Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH) | Master of Social Services and/or Health Care

Creativity and different ways to express it, as well as cultural activities and arts related experiences, belong to all people as part of a good and meaningful life. The aim of Master’s degree in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields CRASH is to strengthen the professional competences needed when promoting health, well-being, inclusion and a sense of community in society through creativity and arts.

Upon graduation, students are able to reflect in a new way on the importance of creativity in human life and to reconstruct working practices from this perspective. The studies are designed to combine expertise from different fields locally and internationally, as well as to strengthen multidisciplinary and international collaboration skills of professionals.

Study contents

The content of the degree program in CRASH is based on development processes (multidisciplinary project, research methodology studies and thesis), advanced-level professional studies in the theme of creativity, culture, art and well-being, as well as elective studies.

More specifically, the curriculum consists of the following elements: 

• Creativity, Culture, Arts and Well-being – Advanced-level Studies
  • Creativity, Health and Well-being (10 ECTS)
  • Multidisciplinary Dialogue in Reconstructing Professional Knowledge (5 ECTS)
  • Working Methods for Creative Practice 1 (5 ECTS)
  • Working Methods for Creative Practice 2 (5 ECTS)
  • Creativity and Arts Activities in the Structures and Processes of Social and Health Fields (5 ECTS)
• Developing the Use of Creativity and Arts in Promoting Well-being
  • Multidisciplinary Co-creation Project (5 ECTS)
  • Research Methods and Skills (5 ECTS) 
  • Master’s Thesis (30 ECTS)
• Electives Studies (20 ECTS)