Course code:   SFBE50606
Course title:   Business Communication I (English)
ECTS credits: 10
Category:  The course is part of the programme Bachelor in International Communication. It is a mandatory course when English has been chosen as main language.

Prerequisites
Norwegian upper secondary school or equivalent qualifications in English.

Semester
Autumn semester (1st semester of the bachelor programme).

Objective
The primary aim of the course is to develop students' written and spoken English. The oral part aims to develop skills in situations that are relevant for business, such as polite conversation, telephoning or business presentations. The written part aims to develop skills to express oneself effectively in business communication. Emphasis is placed on communication strategies and on stylistic and grammatical conventions. Students are introduced to the structure of English and the relationship between grammatical structure and communicative function.

Content
The oral part of the course introduces different forms of oral business communication, such as informative and persuasive presentations. Business communication is placed in a cultural context, thus the course also includes examples of modern English-language fiction. Student presentations take place in seminars. There are also discussions of the fiction reading and of case studies, focusing on argumentation and problem solving. An 8-hour part of the course takes place in the language laboratory with intensive training of telephone communication. This part has compulsory attendance.

The written part of the course teaches various forms of English business correspondence and basic terminology. As sound written skills are a prerequisite for effective written business communication, students are introduced to text production and linguistic structures, including basic syntactic analysis. Keywords are: text structure, coherence, style and level, and loyalty to the reader.

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures, seminars and language lab work, and is taught in English.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements
The telephone communication training in the language lab and two oral presentations must have been completed within the given deadlines.

Assessment
An exam portfolio containing three texts. Evaluation is given on a scale from A to F.

Required reading
- Kaczmarek, S & K Locker (2004). Business Communication: Building Çritical Skills. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Lodge, D (1989). Nice Work. Penguin Books.

Prerequisites
Business Communication I (English).

Semester
Spring semester (2nd semester of the bachelor programme).

Objective
The aim of the oral part of the course is to give students good knowledge of negotiation theory and terminology, as well as skills in negotiating effectively. Vocabulary and communication skills are also enhanced through reading, discussing and presenting.

The written part of the course aims to give theoretical insight and practical skills in writing advanced business texts. Emphasis is placed on relevant terminology as well as on further developing students' general skills in English.

Content
The oral part comprises negotiation strategies and technique, literature reading and discussions. Skills are trained through various exercises and case studies. The written part includes business texts such as reports, e-mail, memos, CVs and cover letters for applications. There is considerable focus on using apt communication strategies as well as relevant structures, conventions and terminology.

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures and seminars, and is taught in English.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements
Two written assignments to be submitted within given deadlines.

Assessment
An oral examination of approx. 20 minutes. Evaluation is given on a scale from A to F. 
 
Required reading
- Kaczmarek, S & K Locker (2004). Business Communication: Building Critical Skills. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Fisher, R, W Ury & B Patton (1997). Getting to Yes. Negotiating an Agreement without Giving In. London: Arrow.
- Rodgers, D (1995). Business Communications: International Case Studies in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Grisham, J (1993). The Firm. London: Arrow.

Prerequisites
Norwegian upper secondary school or equivalent qualifications in English.
 
Semester
Autumn semester (3rd semester of the bachelor programme).

Objective
The course aims to give knowledge about important social, political, economic and historical aspects of British and American culture. Emphasis is on the types of issues that best contribute to understanding typical British and American values and norms.

Content
An overview of central issues of British and American culture.

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures and seminars, and is taught in English. Course books, fiction, magazines, newspapers and websites are used.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements
Four written assignments have to be submitted for approval within given deadlines.

Assessment
A 4-hour written examination. Evaluation is given on a scale from A to F.

Required reading
- McCormick, John (2003). Contemporary Britain. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Duncan,Russell & Jospeh Goddard (2005). Contemporary America. Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd ed.
- Compendium, local print.
- Handouts.

Previous knowledge
The course builds on knowledge acquired in the first year of the International Communication programme, or equivalent.

Time and duration of course
Autumn semester. 3rd semester.

Objectives
The main objective of the course is to make students aware of the importance of interaction between organisations and their environment and of building relations with all stakeholder groups. Students will be familiar with the importance of planned and integrated communication for building internal and external reputation, and that organisational culture, shared valued and employees' perception of identity are a necessary success factor. At completion of the course students will have acquired basic knowledge of salient factors for solving communication tasks in private or public businesses.

Content
Aspects and theories dealt with in the course are:
- Corporate identity
- Corporate branding
- Reputation management
- Stakeholder theory
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Organisational culture's influence on identity and reputation
- Symbolic and value management
- Vision and mission
- Crisis communication and media relations
- Storytelling (corporate stories) as a management tool and a tool for corporate branding and culture dissemination.

The course further includes a case/project taking one or more of the above aspects as its point of departure and performing a study of an existing organisation or a real case.

Organisation and teaching
The course is taught as two blocks. The first half of the semester consists of lectures with tasks as group and plenum discussion. In the second half students complete a project or case in groups (two or three students in each group) with the course lecturer as facilitator.

Instruction is done in English. The report should be written in either English or Norwegian.

Internship

Obligatory assignments

Assessment
A case/project in the second block of the course, with a final written report of 10-15 pages.
The written report is assessed using the A-F grading scale.

Required reading
- Compendium / text collection
- Cornelissen, Joep (2004), Corporate Communications: Theory and Practice. London: Sage.

A list of recommended supplementary reading will be handed out when the course starts.

Previous knowledge
The course builds on knowledge of business communication and English from the two first year of the programme in International Communication, or equivalent. Very good English skills are required.

Semester and duration
Autumn semester. 5th semester.

Objective
The course aims to give students knowledge and skills they will need to perform written tasks in English in the fields of marketing communication and public relations. Students will acquire practical and theoretical insight into linguistic, pragmatic and cultural factors that are prerequisites for effective marketing and PR communication. Further, students are expected to acquire a professional, ethical attitude to communication work.

Content
The course is genre based and includes the most common genres within marketing communication and public relations. The course discusses verbal as well as visual communication and the use of different media.
Main themes are:
- Analysing and writing texts in the fields of marketing and advertising, public relations, and mass communication or journalism
- Genre analysis
- Semiotic and multimodal analysis of verbal and visual communication as well as critical discourse analysis (CDA) of verbal discourse
- Pragmatic analysis of situation and target group
- Theory and strategy for text production, data collection and use of sources
- Intercultural aspects of marketing communication and PR

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as seminars with active student participation and preparation for classes. Students analyse, write, discuss and assess their own texts and perform peer assessment.

The course is given in English.
Some background texts may be in Norwegian but may be replaced by other texts if necessary.

The multimedia room and the Internet are used throughout the course. Individual tutorials are given in the course of the semester and before submission of the exam portfolio.

Internship

Obligatory assignments
Three texts, further specified in the semester plan, are to be submitted at given deadlines for feedback from the course instructor. The students choose two of the submitted texts as contributions to their portfolios.

Assessment
Final assessment is based on the exam portfolio containing four contributions. The students themselves choose two of these contributions among the texts they have submitted for feedback. Additionally, two new texts have to be written as contributions to the portfolio, in accordance with guidelines given at completion of the course and about two weeks before submission of the exam portfolio. Individual tutorials of up to one hour are offered before submission of the portfolio.

The portfolio is assessed as a whole. A mark on the A-F scale is given.

Required reading
- Bjørg Hellum (2006). Persuasive Writing: Analysing and writing advertising and public relations. Compendium, local print.

A list of supplementary and recommended reading will be available when the course starts.

Prerequisites
60 ECTS in English, one-year studies of English in the teacher training programme, or equivalent qualifications.

Semester
Autumn semester

Objective
The aim of the course is to improve students' knowledge of:
- text conventions that are the foundations of various types of texts;
- the way different types of texts are composed in order to make meaning and create desired effects;
- the attitudes and values underlying texts;
- the way texts address the recipient;
- the difference between spoken and written language;
- how to compose texts.

Content
The course gives an introduction to linguistic approaches to different types of texts in English, such as literary texts, spoken language, academic language, newspaper texts and advertising. A short introduction is given to functional grammar and corpus linguistics. Students are required to write different types of texts themselves.

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures and seminars. The course is taught in English.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements
Written assignments (the number will be specified by the course lecturer) are required as contributions to a portfolio that must be approved by the lecturer before students may sit for the final examination.

Assessment
A 5-hour written examination. Evaluation is given on a scale from A to F.

Required reading
- Hillier, Hilary (2004). Analysing Real Texts. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Fairclough, Norman (1989/2001). Language and Power. Longman. Pp 1-168.
- Salkie, Raphael (1995). Text and Discourse Analysis. Routledge.
- Compendium, local print.

Prerequisites
60 ECTS in English from the BA programme or from the education programme at the Faculty of Education, or equivalent qualifications.

Semester
Autumn semester. The course is given as 4 contact periods of two days each (Thursday and Friday) in the course of the semester.

Objective
The course gives an introduction to the development of British drama in the second half of the 20th century, with a focus on the relation between drama and society. Students are to understand how the drama is influenced by as well as reflects social changes. Further, the course highlights special features of the drama as literary genre, and trains students' interpretive skills.

Content
A representative selection of drama texts from World War II until today give an introduction to different types of drama from "the well-made play" to "in-yer-face theatre". The study of the primary texts is deepened through a selection of theoretical texts and literary critique. A number of oral student presentations are given.

Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures and seminars and is taught in English. The seminars are 4 two-day periods during the semester.

Mandatory assignments / exam prerequisites
An essay (5 to 7 pages long) based on individual research 

Assessment
Final assessment is based on a 4-hour written exam and the mandatory essay. A total mark is given on the A-F scale.

Required reading
Rattigan, Terence (1946), The Winslow Boy
Osborne, John (1956), Look Back in Anger
Delaney, Shelagh (1958), A Taste of Honey
Pinter, Harold (1965), The Homecoming
Hare, David (1978), Plenty
Churchill, Carol (1982), Top Girls
Kane, Sarah (1998), Cleansed

Secondary literature
Brandt, G.W.: Modern Theories of Drama (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Bull, John: New British Political Dramatists (Macmillan, 1984)
Chambers, Colin and Mike Prior: Playwrights Progress: Patterns of Postwar British Drama (Amber Lane Press, 1987)
Elsom, John: Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge, 1981)
Innes, Christopher: Modern British Drama: the Twentieth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Itzin, Catherine: Stages in the Revolution: Political Theatre in Britain since 1968
Shank, Theodore (ed.): Contemporary British Theatre (St. Martin's Press, 1994)
Shellard, Dominic: British Theatre Since the War (Yale University Press, 1999)
Taylor, John Russell: Anger and After. A Guide to the New British Drama (Methuen, 1962)
-----: The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play (Methuen, 1967)
-----: The Second Wave: British Drama for the Seventies (Methuen, 1971) (Eyre Methuen, 1980)
Keyssar, Helene: Feminist Theatre and Theory (Macmillan, 1996)
Rebellato, Dan: 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama (Routledge, 1999)
Wandor, Micheline: Post-War British Drama: Looking Back in Gender (Routledge, 2001)

ECTS credits: 10

Category: Mandatory course, part of the 60 ECTS module in English in the bachelor programme Society, Language and Culture.

Prerequisites: Students on this course have to take the course "General linguistics for language students" (Allmenn lingvistikk for språkstudenter) in the same semester.

Semester/duration: Autumn semester (1st semester of English in the bachelor programme)

Objective: At completion of the course students will have acquired
- knowledge of English grammar;
- knowledge of English phonetics;
- knowledge of essay writing in English;
- skills in analysing oral and written English language use;
- skills in written and oral presentation and argumentation in English;
- skills in searching, assessing and using secondary sources;
- skills in process writing;
- awareness of their own language use.

Content: Lectures and seminars in grammar and phonetics, and written and oral practices specified by the lecturer.

Organisation: Lectures and seminars, partly in the language lab, library and computer lab. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions and group work. Two weeks of the semester are spent at the Norwegian Study Centre at the University of York, Great Britain. The language of instruction is English.

Mandatory assignments: Assignments are given regularly, four of which (so-called progress tests) are mandatory and have to be passed as a prerequisite for the final exam.

Assessment: A four-hour written examination at the end of the semester

Course reading: Required reading:
- B. Bird, A Course in English Intonation. Universitetsforlaget, 1997.
- T. S. Nilsen, British and American English Pronunciation
- D. Jones, English Pronouncing Dictionary
- Jon Orten, Materials for Phonetics. Local print.
- Dypedahl, Hasselgård & Løken, Introducing English Grammar. Fagbokforlaget, 2006.
- Hasselgård, Johansson, Lysvåg, English Grammar: Theory and Use. Selected chapters.
- Handouts

Supplementary reading:
- Dictionaries
- Noel Burton-Roberts, Analysing Sentences
- Max Morenberg, Doing Grammar
- Nigel Fabb, Sentence Structure
- Sidney Greenbaum, An Introduction to English Grammar
- Angela Downing and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar
- Davidsen-Nielsen and Brit Ulseth, English Intonation
- J. C. Catford, A Practical Introduction to Phonetics
- David Crystal, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics

ECTS credits: 15

Category: Mandatory course in the one-year programme in English or the 60 ECTS module in English within the bachelor programme Society, Languages and Culture.

Prerequisites: The first unit of the course is a prerequisite for continuation: "Innføring i litteraturvitenskap for årsstudium i engelsk og tysk" (introduction to literary studies for students of German and English).

Semester/duration: Autumn semester

Objective: At completion of the course students will have acquired knowledge of the culture and social conditions of Great Britain, from a historical perspective; knowledge of themes, periods and the artistic characteristics of British literature; analytical and critical skills in encounters with fictional and factual texts;
skills in written and oral presentation and argumentation; skills in searching, evaluating and using secondary sources from the University College library and from BIBSYS and other databases, as well as skills in documenting the use of secondary sources in a bibliography; an understanding of culture and social conditions in Great Britain; an interest in British literature and culture.

Content: The culture studies part of the course makes use of a chronological presentation of the development of national institutions, politics, social life and culture, and gives an overview of the most important events that triggered this development. In the literature part an overview is given of the literary development from the 1600 hundreds until today. Five novels are on the reading list, in addition to three dramas, three short stories and a selection of poetry and factual prose from different epochs. The texts will be studied with a view to the period and the social conditions that they sprung from.

Organisation: Lectures and seminars. Active student participation is required in discussions and group assignments. Work groups are encouraged, where students discuss the reading and work with exercises. The language of instruction is English. Two weeks of the course takes place at the Norwegian Study Centre at the University of York, Great Britain.

Mandatory assignments: Three essays will be submitted for commenting. The last assignment should document the use of secondary literature in a bibliography. The purpose of the assignments is to make students familiar with writing literary analyses and factual texts, with getting feedback on their academic progress, and with writing practice in general. After the students have improved their submitted texts, the lecturer chooses one of the contributions for portfolio assessment.

Assessment: Portfolio assessment, based on three texts:
One assignment, improved on by the student, as mentioned above. This portfolio contribution is selected by the lecturer.
One assignment on a topic from British literature.
One assignment on a topic from British culture.

The two latter assignments are home exams at the end of the semester, each text no longer than 12 typed pages with spacing 1 ½, plus bibliography. The students have two weeks to write the two contributions. If a fail mark is given, a new portfolio must be submitted.

Required reading: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 + 2. 6th edition, New York 1993, or 7th edition 2000.
Texts marked by an asterisk (*) are found in Norton 1 or 2.
Alexander, M. (2000), A History of English Literature. Macmillan.
Peck, J. & M. Coyle (2002), Literary Terms and Criticism. 3rd ed., Palgrave.
 
Secondary sources:
Marsh, N., How to Begin Studying English Literature
Hawthorn, J., Studying the Novel
Griffith, K. Jr., Writing Essays about Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet. 2nd ed.

NOVELS AND PLAYS
E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights
V. Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
P. Barker, Regeneration
R. Doyle, The Woman Who Walked into Doors
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
W. Shakespeare, Hamlet
*O. Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest
T. Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

FACTUAL PROSE AND SHORT STORIES
*J. Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
*J. Joyce, "The Dead"
*D. H. Lawrence, "Odor of Chrysanthemums"
K. Mansfield, "The Voyage"

POETRY
*W. Shakespeare, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", "Let me not to the marriage of true minds"
*J. Donne, "Batter my heart, three-personed God: for you"
*W. Wordsworth, "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 2, 1802"
*John Keats, "La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad"
*Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"
*Wilfred Owen, "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
*Sigfried Sassoon, "They", "The General"
*William Butler Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfri", "Easter 1916"
*W. H. Auden, "Musee des Beaux Arts"
*Dylan Thomas, "Fern Hill"
*Seamus Heaney, "Punishment",
Seamus Heaney, "Digging"
Ted Hughes, "Sam", "Night-Ride on Ariel"

CULTURE STUDIES
Oakland, John (2002), British Civilization: An Introduction. 5th ed. London.
McDowall, David, An Illustrated History of Britain. Longman, latest edition.
From the Norton anthologies:
Vol. 1: The introduction and overview sections pp 1-10 (1-14), 395-404 (469-485), 1069-1076 (1209-1225) and 1767-1774 (2045-2053).
Vol. 2: The introduction and overview sections pp 1-5 (1-6), 891-904 (1043-1057) and 1683-1686 (1897-1901). Victorian Issues: "Industrialism" and "The Woman Question" pp 1580-1611 (1696-1739).

SECONDARY SOURCES
McDowall, David, Britain in Close-Up
Haigh, C (1990), The Cambridge Historical Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and Ireland
Briggs, Asa (1983), A Social History of Britain
Oakland, John (1993), A Dictionary of British Institutions: A Student Guide
Black, Jeremy (1997), A History of the British Isles
Marwick, A, British Society Since 1945
Additionally, newspapers and journals will be read regularly.

Lecturer: Karen Patrick Knutsen, karen.knutsen@hiof.no

ECTS credits: 15

Category: Mandatory as part of the one-year programme in English or the 60 ECTS English study within the bachelor programme Society, Language and Culture

Prerequisites: For the bachelor programme students must have taken the unit "Innføring i litteraturvitenskap for årsstudium i engelsk og tysk" (Introduction to literary studies for the 60 ECTS module in English or German)

Semester/duration: Spring semester (2nd semester of the above-mentioned programmes)

Objective: Students are expected to acquire
- knowledge and understanding of US culture and social conditions from a historical perspective;
- knowledge of the themes, periods and artistic characteristics of American literature;
- analytical and critical skills in the encounters with literary and factual texts;
- skills in written and oral presentations and argumentation;
- skills in searching, evaluating and using secondary literature from the University College library and from BIBSYS and other databases, and in documenting use of secondary literature with a bibliography and footnotes;
- an interest in American literature and culture.

Content: The culture studies part of the course makes use of a chronological presentation of the development of national institutions, politics, social life and culture, and gives an overview of the most important events that triggered that development. The literature part gives an overview of the literary development from the establishment of the USA until today, with a main focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Five novels are read in the course of the semester, as well as two dramas, four short stories and a selection of poetry. The texts and their sources are studied from the perspective of the period and social conditions they sprang out from, and will thus throw light on each other.

Organisation: Lectures and group seminars. Active student participation is required for discussion and group assignments. The language of instruction is English.

Mandatory assignments: Three written assignments are to be submitted in the course of the semester; two essays and one term paper for which secondary sources should be used and documented in a bibliography and in footnotes. The purpose of the assignments is to make students familiar with writing literary analysis and factual prose, give feedback on academic progress, and give general writing practice.

Assessment: A 5-hour written exam in addition to the improved term paper. One final grade is awarded on the A-F scale.

Course reading: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Fifth Ed. New York: Norton, 1999.
Literature marked by an asterisk (*) below can be found in the anthology.

Ro, S (1997), Literary America: An Introduction to the Literature of the United States. Oslo.

SECONDARY SOURCES:
Hawthorn, J, Studying the Novel
Griffith, K Jr, Writing Essays about Literature: A Guide and Style Sheet, 2nd ed.

NOVELS AND DRAMAS:
Twain, M, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Fitzgerald, F S, The Great Gatsby
Walker, A, The Color Purple
Auster, P, Leviathan
Cunningham, M, The Hours
Miller, H, Death of a Salesman
O'Neill, E, The Hairy Ape
 
PROSE AND SHORT STORIES
*Hawthorne, N, "Young Goodman Brown"
*Gilman, C P, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
*Hemingway, E, "The Snow of Kilimanjaro"
Silko, L, "The Man to Send Rainclouds"

POETRY
*Whitman, W, "Song of Myself" 1-6, 51-52
*Dickinson, E, "There's a certain Slant of light"
"A Bird came down the walk"
"A narrow Fellow in the Grass"
*Frost, R, "Birches", "The Road Not Taken", "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
*Williams, W C, "Spring and All", "The Red Wheelbarrow"
*Eliot, T S, "Journey of the Magi"
*Hughes, L, "Mulatto"
*Lowell, R, "For the Union Dead"
*Brooks, G, "The white Troops Had Their Orders …"
*Ginsberg, A, "A Supermarket in California"
*Plath, S, "Daddy"

CULTURE STUDIES
Mauk, D & Oakland, J (2002), American Civilization, Third Edition. Routledge.
O'Callaghan, B (1996), An Illustrated History of the USA. Longman.
In Norton: the introduction and overview chapters.
 
Supplementary literature:
Beaucroft/Smale, The Making of America
Burner/Fox-Genovese/Bernhard, A College History of the US. Vol. 1 & 2.
Caroll/Noble, The Free and the Unfree
Degler, Out of Our Past
Gordon, American History
Jenkins, A Concise History of the American Republic
Norton et al., A People and a Nation: A History of the United States
Sellers et al., A Synopsis of American History
Tindall/Shi, America: A Narrative History
Woods/Gatewood, America Reinterpreted, A concise History With Readings. Vol. 1
Zinn, A People's History of the United States

Additionally, the reading of newspapers and journals

Lecturer: Robert Lewis Mikkelsen, robert.mikkelsen@hiof.no

ECTS credits: 10

Category: Mandatory as part of the 90 ECTS specialization in English within the bachelor programme Society, Languages and Culture.

Prerequisites: Either the 60 ECTS credit module in English within the bachelor programme in Society, Languages and Culture, or the one-year module in English in the education programme, or equivalent education.

Semester/duration: Autumn semester

Objective: The course aims to give insight into the relationship between two of the most important characteristics of American society: cultural pluralism and a common national identity in the population. These apparently contradictory features have a common source in the many immigrant groups that came to the United States. The course focuses on three such immigrant groups - Norwegian Americans, Mexican Americans, and Chinese Americans - and compares the way these and other groups adapted to the new society, contributed to the identity of America, and at the same time created their own ethnic American identity during the course of the 20th century. Further, the course aims at developing critical attitudes and independent thinking, as well as historical and literary analysis, and at laying the foundations for teaching English in upper secondary school. In an increasingly more pluralistic society in Norway and Europe the course will also contribute to a better understanding of national and ethnic identity, the relationship between these, and of tolerance of differences.

Content: Processes and relationships are illustrated both through civilisation studies (i.e. historical and sociological studies) and literary texts (e.g. novels, short stories, first person accounts, etc.). These are read in combination and provide a picture of the development from the perspective of society, groups and individuals. Lectures and seminars will discuss novels, accounts and historical and sociological texts from 1880 until today. Students are required to give oral presentations and write essays based on individual research.

Organisation: Lectures and seminars. The language of instruction is English.

Assessment: A 4-hour written exam in addition to a 5-10 page essay. One final grade is awarded, on the A-F scale.

Required reading: Three novels:
O. E. Rølvaag, The Boat of Longing
E. Galarza, Barrio Boy (1971)
A. Tan, The Joy Luck Club (1989)

Excerpts from historical analyses in the following works:
Seller, M. S. (1988), To Seek America: A History of Ethnic Life in the United States
Kraut, A. M. (1982), The Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921
Barkan, E. R. (1996), And Still They Come: Immigrants and American Society 1920 to the 1990s

Selected historical and sociological texts from:
Gjerde, J. (ed) (1998), Major Problems in American Immigration and Ethnic History 1920 to the 1990s: Documents and Essays

Additionally, a selection of historical and literary texts in a compendium (local print).

Course code and title: SFE10204 English Language II: Phonetics, Grammar and Language Proficiency

ECTS credits: 15

Category: Mandatory course, part of the 60 ECTS English module in the bachelor programme Society, Language and Culture

Prerequisites: The course Allmenn lingvistikk for språkstudenter ("General linguistics for language students"), and the course English Language I: Phonetics, Grammar and Language Proficiency

Semester/duration: Spring semester (2nd semester of the bachelor programme)

Objective: At completion of the course students will have further developed their
- knowledge of English grammar;
- knowledge of English phonetics;
- knowledge of essay writing in English;
- skills in analysing oral and written English usage;
- skills in written and oral presentation and argumentation in English;
- skills in writing assignments with bibliographies and references;
- skills in process writing;
- skills in giving presentations in English using audio-visual aids;
- awareness of own language use.

Content: Lectures and seminars in grammar and phonetics, and practical oral and written tasks specified by the lecturer.

Organisation: Lectures and seminars, partly in the language lab, library and computer lab. Active student participation in discussions and group work is expected. The language of instruction is English.

Mandatory assignments: Assignments are given regularly, five of which are so-called progress tests that are mandatory and have to be passed as a prerequisite for the final exam. An oral presentation of 10-15 minutes is also mandatory. Further, there will be a number of mandatory written assignments, submitted as contributions to a portfolio that has to be given a pass mark as a prerequisite for the final exam. The exact number of portfolio contributions will be specified by the lecturer at the beginning of the spring semester.

Assessment: A five-hour written examination at the end of the spring semester

Course reading: Required reading:
B. Bird, A Course in English Intonation. Universitetsforlaget, 1997.
T. S. Nilsen, British and American English Pronunciation
D. Jones, English Pronouncing Dictionary
Jon Orten, Materials for Phonetics. Local print.
Hasselgård, Johanssen, Lysvåg, English Grammar: Theory and Use. Selected chapters.
Handouts

Supplementary reading:
Dictionaries
Philip Carr, Phonology
Alan Çruttenden, Gimson's Pronunciation of English
David Crystal, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
Davidsen-Nielsen and Brit Ulseth, English Intonation
Peter Roach, English Phonetics and Phonology
R. L. Trask, A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
Longman Dictionary of American English
Angela Downing and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar
Geoffrey Leech et al., English Grammar for Today
Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
 

Prerequisites: Foundation courses in finance/business finance.

Semester: Spring semester.

Objectives: Students will learn a multinational firm's financial exposure, use of options, calculation of profitability of foreign investment, cost of capital and capital structure.

Content:

• Financial management
• International parity conditions
• Hedging foreign exchange
• Interest rate exposure
• Futures and options
• Cost of capital
• Foreign investment and capital budgeting
• Corporate governance.

Organisation and teaching: Lectures, group work, exercises. The language of instruction is English.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements:
Three papers must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Assessment:
Four hours written examination.

Required reading:
Eiteman, David K., Arthur I. Stonehill and Michael H. Moffett (2007). Multinational Business Finance, 11th ed. Boston: Pearson / Addison Wesley. 848 pages.

Lecturer: Associate Professor Roswitha King

Category: Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business, elective for other Bachelor-programme students.

Prerequisites: Foundation courses in economics and finance, computer literacy.

Semester: Autumn semester.

Objectives:
The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge of how the financial markets function and how institutions respond to market development in various financial systems. Student should learn to evaluate and select relevant and verified information, analyse facts and understand the logic of changes in an international perspective.

Content:

• Introduction; globalisation and the financial sector
• Understanding financial markets: the debt market, the equity market
• Financial intermediaries: the banking sector and nonbanking finance, insurance and pension funds.
• Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled
• International financial system - organisations and governance; the role of institutions

Organisation and teaching:
Lectures, group presentations, and discussions. Teaching and learning in this course is group-centred, in established groups, with scheduled mandatory classes, consultations and self-initiated meetings. The textbooks are supplemented with veritable web-based current information, relevant for cases and taught subjects. Details on teaching and learning concept are given in a separate note 'Teaching and learning concept in GMI'.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements:
Two group presentations and individual term paper must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Assessment: The term paper counts 50% and a three hours written exam 50% of the final evaluation.

Required reading:
Hubbard, R. Glenn (2005). Money, the Financial System and the Economy. 5th ed, Boston: Pearson/ Addison-Wesley. 684 s.

Supplementary/alternative textbooks:
Kohn, Meir G. (2004). Financial Institutions and Markets. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 674 pages.
Howells, Peter, Bain, Keith (2005) The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance, 3rd ed.,FT Prentice Hall, 602 pages.
Casu, Barbara, Girardone, Claudia, Molyneux, Philip (2006) Introduction to Banking, FT Prentice Hall, 526 pages.
Mishkin, Frederic S. (2006). Financial Markets and Institutions, 5th ed., Pearson/Addison Wesley.

Lecturer: Assistant Professor Danuta Tomczak

Category: Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business, elective for other Bachelor-programme students

Prerequisites: Foundation courses in economics/finance and computer literacy.

Semester: Autumn semester. 

Objectives:
The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge of how the financial markets function and how institutions respond to market development in various financial systems. Student should learn to evaluate and select relevant and verified information, analyse facts and understand the logic of changes in an international perspective.

Content:

• Introduction; globalisation and the financial sector
• Understanding financial markets: the debt market, the equity market
• Financial intermediaries: the banking sector and nonbanking finance, insurance and pension funds.
• Why and how the financial system is regulated and controlled
• International financial system - organisations and governance; the role of institutions

Organisation and teaching:
Lectures, group presentations, and discussions. Teaching and learning in this course is group-centred, in established groups, with scheduled mandatory classes, consultations and self-initiated meetings. The textbooks are supplemented with veritable web-based current information, relevant for cases and taught subjects. Details on teaching and learning concept are given in a separate note 'Teaching and learning concept in GMI'.

Mandatory assignments / exam requirements:
Two group presentations must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final examination.

Assessment: Three hours written exam.

Required reading:
Hubbard, R. Glenn (2005). Money, the Financial System and the Economy. 5th ed, Boston: Pearson/ Addison-Wesley. 684 pages.

Supplementary/alternative textbooks:
Kohn, Meir G. (2004). Financial Institutions and Markets. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 674 s.
Howells, Peter, Bain, Keith (2005) The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance, 3rd ed.,FT Prentice Hall, 602 pages.
Casu, Barbara, Girardone, Claudia, Molyneux, Philip (2006) Introduction to Banking, FT Prentice Hall, 526 pages.
Mishkin, Frederic S. (2006). Financial Markets and Institutions, 5th ed., Pearson/Addison Wesley.

Lecturer:  Assistant Professor Danuta Tomczak

4. Prerequisites
None apart from general qualifications for admission to higher education, alternatively, admission based on other relevant background.

5. Time and duration
Spring semester, 2nd semester of the BIK programme.

6. Objectives
The course aims to give students insight into aspects of language and culture that may influence communication between people from different cultures, e.g. non-verbal communication, language functions, context, prejudice, stereotypes, world view, values, norms and ethics. Further, the students will learn methods and principles of comparing one's own culture with other cultures and identifying potential causes of non-effective communication.

7. Content
- Basic social anthropology
- Other relevant issues within the field of intercultural communication
- Theories for comparing cultures
- Analysis of communication situations using different theories

8. Organisation and teaching
The course is given as lectures and group work. The course will be taught in either Norwegian or English (potential students are asked to inform themselves of the language of instruction for the semester in question). Course literature is mainly in English.

9. Work practice/internship

10. Obligatory assignments
One oral presentation and one written assignment, held and submitted by given deadlines, are the obligatory prerequisite for the final exam.

11. Assessment
Oral examination of approx. 30 minutes. Assessment is given on the A-F grading scale.

12. Required reading
Samovar, L & R Porter (2006), Communicating between Cultures, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Compendium, local print.

Course code and title: SFB12704 Bachelor dissertation
ECTS credits: 10
Compulsory/optional: Compulsory for Bachelor in International Business
Prerequisites: Completed 2-3 years of tertiary education in business or economics.
Semester: Spring

Objective: Writing a dissertation should develop the students' skills to combine theoretical and empirical knowledge into a professional piece of work, based on own research and literature studies, surveys a.o.

Content: The dissertation is a group work of 2-3 students, on a topic connected with the core subjects of business studies. The selected problem must be relevant for the programme and have a certain degree of originality. Depending on the subject, the dissertation must be 40 - 60 pages and the workload per person is estimated to ca 120h.

Organisation and teaching: The students will be given an introduction to the formalities of writing a thesis such as reference systems, data collection, etc. Each group is given a supervisor. Groups should set up an individual plan for tutoring and consultations with the supervisor. Details are given in "Guidelines for Bachelor Dissertation" for the 3rd year of International Business Programme at Østfold University College.

Exam requirements/ mandatory requirements: Compulsory 8 hours of methodological instruction. A minimum of four meetings between group and supervisor.

Assessment: Dissertation

Required reading: Individual reading list for each group.

Lecturer: Danuta Tomczak (for general information and appointing of supervisor) / The appointed supervisor.

Course code and title SFB13504 Topics in I nternational Economics