Analyzing (in)equalities – Gender, class and ethnic relations
Students must either be enrolled in Master in Social Analysis or Master in Social Welfare, or apply for the course as a single course student/exchange student.
Single course students must meet the following entry requirements:
- Bachelor degree of 3 years' duration (180 ECTS).
- The applicant must have passed exams of at least 80 ECTS credits in social sciences. The grade requirement is C on a weighted average.
Knowledge
The student:
• has advanced knowledge of different theoretical perspectives on gender, class and ethnicities/race.
• has critical insights into the social structures and processes that are related to equality and integration problematics.
• has extensive knowledge about both the historic and the current theoretical, methodological and empirical debates regarding the questions of gender, ethnicity/race and class.
• Has deep insight on how categories are both (re)created, challenged and maintained over time.
Skills
The student can:
• present theoretical perspectives both orally and in written form.
• address how existing theoretical and empirical knowledge on gender, ethnicity and class can help to generate new insights on different forms of social inequalities and the related social processes.
• place the different perspectives in relation to the historic and scientific developments in the related knowledge fields.
• communicate the relevance of the introduced perspectives on gender, ethnicity/race and class, and critically reflect on the strengths and limitations of these perspectives in analysing inequalities, in different forms, at different levels.
Competence
The student:
• has the foundation for understanding and addressing perspectives and issues regarding (in)equalities, power relations and diversities.
• can present and reflect on the topics related to gender, class, ethnicity/race in an academic manner.
• can contribute to the political and academic discussions related to the introduced topics in this subject.
• can contribute to social innovations in the related practice fields.
The teaching takes place primarily on the Bodø campus, but can be combined with some digital teaching. The learning activities will mainly be lectures, seminars and group work. Group work with presentation is mandatory (see work requirements below).
*The course is taught provided that a sufficient number of students register for it.
- Required course work:
Group work with a mandatory presentation in front of the whole class. Each group presentation will receive comments from other groups and the teachers. Themes for group work can be linked to ongoing societal debates that deal with gender, ethnicity and class. Assessed as approved/not approved.
- Exam:
Take home exam (individual), an essay on a given topic (work time: one week / 7 days, around 4000 words). Graded A-F.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
