PINS9530 Well-being and Sustainability Course description

Assessment and grading

Assessment and grading take place in accordance with the provisions set out in Act No 15 of 1 April 2005 relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet. Students are obliged to familiarise themselves with the applicable rules.

Students who meet the attendance requirement and whose compulsory coursework is approved are entitled to sit the exam, cf. the Regulations Relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet.

Students register for exams by confirming their individual education plan for the current semester. Students must register for resit/rescheduled exams via Studentweb.

Forms of assessment

The forms of assessment are supervised individual written exams, individual home exams, group exams, individual oral exams and individual written assignments prepared over an extended period.

Assessment

A grade scale with five grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used, or the grades ‘Pass/Fail’. Practical training is assessed as 'Approved/Not approved' pursuant to the rules laid out in the Practical Training Regulations.

Exam language

Exams are normally written in Norwegian Bokmål or Nynorsk. In courses taught in English, the exam will also take place in English.

Examiners

All exam papers are assessed by internal and external examiners. How the examiners are used is described in detail under the individual course descriptions.

Permitted aids for the exam

Permitted aids that can be used during the exam are specified under the individual course descriptions.

Explanation of grade and appeals

Students have the right to an explanation of grades and to appeal against grades awarded and/or formal errors in connection with exams in accordance with Sections 5-2, 5-3 and 3-9 of the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and Sections 7-3 and 7-4 of the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet.

Diploma

After completing the programme, students will be awarded a diploma showing all their final grades in the courses that form the basis for the degree.

Rules for study progress

All coursework requirements/compulsory activities must be completed/passed in order for the student to take the exam in a course. All exams in an academic year must be passed in order for the student to continue to the next academic year. The student must have earned at least 20 credits in the first semester in order to take the practical training in the second semester.

Suitability assessment

The Bachelor Programme in Child Care and Welfare falls under the scope of the Regulations relating to Suitability Assessment in Higher Education, adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 30 June 2006:

A suitability assessment is a comprehensive assessment of the student’s academic and personal qualifications for work as a health care or social worker. More information about the suitability assessment can be found on the intranet for OsloMet students.

Interprofessional project – INTERACTStudents participate in the INTERACT projectin which part of the teaching programme is taken in interprofessional student groups. The teaching (INTER1100, INTER1200 and INTER1300) in the first, second and third study year, respectively, becomes more complex for each year, and is integrated as a coursework requirement in the existing courses in the programme description. For further information about INTERACT, see https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interact

Upon completing the course, the candidates are expected to have gained the following learning outcomes (knowledge, skills, and general competence).

Knowledge

The candidate:

• can contribute to the development of new knowledge, methods, interpretations and forms of documentation in design research and its application in design practice
• can evaluate the usefulness and application of different methods and processes that involve human interactions through environments, services and technologies
• has theoretical overview within the areas of social sustainability and communication

Skills

The candidate:

• can approach research by a holistic perspective
• can formulate problems, critically plan and carry out research and engage relevant individuals/groups in the process
• can utilize communication knowledge in workshop facilitation
• can critically discuss the relation between well-being and social sustainability

General Competence

The candidate:

• can identify new relevant ethical issues
• can examine and evaluate innovative technological solutions
• can communicate research about sustainability, communication, and well-being through recognized international networks

Lectures, conversations and workshops.

Active participation in the seminars is necessary to adequately understand the course material and themes. Participation is therefore mandatory, and candidates are expected to attend all days of teaching and required to attend at least 80 percent of teaching days. In special cases of documented illness, the course leader may accept exceptions to this requirement. In these cases, lack of participation can be substituted with alternative arrangements such as active reading of the relevant syllabus literature. Course requirements are assessed as confirmed or not confirmed. The course requirement must be completed and confirmed within the given deadline in order to have the right to submit the final exam.

The course requirements are:

• Each candidate will arrange a practical workshop relevant to the PhD project, alone or in collaboration with other candidates. In addition, participation in a number of the other workshops is mandatory.
• 80 % attendance is required.

Confirmed participation in the course and accepted exam.

Exam:

• Documentation of the development and execution of a practical workshop arranged by the candidate, alone or in collaboration with other candidates
• An individual reflection note (3000 - 4000 words) discussing experiences and reflections drawn from the workshop and the syllabus, relevant to the candidate’s PhD project. Cover page, illustrations, and list of references come in addition.

All examination support material is allowed as long as source reference and quotation technique requirements are applied.

Assessment is pass/fail. If a documentation and reflection is graded fail, the candidate has one opportunity resubmit a revised version within a given time-period.

The final exam is assessed by the course lecturer and one other examinator. External examinators will be used regularly. The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course.

Kristin Støren Wigum