Module overall aim: The module will engage you with the debates on linkages between education, health and development and the implications the two field of study have in the development policy making process.
COURSE AIMS
The aim of the course will be achieved by :
- Giving you an understanding of the techniques used in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies for solving societies needs
- Helping students to take better and rational decision among alternatives.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course has been divided into units and each of the units has its own objective.
Therefore, make sure you read the objective of each of the various units.
The objectives of the course are to:
- Explain the basic and related concepts in public policy analysis, such as public problem; public interest; public policy and public policy analysis.
- Examine the critical and dynamic nature of public policy Process
- Examine critically the theories, models and approaches used in policy and decision making
- Scrutinise some critical issues on public policy analysis.
This module is designed to broaden the knowledge of participating students of the concepts, theories, processes and procedures that are central to doing robust, scientific and socially-meaningful research. The two components engage students in the in-depth exploration of the basic methods of Quantitative Research with a focus on Statistics; and strategies for accomplishing meaningful Qualitative Research.
This is a postgraduate level module in which the linkages between governance, democracy and development are critically examined. The role of government institutions and international bodies in achieving sustainable development is also explored.