Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organized manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than are those who do not plan a course of action for themselves. You are advised, therefore, to follow a study schedule to assist you in budgeting your time and scheduling your progress.

As you complete each activity, check it off so you will know it is done and can actually see the progress you are making in the course. Be sure to call your tutor if you have difficulty with the material, or if you are unable to adhere to the schedule as suggested. If you find yourself falling behind in your course work, contact your tutor immediately. He or she will be able to advise you as to what options are available to you. You may, of course, proceed more quickly than is suggested by this study schedule.

Week Unit Unit Title and/or Credit Activity Reading Assignment
1 1 Public Policy and the Policy-making Process in Canada Johnston, “Public Policy, Legislation and the Bureaucracy.”
      Brooks, “The Machinery of Government.”
      Kernaghan and Siegel, “The Executive and the Bureaucracy.”
      Brooks, “Social Policy.”
2–3 2 The New Globalized Context of Canadian Public Policy Scholte, “The Globalization of World Politics.”
      Pal, “Modern Governance: The Challenges for Policy Analysis.”
      Doern, Pal and Tomlin, “The Internationalization of Canadian Public Policy.”
      Shields and Evans, “Public Sector Change and the Crisis of Governance.”
4–5 3 Interests, Power and Policy: Society-centred Theories Forcese, “Elites and Power in Canada.”
    Request TME 1, the at home examination (see “Examinations”). Panitch, “Elites, Classes, and Power in Canada.”
      Pal, “Power and Public Policy.”
      Mullaly, “Social Welfare and the New Right: A Class Mobilization Perspective.”
6–7 4 Institutions and Policy: State-centred Theories Atkinson, “Public Policy and the New Institutionalism.”
      Skocpol, “Bringing the State Back in: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research.”
    Write the at home examination covering Units 1 to 4. Pal, “Autonomy Revisited: The Origins of Canadian Unemployment Insurance.”
      Banting, “The Social Policy Divide: The Welfare State in Canada and the U.S. in a Changing World.”
8–9 5 Feminist Critiques and Contributions Phillips, “Discourse, Identity, and Voice: Feminist Contributions to Policy Studies.”
      Burt, “The Several Worlds of Policy Analysis: Traditional Approaches and Feminist Critiques.”
    You must request the final examination a minimum of
15 business days before you intend to write it.		 MacDonald, “Restructuring, Gender and Social Security Reform in Canada.”
10–11 6 Understanding the Importance of Ideas Bradford, “Governing the Canadian Economy: Ideas and Politics.”
      Prince, “From Health and Welfare to Stealth and Farewell: Federal Social Policy, 1980–2000.”
    TME 2, course work writing assignment, due week 10. Manzer, “Political Ideas in Policy Analysis: Educational Reform and Canadian Democracy in the 1990s.”
12–13 7 Globalization as Explanation: The Internationalization of Public Policy Banting, “Social Policy.”
      Johnson, “Strengthening Society III: Social Security.”
    TME 3, research essay, due week 13 Weller, “Strengthening Society I: Health Policy.”
    Final examination Wiseman, “National Social Policy in an Age of Global Power: Lessons From Canada and Australia.”