Informações principais
Sobre o conteúdo
Interested in public policy thinking? This course will equip you to utilize a powerful, eight-step method for analyzing public policy problems and formulating recommendations for addressing them.
To help you learn the “eightfold path” to problem solving, you will review and enjoy lectures and presentations by faculty from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, the top-ranked graduate academy in this field. You will examine specific policy examples and learn to apply this method to the social challenges you wish to concentrate upon in your own work.
And this course is just the beginning! Consider exploring graduate training in public policy. Earn a Masters in Public Affairs (MPA) degree from the Goldman School.
Pré-requisito
Recommended: Secondary school course(s) on social studies/civics and/or undergraduate course introduction to government; Basic undergraduate course(s) in political economy and/or microeconomics, encompassing coverage of fundamentals of economic efficiency.
Programa de estudos
- Defining problems in public policy
- Constructing alternatives
- Projecting outcomes
- Confronting tradeoffs
- The relationship between politics and policy work
Instrutores
Eugene Bardach
Emeritus Professor of Public Policy
Henry E. Brady
Dean and Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Jennifer M. Granholm
Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law & Goldman School of Public Policy
Daniel M. Kammen
Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering
David L. Kirp
James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy
Steven Raphael
Professor and James D. Marver Chair in Public Policy
Robert B. Reich
Chancellor's Professor and Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Public Policy
Larry A. Rosenthal
Senior Lecturer of Public Policy
Criador do conteúdo
A Universidade da Califórnia, Berkeley, foi fundada em 1868 e o seu campus principal - concebido como uma "Cidade de Aprendizagem" - foi estabelecido em Berkeley, na Baía de São Francisco. O corpo docente de Berkeley é constituído por 1.582 professores a tempo inteiro e 500 a tempo parcial, dispersos por mais de 130 departamentos académicos e mais de 80 unidades de investigação interdisciplinares. Os antigos alunos de Berkeley receberam 28 prémios Nobel e, entre os actuais professores, há oito laureados com o Prémio Nobel, 32 MacArthur Fellows e quatro vencedores do Prémio Pulitzer.
Em setembro de 2012, para assinalar o compromisso de Berkeley com a inovação no ensino e na aprendizagem, foi criado o Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE). O Centro é um centro de recursos e um catalisador operacional para todos os recursos internos do campus e externos para aconselhar, coordenar e facilitar as iniciativas de educação em linha da Universidade, desde cursos com e sem créditos, a programas de licenciatura em linha e projectos MOOC, incluindo a iniciativa MOOCLab.
Plataforma
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.
