Professional Growth and Key Competences in the Master’s degree Programme in Creative Well-being

In the ARTHEWE project Turku University of Applied Sciences (Turku UAS) codeveloped in international collaboration its unique master’s degree programme in Creative Well-being. The interprofessional master’s degree programme was launched in January 2020. It is a joint programme run by two faculties: Arts Academy and Health and Wellbeing. The programme is aimed to professionals from the arts and culture sector and social and health care workers who have already at least for two years professional experience in their own field and a bachelor’s degree. Approximately half of the students come from the culture and arts sector and another half from the social and health care sector. They study together for 1,5-2 two years (60-90 ECTS) to become professionals in creative well-being.

Creative well-being is the first master’s degree programme at Turku UAS, where arts, health and well-being are the core contents of studies. The programme provides social, arts and health professionals with skills to develop the future working life using and widening their own professional core competencies and networks. The programme leads to a master’s degree, which corresponds to a master’s degree at university level and gives the same qualification, for example, to public posts.

The structure of the master’s degree programme in Creative Wellbeing:

You can download the structure of the MA programme here in PDF-format: Structure of Creative Well-being.

First year:

I Core Competence:

1. Planning for the Future:
Future Operating Environments, 5 ECTS
The Process of Professional Growth as a Professional of Creative Well-being, 5 ECTS (continues throughout the studies)

2. Creative Well-being:
Creative Well-being as a Competence, 5 ECTS
Contexts of Creative Wellbeing, 5 ECTS

3. Arts-based methods (for social and health care students only)
Arts-based Methods 1, 5 ECTS
Arts-based Methods 2, 5 ECTS

II Master’s Thesis:
Development Work Methods and Design 5 ECTS
Implementation and Reporting of the Development Project 25 ECTS (continues in the second year of studies)

Second year:

I Core Competence:

4. Possibilities of Creative Well-being (for social- and health care students only)
Creative Well-being for Different Customer Groups, 5 ECTS
Culture and Arts in Improving Mental Health and Well-being, 5 ECTS

II Master’s Thesis:
Implementation and reporting of the development project 25 ECTS

According to the student’s own schedule during first or/and second year:

III Complementary Competence:
Optional studies 10-20 ECTS

In the Arthewe project Turku UAS focused the codevelopment work on three study modules of the programme:
1) Creative wellbeing as a Competence (5 ECTS),
2) Contexts of Creative Wellbeing (5 ECTS) and
3) The Process of Professional Growth as a Professional of Creative Wellbeing (5 ECTS).
These courses are compulsory to all students.

Here you will find materials and results of developing these course modules.

1. Course Syllabus The Process of Professional Growth as a Professional of Creative Well-being (5 ECTS)

The course syllabus with competence objectives and content can be found here:
Syllabus The Process of Professional Growth as a Professional of Creative Well-being TurkuUAS (Word document)
Syllabus The Process of Professional Growth as a Professional of Creative Well-being TurkuUAS (PDF format)

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2. Course Syllabus Creative Wellbeing as a Competence (5 ECTS)

The course syllabus with competence objectives and content can be found here:
Syllabus Creative Wellbeing as a Competence TurkuUAS (Word document)
Syllabus Creative Wellbeing as a Competence TurkuUAS (PDF format)

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3. Course Syllabus Contexts of Creative Wellbeing (5 ECTS)

The course syllabus with competence objectives and content can be found here:
Syllabus Contexts of Creative Wellbeing TurkuUAS (Word document)
Syllabus Contexts of Creative Wellbeing TurkuUAS (PDF format)