318.616.01
Program Evaluation II
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Tuesday, 4:00 - 6:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Larry Orr
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
318.615
Introduces the fundamental principles and practices involved in the design, implementation, and analysis of program evaluations. Topics to be considered include the evaluation of ongoing programs and test of new interventions being considered for broader adoption; determining whether programs are ‘working’; procedures involved in implementing an evaluation in the field, including potential pitfalls; procedures for collecting and analyzing data.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Outline the fundamental principles and practices involved in the design, implementation and analysis of program evaluation;
- Discuss the evaluation of ongoing programs and tests of new interventions being adopted;
- Describe the basic statistics principles for designing an evaluation;
- Examine procedures involved in implementing an evaluation;
- Identify the basic ideas of cost-benefit and process analyses; and
- Discuss the role of evaluation results in the policy process.
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduates are not permitted in this course
This course will be offered on the Homewood campus, Wyman 571