Courses Bachelor Display 2023-2024
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| Course title | Understanding Society | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Steffen Kuenn For more information: s.kuenn@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
* Applying economic theory to social phenomena,
* Developing skills in assessing the validity of claims based on empirical research. |
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| Description |
Marriage, social relations, crime, family life and religion are all important social phenomena. The behaviour of people in these social contexts has major consequences for society. These social phenomena were traditionally outside the scope of economists, but are increasingly entering their field of research. The course "Understanding Society" uses economic theories and empirical research to analyse these social phenomena. Students learn to understand and analyse a wide range of social phenomena from an economic point of view and to assess the validity of claims based on empirical research.
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| Literature |
Several empirical and theoretical articles
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| Prerequisites |
This course has been cancelled.
The following rule applies to bachelor Economics and Business Economics students with the Economics specialisation who started the programme prior to academic year 2020/21. TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC2029): Students who did not pass the course EBC2029 can replace it with "Labour Economics" (EBC2173). See the Transitional Regulations section in the Bachelor Education and Examination Regulations for more information. |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Lecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations |
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