Web Interactive and Design Programme description

Studietilbudet er egnet for alle som vil bli bedre til å jobbe med digital visuell produksjon.

Emnet retter seg mot søkere med teknisk-, kunstnerisk- eller kulturbakgrunn som ønsker kompetanse i digital visuell kommunikasjon, som for eksempel informasjonsmedarbeidere, bibliotekarer, kulturarbeidere, lærere i grunnskole og videregående skole, høgskole og universitet, illustratører og kunstnere. Emnet er også nyttig for medierelevant arbeid i offentlig og privat sektor.

On successful completion of the course, the PhD candidate has the following learning outcomes defined as knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The PhD candidates have

• thorough knowledge of the links between work and health in Western societies and how they are shaped by social inequalities and institutional contexts.
• knowledge of the diversity of policies and schemes that are implemented to bring disadvantaged groups (back) into the labour market.
• knowledge about prominent research traditions and their theoretical and methodological aspects.

Skills

The PhD candidates have

• the ability to make well informed, critical assessments of different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to social inequality, health and inclusion in the labour market.
• a scholarly and systematic basis for designing and conducting studies about inequality, health, work/labour market, and how these interrelationships are influenced by welfare state institutions.

General competence

The PhD candidates are capable of

• assessing and identifying new research questions in the field.
• taking part in debates in national and international fora.

Teaching is organised as a combination of lectures, group work and presentations of the participants' own projects.