PPOL 600. Applied Evaluation Practice.
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PPOL 600
Applied Evaluation Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: School of Public Policy (Graduate Studies)
Terms Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
The professional practice of evaluation and its application in field settings. Specific evaluation techniques will be examined, including logic modelling, designing evaluation
questions, selecting a study design, establishing criteria of merit, and planning for the communication of results. Emphasis is on designing evaluations that are more likely to
produce actionable findings and have the potential to promote a more equitable and just society.
- Prerequisites: A course on social science research methodology and a course in quantitative or qualitative analytic methods. Permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Not open to students in the Master of Public Policy; Non-Thesis program.
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