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Master programme: Welfare Policies and Management

SAWEM, Master of Science Programme in Welfare Policies and Management, 120 credits.

Second cycle degree programme requiring previous university study

Programme syllabus

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Programme structure

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First semester

Welfare Regimes in Transition. Comparative perspectives on policies, management and reform (15 credits, WPMP01):

Syllabus WPMP01 (pdf, new window)
Literature WPMP01 (pdf, new window)

Organization, Leadership and Welfare Management (7.5 credits, WPMP03):

Syllabus WPMP03 (pdf, new window)
Literature WPMP03 (pdf, new window)

Evaluation and Welfare Management (7.5 credits, WPMP02):

Syllabus WPMP02 (pdf, new window)
Literature WPMP02 (pdf, new window)


Second semester

Economics: An introduction to Public Economics (15 credits, WPMA11):

Syllabus WPMA11 (pdf, new window)
Literature WPMA11 (pdf, new window)

Internship (15 credits, WPMP21) or elective courses (15 credits):

Syllabus (internship) WPMP21 (pdf, new window)


Third semester

Course in your major subject; Political Science, Social Work, or Sociology (15 credits)

Research methods (15 credits)


Fourth semester

Master’s thesis in your major subject (30 credits)


More informationen

Read more about the programme on lunduniversity.lu.se

Information about thesis and studies (in Canvas)