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UTVB2100 Development and Migration - Intermediate Level Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Utvikling og migrasjon
Study programme
Development and Migration, Development Studies, Intermediate Level
Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies
Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Curriculum
SPRING 2020
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Ingen forkunnskapskrav

Required preliminary courses

Learning outcomes

Arbeidskrav

Emnet har ett arbeidskrav: individuell praktisk prøve i massasje og palpasjon, inntil 20 minutter.

Obligatorisk tilstedeværelse

Det kreves

  1. minimum 90 prosent tilstedeværelse i ekstern praksis
  2. minimum 80 prosent tilstedeværelse på introduksjonsforelesninger, ferdighetstrening, seminarer og timeplanfestet gruppearbeid

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

Arbeidskravet og kravene til obligatorisk tilstedeværelse må være godkjent før studenten kan fremstille seg til eksamen.

Eksamensinnhold: Læringsutbyttene.

Eksamensform: Individuell muntlig eksamen, inntil 20 minutter.

Course requirements

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Assessment

Bestått/ikke bestått.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Alle besvarelser vurderes av to sensorer. 15 prosent vurderes av én ekstern og én intern sensor. De øvrige vurderes av to interne sensorer.

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.

Admission requirements

The course is open to students who have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies at HiOA or equivalent courses at other institutions of higher education in Norway or abroad.