90-886 Public Policy & Decision Making

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course will explore how to conduct complex and concise policy analysis that can be used to inform decisionmakers, using the prism of policy analysis for Congress. The first part of the course will focus on the roles, interests, and operations of Congress and how it fits into the variety of governmental organizational settings. The class will then focus on learning how to develop nonpartisan policy analysis on complex public policy issues. The first case study will be the use of contractors to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Students will then pick a public policy topic of their choosing and develop analytical products on their chosen topic.

Prerequisites: none listed

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