Graduate social economist

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Diplom-Sozialwirt is an academic degree . It could be acquired through interdisciplinary studies at universities and technical colleges . The training at vocational academies was also completed with an examination to become a qualified social economist (BA) . However, these degrees were not academic degrees, but state degrees .

The graduate social economist with a university degree is included in the academic group of social sciences. Classic universities were the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Hamburg University for Economics and Politics and the Department of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg . Since the introduction of the bachelor's and master’s degree programs across Europe, the degree “ Diplom-Sozialwirt” is no longer awarded; However, it is continued at the University of Göttingen in the form of polyvalent Bachelor and Master degrees. Specifically, students at cooperating interdisciplinary faculties, i. H. of the economics, social sciences and law faculties.

Structure and shape

Goettingen

The term social sciences should be used to summarize areas of knowledge which, through scientific research and teaching , make it possible to recognize and present the reality of human coexistence in the state and society , especially in industrial society. For this purpose, subjects and areas that were otherwise dealt with in separate courses were combined and meaningfully supplemented with one another:

from the areas:

  • Economics,
  • Social sciences,
  • Law Sciences.

The integration of social, economic and legal subjects should enable a diverse academic education in Göttingen , which enables employment in various (complex) fields of activity that require broad, diverse and interdisciplinary knowledge:

  • Work and organizational development (especially in large work organizations)
  • Advisory and consulting industry
  • Education and training,
  • Development aid ,
  • Industrial administration,
  • public administration,
  • Press ,
  • Associations,
  • Scientific Research.

At the University of Göttingen you can read about the diploma social economist:

  • Two social science subjects as well as one economics and one law subject are studied equally.
  • The aim is to integrate different subjects.
  • In the social science subjects, the similarities in theory and methods should be worked out.
  • The social, economic and legal sciences were integrated by choosing social sub-areas and problem areas as major subjects, which were equally the subject of the various disciplines.
  • Differences in the processing methods, methods and theoretical determinations of the research subject should be emphasized in the course.

Due to the equality of different disciplines as well as the integrative approach, this interdisciplinary course differed from courses that only focused on a single economic, social or legal discipline and treated other subjects as minor subjects. A clever combination of the different integrative study focuses results in clear advantages for the student compared to other one-sided study programs, which come to the fore in complex and interdisciplinary fields of work and activity.

In the 2006/2007 winter semester, as part of the Bologna process, the course to become a social economist in Göttingen was discontinued. In Göttingen, a bachelor's degree in sociology and, from the winter semester 2011/2012, a new bachelor's degree in social sciences will be offered.

Nuremberg

At the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , a distinction was made between a diploma in social science with an emphasis on pedagogical and psychological subjects and a diploma in social economics with an emphasis on socio-political and legal subjects. The newer study regulations had repealed this differentiation and spoke of a graduate social economist. The diploma course in Erlangen-Nuremberg consisted of five compulsory and elective subjects. The range of subjects included, depending on the student's choice:

In the course of the Bologna process, the degree course in social economics (Univ.) In Erlangen-Nuremberg was replaced by a bachelor / master degree in social economics, which continues the course concept.

Hamburg

Social economics at the HWP or the University of Hamburg tries to understand the interactions between society , economy , ecology and politics . Socio-economic research and teaching deals with and answers sociological and economic questions in an interdisciplinary manner from different perspectives.

Social economy is seen as an investigation with practice-relevant questions and an interdisciplinary approach. According to this consideration, the economy only functions within social contexts, the networking of actors and collectives is the focus and the power imbalance between actors is examined and an attempt is made to understand and develop behavior. Socio-economic research and teaching cites Karl Marx , Max Weber , Émile Durkheim , Joseph Schumpeter , Karl Polanyi , Pierre Bourdieu , Reinhard Schultz, Günter Schmölders , Werner Hofmann , Manfred Schweres and Alfred Oppolzer.

The Social Economics course at the University of Hamburg (ex HWP) is an interdisciplinary study of business administration , economics , law and sociology on the interactions between society, economics and politics, which even people without a high school diploma can study after passing an entrance examination.

In Hamburg, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Economics and corresponding Master’s courses are currently offered.

Well-known university professors and lecturers

Goettingen

Nuremberg

Hamburg

Distinguished graduate social economists

Göttingen graduates

Nuremberg graduates

literature

  • Reinhard Wittenberg : Sociology in Nuremberg. Research and teaching between 1919 and 2000. (Paperback) Roderer, S, 2001, ISBN 3-897-83269-0 .
  • Reinhard Wittenberg: Social scientist from Nuremberg-Erlangen in studies and work. In: Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis (SuB) , 2001, No. 1, ISSN  0724-3464 , pp. 21–50.
  • Oppolzer, Alfred: Social economy: To the subject, concept and history. In: Socio-economic contributions. Journal for economics, politics and society. 1st year Hamburg. 1/1990, pages 6–29.
  • Langthaler, Ernst: What does social economy mean? University of Vienna 2009. ( PDF ; 655 kB)
  • Bärbel von Borries-Pusback: No college for socialism. The establishment of the Academy for Community Economy in Hamburg 1945–1955 . Opladen (Leske and Budrich) 2002.
  • Wulf D. Hund (Ed.): From the common economy to the social economy. 50 years of the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics. Hamburg (VSA) 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Social Economics course . University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Retrieved February 21, 2019.