Graduates understand the key sociological concepts, are able to describe and explain them and to apply them in the examination of social reality. They have an understanding of key theoretical approaches in sociology and economics, key authors and their concepts.

They understand principles of social research and are able to autonomously perform tasks in quantitative social research and socioeconomic evaluation. They are able to evaluate the risks and effects of interventions to social groups and population segments, and to explain the social and economic aspects of interventions and to quantify their socioeconomic and financial impact.

Graduates moreover understand the fundamentals of welfare economics and the theory of financial and economic evaluation of interventions.