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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25 
    
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POLS 4145 - Policy Implementation and Evaluation

This course examines what factors affect the performance of public programs and organizations and surveys the processes of policy formulation and implementation within the context of politics. It analyzes governmental interventions in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness by investigating how to apply statistical methods to evaluations of governmental interventions. It also demonstrates how to operationalize various components of public programs in order to conduct statistical analysis.

Requisites: 3 hrs in Quant. Reason & Jr or Sr.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to connect public policies and policy process theories.
  • Students will be able to make connections across various public policy theories, analytical perspectives.
  • Students will be able to adapt and apply policy and analysis methods under one setting to different policy environments.
  • Students will be able to use standardized policy brief formats and visual presentations to convey clear messages to policy makers.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as an independent evaluator of public policies to respond to ever-changing policy environments based on prior experience.
  • Students will be able to evaluate current public policy issues and devise new public policy solutions.
  • Students will be able to incorporate feedback on research projects.
  • Students will be able to apply conventional theoretical assumptions and methodological routines to new approaches to public policy.
  • Students will be able to exercise independent judgment on establishing plans for research projects on real-life policies with related empirical data.
  • Students will be able to articulate key findings and public values in their policy recommendations from research projects on real-life policies with related empirical data.


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