After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. define basic social policy concepts and explain the position of social policy within social sciences
2. describe and critically analyse historical development of social policy and social state
3. identify, indicate and categorise key social problems and social-political challenges on the local, national and international level and explain connections between the aforementioned levels
4. recognise the needs and interests of social groups and systems of values that can be in the background of social policies and explain the connection between the interests, needs and systems of values and selected solutions of social problems
5. analyse different conditions and circumstances that influence the trends of development of social policy as a whole or individual areas of social policy
6. critically and paralelly analyse different models and manners of solving social issues in different countries or in different periods.
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- publicly present acquired knowledge and skills in written and oral form
- collect and analyse the data and information from various sources
- clearly discuss and elaborate their own opinions
- consider general and group interests in social policy
- assess the importance and usefulness of historical experience in the formation and implementation of modern social policies
Seminar paper and presentation
Students are expected to independently analyse a social policy topic and present it orally. Written seminar paper is based on the analysis of literature, understanding and critical evaluation of the text, connection with lectures and drawing conclusions based on the presented material. The seminar grade is formed as a sum of grades realised by writing and presenting the seminar paper. The seminar paper is graded in the following manner:
Writing seminar paper:
0 points - the paper is not written
2 points - the paper does not satisfy formal criteria
4 points - the paper satisfies formal criteria, but there are significant shortcomings on the level of content
6 points - the paper satisfies formal and content related criteria, but the style hampers understanding of the text, and there are significant grammer and spelling mistakes
8 points - the paper satisfies formal and content related criteria, but there are smaller difficulties in understanding the text due to style, and there are smaller grammar and spelling mistakes
10 points - the paper is formally correct, comprehensive, understandable and grammatically correct.
Presentation of the seminar paper
0 points - the paper was not presented
2 points - the paper was read
4 points - the paper was partly read and unprepared
6 points - the paper waa not read, but there are significant shortcomings in oral presentation
8 points - the presentation was well prepared, but there are smaller shortcomings in understanding and there were mistakes in speech
10 points - presentation was well prepared
Grading scale
12 points - sufficient (2)
14 points - good (3)
16 points - very good (4)
18-20 points - excellent (5)
