Social Inclusion and Disadvantage (5cr)
Code: C-10065-SX00FY26-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.12.2025 - 14.12.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 01.01.2026 - 31.07.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Institution
- Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 2
- Course
- C-10065-SX00FY26
Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
The student • understands the importance of inclusion, agency and community for individuals’ well-being • understands the dimensions of exclusion, disadvantage and inequality as individual, community and societal phenomena • is able to distinguish between societal structures and processes that marginalise and create inequality • understands the role of social security in individuals’ lives • recognises various means and actors involved in the prevention of exclusion among individuals of different ages.
Content
• Social inclusion, agency, and community • Social risks, challenges, and protective factors at various stages of life • Inequality, discrimination, marginalisation, and disadvantage • Ageing and disadvantage • Poverty, homelessness, and loneliness • Modes and roles of social security across the lifespan • Social pedagogical methods to support inclusion, empowerment, and the prevention of exclusion