Health and Welfare Administration – One-year course (part-time)

Dette er eit 1-årig vidareutdanningsstudium med samfunnsvitskaplege, økonomiske, administrative og juridiske fag. Studiet skal dekkje trongen for administrativ vidareutdanning hjå ei brei gruppe av personar med grunnutdanning frå helse- og sosialsektoren dekkjast. Studiet skal kvalifisere for administrative oppgåver og leiarstillingar i helse- og sosialsektoren.

The various modules are parts of the master study in Organisation and Leadership – Health and Welfare Administration programme at HSFUniversityCollege and qualify for further participation in this programme. They can be incorporated in a university degree.

This in-service coursee is aimed at those seeking relevant knowledge and insight pertaining to performing administrative and managerial tasks within the health and social sectors. The target group for the programme are candidates with a completed undergraduate degree and work experience from one of the above-mentioned sectors.

The aim of the programme is to educate students with relevant academic training and professional experience for administrative posts, managerial appointments and positions relating to project planning, accounting and management in the health and social service sectors.

The following is required for acceptance to the programme:

• A bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in one of the professional areas covered by the master’s programme. Examples are Teacher Training, Pre-school Teacher Training, Social Education and Child Welfare Work, Nursery, Physiotherapy, etc.

• A general bachelor’s degree with a relevant combinations of subjects

• A minimum of two years practical experience from the profession or the sector. This requirement is dispensable under certain conditions, such as for example students under re-training.

The different subjects focus on central issues and questions regarding responsibility for the running and developing of operative units in the educational sector. One subject is devoted to communication, staff development processes and multi-professional cooperation at ground level. Another subject is an introduction to organisations and leadership.

An introduction to the main jurisdictional issues concerning the social and welfare sectors will also be given. Its aim is to enable the to function as case officers. Furthermore, an economic course introduces the students to the main economic responsibilities and tasks in the running of an institution. Through an introductory course in Politics of Health and Welfare students are trained to analyse sector politics and policies as contexts for management and leadership in the health and welfare sectors.

Course overview

The model below shows an overview of the different courses. Whole courses or parts of courses are organised as joint seminars with students specialising in Educational Leadership. The coloured part of the model constitutes the Health and Welfare Administration course.

Health and Welfare Administration:

The study of Health and Welfare Administration features step 1 and parts of step 2 in a master’s programme.

The programme is built around a series of symposia involving lectures, discussion groups and group exercises. During these seminars the students will be introduced to varied and problem-oriented teaching methods, such as case studies, exercises, and project seminars with debates pertaining to their own project and those of their fellow students. These seminars are on a weekly basis, and between seminars the student is expected to work with assignments and literature from the course syllabus. The use of information and communication technology will be emphasised during the course of the programme. It is a requirement for the course that the student has access to e-mail and the internet.

It is expected that the student works independently to ensure fulfillment of the requirements of the curriculum, as well as active participation in scheduled lectures and other work assignments.

The student is entitled to supervision and tuition with regard to the requirements of the syllabus.

The following elements are compulsory parts of the programme:

The model below shows how the study is normally organised for the students.

The examination is closely related to the production of different kinds of text produced by the students. The table below shows an overview of all examinations.

Most textbooks are in Norwegian. A few books or papers may be in Danish, English and Swedish.