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Undergraduate Catalogue: Public Policy Course Descriptions

The following outlines of course content are correct at the time of writing, although the material (or the order in which it is covered) may be subject to change.

1. All courses are 3 credit hours each, unless otherwise indicated.

2. Normally, a course will not be run without a minimum enrolment of students.

PUB101: Introduction to Theories of Public Policy

This course examines the theoretical frameworks in studying public policy.

PUB102: Public Policy and Administration

This course studies areas relevant to public policy and administration, focusing on environmental policy, non-profit management, social welfare, and education policy as case illustrations.

PUB201: Introduction to Public Personnel Administration

Analysis of personnel policies and practices in the public sector and examination of patterns of interaction between political executives, personnel professionals, public employees, interest groups in the development of personnel policies.

PUB202: Management of Public Finances

This considers the importance of government tax, borrowing and expenditure policies on resource allocation, income distribution and development in modern mixed economies, to ensure that there is effective, transparent and accountable financial management of public resources to optimize national growth.

PUB203: Survey of Cambodian Public Policy

This course surveys the major policies in Cambodia.

PUB204: Educational Policies and Their Implimentation

This looks at the importance of education in personal and, through generating human capital, regional and national development, including dealing with issues such as HIV/AIDS, gender and other equity-related issues; colonial and post-colonial approaches to educating the people; child labour and schooling; and the relative merits of private vs. public education systems.

PUB205: Health Policy and Planning

This considers governmental approaches to the integration of human rights-based approaches in health development; and the roles of states, NGOs, multilateral agencies and the market in recent international health reforms. Also examined are issues of sexual and reproductive health and family planning, which are closely related to poverty, gender, and poor information; and which have important social, economic, policy and political implications.

PUB301: Labour, Employment and Urban Economics

This examines the supply of and demand for labour, and its sources; factors affecting wages, productivity and inflation; and trades’ unionism, collective bargaining and public policy. Also considered are urban migrations and unemployment, together with implications for development and public policy regarding urban resource use (including problems related to housing, education, transportation, pollution and equal opportunity).

PUB302: Public Policy and Business

This considers the manner in which public policies can affect the economy by promoting free enterprise and by regulatory means.

PUB303: Ethics and Values in Policy-Making

This course examines the judgments about desirable public purposes and the justification of policy decisions.

PUB304: Health Care Policy in Cambodia

This course examines the health care policy in Cambodia, focusing on the costs and benefits.

PUB305: Education Policy in Cambodia

This course examines the social construction of the educational policy in Cambodia, taking into account the design, problems in implementation, and evaluation of policy responses, practical and ethical dilemmas.

DISCLAIMER:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THESE CATALOGS AS IT SEES FIT, SO THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY IN AN EVER-EVOLVING WORLD.

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