8732 - Health Sciences, Society, and Culture
Course information
- Title
- Health Sciences, Society, and Culture
- Course number
- 8732.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 15.00
- Level
- Master
- Faculties
- Educations
- Prerequisites
- A bachelor’s degree in health sciences or another relevant bachelor’s degree.
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese. Instructional materials are mainly in Danish, as well as in English and other Scandinavian languages. Lectures, group work, discussions etc. are in Faroese.
- Registration
- Automatic enrollment with admission to study Master in Health Sciences
- Beginning date
- Monday, September 2, 2024
- End date
- Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- In this course, students will gain insight into social issues relevant to health and welfare in the Faroe Islands.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to: - Describe health policy and welfare system frameworks for services provided by the health and social services in the Faroe Islands - Explain the demographic development in the Faroe Islands historically and more recently and its significance for health-related issues - Describe the Faroe Islands as a ‘small scale society’/small island society using relevant theories and academic articles and explain the significance of this for health sciences - Analyse social issues that are important for health and welfare - Analyse and assess the significance of sociocultural issues for health-related concerns in general and in the Faroe Islands in particular - Analyse the Faroe Islands as a framework for phenomena and initiatives in health sciences - Assess scientific articles that discuss social issues and health
- Content
- The particular foci of the course are as follows: - Demographic development in the Faroe Islands - Health policies and welfare - The Faroe Islands as a ‘small scale society’/small island society - Sociocultural issues and their significance for health and welfare in the Faroe Islands - Social inequality and health - The organisation of social and health services in the Faroe Islands
- Learning and teaching approaches
- A mix of lectures, discussions, group assignments, presentations, and indepndent study. Students will receive both oral and written feedback from the instructors and fellow students.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Written group assignment To take the exam, students must pass all class assignments and presentations.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- The hand-in is set on the 17th of December, 2024
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Monday, September 2, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Marin Strøm
- Teachers