NOLA6000 Crash Course in Norwegian Language and Culture Course description

Astrid Christensen

Alicja Olkowska

None. No previous knowledge of Norwegian is required.

This course will show how behavioral principles and concepts from respondent and operant conditioning are applied in research and practice.

• The main teaching method will be oral activities in groups and pairs, including roleplaying and games.
• Students are expected to participate actively in these activities to learn basic Norwegian phrases, pronunciation and dialogues.
• There will also be some grammar instruction and exercises, mainly to support the acquisition of listening and speaking skills.

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

Knowledge

The student can

• describe the logic and the methodology of experimental designs

Skills

The student can

• demonstrate shaping of different types of behavior in animals by using computer software
• design and conduct experiments, either as single-case research designs or group designs
• write a manuscript in accordance with principles in the current edition of the APA manual, using data from the experiments
• use the principles for citations and references as given in the current edition of the APA manual
• write a review of a scientific topic and presents results from an experiment in line with relevant ethical standards for writing research papers

Competence

The student can

• ask and argue for relevant research questions
• describe methods of experiments
• present results from experiments
• discuss the results achieved in an experiment

The course includes all-day seminars, hands-on exercises, and discussion of different papers. Practical exercises are essential to this course and the exercises include the use of the software to conduct an experiment, and to write up the results from the experiment as a scientific paper. Students must have a laptop with the required software installed and means of payment for user license.

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

• None

Individual written project examination in the form of a scientific article, on a selected topic, with a maximum length of 20 pages, including the title page, references, tables, and figures, but excluding appendices. The article should be written using Times New Roman 12-font with double spaced lines. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

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