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Simulation Capstone
Provides opportunity for students to engage in culminating capstone experience to engage in solving a real world problem.
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Methods for Engaging Communities in Local Government
Introduces conceptional frameworks and practical strategies to center equitable and inclusive stakeholder participation in local government. Students learn to analyze the context of engagement, select and deploy appropriate methods, and develop techniques for appropriate documentation to enable decision making.
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Public Innovation Workshop
Focuses on developing strategic leadership development to alter organizational conditions and narrow disparities in public service outcomes.
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Policy Leadership II
Introduces concepts, theories, frameworks, and practice to conduct policy analysis and communicate assessments to intended audiences.
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Organizational Leadership II
Introduces concepts and skills to assess and redesign implementation of public policies and programs. Examines use of participatory tools for analyzing and redesigning services, work flows, and delivery systems.
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Methods of Policy Inquiry
Examines how evidence is gathered in the public sector and used to generate policy research. Explores how research informs policy process.
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Undergrad Internship
Enhances students career readiness through guided self-reflection, peer dialogue, and employer feedback. Credit/no-credit only.
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Undergrad Research
Independent research in selected areas of public policy and public management under faculty supervision. Credit/no-credit only.
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Introduction to Public Policy and Governance
Provides an introduction to policy analysis, governance, and public service. Students learn how individuals organize for common purposes, and design, implement, analyze, and evaluate policy. Students examine how policy decisions emerge and how the values of public, nonprofit, and private…