This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Social Policy, BSc in Social Policy and Economics, BSc in Social Policy and Sociology and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course is only available to third year undergraduate students
This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Social Policy, BSc in Social Policy and Economics, BSc in Social Policy and Sociology and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course is only available to third year undergraduate students
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the LT. Lectures will cover numerous topics in behavioural public policy. Seminars will then include a range of activities on each topics, including short answer quizzes, the students' own ideas on how to develop behavioural public policies, discussion on close reading of some key texts, and small group discussions of key questions on each topic.
Students will be expected to produce 1 piece of coursework in the LT. A one page plan of the summative essay, due just before reading week in the Lent Term.
The course text is: Oliver, A. 2017. The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.? The above book consists of ten chapters. One chapter each week is essential reading. Additional readings will be given on the reading list, and via advice from the seminar leader.
Essay (100%, 2500 words) in the ST Week 1.