ADS720: Process, Politics, & Eval. of Public & Social policy

This course will provide candidates with an opportunity to reflect on the theory, practice, and analysis of public policy. Candidates will study current issues such as: educational reforms, discrimination in hiring and housing, funding of public and private organizations, labor negotiations, personal health programs, clean environment policies, and insurance concerns. They will analyze several decision-making models used at the international, federal, regional, state, and local levels. Of special concern is the role that politics plays in the development and implementation of policies.

1.  Understand the policy development process and the role institutions, norms, values, and people play in the development of public policy decisions.
2. Gain practical knowledge on how public policy is developed and shared.
3. Describe the role of politics in the development, implementation, evaluation, and change in policy.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary and future public and social policy issues from both descriptive and analytical perspectives.