English version published 2007-01-12 08.15.19

Study units and instruction

Study unit Bachelor´s Degree

In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot/vtk

Bachelor´s Degree

Code
Credits: 180, Credit Units: 120
  • Major subject studies: basic studies 25 credits, intermediate studies 65 credits
  • Minor subject studies and voluntary studies: basic studies (25 credits) + intermediate studies (35 credits) in one subject or basic studies in two subjects + 10 sp voluntary studies (totally 60 credits)
  • General studies: 30 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit General Studies

In Finnish: Yleisopinnot/yleisopinnot

General Studies

Code
Credits: 30 ,
  • Finnish or Swedish language 15 credits
  • Understanding of one foreign language 2 credits
  • IT 5 credits
  • Statistics 8 credits
  • Orientation and personal study plan 1 credit (credit is included in Introduction to social work)

Study unit Basic Studies in Social Work

In Finnish: Perusopinnot 25 op/15 ov/perus

title: Basic Studies in Social Work

Credits: 25, Credit Units: 14,

Study unit Personal study plan

In Finnish: S0.1 Opintosuunnitelma, johdatus portfoliotyöskentelyyn/S01

title: Personal study plan

Study unit Introduction to Social Work

In Finnish: S1 Sosiaalityön johdantokurssi, 10 op/6 ov (73113)/73113

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Literature examinations

Study unit Introductory Course in Social Policy

In Finnish: S2 Yhteiskuntapolitiikan johdantokurssi 3 op/1 ov/73156

title: Introductory Course in Social Policy

Credits: 3, Credit Units: 1,

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to introduce students to the study field of social policy from the viewpoint of the welfare state and its contemporary tendencies in the European Union.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination or a lectured relevant course of the social policies of the European Union (will be organised in spring term 2006, during the 4. period).

Literature

  • Esping-Andersen, G: Why we need a new welfare state The Social Situation in the European Union 2004

Study unit S3

In Finnish: S3 Sosiaalityön ammatillisuus ja palvelujärjestelmät 6 op / 4 ov/s3

Study unit S3a People, social work and social service systems

In Finnish: S3a Ihmiset ja palvelujärjestelmät 3 op/2 ov/s3a

title: S3a People, social work and social service systems

Credits: 3, Credit Units: 2,

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to give an overview of the welfare system and to give some examples of the place of social work as an autonomous profession.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

Two books of the following alternatives:

  • Heikkilä, M & Kautto, M: Welfare in Finland 2004
  • Metteri, A et al. Social Work Visions from Around the Globe. Citizens, Methods, and Approaches (pp. 3-223)
  • Pillinger, J. Quality in social public services

Literature examinations

Study unit S3b Practice 1: Foundations of helping

In Finnish: S3b Käytäntö 1: Auttamisen lähtökohdat 3 op/ 2 ov/s3b

title: S3b Practice 1: Foundations of helping

Credits: 3, Credit Units: 2,

Course description:

The aim is to study a basis of professional helping and helping relationship from viewpoint of everyday life.

Mode of assessment:

Introductory lections (in Finnish), a field work (60h) in groups, supervision and a seminar at which the students' field reports are discussed.

Minor subject students: faculty examination.

Literature

  • Coulshed, V & Orme, J: Social work practice. An introduction.
  • Jamrozik A & Nocella L: The Sociology of Social Problems

Study unit Social problems

In Finnish: S4 Sosiaaliset kysymykset, ongelmat ja niiden ratkaisuyritykset 6 op/4 ov/s4

title: Social problems

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 4,

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to discuss on the social exclusion and marginalisation.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

  • Atkinson, T et al.: Social Indicators: the European Union and Social Exclusion
  • Edgar, B & Doherty, J: Women and Homelessness in Europe
  • Azzopardi, T: The Hiding Place (a novel)
  • Malloch, M: Women, Drugs and Custody. The experiences of women drug users in prison

Study unit S4a Essay seminar; Social problems

In Finnish: S4a Esseeseminaari 3 op/2 ov/s4a

title: S4a Essay seminar; Social problems

Study unit S4b Literature examination; Social problems

In Finnish: S4b Kirjatentti 3 op/2 ov/s4b

title: S4b Literature examination; Social problems

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 2 Credits (study weeks) 1

Teachers

Associate Professor Tuula Heinonen (Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
Lärare Course coordinator Johanna Björkenheim E-mail johanna.bjorkenheim@helsinki.fi

Time and location

29.1.2007 - 8.2.2007

3rd period at 9-12 o"clock (2,5 hours) on the following days:

  • Mon 29.1. U37 sh 4
  • Tue 30.1. U37 sh 1
  • Wed 7.2. U40 sali 7
  • Thu 8.2. U37 sh 1

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute 3 ECTS/2 study weeks of the study units S4b, S11 Ba, S11Bb or S11C, or one book of S18 or 2 ECTS/1 study week of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class session 1—International development: selected issues and concepts

Class session 2—Women and gender in international development:

  • developments and concepts related to gender in international development thinking
  • women defining needs and interests

Class session 3—Women´s roles in production, reproduction and in community work (with ases from Africa and Asia)

  • views on women’s roles from the literature
  • gender analysis methods and means
  • use of role dimensions and usefulness for understanding gender issues

Class session 4—Participatory methods and work with women in developing countries: How do women view themselves and what do they want?

  • priorities for women internationally and locally
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • researching in partnership with women (e.g., case examples illustrating the use of participatory methods, photovoice, etc.)

Course work and forms of study

This course will include class instruction for two and a half hours over four days. There will be four articles and other readings assigned for students. There will also be a final essay to be completed at the end of the course.

For each class, a reading will be assigned that students are expected to discuss in class and draw from later in their essay. These will be distributed to students in advance. Essays should be sent by email attachment to the instructor within 10 days of the last class. The instructor will grade the paper and send the mark back to you and the course coordinator by email.

The short class paper (five pages) will address the following questions:

1. What is your view, based on course reading, experience and knowledge of the ways in which women´s social situation could be improved at the local level?

2. If you were able to plan and implement a project for women in a local area in a developing country to address one of the issues, what would it be about and how would you develop the plan?

3. How would the project you have developed affect women`s practical needs and/or strategic interests? How would it influence women’s productive, reproductive and/or community roles?

Students intending to attend the course can pick up copies of the following reading in the office room No 119 at Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos, Snellmaninkatu 10, 1st floor:

Maher, V. (1981). Work, consumption and authority within the household: A Morrocan case. In Young, K., Wolkowitz, C. and McCullagh, R. (Eds.). Of marriage and the market: Women’s subordination internationally and its lessons (pp. 117-135). London: Routledge.

Qiaozhuan, L. and Zhu, C. (1998). Research and enlightenment on rural Chinese women’s participation and community development. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, 31(2), 8-22.

Roberts, P. (1989). The sexual politics of labour in Western Nigeria and Hausa Niger. Young, K. (Ed.). Serving two masters: Third world women in development (pp. 27-47). New Delhi: Allied Publishers.

Moser, C. (1993). Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state. In Gender and development planning: Theory, practice and training (pp. 37-54). London: Routledge.

Davin, D. (1991). Chinese models of development and their implications for women. In Afshar, H. Women, development and survival in the third world (pp. 30-52). London: Longman.

WebOodi Registration

Study unit Intermediate Studies

In Finnish: Aineopinnot 65 op/38 ov/aine

title: Intermediate Studies

Credits: 65, Credit Units: 34,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit S5 Methods of social research

In Finnish: S5 Sosiaalitutkimuksen menetelmät 15 op/6 ov/s5

title: S5 Methods of social research

Credits: 15, Credit Units: 6,

Course description:

The aim is to gain basic knowledge of empirical, both quantitative and qualitative social research. The students will get a capability to conduct minor research projects and critically analyse social research.

Mode of assessment:

A lecture course and literature to be announced on the lecture course. If there is no lecture-course in English during the study year, the students take the faculty examination and write an essay (the subject to be agreed with the examiner).

Prerequisite:

Introduction to statistics or another equivalent course. Students have to register for the course in WebOodi before the date announced on the study guide.

Literature

  • Seale C (ed.): Researching Society and Culture
  • May T: Social research. Issues, Methods and Process (second ed.)
  • Balnaves M & Caputi P: Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods. An Investigative approach
  • Denzin N.K & Lincoln Y.S. (ed.): Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative materials.

Study unit S6 Ideas of humanity and life course

In Finnish: S6 Ihmiskäsitykset ja elämänkulku 6 op/4 ov/s6

S6 Ideas of humanity and life course

Course description:

The aim of the unit is to introduce students to ideas of human, theories of human development and life course.

Mode of assessment:

Introductory lections (in Finnish), a group work, supervision and a seminar at which the students' field reports are discussed.

Minor subject students: faculty examination.

Literature

Three books of the mentioned four

  • Harms, Louise : Understanding human development (2005).
  • Hockey, Jenny & Allison, James : Social identities across the life course (2003). Rogoff, Barbara : The cultural nature of human development (2003). Sugarman, Léonie: Life-span development. Frameworks, accounts and strategies (2001).

Literature examinations

Study unit Social Security and Social Services

In Finnish: S7 Sosiaaliturva ja sosiaalipalvelut 3 op/2 ov/s7

title: Social Security and Social Services

Credits: 3, Credit Units: 2,

Course description:

Aim of the course is to give analytical tools for assessing the social service systems, especially in the Scandinavian societies

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

  • Leira, A: Working Parents and Welfare State. Family Change and Policy Reform in Scandinavia
  • Kautto, M: Diversity among Welfare States

Literature examinations

Study unit Social law

In Finnish: S8 Sosiaalioikeus 5 op/3 ov/s8

title: Social law

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

Course is organised in Finnish and is related to the social law of Finland and the member states of the European Union. Lectured relevant courses concerning the social protection in the European Union can be used as a compensative study unit, as well as courses concerning the human rights in the international community.

Literature examinations

Study unit S9 Theories of social work

In Finnish: S9 Sosiaalityön teoriat ja yhteiskuntateoriat 6 op/4 ov/s9

title: S9 Theories of social work

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

The aim of the unit is to familiarize the student with the theories of social work.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination. Note: Preregister in WebOODI

Literature

  • Payne M.: Social Work Theories (you may take the book to the examination),
  • Parton & O´Byrne: Constructive Social Work
  • Lundy: Social Work and Social Justice. A Structural Approach to Practice

AND

  • Lee: The Empowerment Approach to Social Work Practice. OR Barber: Beyond Casework.

Literature examinations

Study unit S10

In Finnish: S10 Käytäntö 2: Asiakastyön taidot 6 op/4 ov/s10

title: S10

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

The aim is to get familiar with some aspects of social work practice.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination. Note: Preregister in WebOODI.

Literature

  • Banks: Ethics and Values in Social Work.
  • Milner & O´Byrne: Assessment in Social Work.
  • Miller W & Rollnick S: Motivational Interviewing. Preparing People to Change Their Addictive Behavior.

Study unit Fields of Specialisation

In Finnish: S11 Sosiaalityön erityisalueet 9 op/6 ov/s11

title: Fields of Specialisation

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 5,

Course description:

The aim is to provide understanding of some specialist fields in social work. Student takes part on study unit S11a and additionally chooses one specialist field (S11b).

Prerequisite:

Completion of basic studies in social work and study units S6-S8.

Timing: The intermediate studies, second or third year

Study unit S11a Introduction to child protection work

In Finnish: S11a Lastensuojelun perusteet 3 op/2 ov/s11a

title: S11a Introduction to child protection work

Credits: 4, Credit Units: 2,

Course description:

Internet course. The course introduces the students to social work with families and children and its methods. In the field of child welfare, we will concentrate on preventive work, family support and so called open care. We will also discuss recent results of critical family research and sociological childhood research on social work with families and children. The course concentrates on the Finnish service system, concepts and research. The course is directed to social work students and exchange students. Language of the course will be English.

Aim of the course is to introduce the students to:

  • social work with families and children in the Finnish context
  • key concepts
  • legislation and organisation of social work with children and families / child welfare
  • actors in child welfare work (municipal social work, NGOs)
  • methods in working with families and children
  • child-oriented social work

Study unit S11b Alternative specialist field in social work

In Finnish: S11b Valinnainen erityisala 3 op/2 ov/s11b

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 2 Credits (study weeks) 1

Teachers

Associate Professor Tuula Heinonen (Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
Lärare Course coordinator Johanna Björkenheim E-mail johanna.bjorkenheim@helsinki.fi

Time and location

29.1.2007 - 8.2.2007

3rd period at 9-12 o"clock (2,5 hours) on the following days:

  • Mon 29.1. U37 sh 4
  • Tue 30.1. U37 sh 1
  • Wed 7.2. U40 sali 7
  • Thu 8.2. U37 sh 1

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute 3 ECTS/2 study weeks of the study units S4b, S11 Ba, S11Bb or S11C, or one book of S18 or 2 ECTS/1 study week of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class session 1—International development: selected issues and concepts

Class session 2—Women and gender in international development:

  • developments and concepts related to gender in international development thinking
  • women defining needs and interests

Class session 3—Women´s roles in production, reproduction and in community work (with ases from Africa and Asia)

  • views on women’s roles from the literature
  • gender analysis methods and means
  • use of role dimensions and usefulness for understanding gender issues

Class session 4—Participatory methods and work with women in developing countries: How do women view themselves and what do they want?

  • priorities for women internationally and locally
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • researching in partnership with women (e.g., case examples illustrating the use of participatory methods, photovoice, etc.)

Course work and forms of study

This course will include class instruction for two and a half hours over four days. There will be four articles and other readings assigned for students. There will also be a final essay to be completed at the end of the course.

For each class, a reading will be assigned that students are expected to discuss in class and draw from later in their essay. These will be distributed to students in advance. Essays should be sent by email attachment to the instructor within 10 days of the last class. The instructor will grade the paper and send the mark back to you and the course coordinator by email.

The short class paper (five pages) will address the following questions:

1. What is your view, based on course reading, experience and knowledge of the ways in which women´s social situation could be improved at the local level?

2. If you were able to plan and implement a project for women in a local area in a developing country to address one of the issues, what would it be about and how would you develop the plan?

3. How would the project you have developed affect women`s practical needs and/or strategic interests? How would it influence women’s productive, reproductive and/or community roles?

Students intending to attend the course can pick up copies of the following reading in the office room No 119 at Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos, Snellmaninkatu 10, 1st floor:

Maher, V. (1981). Work, consumption and authority within the household: A Morrocan case. In Young, K., Wolkowitz, C. and McCullagh, R. (Eds.). Of marriage and the market: Women’s subordination internationally and its lessons (pp. 117-135). London: Routledge.

Qiaozhuan, L. and Zhu, C. (1998). Research and enlightenment on rural Chinese women’s participation and community development. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, 31(2), 8-22.

Roberts, P. (1989). The sexual politics of labour in Western Nigeria and Hausa Niger. Young, K. (Ed.). Serving two masters: Third world women in development (pp. 27-47). New Delhi: Allied Publishers.

Moser, C. (1993). Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state. In Gender and development planning: Theory, practice and training (pp. 37-54). London: Routledge.

Davin, D. (1991). Chinese models of development and their implications for women. In Afshar, H. Women, development and survival in the third world (pp. 30-52). London: Longman.

WebOodi Registration

Study unit S11c Alternative course in social work

In Finnish: S11c Vapaavalintainen sosiaalityön kurssi 3 op/2 ov/s11c

title: S11c Alternative course in social work

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 2 Credits (study weeks) 1

Teachers

Associate Professor Tuula Heinonen (Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
Lärare Course coordinator Johanna Björkenheim E-mail johanna.bjorkenheim@helsinki.fi

Time and location

29.1.2007 - 8.2.2007

3rd period at 9-12 o"clock (2,5 hours) on the following days:

  • Mon 29.1. U37 sh 4
  • Tue 30.1. U37 sh 1
  • Wed 7.2. U40 sali 7
  • Thu 8.2. U37 sh 1

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute 3 ECTS/2 study weeks of the study units S4b, S11 Ba, S11Bb or S11C, or one book of S18 or 2 ECTS/1 study week of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class session 1—International development: selected issues and concepts

Class session 2—Women and gender in international development:

  • developments and concepts related to gender in international development thinking
  • women defining needs and interests

Class session 3—Women´s roles in production, reproduction and in community work (with ases from Africa and Asia)

  • views on women’s roles from the literature
  • gender analysis methods and means
  • use of role dimensions and usefulness for understanding gender issues

Class session 4—Participatory methods and work with women in developing countries: How do women view themselves and what do they want?

  • priorities for women internationally and locally
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • researching in partnership with women (e.g., case examples illustrating the use of participatory methods, photovoice, etc.)

Course work and forms of study

This course will include class instruction for two and a half hours over four days. There will be four articles and other readings assigned for students. There will also be a final essay to be completed at the end of the course.

For each class, a reading will be assigned that students are expected to discuss in class and draw from later in their essay. These will be distributed to students in advance. Essays should be sent by email attachment to the instructor within 10 days of the last class. The instructor will grade the paper and send the mark back to you and the course coordinator by email.

The short class paper (five pages) will address the following questions:

1. What is your view, based on course reading, experience and knowledge of the ways in which women´s social situation could be improved at the local level?

2. If you were able to plan and implement a project for women in a local area in a developing country to address one of the issues, what would it be about and how would you develop the plan?

3. How would the project you have developed affect women`s practical needs and/or strategic interests? How would it influence women’s productive, reproductive and/or community roles?

Students intending to attend the course can pick up copies of the following reading in the office room No 119 at Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos, Snellmaninkatu 10, 1st floor:

Maher, V. (1981). Work, consumption and authority within the household: A Morrocan case. In Young, K., Wolkowitz, C. and McCullagh, R. (Eds.). Of marriage and the market: Women’s subordination internationally and its lessons (pp. 117-135). London: Routledge.

Qiaozhuan, L. and Zhu, C. (1998). Research and enlightenment on rural Chinese women’s participation and community development. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, 31(2), 8-22.

Roberts, P. (1989). The sexual politics of labour in Western Nigeria and Hausa Niger. Young, K. (Ed.). Serving two masters: Third world women in development (pp. 27-47). New Delhi: Allied Publishers.

Moser, C. (1993). Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state. In Gender and development planning: Theory, practice and training (pp. 37-54). London: Routledge.

Davin, D. (1991). Chinese models of development and their implications for women. In Afshar, H. Women, development and survival in the third world (pp. 30-52). London: Longman.

WebOodi Registration

Study unit S12 Bachelors thesis and Maturity Test

In Finnish: S12 Kandidaatin tutkielmaseminaari ja tutkielma 10 op/6 ov/s12

title: S12 Bachelors thesis and Maturity Test

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 6,

Study unit S13 Practice 3: Social work practice and professional methods of social work I

In Finnish: S13 Käytäntö 3: Psykososiaalisen työn valmiudet I 5 op/3 ov/s13

S13 Practice 3: Social work practice and professional methods of social work I

5 credits/3 credit units (+ 10 credits/6 credit units which are registered at masters level)

Mode of assessment:

Seminar, group work, essays, and 50 days field placement. Note: Only limited amount of students can be taken to this course. Major students have priority. Prior written application is needed in previous March. The aim of the study unit is to provide students with basic skills and methods of social work. Participation for foreign students is possible only upon agreement between their home university and the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Helsinki. Assessment according to the agreement in question.

Literature

  • Compton & Galaway: Social Work Processes.
  • Folghereiter: Relational social work.

Study unit S14 Self evaluation

In Finnish: S14 Itsearviointi 0 op/0 ov/s14

S14 Self evaluation

Code 73655

Study unit

In Finnish: Sosnetin valtakunnalliset virtuaalikurssit 2006-2007/sosnet

Courses in English

Knowledge production and research in social work (3 ECTS)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 3

Teachers

Professor Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski E-mail synnove.karvinen@helsinki.fi
Lärare Susanna Hoikkala E-mail susanna.hoikkala@helsinki.fi
Lärare Maria Tapola-Haapala E-mail maria.tapola@helsinki.fi

Time and location

II period

Target group

Advanced level, Visiting students, postgraduate students / erikoistumiskoulutus

Content

: During this course the following questions, for example, are discussed: What do practice-based knowledge production and practice research mean in social work? How do social workers use knowledge in practice? How do citizens and social work users participate in knowledge production? What kind of critical viewpoints relate to these questions? This course is based on the recorded material of the International Symposium (Reconstructing social work - critical issues for knowledge in practice) held in Helsinki in February 2005. The well-known speakers represent different countries and diverse viewpoints. Language of the course is English.

Responsible teachers: Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski and Susanna Hoikkala (producers), Susanna Hoikkala (virtual editing) and responsible teacher Maria Tapola-Haapala maria.tapola@helsinki.fi p. 09-191 24 608 / University of Helsinki

Course work and forms of study

: Listening recorded lectures, reading additional materials, group work in WebCT virtual learning environment and individual essay writing.

Courses in English

Social Work with Families and Children (4op / 4 ECTS)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 4

Teachers

Marjo Kuronen E-mail spmaku@yfi.jyu.fi
Lärare Johanna Kiili E-mail kiijoh@yfi.jyu.fi

Time and location

III period

Target group

Ensisijaisesti aineopintojen opiskelijoille ja ulkomaisille vaihto-opiskelijoille. Visiting studients (Intermediate level)

Content

The course introduces the students to social work with families and children concentrating on preventive work, family support and so called open care. Critical family research and sociological childhood research will be used to discuss positions of individual family members, women, men and children, in social work. The course concentrates on the Finnish service system, concepts and methods of social work with families and children, and recent research findings in this field. Language of the course will be English.

Responsible teachers: Marjo Kuronen email. spmaku@yfi.jyu.fi p. 014-260 3116 Johanna Kiili kiijoh@yfi.jyu.fi p. 014-260 3130 / University of Jyväskylä

Course work and forms of study

Individual studying using web-pages of the course, additional reading materials, individual and group work and exercises in Optima virtual learning environment.

Study unit Other courses

In Finnish: Muut kurssit/ainemuut

title: Other courses

(In Finnish: Muut kurssit )

Study unit Master´s Degree

In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot/vtm

Master´s Degree

(In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot )
  • Advanced studies: 120 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit S15 Personal study plan

In Finnish: S15 HOPS 1 op/0,5 ov (rekisteröidään tutkimusseminaarin yhteydessä)/s15

title: S15 Personal study plan

Credits: 1, Credit Units: 0,5,

The Masters´ studies begin by writing the personal study plan. Student writes it and discusses it with a teacher during the first period. The personal study plan means:

  • a document that contains ones possible previous studies which will compensate of some parts of the masters´ studies
  • a clear plan on timing and the advancement of the studies

Study unit S16 Statistical multivariate analysis

In Finnish: S16 Kvantitatiiviset tutkimusmenetelmät 5 op/3 ov/s16

title: S16 Statistical multivariate analysis

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

The aim is to familiarise the student with the most common statistical methods of social research, especially the multivariate analysis. The course provides the student with a capability to choose the appropriate method for solving problems of analyses, to review critically the method's applications and, through further studies, to apply these methods independently.

Mode of assessment:

Lecture course, exercises and final examination. Course exercises require knowledge and practice of some the statistical computer programmes (e.g. SAS, SPSS; BMDP, Survo). This can be obtained in the supplementary course in computing A, which is part of the general studies, or in other computing courses of the faculty.

Prerequisite:

Completion of intermediate studies in social work.

Literature

If there is no course during the study-year, the students take the faculty examination with three books from the following:

  • Cook TD & Campbell DT: Quasi-Experimentation
  • Hirschi T & Selvin HC: Principles of Survey Analysis
  • Afifi A A & Clark V: Computer-aided Multivariate Analysis
  • Dorling D & Simpson S (eds.): Statistics in Society

Study unit S17 Methods of qualitative analysis

In Finnish: S17 Kvalitatiivisten tutkimusmenetelmien kurssi 5 op/3 ov/s17

title: S17 Methods of qualitative analysis

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

The study unit concentrates on the main questions of the qualitative analysis and the research approaches.

Mode of assessment:

Students majoring in social work: Lecture course, which major students complete with practical work. The study unit can be completed also by taking a faculty examination.

Prerequisite:

Completion of intermediate studies in social work.

Literature

If there is no course during the study-year, the students take the faculty examination with three books from the following:

  • Silverman D: Doing Qualitative Research. A Practical Handbook
  • Strauss A & Corbin J: Basics of Qualitative Research
  • Gubrium J & Holstein J: The New Language of Qualitative Method
  • Riessman C K (ed.): Qualitative Studies in Social Work Research

Study unit S18 Local and global dimensions of changing societies

In Finnish: S18 Muuttuvan toimintaympäristön globaalit ja lokaalit ulottuvuudet 5 op/3 ov/s18

title: S18 Local and global dimensions of changing societies

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Course description:

Aim of the course is to increase the analytical understanding of social changes on local, nation-state, regional and global level. Micro and macro dimensions are discussed in the same setting in order to recognize how local and global processes influence on the everyday life of people in the current societies.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination or lectured relevant courses.

Literature

Three books of the following list:

  • George, V & Page, R: Global Social Problems
  • Deacon, B et al.: Global Social Policy
  • Forsander, A: Immigration and the Globalization Process Social Work and Globalization (Special Issue of the Canadian Social Work, Volume 2, 2000)
  • Metteri, A et al.: Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Baltic countryside in transition

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 3 Credits (study weeks) 2

Teachers

Coordinator Minna Anttila (Aleksanteri Institute) E-mail minna.anttila@helsinki.fi

Time and location

19.1.2007 - 23.2.2007

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/ecebb/ecebb_coursedescriptions/baltic_countryside.htm

Compensations

study unit S18: two books agreed with the examiner.

Study unit S19 Research on history and the present

In Finnish: S19 Historia ja nykyisyyden tutkimus 4 op/2 ov/s19

S19 Research on history and the present

Course description:

The aim is to deepen the student’s analytical understanding of the ongoing societal changes in contemporary Nordic welfare states by using comparative approach. The course focuses in particular on the historical changes of social and control policies and the connections these changes and professional as well as voluntary social work has had with them at various times.

Accomplishment:

The course is organised as co-operative learning for Finnish speakers. If the course is accomplished in English language, there might be a lecture series on the topic or related topic which is announced separately for every study period. If not, the course can be completed in a Faculty examination including the following literature:

Literature

  • Kautto M et al (eds.) Nordic Welfare States in the European Context
  • Garland D: The Culture of Control. Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society

and one book of the following:

  • Abramovitz, Mimi: Regulating the Lives of Women. Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present. (1996)
  • Satka, Mirja: Making Social Citizenship. From Poor Law to Professional Social Work. (1995)
  • Skehill, Caroline: History of the Present of Child Protection and Welfare Social Work in Ireland. (2004)

Literature examinations

Study unit S20 Leading and developing of social welfare, social work and social care sercices subprogramme-specific basic study unit

In Finnish: S20 Sosiaalialan johtaminen 5 op/3 ov/s20

S20 Leading and developing of social welfare, social work and social care sercices subprogramme-specific basic study unit

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to give the basic knowledge of leadership and management to be applied in the social sector.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

  • Storey, J: Leadership in Organisations. Current Issues and Key Trends.
  • Clarke, S: Social Work as Community Development

www.socialworkmanager.org – Featured articles (five most recent of those)

Literature examinations

Study unit S21 Social work research

In Finnish: S21 Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen suunnat 5 op/3 ov/s21

S21 Social work research

Course description:

The aim is to deepen the student’s understanding of methodological issues, scientific argumentation and problems of research design in social work research. The study material consist of Scandinavian and specially Finnish PhD thesis in social work. The study unit is also planned to promote the student’s own master’s thesis planning and writing process. The list of Scandinavian research can be found in add: www.tähänosoitelinkki

Mode of assessment:

The course is recommended to taken by selecting (together with the teacher) 3-4 books from the literature in a faculty examination or by writing an essay, which is promoting student’s own master’s thesis. The teacher will give instructions how to write an essay.

Literature examinations

Study unit S22 Research methods or secondary subject studies according to the personal study plan

In Finnish: S22 Vapaavalintaiset sivuaine- tai tutkimusmenetelmäopinnot (HOPSin mukaan) 9 op/5 ov (4 op/2 ov , jos Psykososiaalisen työn valmiudet I ja II suoritetaan molemmat maisteriopinnoissa)/s22

title: S22 Research methods or secondary subject studies according to the personal study plan

Credits: 4, Credit Units: 2,

Study unit S23 Practice 3: Social work practice and professional methods of social work 2

In Finnish: S23 Käytäntö 4: Psykososiaalisen työn valmiudet II 10 op/7 ov (/15 op/10 ov, jos molemmat osat suoritetaan maisteriopinnoissa)/s23

S23 Practice 3: Social work practice and professional methods of social work 2

10 credits/5 credit units (+ 5 credits/3 credit units that were registered at intermediate studies)

Mode of assessment:

Seminar, group work, essays, and 50 days field placement. Note: Only limited amount of students can be taken to this course. Major students have priority. Prior written application is needed in previous March. The aim of the study unit is to provide students with basic skills and methods of social work. Participation for foreign students is possible only upon agreement between their home university and the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Helsinki. Assessment according to the agreement in question.

Literature

  • Compton & Galaway: Social Work Processes.
  • Folghereiter: Relational social work.

Study unit S24 Social work practice research, evaluation, and ddevelopment

In Finnish: S24 Sosiaalityön käytäntötutkimus, arviointi ja menetelmällinen kehittäminen 5 op/3 ov/s24

S24 Social work practice research, evaluation, and ddevelopment

Code 73269

Course description:

The course focuses on giving insights and knowledge on research in practice and evaluation as a means to develop practice. The aims are to get acquainted with research and developing work in real practice situations and to try out different evaluation methods.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination.

Literature

  • Murray, Louis & Lawrence, Brenda: Practitioner-based Enquiry. Principles for postgraduate research (2000)
  • Clarke, Alan: Evaluation Research. An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice. (1999)
  • Gould, Nick & Baldwin Mark: Social work, critical reflection, and the learning organisation. (2004)

Selected articles and handbooks

  • Julkunen, Ilse (ed): Perspectives, models and methods in evaluating the welfare sector - a Nordic approach. (FinSoc Working Papers 4/2004. Helsinki: Stakes)

Study unit S25 Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

In Finnish: S25 Asiantuntijuus toimintaympäristöissään (yht. 16 tai 19 op / 8 ov tai 10 ov)/s25

title: S25 Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 5,

Course description:

The aim is to strengthen the advanced competencies – knowledge, skills and ethical awareness – in social work practice and expert tasks. The development of an evaluative and ethically responsive perspective in different processes like decision making and knowledge production and demanding expert roles and proceedings is the focus of this course. The strive is to increase understanding about the complicated relationships and processes of social worker’s agency and the development of professional practice. The dynamics of social work expertise will be studied through looking at the multi-functioning and collaborative structures in social work practice.

Mode of assessment:

Students majoring in social work: Lecture course(s). The study unit can be completed also by taking a faculty examination.

Prerequisite:

Completion of intermediate studies in social work.

Literature

If there are no courses during the study-year, the students take the faculty examination with the following four books:

  • Healy, Karen: Social Work Theories in Context. (2005)
  • Adams, R; Dominelli, L & Payne, M: Social Work Futures. Crossing Boundaries, Transforming Practice. (2005)
  • Hugman, Richard: New Approaches in Ethics for Caring Professions. (2005)

and one of the following alternatives:

  • Buckley, Helen: Child protection work. Beoynd the rhetoric. (2003)
  • Chamberlaine, Prue & Bornat, Joanna & Aspitzsch, Ursula (toim.): Biographical methods and professional practice.An international perspective. (2004)
  • Hayes, Debra & Humphries, Beth (toim.): Social work, immigration and asylum. Debates, dilemmas and ethical issues for social work and social care practice. (2004)
  • Coates, John: Ecology and Social Work. Toward a New Paradigm. (2004)

Study unit S25a Practice 5

In Finnish: S25a Käytäntö 5: Erikoistuva asiantuntijatoiminta 6 op/3 ov (pakollinen) tai 9 op/5 ov/s25a

S25a Practice 5

Code 73271
Credits: 6, Credit Units: 3

Study unit S25b Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

In Finnish: S25b Sosiaalityön refleksiivinen asiantuntijuus ja erityisosaaminen 10 op/5 ov/s25b

title: S25b Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 2 Credits (study weeks) 1

Teachers

Associate Professor Tuula Heinonen (Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
Lärare Course coordinator Johanna Björkenheim E-mail johanna.bjorkenheim@helsinki.fi

Time and location

29.1.2007 - 8.2.2007

3rd period at 9-12 o"clock (2,5 hours) on the following days:

  • Mon 29.1. U37 sh 4
  • Tue 30.1. U37 sh 1
  • Wed 7.2. U40 sali 7
  • Thu 8.2. U37 sh 1

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute 3 ECTS/2 study weeks of the study units S4b, S11 Ba, S11Bb or S11C, or one book of S18 or 2 ECTS/1 study week of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class session 1—International development: selected issues and concepts

Class session 2—Women and gender in international development:

  • developments and concepts related to gender in international development thinking
  • women defining needs and interests

Class session 3—Women´s roles in production, reproduction and in community work (with ases from Africa and Asia)

  • views on women’s roles from the literature
  • gender analysis methods and means
  • use of role dimensions and usefulness for understanding gender issues

Class session 4—Participatory methods and work with women in developing countries: How do women view themselves and what do they want?

  • priorities for women internationally and locally
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • researching in partnership with women (e.g., case examples illustrating the use of participatory methods, photovoice, etc.)

Course work and forms of study

This course will include class instruction for two and a half hours over four days. There will be four articles and other readings assigned for students. There will also be a final essay to be completed at the end of the course.

For each class, a reading will be assigned that students are expected to discuss in class and draw from later in their essay. These will be distributed to students in advance. Essays should be sent by email attachment to the instructor within 10 days of the last class. The instructor will grade the paper and send the mark back to you and the course coordinator by email.

The short class paper (five pages) will address the following questions:

1. What is your view, based on course reading, experience and knowledge of the ways in which women´s social situation could be improved at the local level?

2. If you were able to plan and implement a project for women in a local area in a developing country to address one of the issues, what would it be about and how would you develop the plan?

3. How would the project you have developed affect women`s practical needs and/or strategic interests? How would it influence women’s productive, reproductive and/or community roles?

Students intending to attend the course can pick up copies of the following reading in the office room No 119 at Yhteiskuntapolitiikan laitos, Snellmaninkatu 10, 1st floor:

Maher, V. (1981). Work, consumption and authority within the household: A Morrocan case. In Young, K., Wolkowitz, C. and McCullagh, R. (Eds.). Of marriage and the market: Women’s subordination internationally and its lessons (pp. 117-135). London: Routledge.

Qiaozhuan, L. and Zhu, C. (1998). Research and enlightenment on rural Chinese women’s participation and community development. Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, 31(2), 8-22.

Roberts, P. (1989). The sexual politics of labour in Western Nigeria and Hausa Niger. Young, K. (Ed.). Serving two masters: Third world women in development (pp. 27-47). New Delhi: Allied Publishers.

Moser, C. (1993). Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state. In Gender and development planning: Theory, practice and training (pp. 37-54). London: Routledge.

Davin, D. (1991). Chinese models of development and their implications for women. In Afshar, H. Women, development and survival in the third world (pp. 30-52). London: Longman.

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Study unit S26 Research seminar, first seminar semester

In Finnish: S26 Tutkimusseminaari I 5 op/3 ov/73273

title: S26 Research seminar, first seminar semester

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Study unit S27 Research seminar, second seminar semester

In Finnish: S27 Tutkimusseminaari II 5 op/3 ov/73274

title: S27 Research seminar, second seminar semester

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Study unit Master’s Thesis

In Finnish: S28 Pro gradu – tutkielma 40 op/20 ov/73411

title: Master’s Thesis

Credits: 40, Credit Units: 20,

Study unit S29

In Finnish: S29 Tutkielman kielentarkistus 1 op (ent. harjoitusaineet)/s29

Study unit Other courses

In Finnish: Muut kurssit/syvmuut

title: Other courses

(In Finnish: Muut kurssit )

Study unit Social Work as a Minor Subject

In Finnish: Sosiaalityö sivuaineena/sivuaineena

Social Work as a Minor Subject

Code

Subordinate units

Study unit Basic Studies

In Finnish: Perusopinnot sivuaineopiskelijoille/perussivu

title: Basic Studies

Credits: 25, Credit Units: 15,

Study unit S3

In Finnish: S3 Sosiaalityön ammatillisuus ja palvelujärjestelmät 6 op/4 ov/s3sivu

Study unit Social problems

In Finnish: S4 Sosiaaliset kysymykset, ongelmat ja niiden ratkaisuyritykset 6 op/4 ov/s4sivu

title: Social problems

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 4,

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to discuss on the social exclusion and marginalisation.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

  • Atkinson, T et al.: Social Indicators: the European Union and Social Exclusion
  • Edgar, B & Doherty, J: Women and Homelessness in Europe
  • Azzopardi, T: The Hiding Place (a novel)
  • Malloch, M: Women, Drugs and Custody. The experiences of women drug users in prison

Study unit Intermediate Studies

In Finnish: Aineopinnot sivuaineopiskelijoille/ainesivu

title: Intermediate Studies

Credits: 35,

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit Specialist fields in social work

In Finnish: S11 Sosiaalityön erityisalueet 9 op/6 ov/s11sivu

title: Specialist fields in social work

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 5,

Course description:

The aim is to provide understanding of some specialist fields in social work. Student takes part on study unit S11a and additionally chooses one specialist field (S11b).

Prerequisite:

Completion of basic studies in social work and study units S6-S8.

Timing: The intermediate studies, second or third year

Study unit Postgraduate Studies

In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot/jatkokoul

title: Postgraduate Studies

(In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot )

Subordinate units

Study unit Postgraduate Studies, Requirements

In Finnish: Tutkintovaatimukset/sostyojatko

title: Postgraduate Studies, Requirements

(In Finnish: Tutkintovaatimukset )

Study unit Postgraduate examination

In Finnish: Jatkokoulutuskuulustelu, 6 ov / Förhör, 6 sv/jatkokuulustelu

title: Postgraduate examination

Study unit Postgraduate and research seminars

In Finnish: Jatkokoulutus- ja tutkijaseminaarit/jatusem

title: Postgraduate and research seminars

Study unit Postgraduate seminars

In Finnish: Jatkokoulutusseminaarit/jatkosem

title: Postgraduate seminars

(In Finnish: Jatkokoulutusseminaarit )

Study unit Research seminars

In Finnish: Tutkijaseminaarit/tusem

title: Research seminars

(In Finnish: Tutkijaseminaarit )

Study unit Professional licentiate programme in social work

In Finnish: Sosiaalityön erikoistumiskoulutus/sostyoamlis

Professional licentiate programme in social work

Code

Study unit Professional licentiate seminar

In Finnish: Sosiaalityön erikoistumiskoulutuksen seminaari/sostamm

Professional licentiate seminar

Courses