HISA1010 Health, Exercise and Culture (5 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

Description

Students will be introduced to the demographic, societal, cultural and ethical connections and effects of illnesses and health and maintenance of health.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the studies students will

  • understand the effects of diseases and nutrition in shaping society and culture
  • understand ethical problems concerning medical science and healthcare from an historical perspective
  • understand the societal dimensions of defining threats to health and well-being
  • understand the relation between sports, culture and society

On completion of the studies through contact teaching students will also have

  • acquired experience of groupwork and improved their interactive skills
  • enhanced their oral interactive skills and negotiation skills
  • acquired skills for operating in new situations

On completion of the studies through examinations on set books students will also have

  • enhanced their problem-solving skills
  • improved their written skills and argumentation skills
  • acquired skills in the analysis of information and the ability to comprehend extensive entities

On completion of the studies by writing essays students will morever have

  • learned more about information seeking and writing scientific text
  • enhanced their written communication and argumentation skills
  • acquired experience of project skills by planning their own actions and use of time

Additional information

Active participation in teaching and written assignments or lecture exam. Completion by independent study – essay or book exam. Active participation in the study group and written assignments.

Study materials

To complete the studies using set books students will select works from the following list in such a way as to acquire 5 points. Choice of books for essays to be agreed in advance with the teacher in charge.

Literature

  • Kokkonen, Jouko, Suomalainen liikuntakulttuuri. Juuret, nykyisyys ja muutossuunnat (2015) (2op)
  • Dyson, Tim, Population and Development: The Demographic Transition (2010) (2op)
  • Fogel, Robert William, The escape from hunger and premature death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (2004) (2op)
  • Ó Gráda, Cormac, Famine. A short history (2009) (1op)
  • Crawford, Dorothy H., Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History (2007) (1op)
  • Lagerås, Per (ed.), Environment, society and the Black Death: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Late-medieval Crisis in Sweden (2016) (2op)
  • Ferber, Sarah, Bioethics in Historical Perspective (2013) (2op)
  • Jarvie, Grant & Thornton, James (eds.). Sport, Culture, and Society: An Introduction (2nd ed. 2012) (3op)

Completion methods

These completion methods are for University of Jyväskylä degree students. Other options:

Method 1

Select all marked parts

Method 2

Select all marked parts

Method 3

Select all marked parts

Method 4

Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
x

Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

x

Independent study: essay (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:
Ota yhteyttä tentaattoriin ja sovi esseen kirjoituksesta hänen kanssaan.

Teaching

x

Independent study: examination (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:
Voit tehdä tentin kahdella tavalla, joko eTenttinä tai verkkotenttinä. Mikäli teet eTentin, varaa aika Exam-järjestelmässä. Mikäli teet verkkotentin, sovi asiasta tentaattorin kanssa sähköpostilla.

Teaching

x

Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:

Katso tarkat suoritusohjeet Historian ja etnologian laitoksen verkkosivuilta ja sovi suorituksesta etukäteen tentaattorin kanssa.

Teaching