Social Work and Social Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lecture seminar in North-South-South Programme
Curriculum Development – Sustainable Development and Social Work (SUDET)
Course unit description in the curriculum:
University of Tampere, Social Work: STYS1B3, you can negotiate about other options.
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Social Services: Free elective studies or International Study Week or you can negotiate with your tutor teacher about other options.
Time and Place: The University of Tampere
Teachers
Visiting lecturers from
University of Kwazulu–Natal, Durban, South Africa
Saint Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza
Catholic University, Nampula, Mozambique
High Institute of Studies in Local Development, Maluana, Mozambique
Objectives
Students learn about social work and social problems in the context of Sub-Saharan African societies and their social development. Students get some practical and theoretical understanding for working in the international development field.
Study methods
This course will include class instruction, group work/discussion sessions for 20 hours.
There will be three articles/online readings assigned for the students.
Readings will amount to 15 hours of work.
Essay (besides the lectures the reading materials are also reflected in the essay) amounts up to 80 hours of work.
University of Tampere: Registration from 1st March until 25th March 2014 through online form
1. attendance in the lecture seminar
2. essay, 7-8 pages (in English or in Finnish)
Detailed content of lectures will be informed latest in Mid-February 2014.
Further information:
Sinikka Forsman (UTA), sinikka.forsman@uta.fi , tel. 0503186074
Ulla-Maija Koivula (TAMK), ulla-maija.koivula@tamk.fi, tel. 0505702471