POLITICS, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY – PROGRAMME SUBJECT IN PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIALIZATION IN GENERAL STUDIES (POS1-01)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are part of the subject competence. In the Politics, the individual and society programme subject, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally in Politics, the individual and society involves presenting social themes in a manner that others can grasp. This, in turn, means being able to discuss relevant social issues and justify one’s standpoints on the basis of expert knowledge. Also involved is the ability to listen and to respond well to others.

Being able to express oneself in writing in Politics, the individual and society involves presenting texts independently, clearly, and in a structured manner. This means discussing social themes in logical order, so that they can be assessed in terms of one another. Also involved is the ability to work with and draw together texts in order to create an overview.

Being able to read in Politics, the individual and society involves appropriating a broad range of specialized texts. Reading means being focussed on the intentions and the core message of a text and discovering what conveys the gist of the meaning. Reading also involves making use of information gleaned from the Internet, reference works and newspapers, and being able to extract information from statistics, graphical presentations, maps, illustrations and photos.

Numeracy in Politics, the individual and society involves distilling key trends from a set of figures, interpreting tables and graphical presentations and showing context through the use of numbers.

Being able to use digital tools in Politics, the individual and society involves searching for, critically evaluating, choosing and utilizing sources and sociological information on the Internet. It also includes utilizing various programmes for processing information and presenting tables, graphical presentations and maps.