Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals 2: Social Policy (SCPL08008)

Course Outline
School	School of Social and Political Science	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	0	ECTS Credits	0
Summary	The aim is to build upon Fundamentals 1 and to complement the two compulsory second-year courses in Social Policy European Social Policy (semester 1) and Social Policy Enquiry (semester 2). Fundamentals 2 complements European Social Policy and Social Policy Enquiry by following the same structure of debates. In semester 1 (complementing European Social Policy), Fundamentals has, for example, sessions on comparing social policies across countries (in general), on finding information about policy debates and policy developments in other European countries, and on investigating policy making at EU level. In semester 2, Fundamentals follows the sequence of policy issues that is dealt with in Social Policy Enquiry, for example enabling drafts of blog entries to be discussed, and (as outlined below) different kinds of evidence to be explored. In each Fundamentals session, the focus is on developing skills appropriate to serious debate, embedding these skills in substantive discussion of actual current issues.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 0 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	In order to progress to third year, students have to pass the course. The criteria for a pass are: regular attendance at the weekly sessions; playing a full part in the working groups; taking part in the presentations by the groups in week 3 and week 10 of each semester.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: have some capacity to engage in public debate in an evidence-based and rational manner. have some understanding of the technological aspects of non-written forms of online debate. have some understanding of how to use major sources of evidence relating to public policy.