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POL6202 - Evidence-based Policy Issues and Evaluation

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Public Policy
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One semester
Equivalent Course(s)
Nil
Exclusive Courses:
POL6903 or POL6903A or POL6904
Course Offering Term*:
Semester A 2017/18

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to enable students to discover evidence base for identifying, analysing, and evaluating contemporary and critical policy issues. Both aspects, scientific and political, of policy analysis are highlighted in the course. The course introduces elements in a policy cycle and tools available for analysing them. Specifically, topics covered include, agenda setting, assessing alternative solutions, decision making, policy implementation and impact evaluation. The following approaches will be applied in analysing issues in different policy domains such as education, health, industry, energy and environment: stakeholder analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and institutional analysis. After taking the course, students are expected to be able to engage in debating contemporary policy issues from a more informed, analytical perspective.

 


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 100%
 
Detailed Course Information

POL6202.pdf

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Department of Public Policy