SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND COMMUNICATION
cod. 1008678

Academic year 2023/24
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Maria Grazia FERRARI
Academic discipline
Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi (SPS/08)
Field
Sociologico
Type of training activity
Characterising
35 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: LIFESTYLES, RISK FACTORS AND WELLNESS TECHNIQUES

Learning objectives

The course has the goal of making students able to reach knowledge and comprehension of some basic and fundamental arguments of wellbeing sociology, such as life styles and resilience or coping techniques, in order to solve critical conditions of psycho-physical wellbeing.

Prerequisites


Attitude to observe and analyze condition of psycho-phisycal illness, attitude to apply wellbeing technics.

Course unit content

The contents of the first part of the lessons are about some basic elements of society, such as identity and life styles in contemporary society. The second part of the course will treat risk factors and wellness. Very important arguments will be educational actions, communicative strategies and tecniques usefull to reach a good level of wellbeing.

Full programme

Basic concepts of wellbeing and communication sociology, life styles, risk factors, wellbeing techniques and teaching strategies.

Bibliography

Ferrari Maria Grazia, 2009, E' possibile comunicare?, Unicopli, Milano;
Martelli Stefano, Nicola Porro, 2013, Nuovo manuale di sociologia dello sport, Franco Angeli, Milano;
slides of the lessons.

Teaching methods

Lessons will be above all frontal. The students, however, will be sollicitated to answer continous questions, applying a brainstorming, cooperative learning, role-play. The lessons will be supported by slide presentations, which will be available to students on the Elly platform.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final evaluation takes place through a multiple choice quiz, unless other indications by the University. The test consists of 31 multiple choice questions, lasting 45 minutes to be performed. One point is assigned to each correct answer, the minimum score to pass the test is 18. The test is graded on a scale of 0-31. The student who reaches the maximum score (31) obtains honors. The questions are designed in such a way as to ascertain knowledge, the ability to apply knowledge, autonomy of judgment and the ability to learn. Neither the final exam nor the pre-exam are foreseen. The votes will be announced on the ESSE3 platform, in the results publication mode, which grants the possibility to accept or reject the vote within seven days.

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