Introduction to Disability in Services and Society (5 ECTS)

Assessment criteria

Pass The student has acquired basic knowledge of the key critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in disability in society and disability services. Fail The student has not acquired basic knowledge of the key critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in disability in society and disability services.

Location and time

Online course in English. 5 credits. Students can complete the course at their own pace. The online course is open during the spring semester 8.1.-03.05.2024.

Materials

All material and literature will be listed in the Learn Moodle learning environment.

International connections

The content of the course is not country specific, even though the material is prepared in the context of Finland. As part of the content and assignments of the course, the student can reflect the topics in terms of the context(s) familiar to them.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Pass The student has acquired basic knowledge of the key critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in disability in society and disability services. Fail The student has not acquired basic knowledge of the key critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in disability in society and disability services.

Student workload

Students can complete the course at their own pace. The online course is open during the spring semester 8.1.-03.05.2024.

Teaching methods

Content: This course will introduce students to the key critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in disability in society and disability services.The lectures and tasks are scheduled in the Moodle learning environment in the order they are supposed to be completed. Introduction • Video lecture, content of the course, how to proceed • Pre assignment: how people with disabilities are perceived in your country Defining disability – medical and social model • Compare the content of the video lecture to your pre assignment • Themes of equality and equity International and national legislation • UNCRPD convention, content, signing and ratification process • Legislation

Further information

HAMK students enrol in Pakki. Humak, Turku UAS and XAMK students register for this course at Peppi/Pakki. Other CampusOnline students register in the campusonline.fi portal as described in the course information. More information about enrollment https://www.hamk.fi/students/cross-institutional-studies/?lang=en Students (from another UAS than HAMK) who have been accepted for the course will receive an email with instructions on activating HAMK credentials after the registration period has ended. Note! the message may be redirected to the spam folder. In the course, there are 20 places reserved for Campus online students. HAMK’s Spark feedback system opens 7 days before the course/module ends and it stays open for 14 days after the end date. You may give course/module feedback via Pakki. A notification of the courses/modules (to whom you have registered) for which feedback can be given appears on the desktop. You will always receive a notification on the student desktop when a course/module is ready for feedback. You will receive a reminder in HAMK's e-mail on the end date of the implementation, if you have not already given feedback before. For more information on course/module feedback, see the student feedbackpage. CampusOnline students can provide course/module feedback via a browser at https://pakki.hamk.fi/spark.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed