EPN-V2

MALKA220 Behavioral Economics Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Atferdsøkonomi
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

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

    • a plan for the presentation or exhibition of the student’s own project followed by professional argumentation

  • Required preliminary courses

    Project presentation (individually or in groups): exhibition, production, performance or suitable equivalent form of presentation. The process and project must be documented and discussed in accordance with the instructions given in the exam text.

    Exam in the 2nd semester.

    The result of the exam cannot be appealed.

  • Learning outcomes

    Pass-Fail

  • Teaching and learning methods

    Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

  • Course requirements

    The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

    • Complete an online sequence consisting of 5 modules containing videos, texts, quizzes and/or short essay questions (up to 710 characters including spaces), within a given deadline.

  • Assessment

    Portfolio exam that includes:

    • 2 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 9000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 9000 characters.

    Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

    The students receive feedback once during the course on 1 of the written assignments before the portfolio is closed. The 2nd and last submission is without feedback during the course. All the components must be awarded a pass grade before the exam as a whole can be passed.

    Weighting: One overall grade is awarded for the portfolio. Each assignment is weighted 50%.

    In the case of a new exam: If the student fails one assignment, the one assignment is taken again. The final grade can be appealed.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F

  • Examiners

    All answers are assessed by one examiner.

    An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.