English version published 2008-03-04 15.39.02

Study units and instruction

Study unit Bachelor´s Degree

In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot/vtk

Bachelor´s Degree

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

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

Basic Studies in Social Work

Credits: 25 , Credit Units: 15

Study unit S0.1 Personal study plan

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

Personal study plan

Study unit S1 Introduction to Social Work

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

Introduction to Social Work

Credits: 10 , Credit Units: 6

Course description:

Aim of the unit is to introduce students to basic questions of social work: concepts, history, ethics and values, and academic professional practice.

Mode of assessment:

Faculty examination

Literature

  • Adams, M: Social Policy for Social Work
  • Ife, J: Human rights and social work
  • Heinonen, T & Spearman, L: Social Work Practice
  • Metteri, A et al.: Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around of the Globe (pp. 95-233)
  • Bok, S: Common Values.

Literature examinations

Study unit S2 Introductory Course in Social Policy

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

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

S3

Credits: 6 , Credit Units: 4

Study unit S3a People, social work and social service systems

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

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

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

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

S4a Essay seminar; Social problems

Literature examinations

Study unit S4b Literature examination; Social problems

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

S4b Literature examination; Social problems

Credits: 3 , Credit Units: 2

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

Study unit Intermediate Studies

In Finnish: Aineopinnot 65 op/38 ov/aine

Intermediate Studies

Credits: 65 , Credit Units: 38

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit S5 Methods of social research

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

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

Credits: 6 , Credit Units: 4

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 S7 Social Security and Social Services

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

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 S8 Social law

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

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

S9 Theories of social work

Credits: 6 , Credit Units: 4

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

S10

Credits: 6 , Credit Units: 4

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 S11 Fields of Specialisation

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

Fields of Specialisation

Credits: 9 , Credit Units: 6

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

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit S11a Introduction to child protection work

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

S11a Introduction to child protection work

Credits: 3 , 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

S11b Alternative specialist field in social work

Credits: 3 , Credit Units: 2

Mode of assessment:

Student will choose two books on one specialist field S11ba-s11be.

Courses in English

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

Study unit S11ba Yhteisösosiaalityö

In Finnish: S11ba Yhteisösosiaalityö/73009

S11Ba Community social work

Mode of assessment:

Student will choose two books on one specialist field.

Literature

  • Delanty, Gerard: Community. (2003)
  • Stepney, Paul & Ford, Deidre: Social work models, methods and theories: a framework for practice. (2000)
  • Day, Peter & Schuler, Doug: Community practice in the network society: local action, global interaction. (2004)S11Ba Community social work

Literature examinations

Study unit S11bb Kuntouttava sosiaalityö

In Finnish: S11bb Kuntouttava sosiaalityö/73015

S11Bb Empowerment

Choose alternative 1 or 2:

1.

  • Chan, Cecilia & Rhind, Nancy (eds.): Social Work Intervention in Health Care. (1997) (student doesn’t have to read another book)

2.

  • Heinonen, Tuula & Metteri, Anna (eds.): Social Work in Health and Mental Health: Issues, Developments and Actions. (2005)

and

  • Metteri, Anna; Kröger, Teppo; Pohjola, Anneli & Rauhala, Pirkko-Liisa: Social Work Visions from Around the Globe. (2005) (Three articles)
  • Citizens, Methods, and Approaches. (both a + b have to be read)

Literature examinations

Study unit S11bc Marginalisaatiokysymysten sosiaalityö

In Finnish: S11bc Marginalisaatiokysymysten sosiaalityö/73008

S11Bc Marginalisation

Literature

  • Sennett: Respect in a world of inequality
  • Wendell: The Rejected body. Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability
  • Hall: Better times than this. Youth homelessness in Britain.

Literature examinations

Study unit S11bd Gerontologinen sosiaalityö

In Finnish: S11bd Gerontologinen sosiaalityö/73650

S11Bd Gerontological Social Work

Mode of assessment:

Student will choose two books on one specialist field.

Literature

  • Greene, Roberta R.: Social work with the aged and their families. (2002)
  • Marshall, Mary & Dixon, Mary: Social work with older people. (1996)
  • Nathanson, Ilene L. & Tirrito, Terry T.: Gerontological social work. (1998)
  • Peace, Sheila & Kellaher, Leonie & Willcocks, Dianne: Re-evaluating residential care. (1997)
  • Twigg Julia: Bathing - the body and community care. (2000)

Literature examinations

Study unit S11be Monikulttuurinen sosiaalityö

In Finnish: S11be Monikulttuurinen sosiaalityö/73064

S11Be Multicultural social work

Mode of assessment:

Student will choose two books on one specialist field.

Literature

  • Anis, Merja: Talking about culture in social work encounters. Immigrant families and child welfare in Finland. (2005) (European Journal of Social Work 8(1), 3-19)

and one book of the mentioned three:

  • Devore, Wynetta and Schlesinger, Elfriede G.: Ethnic-sensitive social work practice.
  • Dominelli, Lena et al. (ed.): Beyond Racial Divides
  • Williams, Charlotte; Soydan, Haluk & Johnson, Mark R. D. (eds.): Social Work and Minorities. European Perspectives.

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Multicultural Social Work I

Credits

ECTS credits: 3 Credits (study weeks): 2

Teachers

Dos. Kathleen Valtonen and course coordinator University Teacher Marja Katisko (marja.katisko@helsinki.fi)

Time, location and registration

08.02.2008 - 22.02.2008

Course length: 20 hours

Dates: 8, 11, 15, 18 and 22 February 2008 at 13.00 – 17.00, venue: Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2

Recommended text: Lyons, Karen, Mainion, Kathleen and Carlsen, Mary (2006) International Perspectives on Social Work. Palgrave Macmillan.

Registration time in webOodi 03.01.2008 - 18.01.2008

Objectives

This course is meant to fill a gap in social work curricula by providing social work students with a basic knowledge base that will strengthen their ability to engage with central issues in practice with their growing immigrant and refugee client constituencies. The substance of the course should deepen students’ understanding of the capacity of the profession to promote immigrant incorporation and to influence the course and outcome of settlement

Content

The course covers the following topic areas:

  • 8.2.2008 at 13.00 – 17.00, Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2 Current Perspectives on Migration, its Antecedents and Flows Settlement and Integration as a Policy, Programme and Practice Agenda for Social Work
  • 11.2.2008 at 13.00-17.00, Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2 Social Work approaches to practice with immigrant and refugees The Human Rights and Citizenship Rights Approaches to Practice, Ethnic-Sensitive and Culturally Competent Approaches, Preventive Approaches, Critical Social Work
  • 15.2.2008 at 13.00-17.00, Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2 Immigrants relations to societal institutions: The State, the Market and Civil Society Relations to the Transnational Community
  • 18.2.2008 at 13.00-17.00, Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2 Concepts and Frames for Understanding Settlement and Integration Processes and Policy: Acculturation and Culture, Integration (structural and social), Assimilation, Multiculturalism
  • 22.2.2008 at 13.00-17.00, Mariankatu 11, M11 LS2 The politics of inclusion and exclusion (equality, equity, social justice)

Course work and forms of study

Course mode: lectures and seminar sessions Examination mode: Based on a paper on an assigned topic. Proposed delivery schedule: 5 four-hour sessions = 20 hours

Study unit S11c Alternative course in social work

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

S11c Alternative course in social work

Credits: 3 , Credit Units: 2
Courses in English

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

Study unit S12 Bachelors thesis and Maturity Test

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

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

Credits: 5 , Credit Units: 3

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

Credits: 0 , Credit Units: 0

Study unit Courses in Sosnet

In Finnish: Sosnetin valtakunnalliset virtuaalikurssit 2007-2008/sosnet

Study unit Other courses

In Finnish: Muut kurssit/ainemuut

Other courses

Study unit Master´s Degree

In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot/vtm

Master´s Degree

Credits: 120 , Credit Units: 47
  • 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

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

Superordinate Units

Study unit S16 Statistical multivariate analysis

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

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

Superordinate Units

Courses

  • Kvantitatiivisten tutkimusmenetelmien kurssi (5 op / 3ov) >> 1 2
  • Kvantitativa forskningsmetoder - fördjupad kurs >> 4

Study unit S17 Methods of qualitative analysis

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

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

Superordinate Units

Courses

Study unit S18 Local and global dimensions of changing societies

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

S18 Local and global dimensions of changing societies

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

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

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

Credits: 4 , Credit Units: 2

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

Superordinate Units

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

Credits: 5 , Credit Units: 3

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

Superordinate Units

Study unit S21 Social work research

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

S21 Social work research

Credits: 5 , Credit Units: 3

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

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

Credits: 4 - 9 , Credit Units: 2 - 5
Courses in English

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

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

Credits: 10 - 15 , Credit Units: 7 - 10

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

Credits: 5 - 3 ,

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

S25 Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

Credits: 16 - 19 , Credit Units: 8 - 10

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

Credits: 6 - 9 , Credit Units: 3 - 5

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

S25b Reflexive expertise and demanding professional competencies in social work

Literature examinations

Superordinate Units

Courses

Courses in English

Structures and methods in Critical Reflection for Developing and Researching Expertis in Social Work

Credits

ECTS credits: 5-2 Credits (study weeks): 3-1

Teachers

Professor Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski and visiting teachers Prof. Jan Fook and Prof. Malcolm Payne 80900445

2 sp/ 1 sv (reflective diary); 5sp/ 3 sv with an essay)

Time, location and registration

28.02.2008 - 29.02.2008

1- 5 credits (depending on the agreed scope and work done/ S25B or according to agreement with the teachers in charge for the planned studies; compendium for reading and possible essay assignments will be available for students who announced themselves to the course by Oodi

Registration time in webOodi 03.01.2008 - 21.02.2008

Content

Thursday 28 February (Mariankatu 11, Ls 10)

  • 9.15 Welcoming Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski
  • 9.30 What is critical reflection and how to think about its contribution to social work research? Short descriptions: (Professors Jan Fook, Malcom Payne, Gurid Aga Askeland and Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski)
  • 10.30 break
  • 11 - 12 Critical self-reflection as a part of social work expertise (Gurid Aga Askeland)

Reflective spaces and forums for critical reflection in developing social work expertise (Synnöve Karvinen-Niinikoski)

  • 12 - 13 Lunch break
  • 13 - 16 Critical reflection as a method for practice research in social work : Dialogic workshop (Jan Fook and Gurid Aga Askelund)

Friday 29 February (Mariankatu 11, Ls 9)

  • 9.15 Good morning: Reflections on questions raised on Thursday
  • 9.30 Methods and Theory for Practice Research (Ilse Julkunen and Erja Saurama)

Discussion: Would there be methodological bases for critical reflection as a research method?

  • 11 Lunch break
  • 12 Using Social Work Knowledge Wisely: reflections on own cases (Malcolm Payne)
  • 13.30 Concluding discussion
  • 14.00 End of the course
Courses in English

Women and international development course

Credits

ECTS credits: 4 ECTS for Intermediate Studies, 3 ECTS for Advanced studies Credits (study weeks): 2-1

Teachers

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

Time, location and registration

11.04.2008 - 17.04.2008
  • Fri 11.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Mon 14.4. 9-12 and 13-16 U40 sali 8
  • Tue 15.4. 13-16 U37 sh 1
  • Wed 16.4. 13-16 U40 sali 15
  • Thu 17.4. 9-12 U40 sali 13
Registration time in webOodi 28.02.2008 - 06.03.2008

Compensations

For students of social work the course can be used to substitute the study units S4b, S11B or S11C, or one book of S18 or 3 ECTS of S25b. Other students should negotiate with their teachers for compensation.

Content

Topics in the course will include: Class sessions 1 and 2 —International development: selected issues and concepts; overview of the field of international development and development studies; achievements and failures of development aid; key issues and emerging trends

Class session 3—Women and gender in international development:

  • history and rationale for focusing on women in the South
  • developments related to gender in international development - case study of micro enterprise
  • women’s roles in production, reproduction and community work – with class exercise

Class session 4 — Meeting women’s practical needs and gender interests (with cases from Africa and Asia)

  • gender analysis methods and means

Class session 5 – Finding out what women in developing countries need and want

  • class presentations of readings and cases
  • priorities of women internationally and in local contexts
  • diversities and locations shaping women’s lives and opportunities
  • research about women, with women and for women – with case situations

Class 6 – Rural women: Key issues for women in villages of China

  • class presentations on reading and cases
  • Women in China and comparisons with women in other countries

Course work and forms of study

There will be six class sessions consisting of 2.5 hours each over five days. Readings will amount to 30 hours of work. There will be five articles and some on-line readings assigned for students. There will also be a class presentation consisting of reaction to an article or case situation by each student.

For each class, a reading or case situation will be assigned that students are expected to present in a small group to the class. The class members will then ask questions of the group presenting. The assigned articles for the presentation will be determined with students on the first day of class. The instructor will grade each group’s presentation in the course. The grade will make up part of the course grade, along with students’ participation and attendance in the classes.

The short class presentation required of all students in the course consists of a 10 minute report that includes a summary of an article and a discussion of what is interesting, significant and not very useful in the article.

Readings

Black, M. (2002). The history of an idea. In Black, M. The no-nonsense guide to international development (pp. 10-29). Toronto, ON: New Internationalist.

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.

Moser, C. (1993). Gender roles, the family and the household. In Gender planning and development: Theory, practice and training (pp. 15-36). London: Routledge.

Oberhauser, A. and Pratt, A. (2004). Women’s collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa. Gender Place and Culture, 11(2), 209-228.

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.

Study unit S26 Research seminar, first seminar semester

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

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

S27 Research seminar, second seminar semester

Credits: 5 , Credit Units: 3

Study unit S28 Master’s Thesis

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

Master’s Thesis

Credits: 40 , Credit Units: 20

Superordinate Units

Study unit Other courses

In Finnish: Muut kurssit/syvmuut

Other courses

Superordinate Units

Study unit Social Work as a Minor Subject

In Finnish: Sosiaalityö sivuaineena/sivuaineena

Social Work as a Minor Subject

Subordinate units

Study unit Basic Studies

In Finnish: Perusopinnot sivuaineopiskelijoille/perussivu

Basic Studies

Credits: 25 , Credit Units: 15

Study unit S3

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

S3 Yrkesmässighet och servicesystem i socialt arbete

Credits: 6 , Credit Units: 4

Study unit S4 Social problems

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

Social problems

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

Intermediate Studies

Credits: 35 , Credit Units: 23

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit Postgraduate Studies

In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot/jatkokoul

Postgraduate Studies

Subordinate units

Study unit Postgraduate Studies, Requirements

In Finnish: Tutkintovaatimukset/sostyojatko

Postgraduate Studies, Requirements

Study unit Postgraduate examination

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

Postgraduate examination

Credit Units: 6

Study unit Postgraduate and research seminars

In Finnish: Jatkokoulutus- ja tutkijaseminaarit/jatusem

Postgraduate and research seminars

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit Postgraduate seminars

In Finnish: Jatkokoulutusseminaarit/jatkosem

Postgraduate seminars

Study unit Research seminars

In Finnish: Tutkijaseminaarit/tusem

Research seminars

Superordinate Units

Courses

  • Sulautuva yliopisto-opetus (3 op) >> 1
  • Tutkimuksen apuvälineet (2 op) >> 2

Study unit Professional licentiate programme in social work

In Finnish: Sosiaalityön erikoistumiskoulutus/sostyoamlis

Professional licentiate programme in social work

Study unit Professional licentiate seminar

In Finnish: Sosiaalityön erikoistumiskoulutuksen seminaari/sostamm

Professional licentiate seminar

Courses