PSYC4047 · Psychology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Program evaluation isessential for designing and operating effective programs in public andnonprofit organizations. It involves the systematic use of methods frompsychological science to obtain empirical evidence that can assist programmanagers and policy makers in deciding which programs to fund, modify, expand,or eliminate. This course will introduce students to program evaluation theoryand practice and integrate these ideas into the study of psychological researchmethods. The work in this class will be centered around partnering with areal-world organization to design and implement an evaluation of their programand produce a report of our findings for their use.
Course experience
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Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.8 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
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Spring 2025
1 section