Policy Analysis: Concepts and Theories (20)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| SOCI4022 | Sociology and Social Policy | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- SOCI4022
- School
- Sociology and Social Policy
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module provides an applied, critical and informed understanding of policy-making and policy analysis in government. It examines key concepts, models and theories of policy-making and policy analysis and illustrates them by examining policy-making in Britain and other countries.
Target Students
Available to all PGT and PGR students including subsidiary students from outside the school. Also available to Postgraduate Exchange students. SOCI4022 cannot be taken with SOCI4012 or if students have already taken SOCI3008. Available to students on a MA SSR programme (All pathways) in the School of Sociology and Social Policy.
Classes
This module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.
Assessment
- 25% Coursework 1: 1,000 words.
- 75% Coursework 2: 3,000 words.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The aims of the module are to:Reflect critically upon the meanings of public policy.Understand the interplay of key actors in the processes of making public policy.Evaluate public policy.Assess key concepts of policy analysis.Examine competing theories of public policy in modelling the policy process.Offer students opportunities to undertake a focused case study on analysing public policy.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
- Students will gain knowledge and further their understanding of how public policy is made.
- Students will gain knowledge and further their understanding of how public policy is analysed and evaluated.
Intellectual Skills
- Students will develop intellectual skills in assessing and evaluating key concepts, models and theories of policy analysis.
- Students will develop intellectual skills in undertaking a sustained piece of policy analysis.
Professional Practical Skills
- Students will develop practical skills in undertaking policy research and policy analysis.
Transferable (Key) Skills
- Students will develop their transferable skills in analysing and synthesising material, and in communicating and presenting their ideas.