Policy Design: Concepts and Case Studies

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials

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Admission into the Master of Public and Social Policy and 40 Credit Points at the 8000 level.

Special requirements

No special requirements

This unit requires students to draw on theoretical and discipline knowledge and use these to engage actively in a current and topical policy problem. The students will have opportunities to consult experts in a given policy area and identify relevant evidence, expert opinion and stakeholder views. Students will explore a range of problem definitions and scenarios, and consider alternative policy solutions. Students will develop and present a comprehensive and constructive policy proposal which demonstrates an awareness of ethical, political, social, economic and cultural factors which are significant in the specific policy context.

• Reflections paper (35%%)
• Scoping paper (25%%)
• Policy Analysis (40%%)