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MAPSY4200 Mental Health, Trauma and Crisis in a Life Course Perspective Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Arbeid med traumer og kriser i et livsløpsperspektiv
Study programme
Interdisciplinary Advanced Programme in Mental Health and Addiction - Full Time
Master’s Programme in Health Sciences – Interdisciplinary Specialisation in Mental Health and Addiction, part-time
Master’s Programme in Health Sciences – Interdisciplinary Specialisation in Mental Health and Addiction, full time
Interdisciplinary Advanced Programme in Mental Health and Addiction - Part Time
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
SPRING 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will mainly be digital, in addition to blended learning with seminars on campus during the course. Work and teaching methods include digital lectures, individual literature studies and written work, oral presentations, group discussions and supervision. Up to two hours of guidance is given on the project description.

Required preliminary courses

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

  • compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
  • presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
  • held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

Learning outcomes

A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given opportunity to submit a reworked version.

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

Teaching and learning methods

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Course requirements

Pass/fail.

Assessment

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

-

Grading scale

Pass/fail.

Examiners

To sensorer vurderer hver besvarelse. Minimum 20 % av besvarelsene vurderes av ekstern sensor. Ekstern sensors vurdering skal komme alle studentene til gode.

Overlapping courses

10 studiepoeng overlapp med VPSY6210, VPSYD6210, MAPSD4210 Psykisk helse og traumatiske belastninger, 10 stp.