NS 4998

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NS 4998
Global and Public Health Policy and Politics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

This course analyzes the major theoretical ways in which domestic and foreign policy in the United States is understood and evaluated and the politics that influence such policymaking.  Students undertake a major empirical research project on a global and public health issue of their own choosing (which will be the same issue that identify in the internship course, NS 4997), using an appropriate social science methodology supplemented by statistical or qualitative analysis.  The course is designed to 1) give students the larger theoretical context surrounding policy formulation and evaluation, and 2) give them a chance to engage empirically with a specific global and public health issue.

When Offered Fall, spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: GPHS majors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: NS 1600, NS 2060, NS 2600.

Outcomes
  • Evaluate and effectively interpret factual claims, theories and assumptions in global and public health policy and in the larger American policy world.
  • Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information on public policy.
  • Communicate effectively through writing, speech and visual information.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16562 NS 4998   LEC 001

  • Taught in Washington, DC. Prerequisites: NS 1600, NS 2060, and NS 2600. Restricted to GPHS Majors. To take NS 4998 you must have all prerequisites completed.

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