Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Comparative Analysis of Public Action | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Catherine Fallon | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| The course is held every odd year (2017-2018, 2019-2020,...). The course will cover recent theories of the comparative approaches in public policy analysis : - reflexivity in comparative analysis - comparative analysis at international level; at european level; - methodologies : constructing comparability of analysis. | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Develop a critical and methodological comeptence through comparative analysis | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students have to analyse within a given sector of public policy a series of rapports of comparative analysis : they have to produce a (max.) 15 pages large written document with a critical presentation of the methodologies mobilised. | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| lectures are organised on the basis of a series of articles and texsts (in French and English) Details concerning the lectures and the personal work will be provided during the introductory course. | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A series of articles are referenced during the cours on My ULg the slides used during the lectures will be made available via My ULg | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| oral examination : a discussion on the basis of the written report of the personal work; a question on the elements covered during the lectures (restitution) on basis of the reading file. 50% of the final evalution will be based on the personal work | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020,...). | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||