Socio-economic Issue

2025/2026

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This module allows students to take a closer look at a current socio-economic issue.

In the previous semester, the instructor and students discuss which themes could be relevant and interesting.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The goal is that the student, after the module, has knowledge of:

  • Scientific issues within the socio-economic field and can identify these.
  • The economic theories relevant to the issue.
  • The advanced learning styles and processes that motivate their own learning both individually and/or in a group context.

Skills

The goal is that the student, after the module, has skills in:

  • Applying economic theory, methods, and tools to specific issues from an empirical or theoretical standpoint at an advanced level.
  • Selecting and using relevant methods and tools to generate knowledge about an issue within a socio-economic problem in collaboration with external parties, including a supervisor, from an empirical or theoretical standpoint.
  • Preparing a written and oral presentation of the project’s issue, method, analysis, and conclusions in a scientific, clear, and correct language.

Competences

The goal is that the student, after the module, has competencies to:

  • Identify and formulate objectives within socio-economics and be able to present and discuss the contextual factors that affect the realization of these objectives.
  • Develop understanding and solutions to a central socio-economic issue based on scientific analyses at an advanced level.
  • Independently initiate and carry out professional and interdisciplinary collaboration and take on professional responsibility.

Type of instruction

For information see §17.

Exam

Exams

Name of examSocio-economic Issue
Type of exam
Written or oral exam
ECTS5
Permitted aidsInformation about aids are specified in the course description.
AssessmentPassed/Not Passed
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleSamfundsøkonomisk problemstilling
Module codeKAØKO202214
Module typeCourse
Duration1 semester
SemesterSpring and Autumn
ECTS5
Language of instructionDanish and English
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Education ownerMaster of Science (MSc) in Economics
Study BoardStudy Board of Economics (cand.oecon)
DepartmentAalborg University Business School
FacultyFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities