Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to provide students with * an advanced understanding of different approaches towards analysing policy and governance; * skills that will enable them to apply these approaches to different public policy issues at different levels of analysis; that is international, regional (eg EU), national and sub-national levels. Skills: By the end of this unit, students will have: * explored the major methods and modes of policy analysis; * applied one or more of these analytical methods in a policy topic. By the end of this unit students should be able to: * apply different techniques to provide analysis for the purposes of informing the process of policy making; * apply different techniques to provide analysis for the purposes of the academic study of policy, oriented towards social theory; * understand the role of analysis in the social policy process as well as the role of analysis in the process of societal and politico-economic governance. Content: Intellectual skills: * to think creatively and analytically; * to communicate an argument; * to critically evaluate and assess research and evidence as well as a variety of other information; * to synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent undertstanding. Transferable/Key Skills: * essay research, preparation and writing skills; * group work skills; * policy research skills; * presentation skills and verbal communication (ie oral presentations, seminar contributions). Knowledge outcomes: * Theoretical basis of different concepts towards understanding different modes of policy analysis; * Knowledge of the current developments and contemporary research in different modes of policy analysis. |
| Programme availability: |
SP50249 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
SP50249 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Economics
SP50249 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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