ATI5101 · Foundations of public policy

Overview

Understanding public policy is a vital skill in any contemporary organisation. The unit introduces you to the basic principles of how public policy is made, how it emerges from competing interests and debates, and how stakeholders inside and outside government participate in this process. Lessons are drawn from practice in international experience.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse the core concepts and theories that help explain how public policy is made;
2. Evaluate the role of government institutions and other stakeholders in the processes in policy making;
3. Critically assess how policy makers contribute to the development of policies, make decisions and choose strategies to implement policy decisions;
4. Apply knowledge and skills to a real case of public policy.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.