ØAADM2100 Understanding Organizations Course description

A coursework requirement is a compulsory piece of work/activity that must be approved before the student may take an examination. Coursework requirements are assessed "approved" or "not approved".

Not approved coursework requirements

Legitimate absence based on, for example, a medical certificate, does not exempt students from meeting the coursework requirements. Students who, due to illness or any other documented legitimate absence, do not meet the coursework requirements within the appointed deadline, should as far as possible be given a new attempt to meet the requirements before the relevant examination. An agreement with the relevant lecturer must be made in each individual case.

If, due to the nature of the subject/course, it is not possible to implement a new attempt to meet the requirements before the course exam, the student must expect to submit the coursework requirements at the next possible submission deadline. This may lead to a delay in progression through the Master's programme.

If a work requirement is assessed “not approved”, students have two chances to retake the work requirement. A work requirement that is assessed “not approved” three times, will result in loss of the right to take the course exam.

Mandatory attendance

In courses that require mandatory attendance, students must meet the minimum attendance requirement to pass the course. Failure to meet the minimum requirement will result in a loss of the right to take the course exam.

In cases where a student have a valid reason for absence due to illness or other legitimate reasons that can be documented, the teacher is responsible for making compensatory arrangement in order for the student to catch up on what he/she has missed. This could for example be a one-on-one tutorial or written assignment.

The administration processes all applications for exemptions.

Provisions governing examinations are laid down in the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet.

Assessment methods vary between courses. They include written reports, portfolio assessments, written exams, oral presentations and oral exams.

A portfolio assessment provides an overall assessment awarding one grade for the whole portfolio. Students may only appeal against the determination of the examination grade awarded for the whole portfolio. Any information on weighting of grades must be considered as supplementary information in connection with the final grade. If the portfolio consists of elements such as an oral presentation, practical work etc., the examination result cannot be appealed against. The right to appeal is stated in the individual course descriptions.

If the examination in a course consists of more than one part, all parts of the examination must be passed in order to pass the course.

Normally each course has two internal examiners to assess students' work. Each semester one course will be chosen to include an external examiner, thus the students' work will be assessed by one external and one internal examiner. The Master's thesis is assessed by the two external examiners. Guidelines for master's theses at the Faculty can be found here: Retningslinjer for masteroppgaver ved Fakultet for teknologi, kunst og design - Student - minside (oslomet.no)

Quality assurance

The purpose of OsloMet's quality assurance system is to strengthen students' learning outcomes and development by raising the quality at all levels. Cooperation with the students, and their participation in the quality assurance work, is decisive to the overall learning outcome. Among the overall goals for the quality assurance system is to ensure:

• that the educational activities, including practical training and the learning and study environment, maintain a high level of quality
• that the study programmes are relevant for the professional fields
• that the quality development continues to improve

For the students, this entails, among other things, student evaluations in the form of:

• course evaluations
• annual student surveys for all of OsloMet

More information about the quality assurance system is available here: https://student.oslomet.no/regelverk#etablering-studium-evaluering-kvalitetssystem

Programme supervisor scheme

The programme supervisor scheme is part of the quality assurance of each individual study programme. A programme supervisor is not an examiner, but someone who supervises the quality of the study programmes. All study programmes at OsloMet shall be subject to supervision by a programme supervisor, but there are different ways of practising the scheme. Reference is made to the Guidelines for Appointment and Use of Examiners at OsloMet: https://student.oslomet.no/retningslinjer-sensorer

Det vil bli brukt varierte arbeids- og undervisningsformer som forelesninger, skriftlige oppgaver, seminar, diskusjon av dagsaktuelle problemstillinger, analyse av case. Studentene skal jobbe med oppgaveløsning både individuelt og i grupper utenom fellesforelesningene.

Det er to arbeidskrav som må være godkjent for å kunne ta eksamen i emnet. Hvert arbeidskrav består av en gruppepresentasjon på fastsatte seminarer, samt en individuell skriftlig oppgave og en skriftlig gruppeoppgave. Gruppene vil bestå av ca 5-7 studenter. Dersom oppgavene ikke blir godkjent, gis det mulighet for å levere forbedret versjon én gang. Faglærer informerer om innleveringsfrister.

Vurderingen skjer i form av en individuell oppgave, gitt som hjemmeeksamen over 1 dag (24 timer), i slutten av semesteret.

Se egen hjelpemiddelliste som publiseres i god tid før eksamen.

Gradert skala A-F.

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Gøril Nordang