The role of the municipalities in labour market politics

The course consists of three modules:

Module 1: Sweden in the EU (3.5 ECTS cr)
Components:
- General development trends
- The EU's role and decision-making process
- The Europe 2020 strategy
- Swedish politics: structure and decision-making process
- Government declaration
- The Swedish welfare model
- The EU's structural funds

Module 2: Labour Market Politics (8 ECTS cr)
Components:
- Municipalities and labour market politics
- Labour market legislation
- The labour market and working life
- Municipal roles in relation to other areas of responsibility
- Regional development programmes
- Network organisations and cooperation
- Tools of analysis

Module 3: Investigation Skills with a Focus on the Labour Market (3.5 ECTS cr)
Components:
- Perspectives on evaluation
- Practical statistics
- Labour market statistics for municipalities and county councils
- Reviewing statistics critically

Progressive specialisation: GXX (in‐depth level of the course cannot be classified)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: Students selected by employers

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.