POL 294 - Spring-Term Topics in Public Policy

FDR: SS2
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2013

This course is designed to give students additional expertise and awareness of discrete policy challenges in the United States. Students will be able to explain current policy systems, including political institutions and political behavior by political actors. Students will also formulate policy evaluations acknowledging the strengths and the weaknesses in the policy system. (SS2)

Spring 2013 Topic:

POL 294: Spring-Term Topic in Public Policy: Food Policy. (4) An examination of the agriculture and food industry policy subsystem, with prominent consideration of the Farm Bill, biotechnology, food safety, and food industry politics in federal policy. Class field trips include commercial farming and food processing operations. (SS2) Harris