Course ARK29K

Experiences of Invisible Presence

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle

Starts week 4, 2025

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • analyse the occurrence of presence experiences at the individual, group and community level in different contexts
  • discuss and critically reflect on presence experiences from different theoretical perspecives
  • compare and discuss cultural psychological and clinical perspectives on extraordinary experiences
  • discuss and evaluate different empirical research methods applied in the study of invisible presence
  • choose, justify and apply a research method for a small empirical investigation
  • independently and nuancedly apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to a defined material.
Starts and ends:
week 4, 2025 - week 13, 2025
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Flexible (Falun)
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • 90 credits in Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Application Code:
HDA-V3L3X
Main field of study:
Online Education
Compulsory meetings:
0 physical
5 online
Computer Skills:

Surf on the Internet, read and send emails, use a word-processing programme (e.g. Word). Connect a camera and headphones to the computer and install a programme using instructions.

Computer Capacity:

Access to a computer (Not a mini pc, tablet or similar) that is not older than three years (or equivalent) and broadband connection, at least 1 Mbit/s (not mobile broadband, because mobile broadband can vary considerably in speed).

Means of Education:

Higher rate of web-based communication where our learning platform (Learn/Canvas) is a natural element of the course. Web-based meetings with sound and image where simple presentations can be held. Lectures can be broadcast live or can alternatively be made available afterwards online.

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

To Literature List
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Course Coordinator
Ingela Visuri