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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The main objective of the Social policy programme is to educate specialists of social policy who, invoking modern theories of social sciences, data sources and research methods, would be able to identify, analyse and evaluate local, national and international social problems, formulate social policy solutions, organize their implementation with a view of people’s welfare and social justice.
Learning outcomes:
Graduates:
1. Able to use adequate sources and literature for analysis of social policy phenomena, to select required data from local and international data sources, to apply relevant qualitative and quantitative research methods, to process the data with computer programs, to compare results with acquired knowledge and referring to theories, analytically to summarise and present results both verbally and in a written form.
2. Are capable of following the state-of-the art knowledge in the field of social policy; to align the newly acquired information with the old one and to employ it for the activity planning, and preparing of proposals.
3. Are able to propose reasonable models for interdepartmental cooperation and justify their advantages for the effective solution of social problems.
4. Are able to constructively participate in the discussions on social policy with reference to acquired knowledge and theories and by responding to opinions of others and imparted information to offer reasonable proposals and systematize information in a written or verbal report.
5. Are able to critically assess proposed or implemented policies in perspective of human rights, equal opportunities, social justice, equality and other democratic values; are able to identify transgression of these values, to assess the impact of these transgressions on different social groups, to formulate conclusions and to offer suggestions for problems’ solution.
6. Are capable to coherently explain the impact of various initiated and implemented policies on solution of social problems and for particular social groups.
7. Are able to operate social policy terminology when rendering information, ideas, problems and solutions both to the specialists and non-specialists in Lithuanian language and in at least one of foreign languages.
8 Are capable of reflecting basic social science (sociology, economics, politics, and law) theories and to apply them when explaining t phenomena of social reality.
9. Are able to analyse and to describe social, economic, political, cultural, demographical and legislation context, wherein the decisions of social policy are designed and implemented; to evaluate impact of globalisation on national social policy, to name main functions of supranational institutions and the importance of international documents on social policy.
10. Able to differentiate actors involved in the processes of development, organization and consuming of social welfare and to name roles they perform.
11. Are able to describe mechanisms of policy formation, implementation and assessment on national and international levels.
12. Are capable of describing the origin, essence and features of the welfare states and to coherently account for main differences of welfare state types; to identify the position of Lithuania among those typologies.
13. Are able to describe principles of functioning, mechanisms of governing, results of performance and problems that are solved by Lithuanian health, education and social security systems.
14. Able to critically analyse system of financing, distribution and redistribution and propose reasonable changes.
15. Are able to act professionally by adhering to the principles of social responsibility, public spirit, equal opportunities, human rights and ethical standards.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Lectures, seminars, discussions, group work, essay, practical assignments, reading of literature, case study, projects.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Cumulative assessment applied. The components of cumulative assessment enable to evaluate particular outcomes of studies that are indicated in a course unit. Each course unit or study module ends with an exam or with assessment of student’s individual work (essay or project work). Final mark is constituted of components which are stated in the description of a course unit or a study module (i.e., activity, interim assessments, individual work, or exam). The relative importance of different components is also stated in the description of a course unit or a study module.
The main form of evaluation is an examination. However, courses units may be evaluated by the pass/fail evaluation as well. Every course unit is concluded with either a written or written-oral examination or pass/fail evaluation. Student's knowledge and general performance during the exam are evaluated using grading scale from 1 (very poor) to 10 (excellent), or by pass or fail evaluation in the cases when pass/fail evaluation is foreseen as a final evaluation of the course unit.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Public Policy, Political Process, Political Economy, Economy, Public Finance, Lithuanian Legal System, Economics of Social Policy, EU Social Policy Initiatives, Health Care: Policy and Practice, Employment Policy, Social Security, Social Policy of Local Government, Education System, Educational Sociology and Politics, Critical City Studies, Demography, Migration and Social Security for Ethnic Minorities, Human Rights, Policy of Equal Opportunities, Family Policy, Quality of Life and Personal Wellbeing, Social Research Methods in Social Policy, Media Content Analysis, Multidimensional Statistical Methods in Social Sciences, Social Projects and programs, Classical Ethics and Modern Leadership.
Optional courses:
Students have the opportunity to choose 10 modules (50 ECTS) from the list of 25 electives.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The Programme is based on research-led teaching and orientated towards a critical application of social policy knowledge, skills and principles in practice, and responding to the needs of society and labour market. The contemporary social policy carries out its functions in the knowledge society, ever changing, multicultural global environment and labour market, in the situation when market relations more and more intervene into service organization. In this context generic competences of the Programme encompass instrumental competences, such as ability to analyze and systematize, interpersonal competences, such as capability of critical and self-critical thinking, interpersonal communication skills, ability to work in an intercultural environment, and systemic competences such ability to learn, initiative and entrepreneurship. The particular focus is on critical and self-critical thinking and the ability to organize and plan, as well as development of life-long learning attitudes and skills aimed at students’ empowerment to take responsibility for ones’ professional development. On the another hand, the structure of subject specific competences of the Programme are designed taking into account the need of today’s labor market as well as socio economic development of the society.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
The graduate will be able to work as policy analyst, administrator and project manager in public and private institutions of social welfare, health care, education, interior, non-governmental and political organizations, municipalities, trade unions, mass media and others.
Access to further study:
Master programmes in Social Policy and others (allied master programmes would be in the field of social science: economics, sociology, law, political sciences, management, and public administration).
