Public Policy in Practice

URBST

724

Public Policy in Practice

This course is an introduction to policy-making in public and nonprofit organizations. Students learn the major elements of the policy-making process: defining problems, developing alternative policies, evaluating alternatives, policy implementation, and evaluating policy outcomes. The focus is on policy-making at the local and state level. Substantive policy areas covered in the course include: welfare, urban economic development, environmental and land use policy, housing policy, and health policy. The course is intended to provide the theoretical and analytical basis for a series of proposed courses in each of these areas.

Fall, Spring

Graduate

Yes