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Public Policy Analysis

Course code

RIA6008.YK

old course code

RIA6008

Course title in Estonian

Valdkonnapoliitikate analüüs

Course title in English

Public Policy Analysis

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Sandra Haugas (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To obtain knowledge and skills about public policy analysis (PPA).

Brief description of the course

Content of studies:
Basic concepts: public policy, policy context, policy cycle.
Public policy-making: policy process, policy design, policy problems, policy
instruments, policy implementation, policy evaluation.
Main public policy areas: education policy, youth policy, family policy,
pension policy, health policy, environmental policy.
Methods of policy analysis: cost-benefit analysis (CBA), cost-effectiveness
analysis (CEA), decision tree, impact analysis, Delphi technique, feasibility
assessment technique, implementation analysis.
Forms of studies and requirements to finish the course:
Lectures: face-to-face in university, recommended participation.
The aim of the lectures is to enable the students to understand the theories and
concepts of PPA.
Seminars: face-to-face discussions of assigned literature (the list of articles
will be given at least one week before the seminar), compulsory participation
in at least 2 out of 3 seminars. In case of missing a seminar, students have to
inform lecturer before the seminar that will be missed. Missing more than 1
seminar has to be compensated by a written assignment which task will be
received by the lecturer.
The aim of the seminars is to develop students’ in-depth understanding of
knowledge and skills related to PPA.
Labs: working independently with online free access databases to describe
concrete policy problems and policy instruments, implementing the task in
written form and sending it to the lecturer for assessing.
The aim of the labs is to develop practical skills of carrying out PPA.
Participation in the seminars and submitting the lab work are needed to get the
permission to submit the exam paper and to do the test. In order to pass the
course both the exam paper has to be submitted as well as the test has to be
done.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and understands the main concepts and dilemmas of public policy, public policy making and public policy analysis;
- knows what are the main dimensions, characteristics, problems and trends of main public policy areas;
- has practical skills on analysing contemporary public policy problems;
- has an ability to engage in discussions on various public policy related topics.

Teacher

Sandra Haugas

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