Behavioral Policy & Public Health

Applications of behavioral insights are expanding rapidly across civic, medical, social, corporate, educational, and economic professions. This class covers the underlying theories for behavioral science, using scientific and real-world examples of applications from multiple disciplines and locations. The course will also cover methods for behavioral policy implementation and evaluation, focusing particularly on healthcare policy perspectives. Students will learn a broad range of strategies through a highly interactive format, taught partially in a classroom setting in addition to remote asynchronous and synchronous sessions. Students will gain experience designing and developing their own evidence-based behavioral interventions as a part of a group project.