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Focus on the Living Environment (4 cr)

Code: SK10017-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 01.06.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

25 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Occupational Theraphy

Teachers

  • Sanna Tiainen
  • Mikko Hirvonen

Teacher in charge

Johanna Åkerlund

Groups

  • SKAS23
    Bachelor of Health Care, Occupational Therapy, Blended Learning, Fall, 2023

Objective

Objectives
1. You understand the basics of assessing the environment and can analyse the effects of the environment on human activities.
2. You can describe what accessibility means in public and residential construction. You apply the latest knowledge in the field to the planning and implementation of housing and home modifications.
3. You are able to promote accessibility in new and renovation construction and find solutions in collaboration with other professionals to support the functioning of people in their environment.

Content

Content
• Environment: The significance of housing and home for individuals and communities.
• The built environment
• Assessment of the environment
• Assessment of a public space and designing an implementation plan.

Teaching methods

Objectives
1. You understand the basics of assessing the environment and can analyse the effects of the environment on human activities.
2. You can describe what accessibility means in public and residential construction. You apply the latest knowledge in the field to the planning and implementation of housing and home modifications.
3. You are able to promote accessibility in new and renovation construction and find solutions in collaboration with other professionals to support the functioning of people in their environment.

Content
• Environment: The significance of housing and home for individuals and communities.
• The built environment
• Assessment of the environment
• Assessment of a public space and designing an implementation plan.

Evaluation scale

H-5