ØASØK4700 Arbeidsmarkedsøkonomi Emneplan

Lectures, seminars, supervision, and self-study. All students will be allocated a supervisor.

One dictionary (Native language-English/English-native language or English-English)

Calculator (as specified in regulations for use of calculator)

The following coursework requirement must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• Project description for the bachelor’s thesis, scope 1,000 words (+/- 10%).
• Completed supervision, three compulsory supervision sessions out of the four sessions offered.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can disseminate knowledge about nursing as a profession and as a science
• can describe the history and tradition of nursing
• is familiar with theory of science, research ethics and different research methods
• can explain evidence-based practice
• is familiar with professional and research critical debates
• can discuss ethical theories and professional ethical principles
• can refer to health and social policy, including applicable official requirements, compulsory provisions and laws and regulations
• can describe the development of the welfare state and see the relationship between societal development, standard of living and individual health and social issues
• can give an account of patient safety and quality at different levels of the health service
• can give an account of cultural diversity in Norway, including the indigenous status of the Sami people
• can give grounds for his/her professional communication in different relations

Skills

The student

• can find, assess and refer to relevant research articles in order to elucidate nursing issues, both orally and in writing, in accordance with evidence-based practice
• can document nursing in a legally and professionally sound manner
• can use up-to-date knowledge about the health and welfare system, laws, guidelines and regulations in the performance of his/her duties
• can use technology and digital solutions in the health service

Competence

The student

• can disseminate subject matter on health administration and about health and society, both orally and in writing
• can plan and carry out independent assessments of the nursing needs of people from indigenous and minority backgrounds
• knows about quality challenges at system and/or task level that require innovative thinking
• can share opinions about ethical challenges, with particular emphasis on safeguarding patients’ autonomy, integrity and dignity
• can reflect on and handle ethical issues and principles
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and power structures when working with people

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.

Supervised individual written exam, 6 hours.

After completing the course, students will acquired the learning outcomes defined in knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

Students will gain insight into:

• The fundamental ideas of the environment as provider of economic goods and services, and of pollution as being the unintended byproduct of economic actions.
• About a range of important environmental problems caused by economic activity, and their economic characteristics.
• Different economic types of regulation addressing pollution.
• The importance of context in economic analysis of the environment.
• Different methods to investigate the impact of pollution and regulations.

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Skills

The students will learn:

• How to use economic analysis and modeling to assess pollution.
• How to use economic analysis to assess environmental regulation.
• How to understand empirical evidence regarding environmental problems and potential solutions.
• How to critically assess economic analyses directed at environmental problems.

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

In order to be able to register for the exam, the student must have the following approved work requirements:

Three;written assignments, individually or in groups. The scope of the assignment (number of pages) varies depending on the nature of the assignment.;

If the assignments are not approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit a new or improved version. The lecturer will provide more detailed information about deadlines for submission.

Written school exam (4 hours).