Period
Semester I/II, 2 September 2019 - 1 April 2020.
Admission requirements
Bachelor degree and admission to Master Vitality & Ageing.
Description
The organisation of our ageing society needs innovation. The master starts with an intensive one-week introduction to learn about vitality and the ageing field. This introductive course is developed as trunk for the three educational lines in the masters programme: Communication in Science, Research and Evidence and Academic Development. During this first week, the students will experience the importance of the development of academic skills and the value to be social connected with older people.
Themes that are included:
Introduction to the master staff, coordinators and colleague students.
Perspectives on the master’s program: Introduction of the three themes of the content courses: biology of vitality and ageing, the older individual and the organisation of the ageing society
Perspectives on future: Your personal master-year, your ambitions, your career
Perspectives on becoming older: personal experiences and discussions with elderly persons
Start of training in academic skills and communication: interdisciplinary cooperation, creative thinking, team roles, writing and presenting.
Through combining these different perspectives on vitality and ageing, you will get insight in the most important aspects of the master Vitality and Ageing.
After the first week, the course Future Perspectives will continue with two elements throughout the year. Firstly, the students will be introduced to personal development programme. In this programme students will develop and formulate their personal ambitions for their study and career. Additionally, students will formulate and fulfill a personally chosen learning objective as ‘adVAntage learning’.
Course objectives
The student:
is able to place his/her research in the perspective of ageing and vitality
is able to present research in a clear and structured manner
is able to work interdisciplinary in a professional way, mobilizing complementary skills in teams
is able to open up to the perspectives of older people and be aware of the value these perspectives
is able to reflect on his/her personal and professional career development
is able to formulate personal ambitions related to his/her professional career
is able to construct individual learning pathways
Mode of instruction
Interactive lectures, working groups and activities like orientation visits, interviews, ageing suits, debate.
The personal development programme is an integrated programme of the course Future Perspectives and the the educational line Academic Develoment.
Course Load
Total course load: 3 ECTS x 28 hours= 84 hours
Introduction (sessions and preparation): 32 hours
Personal development programme: 24 hours
Individual learning pathway: 28 hours
Assessment method
Completion of compulsory assignments described in the assessment plan
Active participation
Grading
The final grade is a pass/fail.
Credits will only be given if besides completion of the compulsory assessments, the student actively participated in the mandatory parts of the course.
Participation and attendance
Students are expected to be actively engaged in discussion of the content and in the activities scheduled in the programme. Required attendance will be specified on blackboard.
Resit
If an assessment or mandatory part of the course is not passed or completed, the student will get a retake or revision or has to fulfil an alternative assignment.
Reading list
Will be published on blackboard.