MINF6400 Integrering, inkludering og ekskludering i utdanning og arbeidsliv Emneplan

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the transition of migrants from arrival to work and capacity building through education. The course critically takes up the issue of the definition, evaluation and measurement of labor integration of immigrants, including an intersectional perspective. Other themes are the operation and function of public integration programmes, the study of discrimination, competence about diversity and the framework for employee protection. Social dumping and discretionary inequalities in work and capacity building will be covered.

The course will be based on two week-long gatherings at Oslo Metropolitan University, including lectures, exercises and group work. One of the weeks, or part of one week, may also entail field work/excursions.

No course requirements

For the main assessment, the students may choose one of two term papers.

Either

• A reportage which both has a global and a particular dimension of climate change, followed by a reflection paper that discusses and analyzes the textual material theoretically helped by the syllabus, 15 - 20 pages, 1,5 line space, Times New Roman size 12.

Or

• An analytic, theory-based paper investigating a limited media output where global climate change is covered in a particular way, 13-16 pages, 1,5 line space, Times New Roman size 12.

The term papers may be written in Norwegian or English.

Students who have failed a regular examination may submit a revised version of the exam one time. Students with legitimate absence are entitled to submit the term paper to the new examination.

The papers are evaluated according to a scale ranging from A to F, with A-E as pass grades and F as fail grade.

The term papers will be assessed by an evaluation committee consisting of both an internal and an external examiner.

A bachelor's degree. The minimum academic requirement for admission is the grade C, in accordance with Regulations Relating to Admission to Master's Degree Programmes at HiOA (OsloMet).

Grade;scale A to F.

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.; At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

Ariana Fernandes Guilherme and Erika Gubrium