SOPE 501: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY
Fall 2025 · Section 002 · CRN 14275
This course provides an introduction to the study and evaluation of public policy as practiced across and within different levels and types of governments. Policy making in United States is the principal, but not the exclusive focus of the course. Different models and theories of policy making serve as the focus of the first half of the course. The course will explore how different academic disciplines including, anthropology, economics, political science, psychology sociology and philosophy approach the study and evaluation of public policies.
- Credits
- 3
- Instructors
- Martha Castex-Tatum