PUBLIC AFFAIRS 101: INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF …



PUBLIC AFFAIRS 101: INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICY

Course Syllabus : FALL 2013

Instructor : Mr. Rich

School : CPP EAST HIGH

This Course is offered by Mr. Rich who is an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Public Affairs program of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and has been trained by Professor William D. Coplin, Director of the Public Affairs Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School.

   

PAF 101: Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy introduces you to basic skills of public policy analysis. These skills are:

1) Become willing and able to “do good” effectively

2) Define and identify the components of public policy issues.

3) Communicate ideas and findings with respect to public policy issues.

4) Collect information on public policy issues.

5) Use graphs, tables, and statistics to analyze public policy.

6) Examine the use of surveys and informal interviewing procedures.

7) Identify a social problem and come up with a proposed public policy to deal with it.

8) List the benefits and costs of a proposed public policy.

9) Develop benchmarks to assess the impact of your policy on societal conditions.

10) Analyze the political factors and develop strategies to implement a proposed public policy.

11) Identify essential features of major current public policy issues.

12) Work in teams effectively.

PAF 101 introduces you to research skills that you will use throughout your college career and the rest of your life as a professional work and a good citizen.

PAF 101 is divided into five parts. For each part, you will submit a module paper. The papers consist of exercises that you will download from the “download module link” on the SU PAF 101 web page . Each module must be typed following the correct format. Absences, tardiness or poor participation in class will result in deductions from your module grades.

While you use the SU PAF 101 site for module downloads as well as some of the other information, there are items on the site that pertain only to the campus course. Check with your instructor if you are unsure.

MODULE DUE DATES AND WEIGHTS:

Exercise *Due Dates Point Value

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|Team Planning Exercise (TPE) |9/13/13 |50 points (included in Mod 1) |

|Module 1 (Chapter 1) |9/20/13 |135 points |

|Module 2 (Chapters 2, 3, 4) |10/18/13 | 155 points |

|Module 3 (Chapters 5, 6) |11/22/13 | 140 points |

|Module 4 (Chapters 7, 8) |12/21/13 | 130 points |

|Module 5 (Chapters 9, 10, 11) |1/22/14 | 140 points |

*Dates may be changed at my discretion.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS from the Public Affairs Program: To avoid receiving up to one letter grade deduction from the Public Affairs Program of Syracuse University, you must go to the SU PAF 101 course website and complete the following:

1. Fill in a pre-test questionnaire no later than five days after school starts.

2. Fill in a post-test questionnaire before five days before the last class.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS FROM THE INSTRUCTOR:

• Each Group will be responsible for arranging a guest speaker related to their Societal Problem. Guidelines and due dates will be provided.

• Group Current Event Presentations---Dates TBD

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

1. Coplin, William D. The Maxwell Manual for Good Citizenship: Public Policy Skills in Action Croton on the Hudson: Policy Studies Associates, 2007.

2. Coplin, William D. How You Can Help: An Easy Guide to Doing Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life. New York: Routledge, 2000

3. Download course exercises and other materials from the web address:

REGULATIONS AFFECTING GRADES

You can obtain 700 points by handing in perfect papers on time, participating in all classes, and completing the community experience. The following rules should be carefully read and followed because they will directly affect your grades:

1) COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE: Each student will complete a community experience of five hours and a one-page reflection paper described on page 5. Failure to complete the experience by the specified date will result in a loss of 35 points from the 700 points available in the course. No points are added if you do the community service.

2) EXTRA CREDIT: Extra points can be obtained in the following ways: I will provide a list of acceptable extra credit assignments/activities.

3) CHEATING: Students must hand in their own work. Collaboration in research is permitted as long as there is not even the slightest evidence of direct copying or paraphrasing. Collaborating students should not be using the same articles, websites, or books. Any similarity in wording between two papers, including a consistent case of the same sources will result in a zero for both papers and a letter to your dean. The French legal system operates here: you are guilty until proven innocent. SU’s academic integrity policy operates for this class. Consult for additional procedures.

4) NO INCOMPLETES: If your work is not finished by the last day of class, a zero for the unfinished work will be averaged into the grade. A grade of incomplete will not be given. No exceptions to this rule.

5) LATE PAPER POLICY : 10 point deduction each day past the deadline. Excuses due to computer and printer problems are not accepted.

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