Description
This course introduces public policy analysis. Policy analysis procedures are used to examine and evaluate the implementation of laws and the pursuit
of public goals. By the end of the course, students will be able to use a policy analysis procedure to analyze an existing public policy; use a policy
development procedure to prepare a new policy proposal; and examine the ethical assumptions and implications of policies and policy proposals.
Special attention is paid to the intersection of public policy with racial, cultural, sexual, religious, and other forms of diversity. Prerequisites: instructor
or department head permission.