Course Syllabus

The State University of Padang

Graduates Program of the Technical & Vocational Education Faculty

COURSE : Vocational Education Policy Analysis

CREDITS/CODE : 3 / PTK1.92.1018
TIME AND LOCATION : 1st/2nd Semester, the A1/B1 class - 2021
Day: S/W Time: ..................ONLINE
Room ........, Graduate Program Building
INSTRUCTOR : Prof. Selamat Triono Ahmad, M.Sc., Ph.D
PHONE : 0813-96664232;
Email : striono@unimed.ac.id

COURSE DESCRIPTION : This course is designed to provide a knowledge and

understanding of the policy process as it is applied in
education. It will include examining the nature of
policy analysis, current policy issues, and the policy
analysis procedure: structuring policy problems,
developing policy documents, and evaluating policy
performance.
Participants will have reading assigments and will
develop a policy brief for use with educational policy
makers.

Main TEXT : Dunn, William N., (1981), Public Policy Analysis:

An Introduction. Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice Hall,
Inc.
Addtional Texts : Thomas R. Dye (1996), Understanding Public
Policy, New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Sugiyono (2017), Metode Penelitian Kebijakan.
Bandung: Alfabeta

COURSE REQUIREMENTS :
The major requirement of this course will be to develop a policy brief (paper) for
use with a state (provincial) or national level audience. This brief will be four
pages in length. There are two types of papers: draft and final copies. The draft copy
must be submitted at the third week of the class. The final copy of a four-six page,
single spaced policy brief will be evaluated using elements 8 – 29 on pp. 365-367 of
the text. Due when the oral presentation is made.
Each class member will present a fiveteen minute oral presentation using his/her
policy paper. A fiveteen minute questioning period will follow the presentation. Class
members will then rate each presentation and provide their rating to the instructor. A
presentation scorecard is attached. The highest and lowest ratings will be eliminated
and a mean score will be computed for the oral presentation.

Prof. Selamat Triono Ahmad, M.Sc.,Ph.D: Educational Policy Analysis

GRADING:
The grades will be determined by the accumulation of the scores of the draft paper,
presentation and final paper. The grades will be determined as follows:
A = 100% - 93% A- = 92% - 90% B+ = 89% - 87%
B = 86% - 83% B- = 82% - 80% C+ = 79% - 77%
FAIL = less than 77%

CLASS SCHEDULE OF TOPICS And Reading ASSIGNMENTS:

First : Orientation
Meeting Introduction to the Course
Guidelines for Preparing Policy Dunn, Appendix 1 & 2
Issue Papers
: Introduction to Policy Analysis Dunn, Chapter 1, 2
(Reading assignment) and up to the last Chapter
: Draft Paper ... Due 10 days after First Meeting and the paper
uploaded to edmodo.com

Second, Third : Student Policy Paper (Draft) Presentations

And the Last
Meeting : Student Policy Paper (Draft) Presentations

: Final Copy of the Policy Paper ... Due one week after the last
meeting and the paper should be uploaded to edmodo.com

Prof. Selamat Triono Ahmad, M.Sc.,Ph.D: Educational Policy Analysis