ASOA15078U Scandinavian Welfare Regime: Challenged by Europeanization and Globalization
Elective Course
Course package (MSc 2015):
Welfare, Inequality and Mobility
The aim of the course is to enable the students to critically
evaluate the merits of the particular way welfare provisions and
entitlements are organized in Scandinavia.
The course assesses to shich degree Scandinavian welfare states can
still be characterized as women friendly and promoting equality
within an environment of European Union and global challenges.
Emphasis is on historical and contemporary
developments
Knowledge:
Students will be provided a thorough knowledge of the benefits and
challenges of welfare provision in Scandinavia.
Skills:
Students will develop empirical analytical skills that enable them
to critically assess the pros and cons of the particular welfare
organization in Scandinavia.
Competences:
Students will acquire rigorous empirical insights that will lead to
strong analytical competences viz-á-vis a particular geographical
region in a sociological perspective.
See Absalon
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 60
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 118
- Total
- 206
Students are expected to be active in class
Registration deadline for courses is June 1 for Autumn semester and December 1 for Spring semester. Registration deadline for Summer school is June 1.
The ordinary period for registration for summer school is from November 15'th to December 1'st
If the course is full after this period, it will NOT be offered
for registration again, in the extra period for registration from
May 15'th to June 1'st
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
International exchange students must sign up by filling in an
application
form:
course registration.
Credit students: klik her
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentIndividual/group.
Free written take-home essays are assignments for which students define and formulate a problem within the parameters of the course and based on an individual exam syllabus. The free written take-home essay must be no longer than 10 pages. For group assignments, an extra 5 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
Sociology students must be enrolled under either BSc Curriculum 2016 or MSc Curriculum 2015 to take this exam.
Credit- and Exchange students can be at both bachelor and master level.- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
Find more information on your study page at KUnet.
Exchange students and Danish full degree guest students please see the homepage of Sociology; http://www.soc.ku.dk/english/education/exams/ and http://www.soc.ku.dk/uddannelser/meritstuderende/eksamen/
- Re-exam
Written assignment with one or more NEW questions asked.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see the learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOA15078U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor,Bachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Course capacity
- Vejl. 40 personer
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Peter Abrahamson (pa@soc.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Peter Abrahamson, e-mail: pa@soc.ku.dk