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318.616.01
Program Evaluation in Public Policy II

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Thursday, 3:30 - 6:30pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

318.615

Description
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
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Outline the fundamental principles and practices involved in the design, implementation and analysis of program evaluation
  2. Discuss the evaluation of ongoing programs and tests of new interventions being adopted
  3. Describe the basic statistics principles for designing an evaluation
  4. Examine procedures involved in implementing an evaluation
  5. Identify the basic ideas of cost-benefit and process analyses
  6. Discuss the role of evaluation results in the policy process
Multiterm
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduates are not permitted in this course