Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

LGD 403 — Public Policy Analysis

LGD department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• Students should be able to:
• define policy and its related concepts
• articulate two or more conceptual framework for analyzing policy
• discuss policy within the context of policy environment
• appraise or evaluate policy using established criteria; and
• examine how policy institutions make or formulate policy in a given sector

Course contents

Conceptual framework for analysing public policy. How needs and problems are defined. How knowledge and assumptions about environment can shape policy. The role of concepts of efficiency, effectiveness and effort as evaluation criteria. How to assess policy impact, etc. Implementation and Evaluation issues in policy.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study LGD 403.

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