This being a ‘Course with continuous Assessment (PI)’, the university requires students to attend at least 80% of all classes for completing the course successfully. This means that you can miss a maximum of 4 hours (or two 2-hour-units) during the whole semester. Ideally you don’t miss any classes.
No. | Type(s) | Class Title | |
5529 | PI | Concentration Area - Globalisation and Social Policy I
Registration via LPIS from 2024-02-14 14:00 to 2024-03-01 23:59 |
Instructor(s) | Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schneider |
Subject(s) Master Programs | Course I - Globalisation and Social Policy Globalization and Social Policy |
Credit hours | 2 |
Language of instruction | English |
Detailed schedule | ||||
Mon, | 2024-03-04 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-03-11 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-03-18 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-04-08 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-04-15 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-04-22 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-04-29 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-05-06 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-05-13 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-06-03 | 09:00-11:00 | TC.5.02 (Map) | |
Mon, | 2024-06-10 | 09:00-11:30 | TC.3.12 (Map) | |
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Further information | https://learn.wu.ac.at/vvz/24s/5529 |
Contact details: | ||
ulrike.schneider@wu.ac.at | ||
Contents: | ||
The “social policy” area of concentration addresses global and international dimensions of social policy and social administration. It also covers regional and local social policies and their relationship with international economic and societal developments. It deals with institutional and governance issues, such as economic integration and social welfare, as well as with specific topical areas, such as poverty and social exclusion, health and long-term care or work and income. The course “Globalisation and Social Policy I”
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Learning Outcomes: | ||
The aim of “Globalisation and Social Policy (Part 1)” is to improve the understanding of key concepts and theories of social policy and social policy analysis in the context of globalisation, including: (a) the institutional, economic and cultural context of social policy, (b) principles of welfare systems and social policies and (c) alternative theoretical approaches to the analysis and the explanation of social problems and of social policies. After attending this course, students will be able to
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Didactic lectures will be combined with interactive lectures. Class discussion and group work will provide further opportunities to engage in class participation. Students will be expected to prepare brief input presentations on foundational concepts of social policy (e.g. risk and (social) insurance, asymmetric information, adverse selection, inequality, welfare state typologies), develop and present a group project in oral and written form and develop an individual research proposal. |
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