Multicultural Social Work (5cr)
Code: SSOSKV0005-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 08.08.2023 - 31.07.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2023 - 31.07.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Seats
- 1 - 500
- Teachers
- Eve Orhanli
- Emilia Brusila
- Ulla Salovaara
- Sanna Saraniemi
- Teacher in charge
- Sanna Saraniemi
- Course
- SSOSKV0005
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completion of the course the student is able to
- identify key topics related to multicultural social work
- identify the meaning of culture in communication and interaction
- analyze migrant experiences, forced migration and family reunification
- analyze how intersectional perspectives could be applied in social work practices
- apply issues of multicultural social work into social work practice.
Execution methods
Learning tasks and a short essay based on video lectures and literature provided in Moodle.
Accomplishment methods
Listening to pre-recorded lectures, reading literature, learning assingments and essay writing.
Content
Anti-racist social work, intersectionality, migration and forced migration, inter-cultural communication and family reunification.
Materials
Course materials are provided in Moodle.
Literature:
Hiitola & Turtiainen & Gruber & Tiilikainen (eds): Family life in transition: Borders, transnational mobility, and welfare society in Nordic countries (2020).
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Fail: Performance is highly deficient or erroneous. The work may be based on serious misunderstandings.
Sufficient and satisfactory (1-2): Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The author merely lists things out of context or addresses them one-sidedly. The work may contain errors or obscurities.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good and very good (3-4): Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting comprehension and a skill to analyse and justify. The author has addressed the issue comprehensively. The work may contain some deficiencies.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Excellent (5): Performance delineates an extensive whole and the author can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way or place it in various contexts. The work manifests independency and insight, and it is a flawless entity that involves justified thinking or critical contemplation. The work is well written and implemented.