Curriculum 2009 – SYG309SJ (in English)

LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Degree Programme in Health Promotion, Family Health Care, in English (Laurea Otaniemi, sote), SYG309SJ

                                                                          1. year         2. year
OP                STUDIES
184               HEALTH PROMOTION AND FAMILY NURSING
00621             Health strategies and models                                      5
00622             Virtual wellbeing services                                        5
00623             Scientific approaches in family nursing                           5
00624             Ethics in health promotion and family nursing                     5
185               INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP
00625             Empowering and participative leadership                           5                5
00626             Innovations in Health Promotion                                   5
00627             Future oriented tools for quality and leadership                  2                3
187               RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT METHODS
00629             Action research in LbD-model                                      5
00630             Methods in new learning environment                                                5
00631             Ethics in Research and development process                        5
107               THESIS
00633             Thesis                                                            15              15
154               ELECTIVE STUDIES
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184 HEALTH PROMOTION AND FAMILY NURSING, 0 cr

Description:
Ethical competence level 2-3
The student deepens her/his competencies in investigating ethical and scientific approaches and knowledge in
health promotion and family nursing. The student grasps the meaning of health impact assessment to support health
of families.



00621 Health strategies and models, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objectives
The student will be able to analyze health strategies and models in promotion. The student grasps the meaning of
health impact and effectiveness in health care and social services



00622 Virtual wellbeing services, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objectives
The student is able to develop new virtual wellbeing services. The student will internalize deep understanding of
media and communication processes and environments.


Contents of the study unit:
Virtual e-services

Professional media communication, processes and environments


00623 Scientific approaches in family nursing, 5 cr

The student is able to:
The student internalize and is able to analyze scientific approaches in family nursing and family work.




Contents of the study unit:

Scientific approaches in family nursing and family work. Case study in family nursing and family work



00624 Ethics in health promotion and family nursing, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objective
The student will deepen his/her ethical thinking and reflection in ethical issues.


Contents of the study unit:
Contents
Ethical and moral questions in family work and family nursing (4 cr)
Ethical reflection
185 INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP, 0 cr

Description:
The student will deepen competencies in reflecting his/her learning as a dialog. Innovation, commitment and idea
gathering are excellent facilities for studying leadership. Continuous analysis of own thinking, knowledge and mental
models will be deepened through self-discipline, implementation skills, self-management and teamwork in personal,
organisational and social levels.


00625 Empowering and participative leadership, 10 cr

The student is able to:
Objective
The student will deepen competencies in reflecting his/her learning as a dialog. Innovation, commitment and idea
gathering are excellent facilities for studying leadership.


Contents of the study unit:
Contents
Empowerment as a concept
Shadowing



00626 Innovations in Health Promotion, 5 cr


00627 Future oriented tools for quality and leadership, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objective
The student is able to apply future orientated tools for leadership and is able to analyze change as a
concept, as a theory and a process


Contents of the study unit:
Content
Change as a concept, change as a theory and a process from the personal, organisational and social perspectives
Future orientated tools



187 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT METHODS, 0 cr

Description:
The student will deepen his/her methodological knowledge,action based research applied in LbD model and
methods of inquiry.


00629 Action research in LbD-model, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objective

The student is able to apply action research as methodological background of LbD
Contents of the study unit:
Content
Knowledge base in Research and Development
Action research applied in LbD model


Future research approach


00630 Methods in new learning environment, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objective
The student is able to apply his/ her thesis work in the context of learning labs in Well Life Center. The student is
apply to use different types of methods of data collection and analysis


Contents of the study unit:
Content
Pilot studies in new learning environments(Labs) at Well Life Center
Methods of inquiry e.g. narratives as methods of data collection,
participative observation
Methods of analysis



00631 Ethics in Research and development process, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Objective

The student internalizes and reflects ethical issues in research and applies ethical issues in his/her thesis.

Contents of the study unit:
Content
Ethics in Research



107 THESIS, 0 cr

Description:
• present justified proposals for developing business operations
• conceptualise business phenomena on the basis of existing research
• use suitable research and development methods to produce new knowledge
• work in an interactive and responsible manner in development projects with businesses and other partners
• critically analyse their own performance and solutions
• master larger entities
• present things in a logical and justified manner

The student will be able to:
In professional growth the theme forms part of deepening professional competences.

Content:
At a University of Applied Sciences, the thesis is part of research and development serving students’ professional
growth, businesses and regional development. Theses develop business practices and may produce significant
innovations.

The basis for theses is a need for development. Writing a thesis means interaction with a workplace and adopting
an investigative and development-oriented approach to work. The emphasis in the theses is on describing and
analysing target-oriented performance and its results. Theses contain information describing businesses, existing
research findings and new result data.

The theme includes a maturity test, in which students demonstrate that they have mastered the topic and the
language.
Content

• getting acquainted with the thesis process and development project, topic selection
• research plan describing the background and objectives, essential research information on the topic, research and
development methods used and implementation plan
• thesis implementation
• reporting and presentation
• maturity test


00633 Thesis, 30 cr

Study unit description:
A 30-credit thesis is an essential part of the Master’s degree. It is a project promoting the health and welfare of
families and its purpose is to develop working life. Innovative action and service models as well as work and
assessment methods are created together with the clients and other partners. Development, research and
assessment of action are combined in the development project and action research approach is appropriate for this.
New learning environments enable the student’s, work community’s and network’s learning process as well as its
development as part of the development projects of the university of applied sciences. Researching and developing
action is essential for the student’s developing competence. The development project is articulated with the
learning process of the whole work community or network. It is possible to carry it out in one’s own work community
or in another work organization such as a project organization, public or private sector or association. When
connected to the working life through networking, the development can arise from the need of citizens or regions
and
their analysis. This way individual learning, structuring new information and new action models are produced
together in the project.
Through the development project of the Master’s degree the student and the whole work community interact actively
and the action for promoting family health and welfare is developed in the real working life. At the same time the
student’s learning and information is transferred to the work community.
The thesis is a learning process, which undergoes the following stages:
- Analysis stage, characterised by familiarisation with the phenomena at hand, by
information gathering and processing, and justification of the topic choice. The topic must be closely linked to
developing the student’s personal competence, work, career or work community, and it must aim to produce new
knowledge for broader use in the field. The topic of the thesis can arise from various sources, including for instance
Laurea’s R&D programmes and different organisations.


154 ELECTIVE STUDIES, 5 cr

Description:
Students use elective studies to deepen and broaden their competence in various themes and generic
competences. Students should choose study units to align the content of their studies with their own personal
interests and career objectives.
Students learn to analyse and develop their leadership competence and to work as experts. Also students learn to
manage work groups and networks in line with a strategy. They can build and develop competences and skills with
a basis in applied research and development. They will recognise business opportunities in a business operating
environment. They will be able to create a business model suitable for the business idea and to set up a business.
They can design innovative products and/or services and commercialise them.

The student will be able to:
 ethically and productively manage work communities and networks
 manage and develop competence
 evaluate, lead and develop teamwork
 promote creativity in a work community
 manage and develop multicultural work-related communication
 act as developers in data network implementation, processes and management
 responsibly develop their data network competence in diverse operating environments
 determine the performance and service level requirements for a data network
 describe the operation and network structures of a system
 understand the cultural impact in marketing
 assess their own possibilities to become an entrepreneur
 analyse the opportunities in the business operating environment

Content:
The electives are common course pool offered in the degree programme. Students are free to choose any offered
courses to compensate their elective credits required during degree programme. Students use elective studies to
deepen and broaden their competence in professional and generic competences. Students should choose study
units to align the content of their studies with their own personal interests and career objectives.

Learning process:
The learning process is based on Laurea's learning model - Learning by Developing(LbD), action and applied
reseach methods. Laurea's common elective course pool have variety of offering to align the content of students'
studies.