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国产传媒 the Program<\/h2>\n

Social impact design and evaluation is growing in popularity and use. It draws from existing fields of program and policy design and evaluation, human development, organizational development, and community development. It also incorporates innovations and perspectives such as implementation science, human-centered design, social innovation, and data science. Social impact design and evaluation practices and skills are relevant to nearly every field and discipline, including education, medicine, nursing, public health, environmental studies, public policy, and business.<\/p>\n \n\n \n <\/div> \n \n<\/div>\n\t\t

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Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n

Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to:<\/p>\n

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  • Describe the value of social context analysis and careholder engagement in social impact design and evaluation, and develop tools for designing and implementing both<\/li>\n
  • Understand and employ the technical competencies associated with social impact design and evaluation such as design of multi-level interventions; study design; data collection, management, and analysis; and data visualization and use<\/li>\n
  • Understand and employ the tactical competencies associated with social impact design and evaluation such as relationship development and maintenance, conflict navigation, problem setting, advocacy, and storytelling<\/li>\n
  • Ground social impact design and evaluation in principles and practices that foster equity and justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \n\n \n <\/div> \n \n<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Who Should Enroll?<\/h2>\n
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    • Prerequisites<\/strong>: Completed Bachelor’s degree plus current enrollment in a master’s or doctoral degree program within 国产传媒. Students must take Program Evaluation or Evaluation of Organizational Performance, and Applied Data Analysis and Visualization for Social Impact prior to taking the practicum course.<\/li>\n
    • Best Suited For:<\/strong>\u00a0Current Peabody and 国产传媒 master’s or doctoral students who are planning careers in government, nonprofit, academic or corporate settings who want to design and assess significant change that impact a pressing social challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \n\n \n <\/div> \n \n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1679,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","program_type":[3],"subject_areas":[6],"schools":[24],"class_list":["post-1678","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program_type-certificates","subject_areas-education","schools-peabody"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCertificate in Social Impact Design and Evaluation | 国产传媒<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/online-learning\/program\/certificate-in-social-impact-design-evaluation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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