300.712.01
Formulating Policy: Strategies and Systems of Policymaking in the 21st Century
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
M, W, 9:00 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Explores the considerations, activities and participants involved in the formulation of public health policy. Examines the process of selecting and assessing policy options, and discusses the role that various players have in the making of health policy. Through the analyses of case studies, students learn how policy-makers interact, and how outside influences such as the media and advocates help shape policy. Presents basic legal principles that govern health policy, and discusses the roles of economics and ethics in policy formulation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define health and social policy problems
- Articulate policy solutions to health and social problems
- Assess policy options to address a defined problem
- Identify the role of government in policy formulation
- Assess the feasibility of translating a good policy idea into a viable policy option
- Explain how policy makers and other stakeholders interact in the context of formulating policy
- Describe the legal principles that underlie health policy formulation
- Define the role of academic researchers in policy making
- Provide examples of how policy has addressed health and social problems
- Write more effectively for a policy audience
- Apply skills and knowledge about policy formulation to advance health and social policy initiatives
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate and interdivisional students are not permitted in this section