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Social Work and Social Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Work and Social Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa Lecture seminar by NSS programme at UTA 31.3 – 3.4.2014. Volume: 5 ECTs Course unit description in the curriculum: University of Tampere, Social Work: STYS1B3, you can negotiate about other options.

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Social Work and Social Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  1. Social Work and Social Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa Lecture seminar by NSS programme at UTA 31.3 – 3.4.2014

  2. Volume: 5 ECTs • 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 • Language of instruction: English

  3. Time and Place: • The University of Tampere, Auttila-building (opposite Orthodox church, next to Puustelli –shop) • Monday, March 31, at 13-15.30, Auttila 126 • Tuesday, April 1, at 9-12 and 13-15, Auttila 245 • Wednesday, April 2, at 9-12 and 13-15, Auttila 124 • Thursday, April 3, at 9-12 and 13-14, Auttila 124

  4. 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.

  5. Study methods • This course will include class instruction, group work/discussion sessions for 16 hours. • There will be three articles/on-line readings assigned for the students. • Readings will amount to 20 hours of work. • Essay (besides the lectures the reading materials are also reflected in the essay) amounts up to 90 hours of work. • Assessment: Scaled 0-5 • 1. attendance in the lecture seminar • 2. essay, 7-8 pages (in English or in Finnish) based on lectures and reading material

  6. What is an essay? • An essay is a piece of writing on a particular topic or theme. • The topic/title of an essay can be decided by the writer. • Conventionally the objective of an essay is often to survey the literature or other material in a particular field. Examining the literature may also be critical. • A well written reviewing essay consists at least • An introduction where you set up your 'research question‘. • Review of the lectures and reading material • You may use also other literature on the topic/the academic discussion of the topic • Conclusions

  7. Whenpreparing an essayyouareexpected • to clearly define and limit the theme • an essay should be approximately 7-8 pages long • be aware that essay should have a clear and coherent structure • it should be written in proper academic language • references should be marked in the text • on the last page there should be a list of references

  8. Layout of an essay 1. On the cover page of your essay you should mark: • the title of the essay • name of the author • name and code of the course • date 2. Use font size 12 and spacing 1,53. Paragraphs are separated with one empty space 4. Essays should contain subtitles/headings, but they do not need to be numbered. Apt subtitles are an efficient way to structure the presentation. 5. On the last page there should be a List of References including all the references you have used (lectures, articles, books, statistics, on-line material etc, also unpublished material and lectures should be listed)

  9. Submissions • Submitessays to Sinikka Forsman (sinikka.forsman@uta.fi) ifyouarefrom UTA • Submitessays to Ulla-Maija Koivula (ulla-maija.koivula@uta.fi) ifyouarefrom TAMK • Dead line 27.4.2014

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