Evaluating Social Policy

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  The aim of this subject is:

  1. To give students a practical introduction to evaluation.
  2. To give students the ability to critically think about claims about what research can and should do.
  3. To give students the ability to (somehow confidently) carry out small scale evaluations.
  4. To give students the practical skills to develop a research proposal.
  5. To give students the practical skills to develop a program logic model and use it.
  6. To give students an understanding of the key principles of and discussions relating to evaluations for selected topics.
  7. To give students an opportunity to apply knowledge to practical examples.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-SOCX818-Evaluation and the Policy Process (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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