6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1021443CER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd bachelor niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Communicatiewetenschappen
Externe partnerinstelling(en)
Universiteit Gent
Onderwijsteam
Ilse Marien (titularis)
Fatima Zahid Ali
Alicia Navarro Hernández
Onderdelen en contacturen
18 contacturen Hoorcollege
21 contacturen Werkvormen en Praktische Oef.
107 contacturen Zelfwerk en -studie
Inhoud

This course sheds light on the most used methods in policy analysis. It touches upon the concepts of policy and public policy, but its focus is on the methods that can be used to analyze policies and make prescriptions for new policies. The course does not provide an exhaustive overview of all policy analysis methods. It discusses a selection of methods that are particularly useful to analyze aspects of European and national policymaking. Such methods are expert interviews, document analysis, case studies, stakeholder assessments, cost-benefit analysis, brainstorm, Delphi, problem structuring, etc. The course adopts a hands-on approach, meaning students will actively experiment with a diversity of methods and apply these to a concrete use case.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Slides Policy Analysis
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Aanbevolen) : Complementary Readings Policy Analysis
Bijkomende info

Not Applicable.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

  • Students have knowledge and insight regarding applicable research methods in policy analysis.
  • Students demonstrate insight in the diversity of methodological sources and techniques.
  • Students show a critical attitude with regard to methodological sources and techniques.  
  • Students can develop their own scientifically grounded judgement and act in the spirit of free inquiry – i.e. with an open, critical-constructive and a-dogmatic attitude. Students do not seek ‘ultimate truths’, yet respond to scientific debate and the relative uncertainty of insights from an open position.
  • Students develop an attitude of willingness to listen and respect to one another in order to engage in debates on the basis of scientifically and empirically grounded arguments.
  • Students can – with guidance – learn and act independently, creatively, critically and entrepreneurially.
  • Students apply, under supervision and on a general and junior level, knowledge and insights regarding diverse research methods of policy analysis. They can communicate their findings.
     

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.
  • Group Assignment met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Students are evaluated on the basis of:

  • A group assignment in which they are asked (in group) to apply a diversity of policy analysis methods to a concrete use case.
  • A written examen in which they are asked to develop an argumented methodological approach to conduct a policy analysis on a given case study;

The evaluation is twofolded. The students are evaluated in group based upon a professional file that is accomplished in group and individually via a written exam. Students can register for the group assignment ultimately 4 weeks after the start of the first lecture. After this moment, students are no longer allowed to register for the group assignment and cannot participate in the group work. They are still permitted to participate in the written exam and to execute the group assignment according to the specifications of second session made available in the assignment description on Canvas. 
 

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Year 3: Orientation Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Year 3: Orientation Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Year 3: Orientation Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)