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)
- Onderdelen en contacturen
- 0 contacturen Exam
36 contacturen Lecture
18 contacturen Practical exercises
96 contacturen Self study
- Inhoud
This course sheds light on the most used methods in policy analysis. It briefly touches upon the concepts of policy and public policy, but its main focus is on the methods that can be used to analyse 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 analyse aspects of European and national policy-making. 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 case study.
- Studiemateriaal
- Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Slides Policy Analysis
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Aanbevolen) : Complementary Readings Policy Analysis
- Bijkomende info
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- Leerresultaten
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General Competences
- Students have knowledge and insight regarding applicable research methods in policy analysis.
- Students demonstrate insight in the diversity of sources and techniques.
- Students show a critical attitude with regard to 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
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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:
- Individual Essay
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:
- An individual essay in which they are asked to write 1000-1500 words on how to conduct a policy analysis on a given case study;
- An assignment in which they are asked (in group) to apply a diversity of policy analysis methods to a concrete case.
The two parts each make up 50% of the total mark, but only if the student obtains at least 7/20 on each part. If not, the lowest partial grade denotes the total mark. For example, if you have a 9/20 and a 15/20 then your total mark is 12/20. Should you have a 5/20 and a 15/20 then the final score will be 5/20. This is to avoid too much of an imbalance in the learned knowledge.
- 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: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biology: Human Ecology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)