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Analytic Methods for Public Policy

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Tu 4p.m. – 6:45p.m.		 McCormack M01-0415 3 $2657 (guest students)
Date
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Time
Tu 4p.m. – 6:45p.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0415
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2657 (guest students)

Description

This course is an introduction to data analytics, with a focus on data acquisition, management, and analysis in public-serving organizations. Successful public policy professionals should be able to deploy data analytics and data science tools and methods to make meaning from data, to identify, propose and evaluate relationships to build explanations about phenomena and organizations associated with the public interest. This course is designed to provide students the skills for assessing the need for data in public-serving organizations, for extracting knowledge and insight from data, and effectively communicating results for policy action and public engagement.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/2/2025 - 12/12/2025

Location

McCormack M01-0415

Enrolled / Capacity

4 / 15

Status

Open

Instructor

Trevor Memmott

Tuition*

$2657 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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