Individual, group and family
15 ECTS credits
Instruction is in the form of lectures, group work and seminars, some of which require mandatory attendance.
The course centres on the human being as an individual, a member of a group and of society and deals with how the individual develops and is socialised in relation to and in interaction with the surrounding throughout life. Sociological, social psychological and psychological theories are introduced in order to highlight the factors that influence people's lives and development, human interaction, and social and global processes. Socialisation processes, group dynamics and the importance of institutionalisation and globalisation processes for individual development and relations to family and society are treated. Different perspectives on individual development are also treated with a focus on crisis and development as well as the social importance of emotions. Normality and deviation are dealt with and different forms of family life. There is also a focus on children and the elderly in a life course perspective. In regard to children there is an emphasis on their needs and situations. As to the ageing process and being old, the course pays attention to and problematises the concepts of the third and fourth age.
Diversity and the intersectional perspective are emphasised through the attention paid to class, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and etnicity, and to especially vulnerable life situations such as living with a physically or psychologically functional challenge, unemployment, addiction, and domestic violence.
The course centres on the human being as an individual, a member of a group and of society and deals with how the individual develops and is socialised in relation to and in interaction with the surrounding throughout life. Sociological, social psychological and psychological theories are introduced in order to highlight the factors that influence people's lives and development, human interaction, and social and global processes. Socialisation processes, group dynamics and the importance of institutionalisation and globalisation processes for individual development and relations to family and society are treated. Different perspectives on individual development are also treated with a focus on crisis and development as well as the social importance of emotions. Normality and deviation are dealt with and different forms of family life. There is also a focus on children and the elderly in a life course perspective. In regard to children there is an emphasis on their needs and situations. As to the ageing process and being old, the course pays attention to and problematises the concepts of the third and fourth age.
Diversity and the intersectional perspective are emphasised through the attention paid to class, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and etnicity, and to especially vulnerable life situations such as living with a physically or psychologically functional challenge, unemployment, addiction, and domestic violence.
Progressive specialisation:
G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
Term 1 courses on the Social Work Programme 30 ECTS cr
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
- Bachelor of Science in Social Work (studied during year 1)