This module course will teach students both the theory and practice of persuasive policy writing. Course assignments will strengthen students’ ability to write professionally for public audiences across industries. Students will write policy blogs to learn how to tell compelling policy stories, and they will write an executive summary to learn how to distill and simplify information and data. Through readings and case studies, students will learn how to strengthen their use narrative, data, and evidence, and to craft strong counterarguments. Students will also learn how to write as a group, since policy writing is often created through collaboration. Students will complete the module with two individual writing samples, with the possibility of publication, and a broad sense of what strengthens persuasion in policymaking.
Every Communications Program course assumes a fluency with the English language.