EPN-V2

OASV4600 City development: challenges and opportunities Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Storbyfaktoren
Study programme
Master's Programme in Public Administration and Management
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history

Introduction

Passed the first year of an Occupational therapy or equivalent bachelor program.

Required preliminary courses

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of

  • describing research- and developmental work in occupational therapy in relation to public health, health promotion and health protection
  • explaining how national and global health and environmental challenges influence occupational justice
  • describing the role of innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability in occupational therapy to meet future challenges
  • discussing a global health and/or innovation related topic in depth

Skills

The student is capable of

  • reflecting on the relationship between health, childhood, education, work and living conditions to be able to develop good public health and work inclusion for both individuals and groups
  • using tools for innovation and entrepreneurship related to global health, and present the results to an audience
  • applying instructive, resource-oriented, and empowering strategies that promote occupation and participation
  • comparing at least two different countries’ perspective in public health issues

General competence

The student is capable of

  • exchanging points of view and experiences and argue for equality in services, thus contribute to the development of good practice
  • contributing to service innovation, systematic and quality-improving work processes

Learning outcomes

Work and teaching methods comprise student-driven teaching, project work, lectures, seminars, and group work.

Student-driven teaching

Students are to present different global health topics in the field of public health for each other in groups using digital stories or other types of digital dissemination.

Project work

Students will work on innovation and professional development through the development of a project and plan an occupational therapy intervention for people in vulnerable situations, focusing on public health and social inequality in health.

Teaching and learning methods

In order to be permitted to sit the exam, the following must have been approved:

  • a minimum of 80 per cent attendance in scheduled teaching
  • digital presentation of a global public health topic in groups of 4-6 students
  • completed project on innovation and sustainability in occupational therapy in groups of 4-6 students

If a student has not attended the whole or parts of a seminar or group work, the student must carry out a compensatory assignment.

Course requirements

All

Assessment

A-F

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All answers are assessed by two examiners. 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.

Grading scale

Gradert skala A-F

Examiners

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene

Admission requirements

Målgruppe er masterstudenter ved OsloMet.

Opptakskrav er fullført Bachelorgrad, samt opptak ved et av OsloMet sine masterprogrammer