Public Policy 607 - Policy Methods
Fall
2026
02
3.00
Brenda Bushouse
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
17425
bushouse@umass.edu
17399
Introduction to methodologies for analyzing, implementing, and evaluating public policy. Topics include research methods, participant observation survey research and questionnaire construction, research design, measurement theory and practice, and framing categories.
Open to Commonwealth College students only. This course is open to students in the Commonwealth Honors College. Students who would like to take this course should fill out this form (https://forms.gle/hw8dT5CEfjkMRZNk7) to express their interest. Those who submit the form by April 1 will be notified on April 5th whether they will be enrolled. Submissions beyond April 1 will be notified on a rolling basis.