SFB13009 Meetings among Cultures I (Autumn 2011)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:: 10
Responsible faculty:: Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages
Course Leader:: Eva Margareta Lambertsson Björk
Duration:: ½ year

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

The course is optional in all study programmes.

Prerequisites

For students who choose another target language than English the prerequisite is knowledge of French/Spanish/German equivalent to Level 1 Foreign Languages in the Norwegian upper secondary school. Active knowledge of French, Spanish or German is not required but sufficient passive language knowledge is necessary. The students must be able to understand and make use of regular French, Spanish or German factual prose and have sufficient understanding of the target language to be able to grasp the main content of everyday speech.

Teaching semester

The course is offered as supervised project work.

Students may complete the course with the progression and at a time that suits the individual student. Thus, the course is unattached to either the autumn or spring semester.
Students on the bachelor programme in International Communication may only take the course in the 5th semester (autumn)

Content

The course is based on supervised individual work. The students choose their topic based on their own interest and in agreement with a tutor. The topic can be related to taught courses (e.g. in the 60 and 90 ECTS modules in one-year programmes and extension programmes, or courses that are being taught in the same semester or have been taught in earlier semesters in the bachelor programme in International Communication), or it can be related to other areas or issues in the target countries.

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

At completion of the course the students will have gained specialised knowledge through in-depth work with a self-chosen topic related to culture and society in the English-/French-/Spanish- or German-speaking countries. They will have become aware of intercultural and/or comparative aspects, and their ability to work independently with an academic topic will have improved.

Teaching and learning methods

Supervised individual project work with tutorials either in Norwegian or in the target language.

Exam

Individual written project work
The report, which may be written either in the target language (English, French, Spanish or German) or in Norwegian, is to be approx. 15 pages long (illustrations not included). Students on the bachelor programme in International Communication who choose the English variety of this course have to write in English.

The paper should include correct references. In agreement with the tutor other media than a written paper may be chosen. Advice is offered through the entire work process.
The assessment is based on the ability to work in-depth with a topic as well as on independence and sound presentation of the work.

The candidate may additionally be called in for an oral examination that may influence the final mark.

The grading scale A-F is used.

Course evaluation

The course is evaluated twice each semester in the following ways:

Mid-term evaluation in a meeting with student representatives and the programme coordinator and/or the director of studies
End-of-term written evaluation

Reading list

The students compile a reference list in connection with the chosen topic. The reference list is to be submitted along with the project.

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