PME-600 Principles and Theories of Evaluation (3)

This course introduces terminology, critical issues, and current debates in the field of evaluation, as reflected in evaluation theories and practice. The course teaches the skills necessary to design monitoring, evaluation, and learning plans that reflect varying purposes, fields, and contexts. Students learn how to develop program theories of change models, evaluation logic models, and evaluation statements of work, three documents important to monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Students partner with organizations they identify to plan an evaluation, including articulating the purpose of the evaluation; crafting evaluation questions; setting outcomes and indicators; and proposing data collection and analysis plans. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: OGPS Program: Online.