Master’s degree in Health Promotion and Community Care is a multidisciplinary and multiscientific master program qualifies to work in health promoting professional care in the local community and social alteration work and development within health- and social services and other social welfare services.

The study programme gives competence in user oriented development work and action oriented research methods.

The study program is carried out in collaboration with Lillehammer University College, Hedmark University College and Østfold University College. Gjøvik University College has the principal liability for admission administration, learning environment and administration of student administrative issues.

The study programme is developed as a result of Swedish-Norwegian collaboration within the UNISKA network (University Alliance Inner Scandinavia).

Curriculum

The study programme focuses on knowledge about health, care and social alteration work in collaboration with vulnerable and exposed groups within the population and resource mobilisation in the local community.

Courses

• Perspectives and theories related to health promoting work, care and development in the local community (30 ECTS)
• Strategies and methods for resource mobilisation and development work in the local communities
• Project, local development work in multidiciplinary student groups.
• Focus on exposed groups within your local community or your workplace. (45 ECTS)
• Philosophy of science and research methods. (15 ECTS) '
• Master’s thesis (30 ECTS)