SLAS 6004 Program Assessment and Evaluation
Detailed introduction of approaches in assessing and evaluating programs in organizations with the goal of achieving organizational objectives, improving organizational effectiveness, and better serving stakeholders and constituents. Course examines program evaluation from a conceptual and analytical point of view and reviews the numerous ways of understanding and assessing program effectiveness. Course topics include but are not limited to program evaluation's relationship to: research and the knowledge generation; ethics and social justice; models, methods, and practices in the study of performance; achieving goals and supporting change in fair and equitable manners.