May 18, 2025  
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog

POL 535 - Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation


This course concentrates on the strategies and methods of public policy analysis and evaluation. Students debate the merits of proposed solutions to various policy issues and discover the political constraints on the policy making process.  Skills stressed in the course include cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and basic microeconomics.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): PPLMA, PPLMA/HPHMP, PPLMA/MBXMB, or permission of instructor.

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​