Social Security

Teaching results

After completing this course, students will gain theoretical and especially practical knowledge of social security in the conditions of the Slovak Republic and other EU countries. The aim is to approach the functioning of individual components of social security from the institutional aspect, the aspect of financing and the benefit; to orientate in the main factors of influence with an emphasis on the economic and demographic factor; to gain knowledge of the methodology for calculating individual benefits; to orientate in the issue of coordination of social security systems.
Knowledge:
- the ability to identify the determinants of social security,
- to orientate in the institutional framework of the social security system
- to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of individual components of social security
Skills:
- to critically analyze and explain the provisions of the Social Insurance Act and apply them in practice while respecting ethical standards,
- to analyse and professionally process theoretical and practical issues of the system in the Slovak Republic and in the world,
- to analyse, compare and evaluate models of the functioning of social security, the effects and links of the system to economic, demographic and other processes
Competencies:
- identify the material and personal scope of social security in the reflect of socio-economic changes,
- propose corrections of the social security system considering the new risks,
- lead professional discussions and present the need for changes in the system