Social Policy in an Interdependent World (SPIW)

Social Policy in an Interdependent World (SPIW)

Exam Review: the opportunity to review your exam results from the Winter Semester 2023/24 will take place on April 16, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Findelgasse 7/9, Room 3.023. 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.

Summer Semester 2024

  • StudOn Password: the password for the course will be provided at the first lecture on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 8:00 a.m., Lange Gasse 20, Lecture Hall H2. Students should register for the course via StudOn to directly receive emails from us and to access important course content and materials. Contact Elisa Poletto (elisa.poletto@fau.de) if you have questions.

Bachelor, 5 ECTS

Type of Course: Lecture and Exercise

Course offered: annually in Summer Semester

Module number: 87014

Contact person: Prof. Matthias Wrede and Elisa Poletto

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 0.015 (ground floor). Further details about the exercises will be provided at the first lecture and via StudOn during the semester.

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

Syllabus and Literature: SPIW Syllabus Summer 2024

Language: English

Recommended prerequisites: Microeconomics; Introduction to Econometrics.

Integration in curriculum: Fourth 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.