Principles of Public Policy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to a wide range of topics important to understanding the field of public policy globally. This course brings together ideas from history, political science, communication, sociology, human services, and economics to address an important question: How have governmental associations and non-profit organizations come to shape and implement public policy to address global needs? Students will have the opportunity to evaluate current policies that address the most significant domestic and global social and public issues of today and students will also create a public policy to address a social or public issue that is of interest to them.