755G03 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Åldrande och social förändring

The Sociology of the Ageing Society – An introduction to the social, cultural, and economic analysis of ageing and social change

Active · next start HT 2026

80%

passed the latest regular sitting

ESS1 · 23 Apr 2026 · 49 students

68%

passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years

ESS1 · 82 students

48%

Harder than 48% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 49 students.

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ESS1 Essay

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68% passed · 82 students

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Later rounds

70% passed · 115 students

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Pass a later round: 70% (115 students), compared with 68% (82 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 20% (197 students)

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UPG1 Written report

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95% passed · 93 students

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84% passed · 69 students

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Pass a later round: 84% (69 students), compared with 95% (93 students) on the ordinary exam

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UPG2 Written report

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100% passed · 12 students

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No sittings with at least 5 students.

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RED1 Oral presentation

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96% passed · 115 students

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98% passed · 56 students

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Pass a later round: 98% (56 students), compared with 96% (115 students) on the ordinary exam

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OBL1 Active participaction in seminars

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80% passed · 104 students

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100% passed · 61 students

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Pass a later round: 100% (61 students), compared with 80% (104 students) on the ordinary exam

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About the course

Aim

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

• describe and discuss key issues of the ageing society, the individual bases, societal foundations and relevant challenges of ongoing age-structural shifts as well as its relations to social, cultural and economic change from a social science perspective.

• reflect on problems of social and economic policies in the ageing society from an interdisciplinary perspective.

• discuss scenarios for future developments of the ageing society in an interdisciplinary perspective on social, cultural and economic change on the national, European and global level.

Content

The course gives and introduction to the social science analysis of the ageing society. It will take a sociological micro- as well as a macro perspective and discuss the ageing society from the perspective of individual life as well as of social, cultural and political change in the 21st century. After an introduction to the basics of theory and demography of the ageing society, the course will address key challenges, research perspectives and policy prospects with a national and international focus.

Examiner: Indre Meckbach
Main field of study: Åldrande och social förändring

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