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Green Care services and entrepreneurship (5 cr)

Code: 9A00CN06-3002

General information


Enrollment

22.11.2021 - 26.12.2021

Timing

17.01.2022 - 01.05.2022

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
  • Open University of Applied Sciences

Teachers

  • Soila Huhtaluhta

Objective

- The student is able to name and analyze the key methods and activities in Green Care, and what are the nature’s effects on wellbeing in them
- The student is able to take into consideration different kinds of Green Care clients, their needs and goals, and understands the relevance of guidance
- The student is able to plan Green Care services or activities for business or organization, based on their own profession
- The student is able to take into consideration the key requirements, operating conditions and quality criteria of Green Care activities and the possibilities of networking

Content

- Green Care methods and services, special features and welfare effects
- Green Care clients, goals and relevance of guidance
- Planning Green Care service business
- Quality, requirements and networks in Green Care

Materials

To be told during course

Teaching methods

distance learning

Student workload

135 hours

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass
- The student completes the tasks of the course on time.
- The student is able to name and analyze the key methods and activities in Green Care, and what are the nature’s effects on wellbeing in them
- The student indicates to understand different kinds of Green Care clients, their needs and goals, and the relevance of guidance
- The student is able to plan Green Care services or activities for business or organization, based on their own profession
- The student is able to take into consideration the key requirements, operating conditions and quality criteria of Green Care activities and the possibilities of networking

Fail
The student does not achieve the learning outcomes defined for the course and is not able to demonstrate competence in the outcomes.

Qualifications

Green Care – wellbeing from nature 5cr (or comparable, e.g. Green Care Basics 5cr)