STYMK25OUL The parish as an operating environment (5 cr)
Code: STY0005A20S-3040
General information
Enrollment
23.09.2024 - 13.10.2024
Timing
24.02.2025 - 11.05.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2.5 op
Mode of delivery
50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning
Unit
Sosionomitutkinnot
Campus
Oulu
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 50
Degree programmes
- BA of Social Services, Christian Early Childhood Education and Care
- BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing
- BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work
- BA of Social Services, Christian Youth Work
Teachers
- Kirsi Laukkonen
- Maija Kupsala
Groups
-
OUL-K25sosd
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