Karlskoga Folk
High School is a college for adults. Folk high schools are a special
kind of schools launched in the middle of the nineteenth century and
located to the Nordic countries. They offer education to adults. The
admittance age is usually eighteen. The schools give a wide range
of courses, nowadays also vocational education. Popular movements
and NGOs mostly run them, sometimes county councils. The Swedish Covenant
Church runs Karlskoga Folk High School.
Every year approximately 200 students from all over Sweden, and from
about 15 other countries, come to our school to attend our courses.
Some live nearby and commute every day; 80 students stay in the school
accommodation, where each room has got a private bath.
Karlskoga Folk High School provides a meeting place where diverse
views, values, and philosophies of life may be tested in a free and
open exchange. The school wants to create an open and supportive atmosphere
and a social community where drinking and drugs are not accepted.
Beside the regular classes the school offers various other activities,
such as social evenings, culture programs (theatre, concerts, lectures),
arts and crafts work, prayers in the school chapel and sports. Take
a sightseeing trip by clicking on the words below:
Main Building
Media Centre
Student accommodation
Sports hall
Chapel
Outdoor activities
For more information, please contact:
Karlskoga
folkhögskola
Box 192
691 24 Karlskoga, Sweden
Fax:
+46 586 646 22
Courses
2006/2007
- The
Aphasia course gives special training in reading,
writing and speaking for those who have suffered brain damages through
strokes, traffic accidents etc.
- The
General Course offers opportunities for adults
to catch up with knowledge they may have failed to achieve in the
past. They can also improve and further their knowledge in order
to apply for a place at a university.
- The
Immigrant Course for students from other countries
who want to study Swedish as a second language on basic and advanced
levels. We don't run courses for beginners.
- A
two-year course on Youth and community leadership,
after completing the course the students will have acquired skills
in organising and running leisure activities for various age groups.
- E
learning is a possibility for those who can't move and
for shiftworkers and others who want to work while studying. The
school offers distance courses in Swedish, English, Natural Science
and Mathematics, and the platform used on the net is First Class.
- Arts
and crafts, basic, is a one-year course for those who are
interested in working with textile materials, learning how to use
the potter's wheel and producing various kinds of creative art.
- Arts
and Crafts, a second year, for those who want to further
develop their creative skills
- Web
design offers training in computer-based communication
and layout. You work for example with PhotoShop, Flash and Dreamweaver.
You also get training in developing interactive web applications
(CGI, PHP and Java)
- Video
course gives you training in how to make films, from script
to finished product. You work mostly in teams with projects. The
main film project is produced by a mixed group with members from
other media courses. DV/Dvcam-technique is used and Vegas Video
for editing.
- Music
and Sound design in co-operation with KM Studio, Karlskoga,
gives you access to the latest technique and methods. You get knowledge
and qualifications for professional music and media production.
Practical work and projects together with theory will stimulate
your own creativity.
- Disabled
and old people are often in need of help from personal assistants
in their daily life. Our school runs a one-year vocational training
course for Personal assistants.
We
also run a course based on Thematic studies for retired people
E-mail:
karlskoga.fhsk@folkbildning.net
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2008-04-07 Copyright
(c) Karlskoga Folkhögskola
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