ADM4213 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
| Course Code: | 3104213 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ASUMAN GÖKSEL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
• The theories and approaches to policy analysis and their application to public administration
• The process of public policy creation, implementation, evaluation, and accountability in the current social, economic, and political environment
• The skills involved in the practice of policy analysis in the area of public administration
• The challenges and opportunities for effective policy implementation and evaluation in the public sector
• The role of stakeholders, institutions, and resources in shaping policy implementation and evaluation
• The methods and tools for assessing the impact and effectiveness of public policies
Course Content
This course examines how public policy is created, implemented, evaluated and held accountable in the current social, economic, and political environment. The course is designed to both promote an understanding of the theories and approaches to policy analysis and help the student to acquire a working knowledge of the skills involved in the practice of policy analysis in the area of public administration.
premise of popular cultural studies. Special attention will be paid to the interplay of ideology, culture, and power, the transformations of the field of cultural practices, and the contestatory character of popular cultural forms. Among the themes to be explored are the elite/mass or high/popular culture binaryism, the dichotomies of resistance versus domination and opposition versus ideological incorporation, the so-called postmodern collapse of cultural hierarchies, the pragmatics of diversionary practices in everyday life, and the politics of cultural transgression
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
• Understand the theories and approaches to policy analysis and their application to public administration
• Analyze the process of public policy creation, implementation, evaluation, and accountability in the current social, economic, and political environment
• Apply the skills involved in the practice of policy analysis in the area of public administration, including problem definition, stakeholder analysis, option appraisal, and impact assessment
• Assess the challenges and opportunities for effective policy implementation and evaluation in the public sector, including resource constraints, political pressures, and institutional barriers
• Examine the role of stakeholders, institutions, and resources in shaping policy implementation and evaluation and develop strategies for engaging and managing these factors
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution