The course PA8204 "Creating Good Work: Economic and Workforce Development" meets Mondays/Wednesdays 9:45 to 11:00 A.M.
If you are interested in economic development policy and planning at both international and domestic scales, consider taking PA8204 Creating Good Work: Economic and Workforce Development. The course, a seminar format with an on-line data analysis lab, meets from 9:45 to 11:00 A.M., Mondays and Wednesdays, with the Lab at 11:15 - 12:05 on Wednesdays.
The course surveys job-oriented economic development in the US and internationally. It explores how city and regional employment grows, why industries and employers locate where they do, and how workers decide where to live and work. It reviews the practices that federal, state/provincial and local economic developers use to create jobs, including tax abatements, job training, workforce development and infrastructure, evaluating which ones seem to work and how firms can be held accountable for the outcomes. It includes case study material from Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China, Europe and other countries as well as the US, Canada and Mexico, and incorporates material on race, ethnicity, gender and class.
PA8204 counts as a domain course for the MURP degree and as an Economic and Community Development concentration required course for the MPP degree.
With our new President and the current economic crisis, we should have a great time this coming term!
