Public administration Field of study: National and International Security
Programme code: W3-S1BM19.2024

Module name: Public administration
Module code: W3-KIER-S1-AP
Programme code: W3-S1BM19.2024
Semester: summer semester 2024/2025
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The module aims to familiarize students with the fundamentals of public administration in a democratic state. The learning content of the module includes: - theoretical concepts of public administration; - structure of public administration institutions in the Republic of Poland; - the role of public administration in the adoption and implementation of public policies; - the concept of administrative authority and the problem of satisfying collective needs by providing access to public services; - issues related to employment in public administration and management of human capital in administration; - control, audit and supervision mechanisms; - the role of the citizen in administration, civic participation and the right to good administration.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is prepared to play the crucial role of responsible clerk/worker in the administrative organs of public administration and knows basic principles of work in administrative institutions [K01]
 BM_1_K02 [2/5]
knows and understands the advanced mechanisms of functioning of public administration in the Republic of Poland and selected European States [W01]
 BM_1_W04 [3/5]
can indicate and use multilevel, primarily legal, norms determining the functioning of administrative institutions [W02]
 BM_1_W02 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [AP_fs_1] 30 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01] 
Problem-based lecture [b01] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Activating method – flipped classroom [b09] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		exam K01 W01 W02
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
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Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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