International social work (5 cr)
Code: SO00CU75-3003
General information
Enrollment
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
Timing
01.08.2020 - 31.12.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Welfare Promotion
Teachers
- Harri Mäkinen
- Tuija Suikkanen-Malin
Teacher in charge
Harri Mäkinen
Groups
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SOKV19SY
Objective
You participate in global discussion on current issues in the social field and understand it´s international dimensions.
You understand how globalization affects the functional environment and everyday practices of the social field.
You are able to work in various cultural and linguistic environments.
You work actively in the international cooperation of the social field.
Content
What makes social field international?
How global has become local in the social field?
What are the multilinguistic and multicultural challenges in the social field and how do you solve them?
Note!
The implementation of the study unit varies yearly. The study unit may contain international student exchange, project work, an international week, language studies, studies in multiculturalism and excursions, through which the student observes and develops his/her international and multicultural competence in the social field.
Evaluation scale
1-5