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UTVB3300 Theories Concerning Development, Globalization and Social Change - Intermediate Level Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Teorier om utvikling, globalisering og sosial endring
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies
Weight
30.0 ECTS
Year of study
2022/2023
Curriculum
SPRING 2023
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Emneplanen godkjent den 29.03.06. Godkjent av studieutvalget ved OsloMet 19.06.06. Revisjon godkjent av studieutvalget ved LUI 23.05.13. Redaksjonelle endringer foretatt 03.03.14. Revisjon godkjent av studieutvalget ved LUI 11.05.17. Siste revisjon godkjent av studieutvalget ved LUI 27.11.17. Revisjon godkjent på fullmakt av leder i utdanningsutvalget 17.01.2018. Gjeldende fra vårsemesteret 2018.

OsloMet tildeler graden bachelor i utviklingsstudier til studenter som gjennomfører det treårige bachelorprogrammet i utviklingsstudier (180 studiepoeng) ved høgskolen. Graden vil også kunne tildeles studenter som gjennomfører årsstudiet (alternativt Global forståelse 1 og 2) og påbyggingsstudier i utviklingsstudier (på til sammen 120 studiepoeng) og som i tillegg har 60 studiepoeng innenfor andre relevante studier. Dette emnet går i 6. semester i bachelorstudiet.

Required preliminary courses

Studenter tatt opp på OsloMets bachelorstudium i utviklingsstudier kan begynne på dette emnet såfremt minst 120 studiepoeng er bestått, hvorav minimum første, andre og tredje semester av bachelorstudiet (90 studiepoeng). 30 studiepoeng av de 120 studiepoengene kan være fra fjerde eller femte semester eller bestå av annen relevant utdanning som er søkt om og bekreftet godkjent for innpassing i bachelorstudiet.

Learning outcomes

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

  • har faglig kunnskap om sentrale teorier innenfor studiet av utvikling, globalisering og sosial endring
  • har faghistorisk kunnskap og oversikt over utviklingsstudier

Ferdigheter

Studenten

  • kan drøfte kritisk ulike ideologiske, teoretiske og metodologiske tilnærminger til utviklingsstudier og til utviklingsbegrepet
  • har forståelse av etiske utfordringer som ligger i studiet av ulike samfunnsformer og kulturer

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

  • kan velge ut og bruke relevant fordypningsstoff fra faglitteratur og foreliggende data til bruk i et selvstendig arbeid med selvvalgt faglig tema
  • kan gi en skriftlig framstilling av et problem, basert på samfunnsvitenskapelig metode

Content

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.

Teaching and learning methods

The course description is approved 22.05.12 by the Dean on behalf of the Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty of Education and International Studies and revised 23.05.13. Minor change approved 03.06.2016. Latest revision approved by the Academic Affairs Committee 11.05.17.

The Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College (HiOA) offers interdisciplinary courses in Development Studies and North-South relations, leading to a Bachelor's degree of 180 ECTS credits in Development Studies. This course on 'Education and Religion in Development' is a course at the intermediate level and gives 10 ECTS credits.

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

Course requirements

I seminarene skal hver student legge fram to obligatoriske notater. Det første er en angivelse av et prosjektemne for den selvvalgte bachelor-/semesteroppgaven på ca. 1000 ord, mens det andre er en prosjektskisse som presenterer opplegget for bachelor-/ semesteroppgaven på ca. 2000 ord.

Følgende arbeidskrav og faglig aktivitet med krav om deltakelse må være godkjent for at studenten skal kunne få avlegge eksamen. Kravene har til hensikt å sikre framdrift i arbeidet med bacheloroppgaven, samt at studentene for delt kunnskap og perspektiver med hverandre.

  • Individuell skriftlig prosjektemnebeskrivelse for bacheloroppgaven (1000 ord +/- 10 %)
  • Framlegg av prosjektemnebeskrivelsen i seminar (ca. 10 minutter)
  • Individuell skriftlig prosjektskisse som presenterer opplegget for bacheloroppgaven (2000 ord +/- 10 %)
  • Framlegg av prosjektskissen i seminar (ca. 15 minutter)

Arbeidskrav skal være levert/utført innen fastsatt(e) frist(er). Gyldig fravær dokumentert med for eksempel sykemelding, gir ikke fritak for å innfri arbeidskrav. Studenter som på grunn av sykdom eller annen dokumentert gyldig årsak ikke leverer/utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen, kan få forlenget frist. Ny frist for å innfri arbeidskrav avtales i hvert enkelt tilfelle med den aktuelle læreren.

Arbeidskrav vurderes til "godkjent" eller "ikke godkjent". Studenter som leverer/utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen, men som får vurderingen "ikke godkjent", har anledning til to nye innleveringer/utførelser. Studenten må da selv avtale ny innlevering av det aktuelle arbeidskravet med faglærer. Studenter som ikke leverer/utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen og som ikke har dokumentert gyldig årsak, får ingen nye forsøk.

Assessment

The course will be running full time for six weeks. Seminar activities can be included in the lectures, where students are expected to participate actively.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

In order to be admitted to the examination the student shall fulfil the following course work requirement: one three to four-page assignments on topics given by the lecturer. The work requirement gives the students an opportunity to reflect on central topics in the course literature. The assignment shall be submitted within the set deadline. If necessary, the student and teacher can agree on an extended deadline for submission of the assignment. The assignment is evaluated with -accepted- or -not accepted-. Students who get -not accepted- on their assignment may rewrite and submit maximum two new versions of the assignment. The student shall contact the teacher to get a new evaluation.

Grading scale

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 OsloMet. More information about registration and time for new or postponed examinations is available at the OsloMet’s web site.

Examiners

A graded scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed will be used.

Admission requirements

The exam will be jointly marked by an internal and an external examiner. The external examiner will read a selection of the exam papers and collaborate with the internal examiner in a way that benefits all the students.