BAPD2000 Project and Branding through Design Course description

The course promotes knowledge of design as a professional pursuit. It comprises two periods, where the first period, (2 weeks), consists of an introduction to methods and theory. The second period, (remaining 4 weeks), involves collaboration between students across all three years of the BA programme. Students will be divided into groups across classes. In this period, theory and methods from the first period are put into practice, as the groups work in response to a real world client brief.

In this course, the students will participate in skills training in groups to further develop their competence relating to the performance of social work, focusing on children, youth, families and local communities. Students will practise working with people in difficult life situations, and they will gain insight into and knowledge of how different power relations can affect relationships and professional collaboration with others. To acquire the professional competence required to work as a social worker, students must acquire self-awareness and knowledge and practise realistic situations.

By filming their training, the students are able to watch themselves and analyse their own conduct as future professionals. 

Language of instruction is Norwegian.

Students must have completed and passed the first year of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Work.

Part 1: Projectwork in groups

Part 2: Workshop in collaboration with BA levels 1 and 3.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Minimum 80% attendance in the project period (part 2).
• Oral presentation in groups where all group members contribute (part 1).
• Individual Reflective Note.

Teaching methods vary between lectures/seminars (e-lectures) and skills training with and without the use of filming.

The following compulsory activities must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1. Compulsory attendance and active participation in skills training and seminar days. 

The minimum attendance requirement is 80% and is based on overall attendance. If a student’s absence exceeds 20% but is lower than 40%, a compensatory coursework requirement will be set. The coursework requirement must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If a student’s absence exceeds 40%, they lose the right to take the exam. 

The reason why attendance is compulsory is that the student will in this way acquire competence necessary to meet the objectives of the course that they would be unable to acquire from solely reading the syllabus and/or taking the exam.

• Coursework 2. INTERACT - INTER1200

The following required coursework must be approved:

Students must submit an individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10%). The log requires participation at the two-day seminar. An individual assignment may compensate for absence.

Read more about INTERACT and INTER1200 here: https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/research-projects/interact

The exam in the course is an oral exam in groups with a time frame of approximately 60 minutes, where the students must demonstrate their knowledge and skills relating to professional interaction. Each exam group consists of 4–6 students. The groups will be given a case for preparation 48 hours before the first day of the exam. During the examination, students will meet people (actors) with different challenges in a fictitious situation. The time frame includes examination and assessment with an oral explanation.

No aids are permitted.