Marketisation and Social Work (5cr)
Code: BH00BS39-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.08.2018 - 31.08.2018
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2019 - 31.05.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree in Social Services and Health Care, Social Work
- Teachers
- Minna Zechner
- Tiina Hautamäki
- Course
- BH00BS39
Objective
Students know and are able to explain about the marketisation of social services and about the complexities of the welfare and welfare economy.
Content
Social services are produced in a society increasingly exposed to marketisation, and in a welfare and wellbeing economy. Students familiarize themselves with the subject and write a six-page essay on the following topic: What does the marketization of social services mean, what forms can it take or how can it become apparent to the individual?
Materials
Literature is agreed individually. The student is allowed to suggest relevant literature.
Teaching methods
The course is based on reading agreed literature and finalising the given written task.
Employer connections
The course does not contain cooperation with working life.
International connections
The aim is that part of the literature is in foreign language.
Student workload
5 ECTS equals to approximately 135 hours of work for student.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students know what is meant by the marketisation of social services and are able to describe it. Students know about the complexities of the welfare and welfare economy.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students know what is meant by the marketisation of social services and are able to describe it. Students know and are able to explain about the complexities of the welfare and welfare economy.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students know what is meant by the marketisation of social services and are able to critically analyse it. Students are able to explain and analyse the complexities of the welfare and welfare economy.
Qualifications
No previous studies are required.