 PAM 5740   LEC 001

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PAM 5760
Long-Term Care and Lifestyle Alternatives for the Older Adult

Provides students exposure to, and fosters critical thinking about, policy and operational issues related to health care and living alternatives for the well, near frail, and frail older adult. Preliminary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 13821 PAM 5760   LEC 001

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    • Jan 27, 2017

    • Weidner, M

  • Friday meeting held in Kendal at Ithaca. Saturday's class will be held on campus.

PAM 5870
Economic Evaluations in Health Care

This course covers economic evaluation methods used for decisions in the health care sector and health policy. Economic evaluations include cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PAM 3870

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14621 PAM 5870   LEC 001

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PAM 5900
Special Topics in Health Administration and Finance

A special topics course specifically designed for students in the Sloan Program in Health Administration. Possible multiple offerings using adjunct faculty teaching in areas of expertise not covered in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Collab Appr to Quality, Safety, & Svc for Patients

  • 14682 PAM 5900   LEC 001

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    • Feb 24, 2017

    • Lancey, R

    • S
    • Feb 25, 2017

  • Enrollment limited to graduate students. Priority enrollment for Sloan students.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Big Data in Healthcare

  • 14795 PAM 5900   LEC 002

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PAM 5952
Field Study in Health Administration and Planning

Students interested in developing administrative and program-planning research skills are given an opportunity to evaluate an ongoing phase of health care agency activity in the light of sound administrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14238 PAM 5952   LEC 001

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    • TBA

    • Sherman, M

PAM 5990
Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry

Provides students with information and exposure to current and emerging issues in the health services industry. Topics may include financial management of health care facilities, human resource management, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 13822 PAM 5990   LEC 001

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  • Non-Sloan students require approval from course instructor to enroll.

PAM 6000
Special Problems for Graduate Students

Independent advanced work by graduate students recommended by their chair and approved by the department chair and the instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13907 PAM 6000   IND 606

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    • TBA

    • Nicholson, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13916 PAM 6000   IND 615

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    • TBA

    • Carmalt, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14344 PAM 6000   IND 626

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14410 PAM 6000   IND 627

    • TBA

    • Avery, R

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14413 PAM 6000   IND 628

    • TBA

    • Hollis, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13901 PAM 6000   IND 600

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    • TBA

    • German, T

PAM 6060
Demographic Techniques II

This is the second course in the demographic techniques sequence. It has two foci. First, we will learn the basics of constructing single and multiple decrement life tables, along with extensions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4080, DSOC 6080, PAM 4080

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14524 PAM 6060   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A background in statistics will be helpful.

PAM 6091
Empirical Strategies for Policy Research II

Focuses on empirical strategies to identify the causal effects of public policies and programs. The course uses problem sets based on real-world examples and data to examine techniques for analyzing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 6591

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17248 PAM 6091   LEC 001

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PAM 6410
Health Economics I

Comprehensive course covering microeconomic theory and its application to health and health care markets. Topics include consumer decision making, the theory of the firm, welfare economics, monopolies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 6410

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17246 PAM 6410   LEC 001

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PAM 6440
Health Economics Workshop

Presentations of completed papers and work in progress by faculty members, advanced graduate students, and speakers from other universities. Focuses on professionalization and on the formulation, design, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 18413 PAM 6440   SEM 101

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    • T

    • Cawley, J

      Kenkel, D

PAM 6810
Demography Training Seminar

CPC's weekly training seminar provides training and professional development to graduate students in demography and serves as a requirement for the graduate demography minor. Includes workshops ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 18287 PAM 6810   SEM 101

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PAM 6820
Linear Models

This course provides an in-depth examination of linear modeling. We begin with the basics of linear regression, including estimation, statistical inference, and model assumptions. We then review several ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: SOC 6020

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14681 PAM 6820   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 14691 PAM 6820   DIS 201

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

PAM 8990
Master's Thesis and Research

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14206 PAM 8990   IND 610

  •  
    • TBA

    • Trochim, W

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14207 PAM 8990   IND 611

  •  
    • TBA

    • Nicholson, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14208 PAM 8990   IND 612

  •  
    • TBA

    • Lovenheim, M

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13924 PAM 8990   IND 600

  •  
    • TBA

    • Cawley, J

PAM 9990
Doctoral Thesis and Research

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14204 PAM 9990   IND 620

  •  
    • TBA

    • Lichter, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14396 PAM 9990   IND 621

    • TBA

    • Nicholson, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-15 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13933 PAM 9990   IND 600

  •  
    • TBA

    • Tennyson, S