VPLn4465 Analytical Internship for Public Policy and Administration

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/12. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
! VPL465 Analytical Internship for PP && !NOWANY( VPL465 Analytical Internship for PP )
No prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/14, only registered: 0/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
1) To provide students with practical experience of experts from public institutions and organizations sector. 2) Providing students with the methodological support for networking and practical issues / topics with theoretical knowledge. 3) Allow the direct link theoretical and methodological preparation of the thesis student to solve practical problems in organizations and public institutions, non-profit or, in justified cases, the private sector, which will use when preparing and drawing empirical part of the thesis. 4) Allow students to make contact with organizations and institutions of public administration and policy.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: • - identify, analyze and reflect practical problems in the field of public and social policy; • - suggest and explain an adequate method of organizational or public policy research; • - plan data gathering in organizations, identify, reflect and solve possible difficulties during data gathering; • - present and argue their suggestion, receive and give feedback
Syllabus
  • 1) Choosing an organisation and arranging an internship • 2) Performance of the internship • 3) Active participation in seminars and presentation of internship protocol
Literature
    required literature
  • Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik : přístupy, metody a praxe. Edited by Arnošt Veselý - Martin Nekola. Vyd. 1. Praha: SLON, 2007, 407 s. ISBN 9788086429755. info
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. Veřejná politika. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2005, 399 s. ISBN 8086429504. info
Teaching methods
Group and individual consultations; 100 hours of analytical interhnship in public or non-profit organisations; reflection and analysis of practice experience in the form of an internship protocol and its presentation.
Assessment methods
submission of the internship with verbal evaluation of the students' performance by the supervisors in the organisation; acceptance of the internship report, presentation of the internship report
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 100 hodin praxe.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmety/uplny_vypis?fakulta=1423;obdobi=8743;predmet=1473691
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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