ADEC 7500 Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy
The focus of the course is to ascertain how public policy makers decide to either regulate or legislate how an industry/firm will operate in society. We will examine the process from three different vantage points: ethics, economics, and policy. The first part of the course will be spent examining the role (or lack thereof!) that ethical thinking plays in motivating public policy makers to take action. The second part of the course examines how economic pressure comes into play as policy makers try to establish bounds on an industry or a firm. Finally, we explore the role that social pressures such as the media and various interest groups play in influencing how public policy makers react to various issues that confront an industry or a firm.
Course overview
- Department
- Advancing Studies
- School
- ADV
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall
Catalog details
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.40 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.49 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 14
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Can Erbil | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | Can Erbil | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | — | 8 of 12 |
| Fall 2025 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 7 of 12 |
| Summer 2025 | Richard Mc Gowan | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 3 of 6 |
| Spring 2025 | Can Erbil | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 15 of 21 |
| Spring 2025 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 7 of 9 |
| Fall 2024 | Can Erbil | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 7 of 11 |
| Fall 2024 | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 5 of 8 |
| Summer 2024 | Richard Mc Gowan | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 3 of 13 |
| Spring 2024 | Can Erbil | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 17 |
| Fall 2023 | Can Erbil | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 of 15 |
| Fall 2023 | Richard Mc Gowan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 of 8 |
| Fall 2023 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 14 |
| Summer 2023 | Richard Mc Gowan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 of 15 |
| Spring 2023 | Can Erbil | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 12 |
| Spring 2023 | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 3 of 7 |
| Fall 2022 | Can Erbil | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 14 of 20 |
| Fall 2022 | Richard Mc Gowan | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 4 of 7 |
| Fall 2022 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 4 of 6 |
| Summer 2022 | Richard Mc Gowan | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | 2 of 20 |
| Spring 2022 | Can Erbil | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 5 of 12 |
| Spring 2022 | Richard Mc Gowan | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 4 of 10 |
| Spring 2022 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | — | 5 of 13 |
| Fall 2021 | Richard Mc Gowan | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 3 of 8 |
| Fall 2021 (midterm) | Richard Mc Gowan | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | — | 9 of 16 |