ASOA15099U Society and Economy – an introduction to contemporary Economic Sociology

On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for the core concepts and theories covered in the curriculum and how they relate to each other,
   
• identify and discuss strengths and weaknesses in how the approaches introduced in the curriculum facilitate analysis of the interplay between societal conditions and economic activities in contemporary societies, and
   
• apply the theoretical perspectives introduced in the course to present and analyse concrete empirical phenomena in contemporary societies

More specifically, the student should have acquired:
 

Knowledge:
making the student able to account for the central concepts and theories from economic sociology covered in the course syllabus,
 

Skills:
making the student able to select appropriate concepts and theories from economic sociology in order describe and analyse concrete empirical phenomena of an economic character, broadly understood, in contemporary societies, and assess the strength and weaknesses of the different approached covered in the course syllabus in relation to concrete empirical phenomena,
 

Competences:
making the student able to convincingly present ecomomic sociological concepts, theories and analyses related to economic phenomena i an appropriate format, orally and in writing, as well as engage in a discussion of strengths and weaknesses of his or her own work related to economic phenomena, broadly understood, based on the content of the course syllabus.