Programplaner og emneplaner - Student
FLKM4320 Development studies: Power and Inequality Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Utviklingsstudier: Makt og ulikhet
- Study programme
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Master's Programme in International Development, Education, and Sustainabilities
- Weight
- 15.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2020/2021
- Curriculum
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SPRING 2021
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
- can describe the structure and function of the body
- can explain basic human needs
- can describe the most important principles of hygiene
- can present important aspects of microbiology
- can describe the structure and functioning of the cell
- can describe the structure and physiology of different organ systems with a particular focus on neurology
- can describe normal motor skill development and factors that can affect this development
- can describe normal sensory development and functioning, and factors that can affect this development
Required preliminary courses
The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:
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Group work in groups of six students with:
- submission of written assignments totalling up to 1,000 words
- minimum attendance of 80%
- One multiple-choice test;with a minimum of 80% correct answers by the given deadline
Learning outcomes
Individual written examination with invigilation, multiple-choice test, 3 hours
Content
The course deals with important theories and concepts concerning inequality and power in developing countries, and theoretical analyses of processes that create, change and maintain inequality. Particular emphasis is placed on how power affects distribution through relations of class, gender, ethnicity, race, patron-client relationships and political-economic organisation.
Teaching and learning methods
None
Course requirements
An external programme supervisor contributes to the preparation of the question papers and assessment criteria. Each answer paper is quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed.
Assessment
10;credits overlap with VERN1500/VERND1500/VERNL1500
Permitted exam materials and equipment
Examination support material is permitted for the home exam.
Grading scale
Letter grades ranging from A to F are used, with A being the highest grade and E the poorest pass grade, and F being a fail grade.
Examiners
The exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.