EPN-V2

VERNL2320 Health Issues II Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Helsefaglig emne II
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Social Education
Weight
9.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Course history

Introduction

None.

Required preliminary courses

A student who has completed his or her qualification has the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • has thorough knowledge of concepts in the history and theory of social welfare, such as poverty, social risks, social assistance, social insurance, eligibility, coverage, incentives, targeting, dependency, stigma, reciprocity, altruism, discretion, conditionalilty
  • has advanced knowledge of explanatory models, such as the logic of industrialism, institutional and state-centered approaches, and power resource theory
  • can analyse central concepts within comparative welfare studies, such as welfare regimes, decommodification, defamilisation, activation, universalism and selectivity, financial sustainability, political legitimacy

Skills

The student

  • can apply theoretical concepts and explanatory models in the analysis of social policies, in a national as well as international context

General competence

The student

  • is able to critically evaluate the use of concepts and models by scholars writing about social policies

Learning outcomes

The course is organised into a series of lectures and seminars. Students are expected to play an active role by participating in discussions of course themes during lectures and seminars.

Teaching and learning methods

The student's learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of an individual six-hour written school examination.

Course requirements

Students may use a spelling dictionary, as well as a bilingual dictionary during the written school exam.

Assessment

Individuell skriftlig eksamen under tilsyn, 4 timer

Permitted exam materials and equipment

The exam is graded by an internal and an external examiner.

A random selection consisting of at least 25% of the exam papers will be graded by both an internal and external examiner. This will inform the grading of the remaining exam papers.

Grading scale

Gradert skala A-F

Examiners

En sensor