SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

ECON 205B
WORKSHOP IN POLICY ANALYSIS
Thayer Watkins

This course is a continuation of ECON 205A (Economic Analysis for Decision Making). The core of the course involves each student choosing a topic in policy analysis and then research, writing and presenting a term paper on that topic. there will be an introductory survey of policy analysis to acquaint students with major issues. Some areas which may be covered are:

During the middle part of the course students will make progress reports on their research and hear suggestions from the instructor and fellow students for further research. The last part of the course will be devoted to presentations by students of the final results of their research and analysis.