Social Policy in an Interdependent World (SPIW)

Review of Exam Results: the opportunity to review your corrected exam from the Summer Semester 2024 will take place on August 13, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Findelgasse 9 in Room 2.024. In order to attend the exam review, students must register in advance via email to Elisa Poletto (elisa.poletto@fau.de). Please note that it is not possible to attend the exam review without prior registration.

Bachelor, 5 ECTS

Type of Course: Lecture and Exercise

Module number: 87014

Offered: Annually in Summer Semester

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede and Elisa Poletto, MA

Course Content: Stylized facts about Social Issues and Social Policy; Efficiency and Social Justice from a National and an International Perspective; Comparative Social Policy: Welfare Systems and Policies in Selected Fields; Social Policy and International Flows: Migration, Trade, Capital Flows; Social Policy and European Integration.

Lecture: Tuesdays 08:00-09:30, Lange Gasse 20, Lecture Hall H2 (Hermann Gutmann-Hörsaal)

Exercise: Thursdays 15:00-16:30, Findelgasse 7/9, Room FG 0.015 (ground floor). Further details about the schedule for the exercises will be provided at the first lecture and via StudOn during the semester.

StudOn Password: the password for the course will be provided at the first lecture. Students should register for the course via StudOn to directly receive emails from us and to access important course content and materials. Please contact Elisa Poletto (elisa.poletto@fau.de) should you have questions.

Written Exam (Summer 2024): Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (60 minutes), Lange Gasse 20, Lecture Hall H4.

Syllabus and Literature: SPIW Syllabus Summer 2024

Language: English

Recommended prerequisites: Microeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics.

Integration in curriculum: 4th Semester (summer term) bachelor of International Business Studies (IBS) and bachelor of International Economic Studies (IES). The course is compulsory for students of the IBS and IES bachelor degree programs.

Permitted aids during the exam: a silent, non-programmable calculator

Further information on the course can be found in the current Module Handbook. The course documents and materials will be made available at StudOn.