STYMK23OUL The parish as an operating environment (5 cr)
Code: STY0005A20S-3025
General information
Enrollment
19.09.2022 - 09.10.2022
Timing
27.03.2023 - 12.05.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning
Campus
Oulu
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 333
Degree programmes
- BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing
- BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work
Teachers
- Nina Niemelä
- Maija Kupsala
Groups
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Objective
Students
• are familiar with the parish as an operating environment and know how to analyse its spiritual and social dimensions
• know how to analyse the competence needed in parish work
• are familiar with the tasks in a parish and the significance of collaboration between them
• know how to analyse the basics of creating a community and enabling and strengthening inclusion in a parish
• know the basics of pastoral care, confirmation classes and family-oriented work
• know how to analyse the realisation of the main task of the parish from the viewpoint of accessibility, equality and sustainable development
Content
• the spiritual and social dimensions of parish work
• competence required in church work (core competence descriptions)
• parish tasks
• key principles of pastoral care, confirmation classes and family-oriented work
• creation of community and volunteer work in a parish
• accessibility, equality and sustainable development in a parish
Evaluation scale
0-5