WORKSHOP IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PUB AFFR 873 and declared in Public Affairs MPA Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by examining strengths and weakness of public policy literature, evaluating evidence for and against hypotheses, synthesizing knowledge, and developing conclusions. Audience: Graduate 2. Effectively summarize and clearly communicate data, real world policy problems, and policy literature for a general audience or policy audience. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply tools of policy analysis to investigate a policy problem and provide advice to a client audience to mitigate the problem while maintaining fidelity to objective social science-based research methods. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and appropriately respond to scenarios involving the ethical and professional responsibilities of public administration and adhere to high levels of professional conduct, ethical decision making and legal and regulatory compliance. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate the ability to maintain human subject protections when designing studies, collecting data and reporting results. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate effective project management and teamwork. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by examining strengths and weakness of public policy literature, evaluating evidence for and against hypotheses, synthesizing knowledge, and developing conclusions. Audience: Graduate 2. Effectively summarize and clearly communicate data, real world policy problems, and policy literature for a general audience or policy audience. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply tools of policy analysis to investigate a policy problem and provide advice to a client audience to mitigate the problem while maintaining fidelity to objective social science-based research methods. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and appropriately respond to scenarios involving the ethical and professional responsibilities of public administration and adhere to high levels of professional conduct, ethical decision making and legal and regulatory compliance. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate the ability to maintain human subject protections when designing studies, collecting data and reporting results. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate effective project management and teamwork. Audience: Graduate