UTVB3002 Introduction to the Development Enterprise Course description

The course description was approved 11.05.17 by the Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty of Education and International Studies. Revised by the Academic Affairs Committee 24.05.18.

The Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) offers interdisciplinary courses leading to a Bacherlor's degree of 180 ECTS credits in Development Studies. This course on is at the intermediate level and represents a 10 ECTS credits module in the 5th semester of the Bachelor programme.

The course will be taught in Norwegian (or in English, depending on needs according to the participants' language abilities). Exam papers can be written in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

This course gives students hands-on experience in the design, configuration and troubleshooting of networks. This course is rooted in a theoretical and technical overview of the field. General understanding of all layers of the networking stack is required. However, the focus is mainly on networking, i.e. how to make networks work and how to keep them working. Thus, routing, switching and services that support networking (e.g. DHCP and DNS) are core topics. Furthermore, the course focuses on large-scale scenarios where networking can be challenging.

The course is organised around weekly practical lab sessions and lectures that complement each other. The lectures give the theoretical background while the lab sessions give the necessary hands-on experience in putting theory into practice.

This course has a limited number of spaces. A maximum of 22 students will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.

At the end of the course the student has obtained the following learning outcome in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of key types of development intervention - including development aid, policy coherence for development; advocacy and transnational activism; and corporate social responsibility
• has knowledge of how the development enterprise, as a field of practice, may be systematically and critically studied

Skills

The student

• has the ability to critically discuss various types of development interventions
• understands the ethical challenges in the field of practice and in the study of this field

General competence

The student

• can identify and make use of relevant literature in discussion of topics in the Field
• can give both written and oral presentations of a topic in the field, based on sound social sciences method

• Lectures on the curriculum. If exchange students attend, lectures will be held in English.
• Seminars, supervised by the responsible teacher, where students gives plenary presentations and discuss issues raised by lectures and curriculum, based on previously submitted individual seminar assignments. If exchange students attend the course, seminars will be held in English.
• The course is taught intensively during three weeks (from mid-August), with three lectures and three seminars each week. Students are expected to commit themselves to full-time studies.

Students may only sit exam if the following requirements are met:

• Individual seminar assignment (1500 words paper), on a title given by the teacher
• A plenary presentation (appr. 10 mins) of the above
• A peer review (assessing the essay of another student)

The purpose of the above is to ensure that students engage properly with the currciculum during the course, and share insights and reflections with each other.

• attending at least 70 % of lectures and seminars

The attendance requirement reflects that self-study cannot substitute for the imparting of knowledge and learning promoted by class-room activity. Students who fail the attendance requirement may request an additional work requirement (a paper of 3000 words, on a title given by the teacher). Students attending less than 50 % of lectures/seminars automatically forfeit the right to sit exam.

Individual seminar papers and peer reviews must be handed in by deadline, and the student must be present in the seminar in which the topic of his/her paper is discussed. Documented legitimate grounds for absence does not exempt the student from having to fullfill the work requirement. However, in such cases, the student may request an extended deadline.

Assignments are graded -accepted- or -not accepted-. Students who do submit their assignments in time, but do not pass, may - once - request an new assignment (a 3000 words essay, on another title, given by the teacher, to be submitted within 48 hours of issue).

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• 12 assignments that focus on technical work and are documented in reports. The reports must adequately detail the completed work, and no length requirements apply.;A minimum of 9 of the 12 assignments must be approved in order to qualify for the exam.;

Individual oral exam.

The oral exam cannot be appealed.

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New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for applying for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

No aids are permitted

Grade scale A-F.