Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services: Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services
Code: S0918S6
- Degree title
- Master of Social Services
- Master of Health Care (Elderly Care)
- Credits
- 90 ects
- Duration
- 1.5 years (90 ECTS)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2018
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Services and Bachelor’s Degree in Elderly Care can be accepted in the Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services. The extent of the studies is 90 credits, and they can be completed alongside work. Of the studies, 55 credits include advanced professional studies, Master’s thesis (30 credits) and elective studies (5 credits). The contact teaching is mainly implemented during three terms. The duration of the studies is 1.5 – 2 years.
The objective of the Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services is to educate professionals who are able to work in tasks developing basic and special services of social services and assume managerial roles in client service as well as work as special experts of their field.
The degree places considerable emphasis on the promotion of social welfare of children, young people and families. The social work strengthens them and is based on partnership.
The studies in the Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services are carried out as multiform learning. The workplace plays an important role during the studies and is a central learning and development environment. Evaluation of learning is a quality element present in all phases of the learning and teaching process. It is both instructing and developing in nature.
Development
To promote the development of the Master’s Degree Programme in Social Services, a steering group was formed in the spring of 2011. It has dealt with the objectives and content of the degree programme and its curriculum as well as the admission criteria and the professional focus of the programme considering the needs of the work environment, the development of the labour market situation of the degree programme and other similar education of the field provided in the metropolitan area. The steering group has also approved the proposal for the curriculum. The members of the steering group includeded representatives of the work environment and other interest groups, students of the degree programme and staff from Metropolia.
Further information
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polytechnics::master level
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