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VIA Heart - Head - Hands

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Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? Do you want to work with social care work using creative methods? And do you want to help develop the democratic welfare state? Join Heart - Head - Hands!

About the programme

Facts

Title: Heart - Head - Hands

Duration of the programme: 30 ECTS

Semester start - semester end: 6 February 2017 - 16 June 2017

Application deadline:

Autumn: 1 May
Spring: 1 November

Study location: Aarhus. Read about Campus Aarhus C (in English)

Language: English

Structure and content

In Heart – Head – Hands you will gain skills in social care work through three different modules.

During the semester in Heart - Head - Hands you will increase your capabilities for social care work. You will develop skills to carry out social care work and use creative subjects as a method in social education work.

The overall aim in this semester is to work on improving creativity and aesthetic learning methods and living conditions by means of innovative processes and solutions.

The programme alternates between the following three areas:

Theories and methodology of social education.
Creative subjects, e.g. drama, music, movement, arts and crafts.
Field work and field studies.

Three Modules

In English conducted module, Head - Heart - Hands, consists of three parts: A, B and C each correlating the Module 9, the 1st Practicum and the Module 5 in the Danish BA programme for Social Educators.

Module 1 - Creative Expression - 10 ECTS
Module 2 - Placement - 10 ECTS
Module 3 - Co-creation and Citizenship - 10 ECTS

Read about Course modules (in English).

Enrolment

Heart – Head – Hands is open to both international and Danish students.

With regard to English language proficiency, we expect you to be able to speak and write English at level B2.

With regard to Heart - Head - Hands, it is a requirement that you are able to follow the semester and complete examinations in English (equivalent to level B2)

How to apply

Heart – Head – Hands is open to both international and Danish students.

You can apply for the Heart - Head - Hands programme in either the autumn or in spring semester.