SWM5140

Policy, program planning and evaluation I ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr Max Liddell

Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2006 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2006 (OCL)

Synopsis: Theories and models of policy making, program planning and evaluation for human service programs. Organisation contexts and political implications. Key steps in planning and evaluation. Students participate in a planning or evaluation project for a community agency and negotiate the plan with that agency. Students will also take SWM5150 in semester 2 and finalise the project.

Objectives: This unit prepares students to plan for the implementation of a planning or evaluation project via learning: 1. relevant social theories and organisational theories and models of planning and evaluations; 2. integrating this knowledge into the preparation of a plan for a human service organisation.

Assessment: A major report for the community agency (6000 words: 67%); planning and evaluation exercises 3000 words: 33%).