ASOK15103U Advanced Welfare, Inequality and Mobility

Volume 2016/2017
Education

MA Sociology 2015 - Compulsory course package subject

Sociology students must be enrolled under MSc Curriculum 2015 to take this exam.

BA-Undergraduates from foreign countries (exchange students) can sign up for this course

Content

This is a compulsory course for the course package "Welfare inequality and Mobility"

This specialization provides knowledge of the Danish welfare model and policy, including knowledge of this model's distinctive features in comparison with other models, and the challenges of increased globalization and individualization. Emphasis is placed on the distribution of welfare in relation to, inter alia, income, education, labor market attachment, health and consumption. Specialization provides knowledge about welfare at the individual level, across generations (eg social and economic mobility) and at the macro level (eg social cohesion). Specialization focuses on welfare distribution in relation to, inter alia, class, gender, age and ethnicity, as it deals with the consequences of failure welfare in different parts of the population. Specialization discusses relations between welfare and labour market models in Denmark and in other countries. Specialization focuses on analyzing conditions and living conditions of both the so-called standard population and for vulnerable groups such as the poor, long-term unemployed and socially marginalized families and individuals. The teaching focuses on understanding how social factors affect communities and individuals' welfare , and how individual circumstances and choices can affect the situation of each person or group is in. The specialization offers insights into how specific welfare policies affect people's living conditions, and how the ' system' meets public/users in various forms of welfare provision.

 

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

Upon finishing the course, the student will have knowledge of

 - the core sociological research literature within the thematic field of Welfare, Inequality and Mobility

- the Danish welfare system, including the labour market, welfare institutions, educational systems, mobility patterns and other central areas within the welfare area.

 

Skill

This will give the students the ability to 

- thoroughly compare and contrast key theoretical perspectives that are central to the wider MA specialization in Welfare, Inequality and Mobility

- identify significant historical and contemporary developments in the field

- identify and distinguish between different types of welfare models

- make comparative analyses with reference to different societies, including labour markets, social stratification, welfare state models, types of social benefit systems, institutions etc.. 

 

Competences

Based on the work with papers during the course, the students will develop competences in 

- applying central concepts from the literature

- making theoretical and comparative embedded inquiries into issues within the thematic field of Welfare, Inequality and Mobility.

 

A Readear plus material posted via Absalon. The curriculum will contain around 1400 pages.

 

Teaching will be organised as lectures combined with different types of studentpresentation. Students are expected to work on minor assigments during the course. A high level of studentinvolvement is expected.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam Preparation
  • 72
  • Exercises
  • 14
  • Lectures
  • 56
  • Preparation
  • 140
  • Theory exercises
  • 131
  • Total
  • 413
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Portfolio, -
Portfolio with oral defence. Individual or group. A portfolio assignment is defined as a series of short assignments during the course that address one or more set questions and feedback is offered during the course. All of the assignments are submitted together for assessment at the end of the course.
The portfolio assignments must be no longer than 30 pages. For group assignments, an extra 15 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet.
Exam registration requirements

No specific registration requirements.

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment

See learning outcome