EPN-V2

UTVB3002 Introduction to the Development Enterprise Course description

Course name in Norwegian
En introduksjon til utviklingsindustrien
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Development Studies
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2021/2022
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Arbeids- og undervisningsformene veksler mellom forelesninger, demonstrasjoner, laboratorieforsøk, gruppearbeid og selvstudium.

Required preliminary courses

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent for å fremstille seg til eksamen:

  • 100 % deltakelse på inntil 3 laboratorieøvelser, inntil 6 studenter i gruppa
  • skriftlig grupperapport fra 2 av 3 laboratorieøvelser på inntil 1000 ord fra 2 av 3 laboratorieøvelser
  • en teoretisk gruppeoppgave med muntlig framlegg, inntil 6 studenter i gruppa

Learning outcomes

Eksamensinnhold: Læringsutbyttene

Eksamensform: Individuell skriftlig eksamen under tilsyn, 5 timer

Content

  • Main features of the global aid industry : Actors and channels of finance; geographic and thematic destinations of aid; shifting aid paradigms; and critiques of aid
  • Norwegian aid in perspective : Features of public development policy from the 1980s and up to the present, in comparative perspective; the approach and work of select non-governmental organisations
  • New actors, interventions and partnerships : Policy coherence; advocacy and transnational activism; and corporate social responsibility
  • The politics of mediation: The ways in which main actors in the development enterprise present development challenges; their own work and contributions; and the debates this gives rise to

Teaching and learning methods

Kalkulator, periodesystem.

Course requirements

Students may only sit exam if the following requirements are met:

  • Two individual seminar assignments - each being a report (1000 words) of group discussions on one given seminar assignment, as determined by the teacher - and subsequently shared with class
  • Attending at least 70% of classes

The purpose of the above is to ensure that students engage properly with the curriculum during the course, and share insights and reflections with each other.

The attendance requirement reflects that self-study cannot substitute for the imparting of knowledge and learning promoted by class-room activity. Students who fail the attendance requirement may request an additional work requirement (a paper of 3000 words, on a title given by the teacher, to be submitted as per the teacher's instructions). Students attending less than 50 % of lectures/seminars automatically forfeit the right to sit exam.

Individual seminar reports must be handed in by deadline, and the student must be present in the seminars in which she/he is tasked with writing reports. Documented legitimate grounds for absence does not exempt the student from having to fulfill the work requirement. However, in such cases, the student may request an extended deadline.

Assignments are graded -accepted- or -not accepted. Students who do submit their assignments in time, but do not pass, may - once - request an new assignment (a 3000 words essay, on another title, given by the teacher, to be submitted within 48 hours of issue).

Assessment

Interne

Permitted exam materials and equipment

  • kjemi (generell, organisk, biokjemi)
  • cellebiologi
  • fysiologi
  • anatomi

Grading scale

A graded scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed will be used.

Examiners

The exam is assessed by internal and external examiner/s.

Admission requirements

The course is open to third-year Bachelor students in Development Studies at HiOA, and exchange students. Exchange students must have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies.