DATA1500 Databases Course description

The students shall acquire knowledge of database design and skills in the use of relational databases. Furthermore, they shall develop skills in the construction and maintenance of databases and insight into multi-user and multi-layer database architecture. They will gain knowledge of XML and insight into programming for databases.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

Knowledge

The student

· has knowledge of the child welfare service’s social mandate and the division of tasks and responsibility in the social welfare administration

· has knowledge of children’s upbringing and childhood with particular emphasis on understanding children, young people and families in vulnerable life situations

· has knowledge of preventive work and social pedagogy work with children and young people in vulnerable life situations and their families

· has knowledge of social pedagogy, their own profession and the history of child welfare and its role in society

· has knowledge of how the design of health and social policy affects priorities and professional practice in the area of child welfare

· is familiar with entrepreneurship and innovation in child welfare

· has knowledge of how creative methods form part of a child welfare officer's relational competence

Skills

The student

· can reflect on the effect of welfare policy on professional practice

· can reflect on the complex professional role of child welfare officers

· has an understanding of how different activities are initiated and managed with emphasis on mastery and participation

· can reflect on how their own reactions, feelings and experience can influence interactions with others

General competence

The student

· is familiar with key health and social policy issues, the development of the welfare state and relevant professions

· has an understanding of how the child welfare service’s organisation and structure affect the performance of social pedagogy work

· has insight into how creative methods can be used in relational work with children and families

· has emerging insight into how to sort their own reactions and feelings in their professional practice

The course is taught through lectures, self-study, base groups, skills training in groups and other teaching methods as needed.

How are ethical considerations addressed internally within enterprises and other organisations? Among other things, the course deals with the ethical conditions set out in the regulatory framework for corporate social responsibility and ethical issues that arise within or outside these limitations.

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After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge of ethical theories and the range of issues that fall under the scope of the concept of "corporate social responsibility"
• in-depth knowledge of the different forms of corporate social responsibility that can apply in connection with enterprises' financial and other economic transactions and in enterprises' organisation, management and relationship with employees
• awareness of the general importance of own integrity in different situations

Skills

The student can

• make systematic descriptions and analyses of situations in which values and/or actions come into conflict with each other. This applies both to situations that arise in relation to enterprises and everyday conflicts
• take responsibility for decisions and giving grounds for his/her own assessments of values at stake in concrete cases
• understand and communicate the moral values at stake for themselves and others

The teaching methods will include both lectures and group work with practical examples and reviews of cases. The students will give oral presentations of reasoned conclusions. The course activities will also include discussions or adversarial consideration of disputed issues.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: Mandatory written assignment with a scope of 8-10 pages.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit an improved version by the given deadline.

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.