Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PAD 403 — Public Policy Making and Analysis

PAD department course · Nigerian universities

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

• examine public policy making, implementation and evaluation
• identify policy actors and agenda setting
• evaluate the theories and models of public policy
• describe case studies in policy analysis; and
• discuss problems of policy making, implementation and evaluation

Course contents

Nature and Complexity of Policy Making. Implementation and Evaluation. Basic concepts like Policy, Plan, Programme, Project, Actors, Stakeholders, Policy Arena, etc. are defined and illustrated. The Policy Cycle. Agenda Setting in Policy Formulation. Formal and Informal ways of Generating Policy.

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

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• PAD 101 · Elements of Public Administration
• PAD 201 · Introduction to Public Administration
• PAD 202 · Nigeria Government and Administration
• PAD 205 · Office Administration
• PAD 212 · Rural and Community Development.
• PAD 301 · Administrative Theory
• PAD 302 · Administrative Behaviour
• PAD 303 · International Administration
• PAD 305 · Public Personnel Administration
• PAD 306 · Development Administration
• PAD 307 · Research Methods
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