Youth cultures and the social phenomena of youth (5 cr)
Code: YP00AA28-3006
General information
- Enrollment
- 16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 07.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Department of Tourism, Hospitality Management and Youth Work
- Campus
- Ecampus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Civic Activities and Youth Work
- Teachers
- Laura Hokkanen
- Teacher in charge
- Laura Hokkanen
- Groups
-
YPKV19KMCivic activities and youth work, part-time studies
- Course
- YP00AA28
Objective
You become familiar with the history of the youth, the origins and meaning of youth cultures from society’s point of view. You recognize and analyze topical phenomena in the framework of youth culture. You become familiar with historical and today’s research on youth.
Content
What kinds of movements and developments does the history of youth cultures involve? What kind of an image do the media convey of youth? What kinds of phenomena does the digital world of young people include? How have subcultures and youth phenomena manifested themselves in different times? How does the youth research of different times regard adolescents as members of society?
Course material
Opintojaksolla opiskelija valitsee yhden seuraavista teoksista verkkotenttiin:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Nuoren Wertherin kärsimykset.
J. D. Salinger: Sieppari ruispellossa.
Anna-Leena Härkönen: Häräntappoase.
Anja Kauranen: Sonja O. kävi täällä.
Nadja Summanen: Rambo.
Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen Valoa valoa valoa
Lisäksi verkkotehtävien yhteydessä on mainittu suositellut teokset.
Study forms and methods
Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Verkkokurssi jakautuu erilaisiin teema-alueisiin, jotka suoritettuasi olet tutustunut nuoruuden historiaan, erilaisiin vallalla olleisiin nuorisokulttuureihin, 2000-luvulla yleistyneeseen mediakulttuurin nousuun, nuoruuden yleisivistävään osioon sekä vapaavalintaiseen syventymisteemaan. Opintokokonaisuuteen kuuluu 6 eri tehtävää.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, good (3)
a. You can use concepts related to youth and youth cultures systematically. b. You know how to look for information on youth cultures and the phenomena related to youth in the key information sources. c. You identify the meaning of youth cultures in the lives of the youth and on a broader scale in society.
Assessment methods and criteria
Opintojakson hyväksytty suorittaminen edellyttää verkko-oppimistehtävien (6kpl) hyväksyttyä suorittamista.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
a. You can use concepts related to youth and youth cultures systematically.
b. You know how to look for information on youth cultures and the phenomena related to youth in the key information sources.
c. You identify the meaning of youth cultures in the lives of the youth and on a broader scale in society.