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Fall 2023

Current Controversies in Public Policy

Time and Location

M W F Period 3, AND 034

Description and Goals

 How do we approach and solve pressing problems that impact the public good? How do policy makers across the globe learn from one another? This course will explore major public policy challenges faced by all governments. Students will approach the challenges of governing through the lens of public policy solutions. Students will engage with the scholarly approach to policy analysis, explore a public policy topic of interest, assess attempted policy solutions, and design their final project around policy solutions or scholarly inquest. 

*Cross Listed with Political Science

Fall 2023 Syllabus