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BLAPE1000 Practical Training, 1st Year Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Praksis, 1.studieår
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care
Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care
Weight
0.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Course history

Introduction

Programme description considered by the Academic Affairs Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences on 12 February 2020 and finally approved by the vice-dean on 13 March 2025

Adopted by the University Board 9 september 2020

Faculty of Health Sciences

The programme description applies to students starting the programme in 2025

Required preliminary courses

The admission requirement is a completed bachelor’s degree or three-year first degree programme in child welfare.

Learning outcomes

After completing the programme, the graduate should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The graduate has

  • advanced knowledge of social science theories and legal understanding of relevance to the work of the child welfare service and other welfare services.
  • in-depth knowledge of children’s and families’ rights in dealings with the child welfare service
  • in-depth knowledge of ethical issues encountered by the child welfare service
  • an understanding of theory of science, with a particular focus on understanding of the profession and the child welfare service’s heterogeneous knowledge base
  • in-depth knowledge of analytical perspectives on professional practice, institutions and social policy interventions
  • specialised knowledge of the exercise of discretionary judgement in child welfare assessments and decisions

Skills

The graduate can

  • analyse and take a critical approach to different sources of knowledge and use them when making assessments and decisions in the best interests of the child
  • carry out care assessments by analysing and considering what would be in the child’s best interests in light of the child’s and family’s situation and the context
  • reflect on the child welfare service’s complex social remit and role in society
  • analyse and assess the child welfare service’s methodological procedures
  • carry out professional child welfare work in a metropolitan context

General competence

The graduate can

  • apply relevant research-based knowledge in the field of child welfare
  • critically assess social policy measures and professional recommendations concerning children and families in child welfare and associated services
  • critically assess the opportunities and limitations of new research-based knowledge in the field of child welfare
  • assess ethical issues related to research and development in the field of child welfare

Content

For mer informasjon om veiledet praksisopplæring - se programplanen, praksisstudier

Teaching and learning methods

The programme is taught as a full-time course of study over two years and a part-time course of study over three years. The full-time work load is 30 ECTS credits per semester.

In addition to the master’s thesis, the programme option comprises nine compulsory courses. The courses build on each other. It is therefore recommended that students take the courses in the order in which they are listed in the table.

In the second semester, Philosophy of Social Science and one of the methodology courses will be taken. The remaining methodology course will be taken in the fourth semester. The student should therefore first choose the method he/she plans to use in his/her master's thesis. The master's thesis is an independent work of 30 credits. Ongoing research projects that the student can link up to will be presented in the second semester at the Mastertorg. In the second semester, the student will prepare a project outline for the master's thesis and then be assigned a supervisor. The part-time student completes the master's thesis in the sixth semester.

Progress requirements

Students must have passed all the programme courses before they can submit their master’s thesis for assessment.

Course requirements

Bachelorstudiet i utviklingsstudier gir en tverrfaglig innføring i Nord/Sør-forhold og utviklingslandenes situasjon. Gjennom studiet vil studentene arbeide med temaer og problemstillinger som er utviklet innen fag som geografi, historie, sosialantropologi, religionsvitenskap, sosiologi, statsvitenskap, økonomi og pedagogikk. Det særegne ved utviklingsstudiene er måten disse fagene kombineres og anvendes på til å utvikle kunnskap og innsikt i Nord/Sør-spørsmål.

Studenter utenfor bachelorprogrammet kan søke opptak på de enkelte delene av programmet i henhold til gjeldende opptakskrav dersom de lyses ut for opptak.

For tildeling av bachelorgrad i utviklingsstudier ved OsloMet kreves studier av 180 studiepoengs omfang, med 120 studiepoeng i utviklingsstudier (60 av studiepoengene skal være på påbyggingsnivå). Studentene kan i tillegg til emnene i utviklingsstudier søke om å få godskrevet et relevant fag/emne/emnegruppe eller studieprogram av maksimum 60 studiepoengs omfang fra en annen institusjon i inn- eller utland. Disse emnene vil normalt kunne erstatte fjerde og/eller femte semester av bachelorstudiet. Minimum 60 av studiepoengene i graden må være gjennomført ved OsloMet. Det er et krav at man gjennomfører tredje semester og sjette semester i utviklingsstudier ved OsloMet.

Studenter som har fullført 60 studiepoeng tilsvarende Utviklingsstudier årsstudium ved OsloMet, kan søke direkte opptak til andre studieår i bachelorprogrammet.

Studiet fører fram til graden bachelor i utviklingsstudier. Gjennom studiet vil studentene kvalifisere seg for arbeid med informasjonsvirksomhet omkring Nord/Sør-forhold, for utviklingsarbeid i land i Sør og for ulike typer arbeid i private og offentlige organisasjoner i Norge og i utlandet. Deler av studiet kan innpasses i bachelorgrader ved andre institusjoner. Fullført bachelorgrad kvalifiserer til opptak til masterstudium i International Development, Education and Sustainabilities ved OsloMet og en del andre masterstudier ved andre institusjoner.

Assessment

Bachelorprogrammet henvender seg til studenter som er interessert i tverrfaglig samfunnsvitenskap med vekt på utviklingsproblemer og Nord-Sør-forhold.

Grading scale

For opptak til studiet kreves generell studiekompetanse eller godkjent realkompetanse.

Examiners

Se studiets emneplan