90-730 Policy Analysis in Practice
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This course is designed to provide practical experience in analyzing the causes of important social and economic problems, in developing alternative policies and programs to address those problems, and in providing the information public officials need to choose which problems to address and which policies and programs to implement. The examples and assignments in the course are based on realworld examples of important policy problems for which there is no right answer. Taking the course will give you a realistic sense of the kinds of work done by policy analysts, and it will prepare you for successfully working as a policy analyst in government, in an advocacy organization, or in a consulting firm. The focus of the course is on how to analyze new policy problems and issues and how to develop more effective solutions to existing problems, rather than on evaluating existing programs or reviewing analyses conducted in the past. Although the course will include discussions about some policies and programs that currently exist, the goal of these discussions will be to identify lessons that will help you in analyzing new issues and in developing more effective approaches to longstanding problems.
Prerequisites: none listed
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