ØASØK3400 Makroøkonomisk politikk Emneplan

I makroøkonomi prøver man å forstå hvordan aggregerte økonomiske variabler som inflasjon, arbeidsledighet, inntekt og produksjon henger sammen og hvorfor disse varierer. I dette emnet lærer studentene hvordan økonomisk politikk som penge- og finanspolitikk kan påvirke makroøkonomien. Emnet bygger på Makroøkonomi I.

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This course provides an overview of useful theoretical perspectives when analyzing citizens' encounters with the welfare state. The course will provide useful analytical concepts and frameworks for your Master's thesis.

The course covers theories on individual agency, social networks, structural and functionalist explanatory models, social reproduction and social change, social construction and interactional processes. The theories will be applied on current issues in welfare society and in social policies.

The course invites active discussions on how to apply select theories to analyze and interpret phenomena within social welfare and health policy research.

Language of instruction is English.

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The course will comprise a mix of lectures and active student involvement. Students will end the course with a paper and a presentation in which they discuss one of the theories covered in the curriculum. There will be a meeting set aside for student presentations.

The following coursework requirement must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam.

In order to take the exam students must deliver a written paper (6 pages, calibri, pt.12, 1,5 line spacing) as coursework requirement where they present and discuss one of the theories covered in the curriculum and present it in one of the two final meetings, with a feedback from lecturers and classmates.

If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an improved version one time by the given deadline.

The assessment consists of an individual six hour school exam.

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Grade scale A - F