Well-being in a Changing Society (5 cr)
Code: TH00CA37-3009
General information
- Enrollment
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02.06.2023 - 05.09.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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05.09.2023 - 24.10.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 45
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Tiina Suni
- Kaija Penttala
- Course
- TH00CA37
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Well-being in a Changing Society
Weeks 36-43
Week 36
Tue 5.9.2023 (TS)
9:00 - 10:00 Introduction to course and group assignment
10:00 - 11:30 Daily life and well-being
12:30 - 14:00 Marginalization and inequality
Wed 6.9.2023 (TS and KP)
10:30 - 12:00 Group work, teachers involved via Zoom
Groups 3 & 4 (Tiina): https://turkuamk.zoom.us/my/tiinasuni
Week 37
Tue 12.9.2023 (KP)
9:00 - 15:00 Theories of the welfare state. Well-being theories.
Wed 13.9.2023
8.30 - 10.00 Group work independently
Week 38
Tue 19.9.2023 (TS)
9:00 - 11:00 Sustainability
12:00 - 13:30 Group work, teachers involved via Zoom
Groups 3 & 4: Tiina live at Salo campus
Week 39
Tue 26.9.2023 (KP)
9:30 - 11:00 Group work independently
12:00 - 16:00 Measuring well-being, well-being research
Week 40
Tue 3.10.2023 (TS and KP)
09:00 - 10:30 Course exam (TS)
12:00 - 15:00 Group presentations
Week 43
Tue 24.10.2023 (KP)
13:00 - 14:30 Course re-take exam
Changes are possible.
Please note: Participation in all group meetings is compulsory.
Objective
• you understand aspects of citizens’ well-being and social problems
• you are familiar with societal and global challenges to well-being
• you are able to examine sustainability from different perspectives (ecological, economic, social and cultural)
• you are familiar with the history, functioning and tasks of welfare society and the welfare state
Content
• changes in welfare society and the welfare state
• welfare theories, measuring well-being, perceived well-being, quality of life
• social problems, social deprivation and marginalisation
Materials
Course materials:
Pesonen, P. and Riihinen, O., 2002. Dynamic Finland: The Political System and the Welfare State. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society.
Chapters:
2 Pathways to Modern Finland pages 20-54
3 Finnish Nationalism pages 55-65
5 Civil Society pages 86-111
13 Law and Order and Public Control pages 201- 210
14 Materialization of Values and Goals pages 211-245
The teaching material given by the teachers.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Co-operative learning
Group exam
Exam schedules
Course exam Tue 3.10.2023 9-10.30
Course retake exam Tue 24.10.2023 13-14.40
Course retake exam Tue 7.11.2023 15-16.30
International connections
Lectures
Co-operative learning
Completion alternatives
Exam F-5
Student workload
Lectures 1 op
Group work 2 op
Exam 2 op