Basics of Welfare Society (5 cr)
Code: SX00GE10-3003
General information
- Enrollment
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01.12.2025 - 14.12.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
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01.01.2026 - 31.07.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- School of Wellbeing
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Social Services
- Groups
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SXH25S2VASosiaalialan tutkinto-ohjelma, Varhaiskasvatuksen sosionomi, monimuoto
- Course
- SX00GE10
Objective
Student
- is familiar with the main theories and research on welfare
- understands how national and global social structures, politics and economics impact the well-being of individuals and communities
- is familiar with the different ways of organising and producing welfare services
- is familiar with the structures and processes that support sustainable development.
Content
- Welfare theories and research
- Development of the Finnish welfare society
- International welfare models
- Multi-provider model of wellbeing
- Welfare society’s interdependencies with national and global demography, economy, politics and employment
- Sustainable development
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Framework of assessment is attached in the curriculum's description.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Framework of assessment is attached in the curriculum's description.
Objective
Student
- is familiar with the main theories and research on welfare
- understands how national and global social structures, politics and economics impact the well-being of individuals and communities
- is familiar with the different ways of organising and producing welfare services
- is familiar with the structures and processes that support sustainable development.
Content
- Welfare theories and research
- Development of the Finnish welfare society
- International welfare models
- Multi-provider model of wellbeing
- Welfare society’s interdependencies with national and global demography, economy, politics and employment
- Sustainable development