Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

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

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
• Multidisciplinary Dialogue in Reconstructing Professional Knowledge
• Developing the Use of Creativity and Arts in Promoting Well-being
• Multidisciplinary Co-creation Project
• Research Methods and Skills
• Masters Thesis
• Electives Studies

Degree title: Master of Social Services and/or Health Care

Credits: 90 ECTS

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 Masters 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.

The graduates are professionals in using creativity and arts in social and health fields. They are able to utilize the opportunities of creativity to support people's lives and well-being, promote the realization of cultural rights, evaluate the effectiveness of activities as well as reconstruct professional practices, structures and thinking.

The Master's degree in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields CRASH provides strong competences to act as a developer, innovator, expert and leader in using creativity and arts in various operating environments in social and health fields. It also gives you competences to work in expert positions in the social and health sector as well as in the field of arts and culture, both nationally and internationally. In working life, you can act as a bold innovator of multidisciplinary practices in solutions related to health, well-being, creativity and inclusion.