Social Inequality and Welfare

This course offers an introduction to theories about social inequality, including the distribution of inequality, social mobility, social marginalization, and how these factors are influenced by public policy. Institutions of education have an important impact on these factors.

Provide the students with an overview of central sociological approaches and concepts on the topic of social inequality and welfare, and the experience we have from applying these when analyzing empirical questions within the field.

Teaching method and activities: 4 hours of lectures every week throughout the semester according to semester plan. Two hours of group discussion every week with exercise supervision. The student must hand in a compulsory term paper. Compulsory activities: The term paper has to be approved. Length of the term paper: Approximately 4500 words (12 pages). Term papers will only be approved during the fall semester.

Form of assessment: A 5 hour written exam.