General description
A literature course on ageing as a social phenomenon.
Learning outcomes
Having passed the course the student is able to consider ageing and old age as social and cultural phenomena. The student can analyze ageing as an individual experience. The student understands the impact of health, social relationships and social and health care services on old people?s wellbeing.
Contents
Social and cultural determinants of ageing and old age; ageing as an individual experience and as part of life-course shaped by health, social relationships, individual agency an social and health care service system.
Teaching methods
Studying and demonstrating command of obligatory and additional literature by exams. Obligatory literature, common for all students of the course, must be performed first. Additional literature, or part of it, can be performed together with obligatory literature, later as optional items or in the form of written essays. The themes and scope of essays are assigned by the teacher.
Teaching language
Finnish, EnglishModes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Studying and demonstrating command of obligatory and additional literature by exams. Obligatory literature, common for all students of the course, must be performed first. Additional literature, or part of it, can be performed together with obligatory literature, later as optional items or in the form of written essays. The themes and scope of essays are assigned by the teacher.
Evaluation and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.The adoption of contents of books and articles, and the adequacy of written essays are graded on a scale of 1-5 or failed.
Study materials
Announced in the teaching schedule.
Further information
Book exams can be taken on the HES general exam days.
The quota for Open University students each Academic Year is 5.
Belongs to following study modules
2018–2019
