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Master's Degree Programme in Expertise in Social Guidance: Part-time studies

Code: YSG2023SS

Degree:
Master of Social Services and Health Care

Degree title:
Master of Social Services

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
3 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2023

Teaching language:
Finnish

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 Autumn 2023 Spring 2024 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 1. / 2023 2. / 2024 3. / 2024 1. / 2024 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026
YSG2023SS-1001
MANAGEMENT

(Choose one )

5
YZZZ0210 Formulating Strategy 5
YZZZ0220 Leadership Dynamics 5 5 5 5
YZZZ0230 Managerial Accounting 5
YSG2023SS-1002
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose 10)

10
YZZZ0110 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
YZZZ0120 Quantitative Research 5 5 5 5
YZZZ0130 Qualitative Research 5 5 5 5
YSG2023SS-1010
EXPERTISE IN SOCIAL GUIDANCE

(Choose all )

30
YS00BY56 Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka 5 5 5 5
YSMA0510 Evidence-based Practice 5 5 5 5
YS00BY58 Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät 5 5 5 5
YS00BY57 Vaativa asiakastyö 5 5 5 5
YS00BY55 Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt 5 5 5 5
YS00BY59 Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus 5 5 5 5
YSG2023SS-1003
MASTER´S THESIS

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30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 2 5 2 5 2 5
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 5 5 5 5
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSG2023SS-1004
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 15)

15
STVVOYAMK
Social Services and Health Care Elective Studies (Master's Degree)

(Choose 20)

0 - 20
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5 5 5 5
YS00BD47 Digital expertise in rehabilitation and sport 5
YHIHV320 JAMK Leadership Programme in Silicon Valley, USA 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5 5 5 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YS00BV67 Digital transformation in healthcare 5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
YS00CT59 21st Century Leadership Communication: Mastering Convincing Expertise in Global and Multidisciplinary Workplaces 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025

(Choose 17)

0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YSG2023SS-1005
EDUFUTURA

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0 - 25
YSG2023SS-1006
METODIOPINNOT

(Choose 10)

0 - 10
YS00BB91 Knowledge, Skills and Methods (EduFutura) 2
YS00BB92 Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta) 3
YS00BB93 Kvantitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta) 5
YSG2023SS-1007
CAMPUSONLINE, MASTER LEVEL STUDIES

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0 - 25
Total 90 37 30 23 15 22 15 15 13 10 15 17 5 15 15 0 13 10 0

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2027

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Leadership Dynamics
Research-based Development
Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka
Vaativa asiakastyö
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Formulating Strategy
Leadership Dynamics
Managerial Accounting
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka
Evidence-based Practice
Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Formulating Strategy
Evidence-based Practice
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

Formulating Strategy
Managerial Accounting
Research-based Development
Evidence-based Practice
Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät
Vaativa asiakastyö
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Leadership Dynamics
Managerial Accounting
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Leadership Dynamics
Managerial Accounting
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka
Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät
Vaativa asiakastyö
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Not grouped
Knowledge, Skills and Methods (EduFutura)
Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta)
Kvantitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta)

Master's Degree: Expertise in Social Guidance 2023-2024

Expert competence in Expertise in Social Guidance

The student
- is able to act as an independent expert in demanding counselling and management tasks in the social services sector and to critically analyse and anticipate changes in society and their social impacts.
- masters the concepts, theories and methods related to advanced competence in the social services field, applying evidence-based information in the planning, development and management of counselling services and client processes.
- deepens the legal competence of service production and acquires more capabilities for utilising digitalisation in their own work.
- masters the operating methods of networking and multi-actor cooperation and is able to coordinate multiprofessional cooperation.

Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka
Evidence-based Practice
Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät
Vaativa asiakastyö
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt
Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus
Not grouped
Formulating Strategy
Leadership Dynamics
Managerial Accounting
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Knowledge, Skills and Methods (EduFutura)
Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta)
Kvantitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta)

Code Name Credits (cr)
YSG2023SS-1001
MANAGEMENT

(Choose one)

5
YZZZ0210 Formulating Strategy 5
YZZZ0220 Leadership Dynamics 5
YZZZ0230 Managerial Accounting 5
YSG2023SS-1002
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose 10)

10
YZZZ0110 Research-based Development 5
YZZZ0120 Quantitative Research 5
YZZZ0130 Qualitative Research 5
YSG2023SS-1010
EXPERTISE IN SOCIAL GUIDANCE

(Choose all)

30
YS00BY56 Palvelutuotannon ja hallinnon juridiikka 5
YSMA0510 Evidence-based Practice 5
YS00BY58 Sosiaaliohjauksen menetelmät 5
YS00BY57 Vaativa asiakastyö 5
YS00BY55 Erityissosiaaliohjauksen toimintaympäristöt 5
YS00BY59 Erityissosiaaliohjauksen syventävä ammatillisuus 5
YSG2023SS-1003
MASTER´S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSG2023SS-1004
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 15)

15
STVVOYAMK
Social Services and Health Care Elective Studies (Master's Degree)
0 - 20
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BD47 Digital expertise in rehabilitation and sport 5
YHIHV320 JAMK Leadership Programme in Silicon Valley, USA 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YS00BV67 Digital transformation in healthcare 5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
YS00CT59 21st Century Leadership Communication: Mastering Convincing Expertise in Global and Multidisciplinary Workplaces 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025
0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YSG2023SS-1005
EDUFUTURA

(Choose 25)

0 - 25
YSG2023SS-1006
METODIOPINNOT

(Choose 10)

0 - 10
YS00BB91 Knowledge, Skills and Methods (EduFutura) 2
YS00BB92 Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta) 3
YS00BB93 Kvantitatiivinen tutkimus (EduFutura-tarjonta) 5
YSG2023SS-1007
CAMPUSONLINE, MASTER LEVEL STUDIES

(Choose 25)

0 - 25