Labor and Social Security

General Introduction to Social Security

Release Date: 2017-09-22

1. Basic Course Information

Course Code: 034033
Course Name: General Introduction to Social Security
Course Type: Basic specialty course
Periods: 48
Credits: 3
Target students: undergraduates majoring in Labor and Social Security
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory: Insurance, Economics, and Management

2. Brief Course Introduction

As a emerging interdisciplinary science, Social Security has a close relationship with Politics, Economics, Sociology, as well as Philosophy and Ethnics. It is a discipline which tries to find out what rules lie as a basis of practice and development of Human Social Security.
 This course mainly covers the following topics in Social Security: the Historical background、the Comparison of Various Social Security Policies、 The Management of Fund Balance、The Management System, and its four parts: Social Relieving、Social Insurance、Social Welfare and Social Special Care. Of all the topics, fundamental theory of Social Security、Policy Differences in various countries、the Progress of transformation、the Current Policy and Case Analysis which is the key to this course.