Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
SOPE 513 - MSPE EVALUATION PRACTICUM I
Long Title: SOCIAL POLICY EVALUATION PRACTICUM I
Department: Social Policy Evaluation
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Internship/Practicum
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Must be enrolled in one of the following Degree(s):
Master of Social Policy Eval
Description: The practicum project asks students to integrate and synthesize many components of
the curriculum by undertaking a major policy evaluation project of value to an external
client from the Texas Policy Lab, HERC or other university research center. During the
project, students engage in the entire process of solving a real-world evaluation project.
Students will produce IRB documents, write a literature review, clean data and propose
an analysis.