Jul 28, 2025  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2024-25 
    
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POLS 5480 - Comparative Public Policy

Examines and compares characteristics of public policy in various national political settings. Students: (1) discover more about how public policies in the United States differ from other countries; (2) think about why this is the case; (3) focus on how policies shape the political realm; and (4) develop the skills to become effective policy analysts.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to analyze the key theoretical debates in public policy.
  • Students will be able to identify an important policy problem, identify alternative policy solutions to that problem, and identify the strongest policy alternative.
  • Students will be able to connect academic knowledge and knowledge of the discipline to a policy problem.
  • Students will be able to apply policy analysis skills to propose a solution to a policy problem.
  • Students will be able to communicate their policy analysis and solution in written form and present policy analysis oral presentations.
  • Students will be able to evaluate competing approaches to explaining outcomes in comparative public policy.
  • Students will be able to examine key issues in comparative public policy.
  • Students will be able to anticipate and respond to potential objections to a policy proposal.
  • Students will be able to integrate political analysis with other analysis that focuses on “objective” advantages and disadvantages.
  • Students will be able to identify the appropriate criteria for judging the value of a public policy.


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