Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

English

Type of course

Compulsory

Recommended year of study

1

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

The student acquires knowledge about the social security system in Finland and can analyse and reflect upon the role and function of social politics as a part of elderly care.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to
- identify and demonstrate special features of the Finnish society.
- describe and explain aspects of the Finnish political system (e.g. the Finnish constitution, Finnish democracy, public administration)
- recognize and understand the social legislation and legal basis for the care and services for elderly people in Finland.
- to present the main features of the Finnish social politics as a part of elderly care.
- describe and explain the welfare system and the sources of welfare in Finland
- present the welfare rights in Finland
- apply the social protection system on older people in Finland

Course contents

Finnish society 2cr
Social policy 3cr

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Basics in gerontology

Recommended or required reading

Esping-Andersen, Gösta (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge. Polity Press. Pages from 1 to 137.
Healy, Karen (2005) Social Work Theories in Context – Creating Frameworks for Practice. Houndmills. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York. Palgrave MacMillan. Pages from 1 to 46.
Kettunen, Pauli (2001) The Nordic Welfare State in Finland. Scandinavian Journal of History, Sep2001, Vol 6, Issue 3, p from 225 to 247.

Recommended reading
Greve Bent 2007 What Characterise the Nordic Welfare State Model. Journal of Social Science 3 (2): from 43 to 51, 2007. Science Publications
Healy, Karen 2005 Social work theories in context: creating frameworks for practice. Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan. (Selected parts)
Payne, Malcom 2005 Modern social work theory. Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan. (Selected parts)Stakes 2007. Care and services for older people 2005. Sosiaaliturva 2007:62,

Study activities

  • Lectures - 40 hours
  • Individual studies - 93 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 133 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 93 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 40 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

Exams

Assessment requirements

Assessment requirements in social policy:

The examination is based 50 percent on group work and 50 percent on literature exam.

Students are recommended to participate in all lectures. Attendance during all group work presentations at the end of the course is compulsory.

Each student is expected to participate with an equal amount of effort in the group work. The written presentation should therefore involve a methodological part that involves a short description regarding how tasks are divide within the group and describe where and how the group have collected the information that is presented. Each member of the group should also take responsibility in the vocal presentation. Group work is graded partly on collaborative skills and creativeness and partly based on the information that is presented. Students will get a joint grade on their group work. Literature exam is graded individually. Further information regarding the group work will be presented at the course introduction.

The grade in social policy is concluded based on the average on group work grade and literature exam grade.

Information regarding literature in social policy will be given later.

Teacher

  • Dahl Birgitta
  • Sigfrids Ingmar

Examiner

Sigfrids Ingmar

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

Assessment methods

2011-04-18 - Exams

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