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
Information about thesis and studies (in Canvas)
Programme Contact
Study advisors:
- Lidija Lindoff
- Mats Janér
- Daniel Alfons
E-mail: studievagledare [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se