Course Introduction
This material is designed to give you a basic introduction to HADM 2220, Health
Policy. If you're in the class on the first day, you'll receive a paper copy
of this information. In the introduction you'll find:
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This course will explore political issues affecting health care services. Upon successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:
Pre-requisite to this course is POLI 1090 (American Government) or POLI 2100 (State and Local Government). If you do not meet this requirement, please see me to discuss this.
Course Requirements
| Assignment | Due Date | Grade Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary Bibliography | Jan. 31 | 5% |
| Team Evaluation #1 | Jan. 31 | 5% |
| Mid-Term Exam | Feb. 5 | 15% |
| Annotated Bibliography | Mar. 4 | 15% |
| Team Evaluation #2 | Mar. 4 | 5% |
| Policy Analysis | Apr. T17 | 20% |
| Team Evaluation #3 | Apr. 17 | 5% |
| Team Presentation | Apr. 22,24 | 5% |
| Final Exam | May 2 | 25% |
Each team will carry out four team projects in which members will compose a Preliminary Bibliography of sources related to a particular health policy problem, assemble an Annotated Bibliography, prepare a detailed Policy Analysis of the problem, and present their findings to the class in a Class Presentation. Details concerning these projects appear on the on the separate Web page for the Course Schedule.
After each project, in each of the three Team Evaluations, team members will confidentially rate the contributions of each member of their team to the project just completed; the instructor also may add input into this rating based on his evaluation of team participation of members. These three evaluations will total fifteen percent of the student's grade.
Moreover, although each project will receive a group grade, the instructor reserves the right to raise or lower the impact of that project on the student's grade if he feels the student's role in the project merits such adjustment.
To discourage attempts to take a "free ride" on the efforts of teammates, any student who attends so few of the teams' meetings or contributes so little that half of the student's teammates rate his/her contribution significantly below the group's average on two or more evaluations will receive a grade of "D" for the course. Students rated as making no contribution by over half his/her teammates on two or more evaluations will receive an "F." As a further safeguard against non-assistance to team peers, any student dropping the course after mid-quarter will receive a grade of "WF" unless he/she is withdrawing from school entirely.
As an alternative to discussion in the physical classroom, students are also welcome to raise questions or make comments on the course's Blackboard Site. (see below)
Communication Matters
All students in the course are expected to have e-mail
accounts to communicate with each other and with the instructor. These accounts
are free of charge and relatively simple to operate, in addition to giving students
experience in modern electronic communications. To set up your account, simply
call 844-5800 from a touchtone phone and follow the automated directions.
Assistance is available in beginning
to use e-mail. However, the primary souce of e-mail communication with the
instructor should be through our class Blackboard Site. (see below)
The class Blackboard Site is a center for course
announcements and communications which allows students to pose discussion issues,
post comments, and raise questions outside of the physical classroom. Students
should check this site at least one day prior to each scheduled class meeting
for announcements and relevant class readings; failure to do so will be the
sole responsibility of the student. This site is restricted to class members;
access requires your standard Auburn IT user name and password. Informational
materials posted to this resources are just as much "fair game" for
tests as standard lecture/reading/class discussion materials.
The textbook for the course are available only at J & M Bookstore.
This is the schedule for the first class meetings of the course. The complete schedule appears in a separate Web document. "M" for the Morone text.
The other parts of this syllabus are listed below. If you are taking the class, you are responsible for reading ALL of them, as well as this introduction, and following their instructions.
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