Postgraduate Course: MPP Capstone Project (PGSP11316)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The MPP Capstone Project is an integrative project that explores an existing public policy problem faced by a real-life public sector organisation. It is offered in place of a standard 'masters dissertation'. Students will base their policy analysis on professionally relevant experience, which is provided by an 11-week placement with a public or nonprofit sector organisation. During the placement, the student will work on a substantive policy issue, investigating and developing a workable solution to the problem. Upon completion of the placement, students will develop a professional analytical report for the host organisation with specific policy recommendations, of 8000-10000 words in length. In the report, students are expected to identify and frame a policy problem, design a strategy to address a given policy problem, collect data and information on a given policy area, formulate options and evaluate these to solve a policy problem. This report will be formally presented to the MPP group and host organisation, demonstrating the student's skills in verbally communicating policy recommendations in a clear and concise manner to a group of peers, practitioners and academics. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
20/04/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. The Capstone Project enables students to develop and present a major policy design and implementation plan using a real-life situation in an existing public sector or nonprofit organisation. By the end of this course, students will be able to:
2. - identify and frame a policy problem in a real-life situation
- design a strategy to address a given policy problem
3. - collect data and information on a given policy area, formulate options and evaluate these to solve a policy problem
- write a professional analytical report for a real-life client with specific policy recommendations
4. - apply theories and insights from scholarly research to practical issues
- verbally communicate policy recommendations in a clear and concise manner to a group of peers, practitioners and academics
5. - gain practical professional experience through the placement component
- appreciate practical and ethical issues in the process of policy-making |
Assessment Information
20% Final presentation of Capstone Project
80% Analytical Report
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Eve Hepburn
Tel:
Email: eve.hepburn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Adams
Tel: (0131 6)50 3315
Email: Lindsay.Adams@ed.ac.uk |
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