Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior"

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Ерицян Ксения Юрьевна

Титкова Вера Викторовна

Ходоренко Дарья Константиновна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Students will be immersed in the world of social research on health behavior and well-being during the course. We will discuss risks and protective factors, prevention programs, and much other stuff related to children, teenagers, and adults’ health behavior and well-being. Students will become familiar with theories of social behavior and would be able to view research ideas through their lens.

Learning Objectives

• To provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to detect and describe the social mechanisms of health behavior and well-being.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• be able to conduct studies and present its results in the form of oral presentation with visual material.
• be able to juxtaposition theoretical concepts to the analysis of health and well-being behavior.

Course Contents

• Introduction. Health behavior theories.
• Health communication and promotion: sources and providers
• Confidence crisis to medicine.
• Methods and techniques in health communication
• Apps for health and well-being control.
• Health is our resource.
• Childhood in poverty: development, well-being, and health.
• The downside of preventive measures.
• Teenagers: health vs. risks
• Presentation and discussion of students individual research projects

Assessment Elements

• In-class assignments
  The grade will be calculated as an average score for all types of written activities during the seminars.
• Presentation of student's thesis
  It includes an oral presentation with visual materials of the parts of the student's research - research framework, literature review, data description, and preliminary analysis.
• Participation in class discussions
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.25 * Final exam + 0.25 * In-class assignments + 0.25 * Participation in class discussions + 0.25 * Presentation of student's thesis