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[ 928SOSISOSK10 ] VU Social Security
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6 ECTS M1 - Master's programme 1. year Social Science Hansjörg Seckauer 3 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites (*)keine (die Zulassung zum Studium vorausgesetzt)
Original study plan Master's programme Social Economics 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
  • Students recognise the importance of social security as a corrective to market-driven economic logics.
  • They develop an understanding of the fundamental necessity of risk protection in specific life situations.
  • Students can apply theoretical insights to practical and current socio-political challenges.
Skills Knowledge
  • Present independently prepared content (k3).
  • Formulate a specific research question on a given topic and answer it using academic literature (k4).
  • Apply general knowledge of social policy to a specific subject area and discuss its implications (k3, k4).
  • Evaluate and compare different social security systems (k4, k5).
  • Develop evidence-based social policy concepts for the advancement of social security systems, considering current societal challenges and international best practices (k6).
  • Institutions of social security.
  • Comparative analysis of social security systems.
  • Structures and mechanisms of social security.
  • The relationship between social security systems and societal development.
  • The selection of topics can vary within the defined scope.
Criteria for evaluation (*)
  • Seminararbeit + Präsentation
  • Klausur
Methods (*)Inhaltliche Inputs, Referate mit Diskussionen, Seminararbeiten.
Language German or English
Study material (*)Abhängig vom jeweilig gewählten Schwerpunkt
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 80
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority