Tom Mitchell, Ph.D.
Industrial & Organizational Psychologist
 
Director of Graduate Programs in Psychology
Division of Applied Behavioral Sciences
University of Baltimore
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
 
Phone: 410 837 5348
Fax:     410 837 4059
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From: Elliot Lasson 
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:56 PM
To: Thomas Mitchell
Subject: Program Evaluation Class


   Program Evaluation course, fall 06
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For those graduate students who may be interested and are wondering what
it's about, I have included a description of the Program Evaluation
course (scroll down below), which will be offered in the Fall.  Please
read it and determine whether the class would "speak to you" or not.
 
I will be trying something different with regards to the textbook this
time, for those who will be enrolled in the course.  That is, allowing
students to order the book on-line using the vendor of their choice.  We
will be using 2003 edition of the book will suffice for my purposes,
although there is a newer edition which has just been released.  This
should help keep the book cost down.
 
 
Thank you.
 
Elliot Lasson
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Course: Program Evaluation
Instructor: Elliot D. Lasson, Ph.D.
Class Meets: Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Required Text: Posavac, E. & Carey, R. G. (2003).  Program evaluation:
Methods and case studies (Sixth ed.).  Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall.
 
 
Program Evaluation is a graduate-level elective course designed
primarily for students in the the Masters program in Applied Psychology.
The objective of the course is to expose students to the various issues
involving the development, implementation, and evaluation of
organizational programs and policies.  In the class, the research design
and methodology used to measure and track programs over time will be
presented.  Secondly, there will be ample opportunity for application.
Students will develop model organizational policies and programs.  In
addition, students will follow actual programs in real organizations and
present an analysis of them.  This will be the basis for a paper which
will constitute the course=s significant assignment.  The program or
policy evaluation which each student conducts is the ultimate goal for
the course.