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CPPA Offers Summer Online Courses in LGBT Policy Issues, GIS, and Social Movements

The Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) will offer three online courses this summer, open to current students and the public. Each course is three credits and is available to both graduate and undergraduate students.

“LGBT Social Science and Public Policy Issues” is designed for those who want to learn about cutting-edge research and how it’s used in the policy world. It will be taught by CPPA Director M.V. Lee Badgett (economics), an internationally recognized expert on the economics of same-sex marriage and other LGBT policy issues, and runs from May 20 to June 28.

“Intro to GIS” introduces students to the construction, manipulation, display and analysis of spatial information using Geographic Information Systems. Associate Professor Charles Schweik (environmental conservation and public policy) will teach the course, which runs from July 8 to August 16.

“Social Movements and Public Policy” will examine the dynamics of social movements and explore the role they play in the policy process. Assistant Professor Steven Boutcher (sociology and public policy) will teach the course, which runs from July 8 to August 16.

Enrollment opens March 18. For more information, please visit www.masspolicy.org/acad_online.html.