Youth Work and Social Equality

Degree title

Master of Humanities

Extension

90 ECTS

Study time

2 years

Starting time

September 2010

Application period

1st March - 26th March 2010
Additional intake in Estonia 28th June -  3rd August 2010

Organizer

The HUMAK University of Applied Sciences, the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Tartu, Viljandi Culture Academy

Study form

Contact, distance and individual learning

Description

Degree Programme in Youth Work and Social Equality is the first higher level degree in English in the area of youth policy and youth work in Finland.

The degree programme includes advanced studies in civic activity, participation, preventive work and youth organization work within the framework of European youth policy and youth work. The programme aims to expand students’ knowledge with the help of special expertise provided by our international partners, the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Tartu, Viljandi Culture Academy.

The student group functions as an authentic learning environment for expertise in cultural sensitivity. The objective is to develop European youth work and youth policy know-how in order to increase the safety of youth.

The international and multicultural nature of youth work demands increasingly new models of preventive work also at the national level. For example, in the multi-professional fields of child protection and youth crime prevention, there is a demand for Master’s degree education that will bring new types of competencies to the sphere of youth work and it´s interfaces with social, health and educational work. The studies are closely connected to the working life. Furthermore, the Degree Programme promotes the internationalisation of work communities and the networking in the youth field.

Language

English

Study places

Finland, England, Estonia

Admission criteria and application procedure

The intake of students to the Degree Programme in Youth Work and Social Equality will start in 2010. The application period is on 1st March - 26 th March 2010.

Eligibility for the programme is given by

• a bachelor level education degree completed in Finland (yhteisöpedagogi AMK, sosionomi AMK), university degree in the field of study or a bachelor level education degree in the field of study completed outside Finland (will be checked case by case)
• three years of work experience in study field after completing the bachelor level education degree. (The working experience could be from youth work, work at NGO´s or social youth work)

  Applicants who have completed a Finnish vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma (opistoasteinen tai ammatillinen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before the completion of their bachelor level education degree, may also take into account the work experience gained before the bachelor level education degree.

• required knowledge of English (good skills in oral and written English)

To demonstrate his/her eligibility, the applicant must attach copies of the certificates used for applying to the application form. In addition, an authorised Finnish, Swedish or English translation of the certificate must be provided, if the certificate is not written in one of these languages. The translation must have the translator’s signature and stamp.

The certificate copies must arrive at the HUMAK Admissions Office by the end of the application period.

Applicants, who are applying with a qualification completed elsewhere than in Finland and who are not a citizen of an EU/EEA country, must also provide proof of their English language skills by the end of the application period.

• More detailed information about application procedure
• Application form

More information

• www.eu-youth-ma.eu
• Principal lecturer Jukka Määttä
  Tel. + 358 (0)20 7621 249
  jukka [dot] maatta [at] humak [dot] fi
• Senior lecturer Sari Höylä
  Tel. + 358 (0)20 7621 304
  sari [dot] hoyla [at] humak [dot] fi