MAVIT5200 The Health and Welfare of Migrant Populations Course description

Spanish 2 is a Blended Learning course with digital learning combined with three periods of campus training at OsloMet and two at the University of Valencia (Spain). The first semester is structured in an initial face-to-face week in Spain, and online training, with regular online classes, and an intermediate face-to-face period (1-3 days) in Oslo. The second semester starts with a 1-3 days face-to-face training in Oslo, followed by online training, one week face-to face training in Valencia, and a final 1‒3 days’ face-to-face training in Oslo.

The course takes on a communicative approach, giving priority to the acquisition of skills in the teaching of Spanish as a Second Language, and will employ a mixed methodology (classroom and online) through the creation of a virtual space in a networked platform. In this way, tasks and assessments will be carried out from different methodological approaches that students can subsequently apply in their daily teaching.

The lecturers of the course are from the University of Valencia. Integrated in Spanish 2 is two periods of studying at the University of Valencia.

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

Knowledge

The student

• has a broad understanding of how cultural, social and linguistic backgrounds shape our understanding and perception of health and illness, and in turn the interaction with the health and social systems
• has advanced understanding of the complex and varied nature of migration processes and how this relates to mental and physical conditions and acculturation processes
• has in-depth knowledge of how resilience, empowerment and recovery processes relate to migrant health and wellbeing at the individual, familial and societal levels
• has a high level of understanding of how discrimination and racism influences health and wellbeing and participation in society

Skills

The student

• can make use of dialogue in mental health and involving persons with minority backgrounds and traumatized refugees in open dialogue groups
• can make use of cultural sensitive approaches in health communication work
• can evaluate clinical- and organizational work with patients with minority backgrounds
• can analyze contextual matters ;and the process of migrations, impact on health ;
• can make use of field work and qualitative methods in this process

Competence

The student

• has increased understanding of different explanatory models, perceptions and experiences of mental health and physical conditions based upon different medical knowledge systems and acculturation processes
• has advanced knowledge of how context and social conditions influence migrants / refugee’s health and wellbeing
• has a high level of ethical reflection that contribute to reducing stigmatization and that enables the candidate to address these challenges within the health- and social systems

Approved by the authority of the chair of the Academic Affairs Committee on 19 December 2019Established by the Dean 6 January 2020Valid from autumn semester 2020

Faculty of Education and International Studies

Department of Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to be permitted to take the exam:

• Written assignment, Individual, Scope: 1000 words (+/- 10 %)

Project exam in form of written homework over seven days.

• Either written individually or in a group of 2 students.
• Scope: If written as an individual exam the text must be 2500 words (+/- 20 %) or 4000 words (+/- 20 %) if written as a group.

The course is taught in English. Students may also choose to write/conduct the exam in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

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This course provides an overview of behavioral economics for students and professionals interested in behavioral science. Whereas the focus is on a behavior analytic framework of choice behavior and decision-making, the course is highly interdisciplinary, as it includes concepts and cases drawn from economic, psychological, and social sciences.

Admission to the study program

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• describe and discuss the main distinctions between neoclassical economics, behavioral economics and behavior analysis, and define behavioral economics and describe the origins
• define the concepts of Homo economicus and bounded rationality
• define the core concepts of discounting
• define "beliefs, biases and heuristics" and describe typical heuristics
• define core principles in game theory

Skills

The student can

• discuss discounting in relation to the standard economic model and behavioral economics
• describe and discuss the concepts of rule-governed and contingency shaped behavior in the light of discounting
• discuss how nudging can affect choice, and analyze nudging in behavioral analytic terms
• discuss the concept of selection at the behavioral and cultural level in relation to micro- and macroeconomics
• discuss ethical concerns when influencing choice in the field of behavioral economics

Competence

The student can

• present core principles of behavioral economics to others in a way that meets the requirements of professional scientific communication
• present core principles of behavioral economics to the Public
• discuss how behavior analysis can contribute to the field of behavioral economics
• present evidence based research from behavioral economics, and discuss different methods and Applications
• discuss how the field of behavioral economics can contribute to further understanding of choice behavior

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.