SOS3120 Social problems, social policy and social work Course description

Til eksamen i praktisk tolking består kommisjonen av tolkefaglig sensor/norsk sensor (intern sensor) og en ekstern sensor i tolkespråket. Ekstern sensor skal fortrinnsvis ha kompetanse i både norsk og tolkespråket, men unntak for kravet om norskkompetanse kan gjøres.

Emnet inneholder følgende temakretser:

• Tolkens plass i kommunikasjonen: den institusjonelle samtalen og tolkens plass i denne, tolketeknikk og metodevalg; kultur og maktrelasjoner i institusjonelle samtaler generelt og i tolkede samtaler spesielt i praksis.
• Tolkens verktøy: språk som fenomen, kommunikasjonsmiddel og verktøy; språklige registre og språklige nyanser; utvikling og vedlikehold av tospråklige ferdigheter i praksis.

Spesifikk kontekstkunnskap fra et utvalg fagområder i offentlig sektor som grunnlag for tolkens utvikling av strategier i tilegnelsen av stadig ny kontekstkunnskap og terminologi i norsk og tolkespråket i praksis.

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

Knowledge  

The student:  

• has broad knowledge of the importance of social policy to social work practice.  
• has broad knowledge of how social problems are defined, constructed and develop in a social context  
• has broad knowledge of social inequality and the living conditions of marginalised groups 
• has broad knowledge of marginalisation processes, discrimination and racism  
• has knowledge of migration in a global perspective and how migration affects people’s social and material living conditions  
• has knowledge of how neoliberalism and globalisation affect the increased individualisation of social problems and problem-solving  

 Skills  

The student:  

• can identify, obtain and assess information and knowledge that shed light on socio-political processes and effects  
• can identify and analyse which understandings of social problems form the basis for socio-political interventions  
• can critically reflect on concrete social problems and interventions based on social science theories, research and evaluations  

General competence  

The student:  

• has insight into power structures and the exercise of power in society  
• has insight into how the norms, attitudes, values and theoretical basis of the welfare state affect how marginalised groups are perceived and understood  
• has a critical understanding of how the socio-political norms set the agenda for the methods and models used in social work and how this may impact individuals.  

Students will be taught key topics related to social policy and social work and participate in seminars in connection with the pre-determined topics in the course.  

No coursework requirements or compulsory activites.

An individual oral exam. Candidates who fail or who were absent from the ordinary exam for a valid reason can take a resit/rescheduled exam.  

No aids are permitted.

Grade scale A-F.  

Oral exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

Carolina Helena Ohls og Ivan Harsløf