Students can combine courses to form a syllabus relevant to their interests. University studies in social sciences or humanities. Contact information in found at the beginning of this guide. The programme uses also other courses provided by other programmes like Baltic Sea Region Studies or Women's Studies. This course introduces the complex structure of welfare and how it is constructed through social policy.
Emphasis is placed on the question of equality in welfare provision.
The course also deals with recent trends and problems in educational equality and social stratification in the Nordic countries. The course consists of three parts to be taken in sequence. Focus is on the principles and characteristics of the Scandinavian model, its distinct structure, as well as contemporary issues and pressures that are affecting its development. The course includes cross-national and comparative perspectives on different welfare states, a practical overview of the current range of services, policies and programmes, and theme lectures treating selected aspects of welfare. Different societies are focused upon and the course procedure is interactive.