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Last Updated: 06/10/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
KYT303U -	II. SEMESTER	0 +0	5.0

Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Gökçekuyu
Mode of Delivery	Online Course
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	Public Policy, 2023 Ed. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ÖZGÜR, AÖF
Recommended Resources	Sabatier, P. (ed.). Theories of the Policy Process.Lindblom, C. E. “The Science of Muddling Through.”Kingdon, J. W. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies.Lasswell, H. D. “The Policy Orientation.”Peters, B. Guy. Advanced Introduction to Public Policy.
Work Placement	N/A
Aims of the Course

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		Core concepts of the public policy process and contributing actors; Sequential Policy Process Framework (Stages Model); analytical model of policymaking; Systems Approach and Causal Funnel; early theoretical approaches; Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) and Policy Regime Approach; modern theoretical frameworks of public policy;
Week - 2		Core concepts of the public policy process; actors contributing to the public policy process; Sequential Policy Process Framework (Stages Model); Systems Approach; Causal Funnel; Multiple Streams Framework (MSF); Policy Regime Approach;
Week - 3		National and international actors in the public policy process; national actors; formal actors: legislature, executive, judiciary; informal actors: political parties, citizens, media, civil society organizations, think tanks; Presidential Government System; policy councils and offices; new policy actors;
Week - 4		Early stages of the public policy process; agenda universe; public agenda; political/government agenda; decision agenda; issue framing; problem definition; importance of problem definition; Multiple Streams Model: problem stream, policy stream, politics stream; policy monopolies;
Week - 5		Exam Preparation
Week - 6		Exam Preparation II
Week - 7		Mid-Term Exam
Week - 8		Policy formulation process; policy alternatives; identification of alternatives; policy formulation; policy evaluation; policy goals and values: efficiency, equity; policy cycle; types of policy: distributive policies, redistributive policies, regulatory policies; techniques for evaluating alternatives; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis;
Week - 9		Legitimacy; legality; decision-making; policy adoption process; actors in the adoption and enactment process; legislature; cabinet; bureaucrats; adoption stage; agenda-setting stage; policy formulation stage; implementation stage; evaluation stage; relationships among stages of the policy process;
Week - 10		Context and importance of the implementation stage; implementation as the most critical stage; feasibility; Top-Down implementation model; Bottom-Up implementation model; policy analysts: technician, politician, entrepreneur; street-level bureaucrats; implementing actors; citizen participation; use of technology; contemporary implementation trends;
Week - 11		Policy evaluation; definition of evaluation: goal effectiveness, efficiency, outcomes; monitoring; distinction between evaluation and monitoring; types of evaluation: pseudo evaluation, formal evaluation, decision-theoretic evaluation; administrative evaluation, judicial evaluation, scientific evaluation; evaluation methods: experimental methods, qualitative methods, economic methods, performance methods; policy change; policy termination;
Week - 12		Exam Preparation I
Week - 13		Exam Preparation II
Week - 14		Final Exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam	1	30
Final Exam	1	70
Toplam (%)		100