EDC 325 Program Planning and Evaluation in Education

3 Credit(s) W-II

This course introduces students to knowledge and practice in educational program design and evaluation in community organization settings. In consultation with community stakeholders and organizational staff, students will identify needs, plan programs that address those needs, and explore ways to evaluate program effectiveness. Course content will also include in-depth writing assignments, field-based activities, and class discussions/activities that focus on formative and summative evaluation, program impact, legal and ethical issues, sources of funding, and grant-writing. The course includes a culminating project that participants will develop for and with a community-based organization. Three lecture hours per week. A minimum of 15 hours of fieldwork is required. Prerequisites: EDC 115, EDC 205, ENL 110 or equivalent, PSY 218, PSY 251, PSY 252, or PSY 322 or equivalent.