Multicultural Work, master

About the Study Programme

Subject:

Health & Social Work Studies

Location:

Porsgrunn

Duration:

2 year(s)

ECTS:

60

Programme code:

220 983

Language of instruction:
Norwegian

Application:

Application form

Read more in the curriculum

• Starting 2008/2009
• Starting before 2008/2009

Content:

This study programme in multicultural work is a further education programme, developed to meet the increasing demand for multicultural understanding and competence in various sectors. Norway has become a multicultural society due to increased flows of economic and political immigrants and refugees. Norway is also an active player on the international and global arena, in particular as regards trade and communication. As a consequence global understanding and competence in multicultural work is required also by the public sector.

Main courses in the programme:

• How differing understandings of reality are constructed (7.5 ECTS)
• Modernity, Globalisation and Identity (7.5 ECTS)
• International Migration and Norwegian Immigration Policy (7.5 ECTS)
• Culture and Ethnicity (7.5 ECTS)
• Cross-cultural Communication (5 ECTS)
• Adolescence and Life Span (5 ECTS)
• Development of Multicultural Competence (5 ECTS)
• Project Work in Multicultural Work (15 ECTS)

Career / Further Study:

Students will acquire the competence required to work with multicultural issues, both locally, nationally and internationally. Students learn how to manage changing population patterns in the multicultural society.The syllabus gives a general overview and a detailed analysis of what multicultural work is about.

Teaching and Learning Methods:

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, group work, discussion groups, project work and students presentations. There will be an introduction to ‘Classfronter’, which is an IT application for teaching and information. The programme includes 4 group sessions per semester.