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PACE Summer 2025 Schedule
| Course Number | Course Title | Units | Summer Session | Learning Mode | Date and Times | Instructor Name |
| USP/LABR/PLSI 570 | Urban Health Policy | 3 | R1 | Online asynchronous | n/a | Tony Sparks |
| Course Number | Course Title | Units | Summer Session | Learning Mode | Date and Times | Instructor Name |
| PA 725 | Managing Human Capital | 3 | R2 | Hybrid | In-person Saturdays 9 am-3 pm: June 21, 28; July 12, 19, 26; Aug 2. Rest online async | Katherine Naff |
| PA 730 | Resource Allocation and Management | 3 | R2 | Online asynchronous | n/a | Janey Wang |
| PA 791 | Prevailing Issues in PA | 3 | R3 | Online asynchronous | n/a | Ernie Joaquin |
PACE Fall 2025 Schedule
| Subject | Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Meeting Day | Start Time | End Time | Instruction Mode | Other Footnotes | Instructor |
| GRN | 500 | 1 | Aging and Society | 3 | T | 16:00 | 18:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/26, 9/2, 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 12/2, 12/9. Online async | Takagi |
| GRN | 699 | 1 | Independent Study | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Takagi |
| GRN | 705 | 1 | Aging in a Multidimensional Context | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Takagi | |
| GRN | 710 | 1 | Aging Processes: Health and Human Services | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Yee-Melichar | |
| GRN | 715 | 1 | Age and Social Policy | 3 | R | 17:00 | 19:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/28, 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, 12/4. Online async | Takagi |
| GRN | 838 | 1 | Gerontology Seminar | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Takagi | |
| GRN | 899 | 1 | Independent Study | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Takagi |
| Subject | Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Meeting Day | Start Time | End Time | Instruction Mode | Other Footnotes | Instructor |
| PA | 700 | 1 | Foundations of Governance & Management | 3 | W | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/27; 9/10; 9/24; 10/8; 10/22; 11/5; 11/19; 12/9. Online async | Joaquin |
| PA | 705 | 1 | Design & Consumption of Research | 3 | M | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/25; 9/15; 9/29; 10/27; 11/10; 12/8. Online async | Wang |
| PA | 706 | 1 | Applied Data Analysis | 3 | W | 18:00 | 20:45 | Online synchronous | Wang | |
| PA | 720 | 1 | Organization Design & Change Management | 3 | M | 18:00 | 20:45 | Online Bichronous | Synchronous Zoom: 9/8; 9/22; 10/6; 10/20; 11/3; 11/17; 12/1. Rest async | Joaquin |
| PA | 722 | 1 | Performance Management & Planning | 3 | T | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/26, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/9. Online async | Stowers |
| PA | 727 | 1 | Program & Service Delivery | 3 | R | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/28, 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, 12/11. Online async | Hickey |
| PA | 755 | 1 | Information and Knowledge in the Public Service | 3 | R | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/28, 9/4, 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 12/4. Online async | Stowers |
| PA | 770 | 1 | Policy Analysis | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Wang | |
| PA | 795 | 1 | Applied Field Experience | 3-Jan | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Shea |
| PA | 803 | 1 | Public Affairs Internship | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Shea |
| PA | 890 | 1 | Capstone Course in Public Administration | 3 | T | 18:00 | 20:45 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/26, 9/2, 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 12/2. Online async | Stowers |
| PA | 898 | 1 | Master's Thesis | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Sparks |
| PA | 899 | 1 | Independent Study | 3-Jan | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Shea |
| Subject | Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Meeting Day | Start Time | End Time | Instruction Mode | Other Footnotes | Instructor |
| USP | 200 | 1 | Changing Cities | 3 | MW | 14:00 | 15:40 | Hybrid | Pinderhughes | |
| USP | 400 | 1 | Dynamics of American Cities | 3 | T | 14:00 | 15:15 | Hybrid | In-person: 8/26, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2. Online async | Pamuk |
| USP | 401GWAR | 1 | Seminar in Urban Studies and Planning - GWAR | 3 | W | 9:00 | 11:45 | In person | Pinderhughes | |
| USP | 480 | 1 | Introduction to Urban Policy and Analysis | 3 | T | 12:30 | 15:50 | In person | Sparks | |
| USP | 511 | 1 | Critical Analysis of Re-entry and Housing | 3 | R | 17:00 | 19:40 | In person | ||
| USP | 511 | 2 | Critical Analysis of Re-entry and Housing | 1 | R | 17:00 | 19:40 | In person | ||
| USP | 512 | 1 | Urban Politics and Community Power | 4 | TR | 16:00 | 17:40 | In person | McDaniels | |
| USP | 515 | 1 | Environmental Justice | 4 | MW | 16:00 | 17:40 | Hybrid | Zoom on Mondays, in-person Wednesdays | Pinderhughes |
| USP | 580 | 1 | Housing Policy and Planning | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Pamuk | |
| USP | 603 | 1 | Public Service Internship | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Pamuk |
| USP | 651 | 1 | San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Issues | 4 | MW | 11:00 | 12:15 | In person | ||
| USP | 681 | 1 | Senior Thesis | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | To be arranged | Tuesdays at 5 pm (dates TBD) | Sparks |
| USP | 686 | 1 | Field Work in Urban Studies | 4-Jan | n/a | n/a | n/a | To be arranged | Permission number required | Sparks |
| USP | 699 | 1 | Independent Study | 4-Jan | n/a | n/a | n/a | Online asynchronous | Permission number required | Sparks |
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