Courses taught in English 2006-2007

Information for students from partner institutions
Østfold University College has a number of exchange agreements with institutions abroad. Students from these institutions are welcome to apply for the following courses taught in English:

The Faculty of Business, Social Sciences and Foreign Languages
The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Health and Social Studies
The Faculty of Computer Sciences
The Faculty of Engineering

For Course descriptions please use menu to the left.

International students may also choose courses taught in German or French or a combination of these, provided they meet the prerequisites.

The Faculty of Business, Social Sciences and Foreign Languages

The International Business Programme

Autumn Semester Spring Semester
Global Markets and Institutions
SFB13102, 10 ECTS
or
Global Markets and Institutions
SFB12502, 15 ECTS
 International Finance
SFB12604, 10 ECTS
 
Corporate Communication 10 ECTS
(SFB 50506)
or
Business Communication I 10 ECTS
(SFBE50606)

 Bachelor Dissertation
SFB12704, 10 ECTS, English or Norwegian
 
Norwegian as a Foreign Language I
SFB12802, 5 ECTS
 Topics in International Economics
SFB13504, 10 ECTS
 
Norwegian as a Foreign Language II
SFB12902, 5 ECTS
 
Electives

Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme International Communication

Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme Society, Language and Culture.

 Electives

Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme International Communication
Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme Society, Language and Culture.

 

 

Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme International Communication

Code Title ECTS credits Semester
SFBE50606 Business Communication I 10 Autumn 2006
SFBE50706 Business Communication II 10 Spring 2007
SFB50506 Corporate Communication 10 Autumn 2006
SFB50406 Intercultural Communication 10 Autumn 2007
SFBE51006 British and American Culture 10 Autumn 2007

 

Courses within the bachelor\'s degree programme Society, Language and Culture

Code Title  ECTS credits Semester
SFE10104 English Language I: Phonetics, Grammar and Proficiency 10 Autumn 
SFE10803 British Studies 15 Autumn 
SFE20506 British Drama and Society Since The Second World War 10 Autumn 
SFE20603 American Pluralism in the 20th Century 10 Autumn 
SFE20406 English language: Text analysis 10 Autumn 
SFE10204 English Language II: Phonetics, Grammar and Proficiency   15 Spring 
SFE10903 American studies 15 Spring 

 

The Faculty of Business, Social Sciences and Foreign Languages in cooperation with the Faculty of Education
  Course description Teaching Foreign Languages Spring 2006
 

The Faculty of Health and Social Studies   

The Faculty of Health and Social Studies offers clinical practice, that is: work placement supervised in English for students enrolled on programmes in:

Nursing
Social work
Child welfare
Social educator training
Medical laboratory technology
For further information please contact the faculty: Email: post-he@hiof.no  

The Faculty of Computer Sciences 

Bachelor\'s degree programme

Foreign undergraduate students that are doing a 1- or 2-semester work placement as part of their B.Sc. in Computer Science, Informatics or Information Technology, are offered to spend their placement period at the Faculty of Information Technology in Halden. We offer advanced programming and design projects that are closely related to the Faculty\'s research and development activities, with members of our own scientific staff as supervisors. Some projects will also be done in collaboration with regional high-tech companies like the Institute for Energy Technology and the Halden Reactor Project. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact Study administrator Christian Heide (christian.heide@hiof.no) or Dean Jan Høiberg (jan.hoiberg@hiof.no) for further details.   

Master\'s degree programme

The Faculty of Computer Sciences also offers a number of modules taught in English in its two-year master\'s degree programme. There are four specialisations in the programme:

Intelligent systems
Safety-critical programmable systems
Environmental information technology
Design of digital environments
For further information please contact the faculty: Email: it-info@hiof.no 

The Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering offers English-taught modules in the third year of the programme Entrepreneurship, Technology and Inovation. Duration: two semesters, beginning in August and comprising a supervised degree project in cooperation with local industry and business. 

For further information please contact the faculty: Email: post-ir@hiof.no

 

Courses taught in German

Degree programme: Bachelor in International communication
Business Communication I 10 ECTS Autumn 2007
Business Communication II 10 ECTS Spring 2008
Business Communicaiton III 10 ECTS Autumn 2006
Business Communiction IV 10 ECTS Spring 2007
German Civilisation 10 ECTS Autumn 2008

 

German as a Foreign Language - Deutsch als Fremdsprache

Studienplan Einjähriges Deutschstudium
Studienplan Aufbaustudium Deutsch

 

Courses (taught in German) offered to international students: 

 

Code Title  ECTS credits Semester
SFT10102 Language, Text and Context 15 Autumn
SFT10502 Oral Proficiency and Culture Studies 10 Autumn and Spring 
SFT40604 Teaching Foreign Languages

Fremdsprachendidaktik
 15 Spring

Frühjahr
 
SFT11003 German Literature, basic course 10 Autumn and Spring 
SFT20202 Literature, Culture and Mediaeval Studies 15 Autumn 
SFT40404 Literature and Culture:
German Literature for Children and Adolescents ca 1950 until today  15 Spring 2008
SFT40504 Language, Language Teaching and ICT 15 Spring 

 

 

Alternative courses (taught in German):

 

 

 

Code Title  ECTS credits Semester
SFB13002 German Cultural Meetings 15 Autumn 2006 and Spring 2006 
SFT10703 Syntax and Written Proficiency 15 Autumn 2006 and Spring 2007 
SFT10803 Syntax and Written Proficiency with didactics 20 Autumn 2006 and Spring 2007
SFT20102  Modern and Older German Language 15 Autumn 2006 

 

 

 

Courses taught in French                  

Bachelor in International communication:
Business Communcation I 10 ECTS Autumn 2007
Business Communication II 10 ECTS Spring 2008
Business Communication III 10 ECTS Autumn 2006
Business Communication IV 10 ECTS Autumn 2007
French Civilisation 10 ECTS Autumn 2008