POL 341 - Current Issues in Public Policy Analysis of current public policy issues in United States. Theories which purport to define or prescribe what public policy should be; political-administrative process by which policies are made; substantive content of policies; policy problems confronting the country. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain theoretical approaches to public policy including incrementalism, game theory, institutionalism and rational choice.
- Explain the tensions between competing values behind policy, such as the tension between security and liberty or between equality and efficiency.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how groups fit their policy preferences to issues on the current political agenda.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how public policy problems are defined and made salient.
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