Public Administration (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

After completing this course the student
- knows the juridical status of the individual and the principles of jurisdiction
- knows the legal and political systems and sources in Finland and Europe with special emphasis in environmental administration
- know the principles of public participation

Content (course unit)

Juridicial sequences; legal systems and sources; European Justice, legal cultures; legal acts and representation. The role of public participation different processes. Exercises and excursions

Location and time

Mandatory Introduction on week nr 2 (the week starting on 7th Jan, 2019), according to Study Schedule (Lukkari in Pakki).
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Course Implementation, mandatory sessions, exams and re-exams, Assignment Deadlines etc., will be dealt on this meeting, therefore the Introduction Session needs to be participated.
Mandatory sessions for Interview Task and workshop, and visiting lecturers' sessions.

Exam schedules

Exam during the week nr 8 /2019.
Re-exam agreed on the Introduction Session.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assessment of divisions is counted based on weighting:
Activity and Daily Tasks 20%, and Assignments, Exam and Participation on Guest Lecturer’s Sessions 80%

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

- Contact teaching, some mandatory sessions
- visiting lecturers lectures
- essay writing
- group work (an interview task and gathering the results)
- exam

Learning materials

Material will be delivered by Course Tabula. Tabula passwords and other information will be dealt on Introduction Session.

Student workload

Allocation of working time:
total 81 h, equals worth 3 credits of a student’s work
out of which contact teaching: Introduction, theory, workshops and exam, exam return and feedback 29 h,
and tasks, assignments and self-study, 52 h

Content scheduling

During the 3rd period:
Mandatory Introduction lesson during week nr 2 /2019. according to Study Schedule.
Exam during the week nr 8 / 2019, and feedback session during the week nr 12/ 2019 (after Spring holiday) .

International connections

Assignments will be partly accomphed with international contacts.

Further information

To pass the course a student needs to pass the Assignments and the exam:
Assignments, 2 Assignments, instructed in Tabula, compulsory for everyone to pass the course, graded:
1. Interview Assignment (pair work) instructed in Tabula, compulsory for everyone, includes participation to the Workshop and presentation. Check-up meeting for the progress of this Assignment is mandatory.
Interview Assignment (pair work) includes participation to the Workshop and presentation.
2. Group work Assignment and Presentation, compulsory for everyone.
Final Exam, (in paper), compulsory for everyone.
Daily Tasks, instructed on the lecture, voluntary, graded. Participants need to be named in the delivery. Daily tasks affect positively to your grading.
Assignments and Tasks will be returned to Tabula according to the schedule. URKUND plagiation protection program will be used in Tabula.
Exam informed in Exams and Re-exams.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grade 1-2
General
Student understands the purpose of public administration from the point of both society and individual, importance of administrative processes and the basic principles of good administration, and he/she is able to find information to be applied. Student is able to define the juridical status of an individual and principles of jurisdiction. Student knows the environmental administration sources concerning national and European administration. Student knows the principles of public participation and is able to apply some of them in environmental cases.
Student understands the importance of group work and treating group members in a constructive manner. She/He partly understands the importance of meeting deadlines and participating the arranged opportunities to meet Guest Lecturers of the course.
Student is able to present his/her own questions concerning the public administration and public participation.
The student knows some benefits of participatory methods and some methods, but is not able to connect the purpose of the process and the choice of methods in an analytical way.
Assignment contents and structure
Student is able to deliver the Assignments mainly following the instructions given, and she/he is able to return the assignments as per scheduled. Student is able to express her/his thoughts concerning Public Administration and Participation topics using some concepts of the topic in English, and student understands the meaning of producing the content of assignments by herself/himself; in other words, the documents produced contain student’s own thoughts and opinions on the given topic. Student is mainly able to follow the TAMK Reporting Guide instructions.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grade 3-4
General
Student understands the purpose of public administration from the point of both society and individual, importance of administrative processes and the basic principles of good administration, and he/she is able to find information to be applied. Student is able to define the juridical status of an individual and principles of jurisdiction. Student knows the environmental administration sources concerning national and European administration. Student knows the principles of public participation and is able to apply some of them in environmental cases.
Student understands the importance of group work and treating group members in a constructive manner. She/He partly understands the importance of meeting deadlines and participating the arranged opportunities to meet Guest Lecturers of the course. She/He understands the importance of participating in contact sessions and using the arranged opportunities to meet Guest Lecturers of the course.
Student is able to present his/her own questions concerning the public administration and public participation.
The student is able to describe benefits of using participatory methods. She/he is able to identify some participant groups and interest and propose suitable commonly used methods.
Assingnment contents and structure
Student is able to deliver the Assignments following the instructions given, and she/he is able to return the assignments as per scheduled. Student is able to express her/his thoughts concerning Public Administration and Participation topics applying some core concepts in English, and student understands the meaning of producing the content of assignments by herself/himself; in other words, the documents produced contain student’s own argumented thoughts and opinions on the given topic. Student is able to follow the TAMK Reporting Guide instructions considering the Assignments.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grade 5
General
Student understands the purpose of public administration from the point of both society and individual, importance of administrative processes and the basic principles of good administration, and she/he is able to apply the knowledge gained when doing assignments. Student is able to apply the knowledge gained during the course when defining the juridical status of an individual and principles of jurisdiction. Student is able to apply the environmental administration sources case specific concerning national and European administration, and she/he knows the sources of information on the subject area. Student knows the principles of public participation and is able to apply them in environmental cases.
Student understands the importance of group work and treating group members in a constructive manner. She/He understands the importance of participating in contact sessions and using the arranged opportunities to meet Guest Lecturers of the course.
Student knows to value discussing the topics and participating the group work allocated during the sessions, meeting deadlines and participating the arranged opportunities to meet Guest Lecturers of the course.
Student is able to apply the knowledge by presenting his/her own questions, interpretations and examples.
The student understands the importance for arranging successful participation in a planning or administrative process. The student is able to identify relevant participant groups and their interests. She/he is able propose well-argued and creative set of methods which form a coherent participatory process.
Assignment contents and structure
Student is able to do the given Assignments following the instructions given, and she/he is able to return the assignments as per scheduled. Student is able to express her/his thoughts concerning Public Administration and Participation topics applying appropriate concepts in good English, and student understands the meaning of producing the content of assignments by herself/himself; in other words, the documents produced contain student’s own well argumented thoughts and opinions on the given topic. Student is able to follow the TAMK Reporting Guide instructions.