Power and public administration
Course: Social Work
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
            Title
        
        
            Power and public administration
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ.1.06
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            3 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            LO 1., LO 2., LO 3., LO 10., LO 12.
The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            Know: basics of social work theory; basics of social psychology; legal principles of social work; principles of social policy implementation; ethical bases of activity as a social worker and specialists of related professions; features of the state and non-state sectors of social work; the specifics of the functioning of public relations departments in public administration.
Be able to: master the basic technologies of social work with different groups of the population; to assess the quality of social assistance to the population; have the skills to manage social processes; use research methods in social work; use methods of data processing and analysis; work with spreadsheets; to develop analytical documents, carry out a preliminary assessment of draft management decisions in the social sphere.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The purpose discipline is to form the necessary knowledge for undergraduates regarding the theoretical and methodological foundations, evolution, mechanisms and technologies of interaction between the power and the public.
In the process of studying the discipline, attention is focused on the following aspects: consideration of principles, approaches and models of interaction between society and government; the formation of skills and abilities to implement the methods of such interaction in modern conditions; explanation of the methodological principles and mechanisms of such interaction.
Particular attention is paid to the development of skills and abilities: to analyze concepts, programs, political and legal documents, models, facts, events that determine the mechanisms of interaction between society and government.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1.	Feischmidt, M., Pries, L., & Cantat, C. (Eds.). (2019). Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92741-1 
2.	Kirchner, E., & Sperling, J. (2018). EU security governance. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. 
3.	Seidman, S., & Alexander, J.C. (Eds.). (2008). The New Social Theory Reader (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003060963 
4.	Gromadjans'ke suspil'stvo v Ukrai'ni: stanovlennja ta rozvytok : navch. posib. / kol. avt. : A. M. Myhnenko, S. O. Kravchenko, I. V. Pantelejchuk ta in. – K. : UkrSICh, 2015. – 347 s. [in Ukrainian]
5.	Mehanizmy vzajemodii' suspil'stva ta vlady : pidruchnyk / kol. avt. : A. M. Myhnenko (ker. avt. kol.), S. O. Kravchenko, V. F. Martynenko ta in. – K. : NADU, 2013. – 210 s. [in Ukrainian]
6.	Psyhologija social'noi' roboty: pidruchnyk / za red. Ju.M. Shvalba. – K.: «Osnova», 448 s. [in Ukrainian]
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, seminar, practical tasks, discussion of problem questions
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Oral answers, practical tasks, projects, credit.
The maximum number of points per semester is 60 points. The form of the credit is oral, according to previously sent creative tasks and projects. The minimum number of points for admission to the get credit is 36 points. The number of points scored per semester is announced in advance.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Oleksii 
                    Leonidovych
                    Vernik 
                
                
                    Department of Social Work 
Faculty of Psychology
            Faculty of Psychology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Social Work
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Psychology