PADM 541 - Program Evaluation

Credits: 4

This course focuses on the different tools available to public administrators interested in understanding the relationship between their programming and community outcomes. Through the use of methods such as experiments, focus groups, and surveys, students learn how to engage stakeholders, collect and analyze data, communicate results, and translate those findings into improved programming. In addition, many public agencies and non-profits would benefit from assessment and learning, however, they lack the resources necessary to implement intensive evaluations. In this course, students will discover low cost tools that can be integrated into programming without necessitating major overhauls to their operation or creating new, major demands on their current workload.