Module SGIA40Q15: Advanced Topics in Public Policy

Department: Government and International Affairs

SGIA40Q15: Advanced Topics in Public Policy

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To familiarize students with advanced literature in public policy, at the current limits of knowledge, and as novel public policy issue areas emerge;
• To furnish students with the skills to apply insights from this literature to answer questions in public policy;
• To furnish students with the skills to apply insights from this literature to inform their understanding of public policy making;
• To furnish students with the skills to communicate results from an analysis to a policy audience.

Content

• Indicative content will vary from year to year, as literature in Public Policy and novel public policy issue areas develop, and may include:
• Public Policy of global public health
• Public Policy of the environment
• Comparative Public Policy
• Political Economy of public policy making
• Advanced theoretical models of public policy making

Learning Outcomes

• Advanced knowledge of how literature in Public Policy, at the current limits of knowledge, can inform (our understanding of) policy making.

• The ability to apply insights from literature in Public Policy at the current limits of knowledge to answer a question in public policy, including in current or novel public policy issue areas;
• The ability to effectively communicate results from an analysis to a policy audience.

• The ability to do independent research, including the ability to design research, execute research, and critically evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.
• Communication skills: the ability to convey information or arguments effectively to others.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching and learning are through a series of 1-hour lectures and seminars.
• Lectures will familiarize students with latest literature in public policy and furnish students with examples of how this can be applied to answer questions in public policy.
• Seminars will allow students to practice applying insights from literature to a variety of public policy issue areas and contexts.
• Summative assessment is a 2500-word policy analysis (accounting for 100% of the final grade).
• Formative assessment is a 750-word outline of the summative policy analysis, allowing students to receive feedback on their plans for their policy analysis.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Formative assessment is a 750-word outline of the summative policy analysis.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University