Program Design and Evaluation in Nonprofit and Governmental Organizations

Catalog description

Effective and efficient programs change lives! This course offers students the strategies and best practices for designing high quality programs, the tools and ethical framework to monitor program delivery, the qualitative and quantitative research skills essential for relevant evaluation and the necessary processes for program elimination, modification and scaling. Through case studies, service-learning projects and other hands-on assignments, students will be challenged to apply concepts to practice including the preparation of SMART objectives, logic models, project timelines, evaluation plans, program reports and recommendations for future programming. Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Conservation, Technology & Imagination, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.