ACIT4830 Special Robotics and Control Subject Course description

The course consists of two two-day workshops. Students are expected to participate actively in both workshops. During the first gathering at OsloMet, all participants will give a five minutes presentation of their projects and connect these to the course topic, while during lectures and discussions, the students will be introduced to the theories, methods and approaches.

Between the workshops, the students will write an individual draft paper that gives a clear outline of an analysis that combines insights gained during the first workshop and course readings. In the paper, participants are encouraged to use their own empirical material or engage literature that is relevant to their projects. These drafts will be discussed with fellow students and lecturers during the second workshop and form the basis for the final individual paper.

Robotics and Control courses:

• ACIT4810 - Advanced Methods in Modelling, Simulation, and Control
• ACIT4820 - Applied Robotics and Autonomous Systems

In addition to mandatory participation at both workshops, the coursework requirements are:

• Prepare an oral presentation of five minutes for the first workshop. The topic of the presentation must relate to questions of religious diversity and pluralism in a way that is relevant to the participant’s research project. Following the presentation, there will be a comments and discussion session of five to ten minutes.
• Write a draft paper based on the oral presentation, which shall be submitted one week before the second workshop. The paper draft should be minimum of 1000 and maximum 2500 words.
• Written and oral feedback: Each student will comment on one co-students draft paper, both in writing (250-500 words) and orally (3-5 minutes).

Attendance

80 % attendance of the time of the course is required. If a student has attended at least 60 % of the course but less than 80 %, he/she must submit an extra paper of at least 3000 words plus reference list on a topic provided by the course coordinators.

The student writes an individual paper of between 3000 and 8000 words, excluding the list of references (based on the drafts from the second workshop described above in Learning and teaching forms). The paper must be written in English, Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish.

New/postponed exam

If the paper is graded with "fail", the candidate must submit a revised version within a given time limit.

The grades are "pass" or "fail". The requirement for "pass" is that the paper builds on insights from both the course activities and the course readings.

It will be assessed by two readers, one of whom is the course coordinator.

Target group

The course is directed at PhD students and academic staff who conduct research on questions related to the social consequences of religious pluralism, including the challenges of religious diversity in classrooms, schools, health stations, and other public places, human rights and public governance, friction between gender equity and religiously legitimized gender roles, and the effects of changing ethnoreligious composition on local communities.

Admission requirements

The requirements for admission include completing a five-year master's program (integrated or consisting of a three-year bachelor's program and a two-year master's program, in total 300 ECTS) in the fields of teacher education, other pedagogical disciplines, educational science, development studies, social sciences, or other relevant areas related to the PhD programme. The master's degree should include a substantial independent project equivalent to a master's thesis (minimum 30 ECTS). An internationally completed master's degree that corresponds to at least four years in the Norwegian education system may also be considered for admission (please check the grounds for enrollment on the website of the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills). https://hkdir.no/en/foreign-education/lists-and-databases/higher-education-entrancequalification-gsu

In case of a large number of applicants, PhD-students enrolled in the PhD programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education will be prioritized, then students in other PhD programmes, then academic employees at the Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies.

Applicants who are not enrolled in the PhD-programme at the Faculty of Education and International Studies at OsloMet must send a summary in English of maximum one A4 sheet with relevant information about their own project/area of interest, containing topic, methodology, theoretical approach, and why this course might be relevant for their project.

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiner is used periodically.

Professor Evi Zouganeli