PADM 650 Public Policy Analysis

General

• Understand the institutional context within which public policy is made and remade;
• Understand how public policy analysis is different from other writing about public policy that appears in a variety of venues and publications;
• Acquire familiarity with the tools, techniques, and methods that are used to conduct policy analysis in a variety of settings at all levels of government;
• Identify an extensive array of resources (e.g., publications, websites, databases) that are essential for producing credible policy analysis for government decision makers;
• Define and elaborate on a public policy problem, craft policy alternatives to address it, utilize quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the problem and its proposed solutions, and recommend the best course of action; and
• Apply knowledge of the public policy process, institutions of public policy-making, and techniques and methods of policy analysis to analyze and debate contemporary public policy issues and controversies (e.g., expanding health care, developing a more coherent energy policy).