SOCIAL ECONOMICS – PROGRAMME SUBJECT IN PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIALIZATION IN GENERAL STUDIES (SOK1-01)

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

Being able to express oneself orally in Social economics involves stating understandable arguments and to justify professional points of view. This also involves being able to explain the content and theoretical basis of public documents, as well as specialist literature in printed form and on the Internet.

Being able to express oneself in writing in Social economics involves the correct use of language, precise use of technical expressions and the ability to formulate oneself well in writing. It also involves structuring subject matter, logical and analytical argumentation and showing how economic theory can be applied to practical and topical problems.

Being able to read in Social economics involves researching, interpreting and reflecting on professional texts from books, public documents, newspapers, professional journals and Internet. Being able to read also means to be able to interpret and understand tables and diagrams.

Numeracy in Social economics involves doing calculations on the basis of tables and diagrams. It also means being able to calculate the difference between condition variables and flow variables, and the difference between levels and growth.

Being able to use digital tools in Social economics involves researching websites from the largest financial institutions. This means being able to select and make use of relevant information, and present one's own work using word a processing program and other presentation programs. The use of digital tools also involves being able to make calculations by means of a spreadsheet program.