PUB PLC 210Methods of Policy Analysis
Public Policy · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Preparatory course that precedes three-term 298A, 298B, 298C sequence in which students prepare major public policy projects and papers that are case studies of policy evaluation and implementation and are equivalent to professional master’s theses. Papers build on prior core courses, internship experience, and policy cluster courses.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PUB PLC 210
- PUB PLC 298AApplied Policy Project I
- PUB PLC 298BApplied Policy Project II
- PUB PLC 298DApplied Policy Project IV
- PUB PLC 298EApplied Policy Project V
- PUB PLC 298CApplied Policy Project III
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.