2010 Course Handbook
SOC818: Evaluation and the Policy Process
This unit is run over four Saturdays: 5 March, 26 March, 16 April, 21 May.
Evaluation has become increasingly central to the process of policy development at Local, State and Federal levels of government. It is also a key element in the piloting and embedding of innovations in NGOs and market based organisations. This unit is designed to introduce students to the principal and most influential approaches to program evaluation, in order to support them in commissioning, undertaking or using evaluations. It will enable students to develop and assess program evaluations, as well develop an awareness in the politics and ethics involved in evaluation. In this unit students will also consider the often controversial history of program evaluation and learn to identify the factors which shape the importance of evaluation in relation to the other components of the policy process.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Michael Fine, Mr Geoff Young |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Sociology Faculty of Arts |