BSM 453 - Program Evaluation

Unit(s): 4

This course offers an overview of the practices for evaluating the success of programs. The course reviews principle approaches, methods, techniques, and practices utilized in evaluation research and assessment applicable to public and nonprofit program. Principal types of evaluation, including quantitative and qualitative, formative and summative, process and implementation, outcome and impact assessment, and cost-benefit analysis will be discussed among other types. The skills developed and applied in this course will assist the practitioner in assessing the overall effectiveness and efficiency of new or existing public and nonprofit programs. Students will gain practical experience through a series of exercises involving the design of a basic conceptual evaluation framework, initial research and data compilation, analysis of available data and information, and development of an evaluation plan to measure impact.

Restriction: Field of study restricted to Management Major
School of Management