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2025 Spring > GRAD > PUBPOL > PUBPOL 610

Policy and Program Evaluation

Course #: PUBPOL 610

Description:
How do you know if a program, policy, or practice is designed to remedy a social problem, and if it is in fact doing so? This course addresses this question through blending policy design, evaluation theory and research with ''hands on'' experience. It covers essential pieces of the policy and program design and evaluation process including tips for design of different types of programs, identifying values by which to determine goals, objectives, alternatives and outcome measures, working with community partners, ethics of research, articulating a theory of change through logic models, process evaluation, outcome/impact evaluation, measuring program success, and an introduction to cost-benefit analysis. Students will work collectively and individually, cultivating skills critical to the policy design and evaluation process including developing measures, learning principles of the design and analysis of different classes of programs, conducting interviews, observations and surveys, analyzing data, and presenting findings.
Pre Requisites:
GRADUATE Degree Students Only

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 10695 W
4:00 - 6:45 pm
TBD University Hall Y03-3380
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/27/2025 - 05/14/2025
Capacity: 12
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: GRADUATE Degree Students Only
Course Attributes: