Course code

STP6001.YK

old course code

STP6001

Course title in Estonian

Sissejuhatus sotsiaalpoliitikasse

Course title in English

Introduction to Social Policy

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Compulsory core subject. The course is intended to contribute to the students’ understanding of the general overview of social policy, its main problems, principles, developmental logic, methods and approaches and areas of activity; and to the students’ practical skills of critical analysis of social policy.

Brief description of the course

Terms and main conceptions, different contexts and models, social policy, welfare and welfare state, objectives of social policy and means of achieving them. Development of social policy (reforms, crises). Values that social policy is based on (human rights, social justice). International social policy (the role of international organisations and associations in social policy, comparing the social policy of different countries, social benefits).

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- orients in the main approaches to social policy, knows objectives and means of social policy, can assess the possibilities of welfare society and state in supporting the coping and welfare of its population;
- can analyse critically the actual social risks and problems of Estonian society and assess the possibilities of social policy in reducing them;
- is aware of the factors that have influenced the development of Estonian social policy and the current situation, can assess the future perspectives of Estonian social policy and individual social policies by generalising the aforementioned experiences;
- understands the role of social policy in social work.

Teacher

Lektor Zsolt Bugarszki

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Social Work (STSTB/12.YK)
History (AIAJB/11.HT)
Sociology (RASLB/11.YK)
Social Work (STSTB/11.YK)
Sociology (RASLB/10.YK)
Social Work (STSTB/10.YK)
History (AIAJB/10.HT)
Sociology (RASLB/09.YK)
History (AIAJB/09.HT)
Social Work (STSTB/09.YK)
History (AIAJB/08.HT)
Sociology (RASLB/08.YK)
History (AIAJB/07.HT)
Sociology (RASLB/07.YK)
History (AIAJB/06.HT)
Sociology (RASLB/06.YK)
History (AIAJB/05.HT)
History (AIAJB/04.HT)
History (AIAJB/00.HT)