Public Policy Nutrition Course Syllabus 2016

Class #

Topic

J-Term

Intro to Research Methods and Applying

Evidence-Based Guidelines from EAL
Formulating Research Questions
Gathering Information and Evaluating Literature
Lit Review 101
No School
Syllabus Day/Act Assignment
Begin Act Research
Introduction to Public Policy and Nutrition Policy

J-Term
J-Term
Jan. 18
1
Jan. 25
2
Feb. 1
3
Feb. 8

4
Feb. 15
5
Feb. 22

Essential Components of Public Policy Analysis

and Action
In-Class Group Work proposed draft research
question and Group Act Presentations
Review of EAL Quality Checklist/Worksheets
In-Class Group Work on EAL and Group Act
Presentations
Group Presentations on Individual Acts
Review of Lit Review

6
Feb. 29

NHDA Panel
NHDA experts on review of existing policies and
their effectiveness/feasibility

7
Mar. 7

Gathering Evidence
Examining Cost Benefits of Policy and
Benchmarking of Public Policy
In-Class Group work on data gathering
Review of Op-Ed pieces
In-Class Group work on draft lit review
In-Class Group work on Op-Ed, review lit review

8
Mar. 14
9
Mar. 21
10
Mar. 28

Policy Memo
In-Class Group work on Policy Memo/Brief

11
Apr. 4

Group Presentations: Brief to Congress

Assignment

Assigned: Proposed Draft

Research Question

DUE: Proposed Research

Question by 5:00 PM
Assigned: Group Act
Presentations
Assigned: EAL Worksheets
and Quality Checklists
DUE: Group Act
Presentations
Assigned: Draft Lit Review,
Develop questions for NHDA
Panel Discussions
DUE: NHDA Panel
Discussion Questions by
8:00 AM, EAL Worksheets
and Quality Checklist
Assigned: Individual Op-Ed
pieces

DUE: Draft Lit Review

DUE: Individual Op-Ed by
8:00AM
Assigned: Group Op-Ed
DUE: Op-Ed
Assigned: Policy Memo/Brief
to Congress, Lit Review
revisions
DUE: Policy Memo/Brief to
Congress

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12
Apr. 11
13
Apr. 18
14
Apr. 25
15
TBD

Poster Board Expectations

In-Class Group work on poster board
In-Class Group work on poster board

Assigned: Poster Board

Review/Expectations
DUE: FINAL Lit Review

RD Exam Prep Day

DUE: Poster/Poster Review

NHDA Spring Meeting