Mindfulness: theory & practice

Course content

This course will deal with the concept of mindfulness. The concept of mindfulness is gaining popularity with academic psychology as well as in mainstream psychology. Mindfulness is being used and applied in a broader range of psychological programs and interventions and as such it becomes an increasing important for professional psychologists to understand and comprehend the term.

 

As such this course aims to qualify the students’ knowledge of mindfulness and enable them to understand mindfulness within a wider range of psychological contexts. This is done from a critical scientific basis.

 

The course will introduce mindfulness as a psychological construct, herein present and discuss ways to understand and describe the concept. Theoretical perspectives that seeks to illuminate the origin, development, utility, potential and limitations of mindfulness will be presented.

 

Empirical studies that exemplifies the aforementioned, will continuously work to demonstrate different operationalizations and effects of mindfulness interventions. These studies will primarily be clinical and cognitive studies.

 

In addition, the course will contain a smaller practical part, where select mindfulness exercises will be exemplified. As such the course alsomaims to give the students a “1-1” experience and practice-based understanding of working with mindfulness.  

Education

 

Full-degree students enrolled at the Faculty of Social Science, UCPH 

Bachelor and Master Programmes in Psychology

 

  • Master Programme in Social Data Science
  • Master Programe in Political Science
Learning outcome

The purpose of these modules is to expand knowledge or put the psychological subject area into perspective through theoretical or empirical specialisation within subject areas within or related to psychology.

Upon completion of the elective subject module within the Department of Psychology, students are able to:

  • describe and account for relevant concepts and themes within the elective subject
  • describe and account for relevant methodological approaches in relation to the subject matter for the elective subject
  • explain contexts, analyse and/or conduct procedures relevant to the elective subject under supervision.
  • discuss themes/problems relevant to the elective course or interpret cases/data related to the elective course.

10 classes of three hours each

Oral
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)
ECTS
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Home assignment
Exam registration requirements

It is a prerequisite for joining the exam that the individual student has participated in both a group presentation and group feedback during the classes.

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

Specificer reeksamen: Same as above.

Criteria for exam assessment

Criteria for exam assessment:

Grade 12 is given for an outstanding performance: the student lives up to the course's goal description in an independent and convincing manner with no or few and minor shortcomings

Grade 7 is given for a good performance: the student is confidently able to live up to the goal description, albeit with several shortcomings

Grade 02 is given for an adequate performance: the minimum acceptable performance in which the student is only able to live up to the goal description in an insecure and incomplete manner

  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 30
  • English
  • 30

Kursusinformation

Language
English
Course number
APSB21745U
ECTS
7,5 ECTS
Programme level
Bachelor
Full Degree Master
Duration

1 semester

Placement
Spring
Capacity
About 30 students per class, 15 Bachelor and 15 Master students
Studyboard
Department of Psychology, Study Council
Contracting department
  • Department of Psychology
Contracting faculty
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
  • Simon Hünermund Brunhøj-Esbensen   (3-766b654373767c316e7831676e)
Saved on the 06-11-2024

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