EPN-V2

BAL3100 Integration and Challenges of Modern Society Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Integration and Challenges of Modern Society
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history
Programme description

  • Introduction

    This course covers the main topics concerning societal integration and societal trends in modern society. What are the basic disadvantages of a highly modern integrated society? What is political development and the role of the work? In this course the students are invited to reflect on these and other questions related to these topics.

  • Required preliminary courses

    None.

  • Learning outcomes

    Knowledge

    The student has knowledge of

    • basic questions related to integration
    • questions and problems concerning modernity
    • questions concerning state, bureaucracy, and nation building
    • the meaning of work in the New Capitalism

    Skills

    The student is able to

    • reflect on the relationship between political development and the state
    • reflect on what constitutes racism
    • analyze empirical knowledge and discuss questions related to the development of national building
    • consider the central arguments for and against societal integration
    • consider the views on the role of work in New Capitalism

    General competence

    The student will be able to:

    • critically discuss and reflect on ethical consequences of major theories on integration and modernity
    • convey knowledge connected to major topics on integration and challenges in modern society

  • Teaching and learning methods

    The subject is organized into lectures, and discussions.

  • Course requirements

    None.

  • Assessment

    Students must take part in at least three practical exercises and submit a coursework requirement, assigned and to be approved by the course lecturer on course related topics. Students whose papers are not approved after the first submission will be given the chance to resubmit once. Papers that are not approved after the second submission will disqualify the student from taking part in the final examination.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Students may use a spelling dictionary, as well as a bilingual dictionary during the written school exam.

  • Grading scale

    Students are awarded grades on a descending scale from A to E for pass and F for fail.

  • Examiners

    Exams are assessed by an internal and an external examiner. External examiners assess a random sample consisting of at least 25 per cent of the exams. The grades given for this sample provide a basis for the internal examiner's assessment. The external examiner will also assess papers where there is doubt about giving a grade of pass.

  • Course contact person

    Randi Wærdahl