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MAPSY4300 Perspectives on Mental Health, Substance Use and Addiction Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Perspektiver på psykisk helse, rusmiddelbruk og avhengighet
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2026/2027
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2026
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences.

  • Required preliminary courses

    After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

    Knowledge

    The student

    • can critically assess and identify strengths and weaknesses in how complex interventions are developed and evaluated
    • can apply knowledge of relationships between person, activity and environment in the development of interventions

    Skills

    The student

    • can identify and apply selected theories and models related to the development and evaluation of complex interventions
    • can identify and describe elements and strategies for change in complex interventions to understand which mechanisms contribute to the desired outcome
    • can critically assess the quality of interventions and programs that aim to promote participation in work and everyday life
    • can master systematic work and critical reflection on own and others' development and evaluation of interventions
    • can discuss how frameworks for the development and evaluation of complex interventions can be used to promote participation in everyday and working life

    General competence

    The student

    • can apply different types of frameworks to assess, adapt, develop and/or evaluate complex interventions

  • Learning outcomes

    The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching is organised into two five-day sessions. Work and teaching methods comprise lectures, seminars, digital learning resources, assignments, group work, oral presentations and self-study. Throughout the course, students will work on a written assignment. At the teaching sessions, the students will present their home assignments and receive feedback from fellow students and lecturers. The written assignment forms the basis for the examination assignment.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    None.

  • Course requirements

    An individual project examination in the form of an assignment that is developed during the course. Scope: Up to 3,500 words, excluding reference list.

    Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment), he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

  • Assessment

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

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Grading scale

    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.

  • Examiners

    10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAERGD4000 Interventions in Everyday Life and Work, 20 ECTS credits.

  • Overlapping courses

    10 studiepoeng med MAPSY4100, MAPSD4010, VPSY6010 og VPSYD6010 Menneske, psykisk lidelse og det sosiale miljø, 20 stp.