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Public Policy Syllabus, Duran A. Fiack Jan 2022

Public Policy Syllabus, Duran A. Fiack

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The syllabus is designed for an introductory course that focuses on the basics of public policy. The course is composed of three modules. In Module I, The Study of Public Policy, the basics of public policy and the key actors and institutions involved in the policymaking process are introduced and discussed. In Module II, Public Policy Analysis, students are introduced to theories concerning the process through which policy is developed, implemented, and changed, a framework for analyzing and assessing public policy decision-making, and the tools that are used to address policy problems. In Module III, Substantive Areas …


City-Level Child Public Policy Proposal: Student Group Project Assignment, Jaclyn M. Kelly Aug 2021

City-Level Child Public Policy Proposal: Student Group Project Assignment, Jaclyn M. Kelly

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This is a culminating group project for students that creates an opportunity for them to apply what they have learned about 1. child-focused public policy and 2. identifying OER resources. The project invites students to draw on research literature that has been discussed in class + identify OER resources to come up with their own public policy proposal.


Quantitative Research Methods For Political Science, Public Policy And Public Administration For Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications In Excel, Wesley Wehde, Tracey Bark, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Gary Copeland, Matthew Nowlin, Tyler Hughes, Aaron Fister, Josie Davis Jul 2020

Quantitative Research Methods For Political Science, Public Policy And Public Administration For Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications In Excel, Wesley Wehde, Tracey Bark, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Gary Copeland, Matthew Nowlin, Tyler Hughes, Aaron Fister, Josie Davis

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Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration for Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications in Excel is an adaption of Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R).

The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. This new version is designed specifically for undergraduate courses. It omits large portions of the original text that focused on calculus and linear algebra, expands and reorganizes the content on the software system by shifting to …


Quantitative Research Methods For Political Science, Public Policy And Public Administration For Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications In R, Wesley Wehde, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Gary Copeland, Matthew Nowlin, Tyler Hughes, Aaron Fister, Josie Davis Jul 2020

Quantitative Research Methods For Political Science, Public Policy And Public Administration For Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications In R, Wesley Wehde, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Joseph Ripberger, Gary Copeland, Matthew Nowlin, Tyler Hughes, Aaron Fister, Josie Davis

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Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration for Undergraduates: 1st Edition With Applications in R is an adaption of Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R).

The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. This new version of the text omits large portions of the original text that focused on calculus and linear algebra, expands and reorganizes the content on the software system R and includes guided study questions at …


Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3040 (Information And Society), Kimmy Szeto Jan 2018

Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3040 (Information And Society), Kimmy Szeto

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LIB 3040 Information and Society. 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ENG 2100. This course examines the nature, production, value and uses of information in historical perspective; the latest development in information technology; the ways information is produced and disseminated and how they affect business, politics, media, science, arts and culture; the growth of the “information society;” and major information policy issues. (Cross-listed with COM 3040 and PAF 3040)