Syllabus
Title
2128 Applied Socioeconomic Theories and Methods II
Instructors
Dr. Mujaheed Shaikh, Dipl.-Ing.Mag.Dr. Daniela Weber
Type
PI
Weekly hours
4
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
10/05/17 to 10/08/17
Registration via LPIS
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Master Programs
Dates
| Day | Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10/10/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | D4.3.106 |
| Wednesday | 10/18/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | D2.0.330 |
| Thursday | 11/09/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.3.09 |
| Thursday | 11/23/17 | 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM | D2.0.342 Teacher Training Raum |
| Thursday | 11/23/17 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM | D2.-1.019 Workstation-Raum |
| Thursday | 11/30/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.3.09 |
| Thursday | 12/07/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.3.09 |
| Thursday | 12/07/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | LC.-1.038 |
| Thursday | 12/14/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.3.09 |
| Thursday | 12/14/17 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | LC.-1.038 |
| Thursday | 12/21/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | LC.-1.038 |
| Thursday | 12/21/17 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.4.28 |
| Thursday | 01/11/18 | 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM | D1.1.078 |
| Thursday | 01/18/18 | 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM | TC.3.09 |
The course is intended to introduce central socioeconomic theories and methods from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The topic health is integrally treated from the perspective of different socioeconomic disciplines (such as sociology, economics and demography).
The following content areas will be dealt with:
- Sociological and economic theories: basic concepts, and empirical approaches
- Disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods of health research;
- Specific topics and fields of application of health research (e.g., discrimination and health inequalities, risky health behavior);
- Development of research questions and effective designs in selected areas.
After completing this course, students should be able to:
- understand, classify and evaluate central socioeconomic theories and methods
- recognize the multi-dimensionality of problem situations in health research
- adapt socioeconomic theories and methods to specific fields of application and to apply them to specific socioeconomic questions
- examine and develop integrative research designs
This course also supports the following skills:
- Theoretical and methodological reflexion competences, the ability to adapt and apply different theoretical concepts and methodological approaches to the analysis of socioeconomic problem areas
- Based on theoretical concepts, to develop multiperspective analysis competencies for specific questions
- In teamwork socioeconomic thematic complexes in a case study oriented theoretical and empirical research and to prepare the results for the presentation
- Study and critical reflection of relevant literature on theories and methods
- Multidisciplinary screening and evaluation of topic specific data and research results
- Preparing case studies
- Development of integrative research designs
- Lectures by lecturers
- Discussions in groups and in plenary
- Guest lectures by experts
Last edited: 2017-05-11
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