PUBPOL 5418

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This graduate-level survey course addresses the key concepts and tools of stakeholder identification, mapping, analysis and engagement strategies in working toward sustainable, positive development. With a particular focus on extractive industries in developing and emerging economies, the course is designed for students pursuing careers in sustainability in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Master of Public Administration (MPA) students or by permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Students will describe principles of stakeholder identification, mapping, analysis, and engagement strategies.
• Students will explore and apply stakeholder engagement tools and techniques used by municipal/community planners, nonprofit or human services organizations, and/or international businesses or organizations to real-world cases.
• Students will analyze and develop a strategic deliverable around a stakeholder engagement scenario drawn from their own experience or from a community-based project.

When Offered Spring.

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