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SP50249: Advanced policy analysis

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2013/4
Follow this link for further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Follow this link for further information on credits Credits: 6
Follow this link for further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Follow this link for further information on period slots Period: Semester 1
Follow this link for further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW 100%
Follow this link for further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Follow this link for further information on unit content 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.
Follow this link for further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP50249 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THSP-AFM13 : MSc International Public Policy Analysis (Full-time)
  • THSP-APM13 : MSc International Public Policy Analysis (Part-time)

SP50249 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THXX-AFM14 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
  • THXX-AFM24 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
  • THXX-APM08 : MRes Social Policy (Part-time)
  • THSP-AFM15 : MSc Wellbeing in Public Policy and International Development (Full-time)
  • THSP-APM15 : MSc Wellbeing in Public Policy and International Development (Part-time)

SP50249 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THXX-AFM46 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (Full-time)
  • THXX-AFM47 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (Full-time)
  • THXX-AFM12 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
  • THXX-AFM22 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
  • THXX-APM06 : MRes International Development (Part-time)
  • THXX-AFM48 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice (Full-time)
  • THXX-AFM49 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice (Full-time)

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2013/14 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2014/15 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2013/14.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.