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 http://home.ubalt.edu/tmitch [log in to unmask] _____ From: Elliot Lasson Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:56 PM To: Thomas Mitchell Subject: Program Evaluation Class Program Evaluation course, fall 06 ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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.