Topics may include general issues such as poverty, crime, homelessness, economic development, homeland security, corporate social responsibility, ecological/environmental projects, etc. or a specific issue in your city, community, local, state, or federal governmental, etc.  You will:

• Develop a public policy to address the issue.  Or you may propose a change or update to an existing public policy. 
• In all cases, the focus should be on in the development of a public policy, to include utilizing all aspects of the public policy lifecycle. 
• Consider use of field assessments, literature searches, personal knowledge/experience, and community records to source content. 
• It should be a 15 pages paper for the course Public Policy Development