Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 05 - Business, management and public administration
• 44. - Public administration and social service professions
• 44.05 - Public policy analysis

44.0501 - Public policy analysis, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic analysis of public policy issues and decision processes. These programs include courses in the role of economic and political factors in public decision making and policy formulation; microeconomic analysis of policy issues; resource allocation and decision modelling; cost/benefit analysis; statistical methods; and applications to specific public policy topics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • public policy
  • public policy analysis

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• Exclusion(s)

  • cultural resource management and policy analysis(30.1202)
  • education policy studies(44.0502)
  • health policy(44.0503)
  • international public policy(44.0504)
  • natural resource management(03.0201)
  • public administration(44.0401)