Spring 2025

PUBPOL 190 009 - LEC 009

Special Topics in Public Policy

Janet Ann Napolitano

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

05:00 pm - 07:59 pm

GTU Student Services Center

Class #:17408

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -2

Enrolled: 7

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 5

Waitlist Max: 0

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

1 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Janet Ann Napolitano

PUBPOL 290 019 019LEC

Course examines current problems and issues in the field of public policy. Topics may vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the semester. Open to students from other departments.

Class Description

The National Security and Intelligence Seminar is a three unit elective course that combines several papers with a once a week special topic seminar with intelligence and security practitioners from the national security community. Guided by former Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, this practitioner-led seminar will examine the policy, players, and factors shaping the 21st century geostrategic landscape, as reflected in contemporary media headlines. Aided by the lived experiences of former intelligence operatives and policy practitioners, students will debate the implications of variables such as emerging technology, cyber security, climate change, and political instability and how these and other variables increasingly influence the nature and complexity of the global security environment. The seminar will endeavor to debunk, demystify, and distinguish fact from fiction on topics like: The Future of Space is Now; Frontier Tech & Innovation (AI, Biotech, Semiconductors); Ukraine v. Russia; Great Power Competition, and more. The course will also incorporate select site visits in the bay area and will conclude with an onsite simulation exercise.

Class Notes

This course is limited to 20 students and is open to all UC Berkeley students, with a limited number of spots for undergraduates available. Students from all departments on campus are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to students who are pursuing an area of security studies as part of their degree and to those who are interested in pursuing a career in public service.

Enrollment in this course is limited. Completion of an enrollment application is required. Applications are due on November 1st. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHS0vCxI0XJ9e1JTQQ51jcDW6TrCb1VbhCjSom8FsV8SXhgQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

You will be notified of your application status no later than November 12, 2024. Students who are accepted into the course will be given a unique enrollment number to add the course to their schedule during Phase 2 of the enrollment process.

For course inquiries, please contact Adrienne Fulk at adrienne_fulk@berkeley.edu. show less