EPN-V2

SOSV3230 Superdiversity: Diversity and social inequality in the city Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Superdiversity: Mangfold og sosial ulikhet i storbyen
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2023
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The course uses student-active forms of learning, and teaching methods vary between lectures, group work, and discussion and reflection assignments.

  • Required preliminary courses

    No coursework requirements/compulsory activities.

  • Learning outcomes

    An individual written home exam over 48 hours relating to a given topic/issue. The exam paper must have a scope of 8-10 pages. Font and font size: Calibri 12 point. Line spacing: 1.5. The approved citation style APA for assignments must be complied with.  

    Students who were absent for a valid reason or who fail the exam may take a resit/rescheduled exam in the same format as the ordinary exam. A new exam assignment will be given.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.  

  • Course requirements

    Grade scale A-F.  

  • Assessment

    All exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner. 

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Ulrika Gustavsson and Nina Tømmerbakken.

  • Grading scale

    Cooperation skills and relational competence are important for a social worker who wishes to work in a school. The social worker will cooperate with different occupational categories when working with the pupils. Together, they form a team around the pupil. In the course, the students will learn about and reflect on the concept of professions and how social work can be performed in schools and contribute to society. 

    They will also learn about cooperation at several levels: individual conversations with students, with the educational staff and school management, with parents/guardians and interdisciplinary cooperation with bodies such as the child welfare service, the Educational and Psychological Counselling Service and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic. The school’s view of its pupils, and the predominant thoughts on behavioural problems in school are also important areas for discussion. 

    The students will also learn about group/class formation processes and the work continuously taking place in the classroom. The course will also cover some history concerning social workers as school employees.  

  • Examiners

    All exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner. 

  • Course contact person

    Lise Cecilie Kleppe and Anne Britt Djuve.