Social Economics (University of Hamburg)

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Social Economics is an interdisciplinary study of business administration , economics , law and sociology at the Faculty of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg , with a focus on the interactions between society , economy and politics . It is completed after six semesters with a Bachelor of Arts . With 2,500 students, the course is the largest bachelor's degree at the University of Hamburg; 3,200 people study in the entire department (as of 2016). The course accepts almost 300 new students every semester and employs around 40 professors (as of 2016). The Bachelor in Social Economics is traditionally open to both high school graduates and people without a high school diploma via a university entrance examination .

overview

Socio-economic research and science deals with and answers sociological and economic questions in an interdisciplinary way from different perspectives. The Faculty of Social Economics was created at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics (HWP).

Justification of the social economy

According to the sociologist Alfred Oppolzer , the necessity of social economy is demanded from the various individual disciplines, for example from business administration (Reinhard Schultz, 1988), as well as from economics ( Günter Schmölders , 1973) and political economy ( Werner Hofmann , 1969) from sociology ( Max Weber , 1904) as well as from ergonomics (Manfred Schweres, 1980; Alfred Oppolzer, 1989). Oppolzer states that social economy is:

  1. the "investigation of the interactions between economy and society",
  2. the "practical relevance of the question" and
  3. the "interdisciplinary approach".

Like Oppolzer, the economic and social historian Ernst Langthaler cites : Karl Marx (economics, sociology), Émile Durkheim (sociology), Joseph Schumpeter (economics), Karl Polanyi (cultural anthropology, sociology) and Pierre Bourdieu (sociology). In the field of law within Hamburg's social economy, the labor lawyer Ulrich Zachert and the business lawyer Udo Reifner (founder of the Institute for Financial Services ) should be mentioned. Harry Friebel made an important contribution to the socio-economic consideration of educational and socialization theory with the Hamburg biography and résumé panel “The Children of Educational Expansion ”.

Studying without a high school diploma

The Bachelor in Social Economics from the University of Hamburg can also be studied by people with a secondary school leaving certificate (e.g. technical college entrance qualification ), completed practical vocational training or at least four years of work or work experience after passing the university entrance examination. The quoted open university entrance for people without a high school diploma has been retained based on the HWP model. Up to 40% of the study places are awarded via the entrance examination. That is why the basic course also includes introductory courses and bridging seminars that are tailored for people from the second and third educational pathways. The students can integrate their Abitur knowledge or the existing professional experience into the course. After the basic course, there is a specialization in one of the four subject areas of business administration, economics, law or sociology. The other three subjects are studied in an interdisciplinary manner. The educational goal is self-thinking, reflective and responsible people with a recognized university degree .

History of the department

The origin of the course goes back to the Academy for Community Economy , which was founded in 1948 on the initiative of cooperative members, trade unionists and social democrats . This was renamed the Academy for Economics and Politics in 1961. It achieved university status in 1970 and became the University of Economics and Politics (HWP). From 1991 to March 31, 2005 the HWP acted as an independent university under the name of Hamburg University for Economics and Politics . The new examination regulations in June 2003, the course of the degree as was a graduate in sociology host to the Bachelor / Master system changed and degrees as Bachelor of Arts awarded in social economy.

On April 1, 2005, the former HWP was incorporated into the University of Hamburg as the Department of Economics and Politics (DWP) . The department was dissolved in 2009 and integrated into the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg as the Faculty of Social Economics. The integration of the HWP into the University of Hamburg, which was planned since 2003 and will continue until 2009, caused protests from students, professors and administrators for years. This found a nationwide media coverage, z. B. in the article HWP Hamburg. End of uniqueness and in the university article . University dismantles reform studies . Despite the merger, the social economics course remained largely unchanged.

As part of austerity measures, the social economics department - like other departments at the University of Hamburg - had to cut several professorships between 2009 and 2012.

On February 1, 2014, two new faculties were founded at the University of Hamburg, the Faculty of Business Administration and the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. The latter includes the fields of social sciences, economics and social economics, with social economics being the largest.

Masters courses in the Faculty of Social Economics

In addition to the bachelor's degree, the social economics department at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg includes a number of other master's degree programs with different orientations and different degrees. The following courses are currently actively offered in the department (as of 2016):

  • Work, Economy, Society-Economic and Sociological Studies (MA)
  • Health Economics & Health Care Management (M.Sc.)
  • Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies (M.Sc.)
  • International Business and Sustainability (MA)

Related organizations

GdFF

The Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Department of Social Economics (formerly HWP) e. V. sees itself today as an advocate for the two central elements of the HWP study model: First, an interdisciplinary course with the subjects of business administration, economics, sociology and law, which builds on the practical experience of the students and enables them to work in companies, organizations without Employment character and administration prepared, and secondly, the open university entrance, which opens the door to a scientific degree for applicants without a high school diploma but with qualified professional experience after an entrance exam. The GdFF also sees itself as an alumni organization that provides access to a network of students, graduates and members of the teaching staff.

Rudolph Lohff Foundation

Since the 1970s, the non-profit Rudolph-Lohff Foundation has been awarding small scholarships to poor students and schoolchildren without a high school diploma, but with professional experience. According to the wishes of the founder, it is aimed exclusively at students of the social economy department, as well as at corresponding students at the HAW and at schoolchildren at Hamburg's state evening grammar schools.

Well-known teachers

See also

literature

  • Alfred Oppolzer: Social economy: to the subject, concept and history . In: Socio-economic contributions. Journal for economics, politics and society. 1st year Hamburg. 1/1990.
  • 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.
  • Dirk Hauer, Bela Rogalla: HWP in motion. Student protests against neoliberal university reforms . Hamburg (VSA) 2006.
  • Reinhard Schultz: Business Administration. A socio-economic introduction . Munich / Vienna 1988.
  • Günter Schmölders: Economics as a social science . In: Gerhard Bringmann (Ed.): Socio-economic behavior research . Berlin 1973.
  • Werner Hoffmann: Basic elements of business society . Reinbek 1969.
  • Max Weber : The Objectivity of Sociological and Sociopolitical Knowledge . In: Archives for Social Science and Social Policy. 19th volume (new episode, 1st volume). Tubingen 1904.
  • Manfred Schweres: Structural elements of an integrative ergonomics . In: Journal of Ergonomics, Issue 1/1980.
  • Alfred Oppolzer: Handbook of work design. Guide to humane work organization . Hamburg 1989.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Department of Social Economics (accessed on March 7, 2016)
  2. ↑ Profile of the degree program Social and Economics ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the study office (accessed on March 7, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de
  3. ↑ Alfred Oppolzer: Social economy: On subject, concept and history . In: Socio-economic contributions . Journal for economics, politics and society. 1st year Hamburg. 1/1990, pp. 6-29.
  4. ↑ Ernst Langthaler: What does social economy mean? ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Script-1/374, University of Vienna 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / homepage.univie.ac.at
  5. ↑ Ulrich Zachert: Professor of Labor Law at the Faculty of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg. wiso.uni-hamburg.de  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de  
  6. ↑ Udo Reifner: Founder of the iff. news.iff-hh.de
  7. ↑ Press release on The Children of Educational Expansion . ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of Hamburg from September 3, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-hamburg.de
  8. ↑ Entrance Examination Regulations Bachelor Social Economics from June 5, 2006
  9. ^ Regulations for the Bachelor and Master examinations at the HWP - Hamburg University of Economics and Politics from June 12, 2003. Accessed March 7, 2016.
  10. ^ Maja Abu Saman (dpa): HWP Hamburg. End of uniqueness .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 4, 2004.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sueddeutsche.de  
  11. ^ Kaija Kutter: University. University dismantles reform studies . In: taz , December 20, 2009.
  12. ↑ Philip Volkmann-Schluck: Downsizing: What will become of the Department of Social Economics? In: Hamburger Abendblatt. December 17, 2009.
  13. ↑ Master's courses offered by the WISO Faculty on the website of the Student Services Office (accessed on March 7, 2016)
  14. ↑ www.gdff.de
  15. ↑ Homepage of the Rudolph-Lohhf Foundation ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 7, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de
  16. ↑ Ulla Ralfs. Lecturer in Sociology. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .