Course Description:
This study is designed to introduce students to substantive public policy issues that shape contemporary public sector debates and decision-making in the U.S. Grounded in multiple theoretical approaches and analytic models, the study will develop students’ potential to describe, formulate, implement and evaluate public policy. Further, the study will provide students with the opportunity to appreciate the complex organizational and institutional environments in which public policy operates via exploring several policy areas such as criminal justice, health and welfare, civil rights, and homeland security.
Important Note: this course was renamed effective the January 2014 term and was formerly offered as Introduction to Public Policy: The Structure, Politics and Outcomes of the Policy Process. Students who have successfully completed 262204 should not enroll in this course.
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