Ukraine in the European Space
Course: Economics and Economic Policy
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
            Title
        
        
            Ukraine in the European Space
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ 3.2.3.2.
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2023/2024
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            7 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            5
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PRS 6. To use professional arguments to transmit information, ideas, problems and ways of their solving to professionals and non-professionals in the field of economic activity. 
PRS9. To realize the main features of the modern world and national economy, the institutional structure, directions of social, economic and foreign economic policy of the state.
PRS13. To identify sources and understand the methodology of determination and methods for obtaining socio-economic data, collect and analyze the necessary information, calculate economic and social indicators.
PRS21. To be able to think abstractly, apply analysis and synthesis to identify the key characteristics of economic systems of various levels, as well as the peculiarities of their subjects' behavior.
PRS22. To demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in new situations, in working with new objects and in uncertain conditions.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Full-time form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            To understand the methodology of macroeconomics and microeconomics, as well as the principles of institutionalism and neo-institutionalism. To be able to work with statistical data and foreign-language scientific literature.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Course «Ukraine in the European Space» aims to study the development of various social processes in Ukraine in comparison with European societies. The structure of the course includes 10 topics on actualization of the interaction between economics and sociology; social classes, socio-class divides; underclass, precariat, twixters; poverty; «Economics of Happiness»; social networks; the COVID-19 pandemic; volunteer practices; religion, religiosity, faith, modernization, «religious markets»; migration. The course focuses on developing students' skills in working with sociological data that can qualitatively complement economic statistics and analyze economic processes taking into account their social and cultural components: typical needs, motivations, problems, values, attitudes, meanings, norms, rules, stereotypes, lifestyles, etc. The classes aim to develop sociological sensitivity, analytical and critical abilities; and involve both individual and group work.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1. Вебер М. Протестантська етика і дух капіталізму / пер. з нім. О. Погорілого. Київ: Основи, 1994. С. 161–182. URL: http://litopys.org.ua/weber/wbr07.htm.
2. Савельєв Ю. Б. Багатовимірна сучасність: соціальне включення в оцінці суспільного розвитку : монографія. Київ : ВПЦ "Київський університет", 2017. 447 с. URL: https://sociology.knu.ua/sites/default/files/library/elopen/saveliev.pdf. Розділ 3.
3. Тащенко А., Олексюк О. Вплив COVID-19 на глобальне споживання даних. Ексабайтова економіка: підручник / ред.: І. Л. Татомир, Л. Г. Квасній. Трускавець, 2022. С. 28–39.
4. Тащенко А., Шафалюк О., Яковенко Ю. Перегляд моделей раціонального споживача. Поведінкова економіка: від теорії до практики: міждисциплінарний навчальний посібник / ред.: І. Л. Татомир, Л. Г. Квасній. Трускавець, 2022. С. 151–163. URL: https://financial.lnu.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PovedinkovaEKONOMIKA-2022-1.pdf
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture. Seminar. Independent work.
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Individual and group work in seminar sessions: min. 48 points / max. 80 points. Individual and group work in seminar sessions is assessed during the actual conduct of classes. The points for successful seminar work accumulate throughout the semester. Final control work: min. 12 points / max. 20 points. The final control work is performed by students after studying the last topic as part of independent work and is presented to the group during the last four seminar sessions
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Anna
                    Y.
                    Taschenko
                
                
                     Department Social Structures and Social Relations 
Faculty of Sociology
            Faculty of Sociology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                         Department Social Structures and Social Relations
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Sociology