Summer 2021 - POL 460 D100
Selected Topics in Public Policy (4)
Class Number: 3306
Delivery Method: Remote
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 12 – Aug 9, 2021: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Anthony Perl
aperl@sfu.ca
1 778 782-7887
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Prerequisites:
Eight upper division units in political science or permission of the department.
Description
COURSE DETAILS:
Selected Topics: ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
This joint seminar, shared between graduate students and undergraduates, will explore theories and concepts of how to understand the politics of social and economic policy at an advanced level that provides undergraduates with a bridge to graduate study. Students must be prepared to engage with advanced conceptual and theoretical literature on policy making provided through peer reviewed scholarly journal articles. Taking the time to read and understand advanced concepts and theories in policy theory is absolutely essential to success in this seminar. Students will be expected to explain why some problems get placed on the policy agenda and while others get sidetracked, and why particular policy instruments become accepted procedures and practices while others remain unfamiliar to and untried by government. In order to develop such an explanation successfully, students will need to assemble the theories encountered during the first half of this seminar into a conceptual framework that can be applied to empirical evidence in their research paper.
One three-hour seminar each week.
Combined with POL 856
Grading
- Analytical template of weekly readinngs 20%
- Participation in seminar discussions 25%
- Draft research question 5%
- Draft research paper 20%
- Final research paper 30%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Readings will be drawn from scholarly journal articles that are accessible through SFU’s library databases. Accessing these readings will be part of each student’s research skills development. A reading list will be distributed at the first class.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SUMMER 2021
Teaching at SFU in summer 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods, but we will continue to have in-person experiential activities for a selection of courses. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).