Human Safety II: injury prevention and safety promotion
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course deals with theories and models for systematic injury prevention and safety promotion. An important component in the course is that students develop skills in planning injury prevention and safety promotion efforts in society.
The course is offered as part-time distance education with two brief periods on campus (Karlstad university) at the beginning and end of the course. On-campus instruction is in the form of lectures, seminars and discussion. The seminars are part of the assessment and therefore mandatory.
The course is offered as part-time distance education with two brief periods on campus (Karlstad university) at the beginning and end of the course. On-campus instruction is in the form of lectures, seminars and discussion. The seminars are part of the assessment and therefore mandatory.
Progressive specialisation:
A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Master's level
Admission requirements
Completed first-cycle courses 120 ECTS and the course Human Safety I: Injury Analysis and Risk Assessment, 7.5 ECTS cr, or equivalent. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B and English 6 or B, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Risk Management in society (studied during year 1)
- Societal Risk Management (studied during year 1)