Course description

This course introduces concepts and skills to plan and conduct evaluations of social and development programs. During the semester students will become acquainted with theory of evaluation, design and logic of various types of evaluation, ethics, measurement of program outcomes, methodologies and data collection, including evaluation in health programs and the importance of accounting for gender and vulnerability in all evaluations. During the semester students will be afforded the opportunity to work with an organisation to produce an evaluation plan. Students will learn about negotiating a plan with a client, working with stakeholders, the different forms of evaluation, evaluation ethics, how to develop indicators and program logic, and finally how to ensure evaluation findings are disseminated and utilised.

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