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UTVB2100 Development and Migration - Intermediate Level Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Utvikling og migrasjon
- Study programme
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Development and Migration, Development Studies, Intermediate LevelBachelor's Programme in Development StudiesBachelor's Programme in Development Studies
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2018/2019
- Curriculum
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SPRING 2019
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
Final assessment will be based on an individual written assignment for five days based on a given topic. The writing of the assignment must be based on the course literature. The paper should be of 3200 words (+/-10 %) / approx. 8 pages.
In case of failed exam/legal absence, the student can submit a new paper when a new/postponed exam is arranged. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam.
The student is responsible for applying for a new exam within the time limits set by HiOA and the Faculty of Education and International Studies. Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at Oslo and Akershus University College. More information about registration and time for new or postponed examinations is available at the HIOA web site.
Required preliminary courses
Examination support material permitted.
Learning outcomes
A graded scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed will be used.
Content
The course will explore the migration process by giving an insight into historical causes of migration as well as various theories of migration. Further, the migrants will be seen as participants in social organisation and social networks that may have an impact on their ability to handle the migration process. The course will also discuss consequences at different levels for the sending and receiving communities as well as consequences for the individual migrant.
The course is organised around two principal themes:
1. Historical processes of migration
- Dynamics between globalisation, development and migration
- Theories of migration
2. Migration and the migrants
- Social organisation and social networks:
Households, age groups, gender, ethnicity, clan, class, religion
Diaspora, transnationality, nationalism and identity
Individuals
Teaching and learning methods
An internal and external examiner will conduct the assessment of the paper.
Course requirements
The course is open to students who have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies at either HiOA, the University of Agder or equivalent courses at other universities/university colleges in Norway or abroad.
Assessment
Education, knowledge and competence are crucial elements in all theories and strategies for development. The course will focus specifically on the role of education in processes of social change as they have played out in history.Religion is an important foundation in many people's lives and often influences educational systems. Religion also works as an educational praxis on its own terms, as part of people's culture and ethos. The course will focus specifically on how religion is a crucial element in educational traditions, both historically and in contemporary societies. The course will take into consideration how education enables individual empowermentand stimulates national consolidation and poverty reduction. Further, it will be studied how modernization and globalization processes change education systems and give education new roles and importance in society.
Religion may be one important part of people's identity, and a growing attention is given to its uses and misuses in the context of politics and political conflicts. The course will highlight the ways in which religion interplays with various dimensions of social organization and differences, such as class, caste, gender and ethnicity. The relationship between religion and development is also a topic of growing interests in newer research. Importance will be given to how globalization also reshapes the meaning of religion in the development processes.
Principal themes are:
a. Tradition, modernity and the role of education
The analysis will take up connections between concepts of knowledge, culture and education systems. It will further discuss the influence of educational traditions on quality and relevance on education systems in contemporary times.
b. Education, national identity and the challenge of globalization
The analysis will focus on the relationship between education and state power under the challenge of globalization, in the light of knowledge and competence as crucial factors in the competition for power in modern society.
c. Rights perspectives and 'Education for All'
Analysis of education in international cooperation and how Rights perspectives can be ensured.
d. Tradition, modernity and the role of religion
The analysis will focus on the content of different religious traditions in regions in the South. It will address how religion works as part of the educational systems, and their reciprocal influence in shaping the societies.
e. Religion, development and globalization
The analysis will focus on the connections between the presence of religion amongst many people in societies in the South, how faith-based organizations take part in development processes.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
Examination support material not permitted.
Grading scale
The following grading scale is used: A to E for pass and F for no pass.
Examiners
The exam will be jointly marked by an internal and an external examiner.