MASTER'S PROGRAM IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
MASTER’S PROGRAM IN URBAN LAND DEVELOPMENT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO
FALL 2011
Professor: Rob Wassmer, Ph.D.
E-Mail: rwassme@csus.edu
Home Page: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/w/wassmerr
Office: Room 3037, Tahoe Hall
Class Location: Monday, 6 - 8:50 p.m., 262 Amador Hall
Office Phone: (916) 278-6304
Office Hours: Monday, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.; and by appointment if necessary
Required Texts:
(1) Contemporary Policy Analysis, 2012, Michael Mintrom, Oxford University Press (denoted as
“Mintrom”), available for purchase at Sac State Bookstore or on web at Amazon.Com;
(2) A Practical Guide to Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving,
Eugene Bardach, 3 rd Edition (only), CQ Press, (denoted as “Bardach”), available for purchase at
Sac State bookstore or on web at Amazon.Com.
(3) Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, (denoted as
“Freak”), Harper Collins Publisher, available for purchase at Sac State bookstore or on web at
Amazon.Com.
(4) The Economics Anti-Textbook, (denoted as “Economics”), Fernwood Publishing, available
for purchase at Sac State bookstore or on web at Amazon.Com.
On July 11, 2011, the total price for these books at Amazon.Com was $120.17 for new copies.