Master's Degree Programme in Education 120 credits (ECTS) – 2 Years – Study Plan

1. Programme Coordinator
Department of Education – The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø. The progamme board.

2. Admission Requirement:
Acceptance onto the master's programme in Education requires a completed bachelor degree with a specialization of at least 80 ECTS credits in Education, or equivalent. The specialization must include at least 30 ECTS credits at 2000 (intermediate) level, or equivalent. In addition, a minimum qualification in research methods must have been obtained. The minimum academic requirement for acceptance is an average grade C, calculated on the basis of individual grades obtained for specialist subjects.

3. Qualification awarded
Master of Philosophy in Education.

4. Description of Studies
According to the classic definition, Education (Pedagogy) is the study of education and teaching. In modern times it is usual to distinguish between three main areas in the subject area: education, study and training, and the straightforward transmission of knowledge in general terms. All three of these areas affect and relate to one another. The subject area of Education is characterized by a series of different theoretical traditions of a normative, descriptive and analytical character. The subject area has a long tradition in the fields of philosophy, history of ideas, psychology and sociology. The educational system, the child's adolescent condition and socializing, different forms of knowledge and teaching environment, together with education policy, are central areas of research in Education. In educational studies at the University of Tromsø, research focusing on Sami and multicultural relations occupies a central position.

5. Standards of Competence
Master's degree studies build further on the knowledge and skills that are acquired through bachelor degree studies, with a specialization in Education. The teaching aim that is particularly emphasized at master's level is to be able to formulate questions that lead to an acquisition of new knowledge, to analyse and compare alternative theories within the same field, to be able to analyse empirical data material with the help of theory, and to identify different basic positions in the field, as these are expressed in different academic works. A principal aim of these studies is to train students to be able to work independently, critically and self-critically, by illustrating a set of circumstances from different points of view.

From a professional point of view, the bachelor programme in Education provides a qualification that is particularly suited to work in the educational system, but also to other types of work in both the public and private sectors. The training is suitable for professions where the work involves teaching, education administration, teaching environment arrangements, advice, executive operations, accounts assignments, etc. The individual student will, to some extent, be able to influence the professional direction of his/her master's degree in Education through a choice of supporting disciplines and subjects for the master's dissertation.

The master's degree in Education is a qualification for acceptance to dr.polit. studies in Education.

6. Academic Organization:
Studies will be organized as 10- and 20-credit subjects, together with work on a master's degree dissertation worth 60 credits. Each student will be allocated a supervisor for the dissertation work. The master's dissertation will be 70-90 pages in length; the deadline for submission is 15 May in the Spring semester and 20 November in the Autumn semester.

Subjects:

• PED-3050 Quantitative Method(10 credits)
  
• PED-3051 Qualitative Method in Educational Research(10 credits)
  
• PED-3001 Individual, culture and society from an educational(20 credits)
  
• PED-3002 Psychological and psychoanalytical perpectives on the development, care and parenting of children(10 credits)
  
• PED-3003 Education and Culture (10 credits)
  
• PED-3004 Multicultural Education(10 credits)
  
• PED-3005 Cultural Psychology(10 credits)
  
• PED-3006 Central issues in the philosophy of education(10 credits)
  
• PED-3007 Youth, Culture and Identity(10 credits)
  
• PED-3008 Education and work (10 credits)
  
• PED-3009 Peace Education(10 credits)
  
• SVF-3001 Gender, Body and Sexuality (10 credits)
  
• PED-3900 Master's Degree Dissertation (60 credits)