Child Protection (Bachelor).Students must expect to attend lectures in English in some lectures, and that some syllabus may be in Englis

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Autumn 2020 (1. semester)

Practical training
PRA1024
0 sp
PRA1025
0 sp

Spring 2021 (2. semester)

RE120S
10 sp
Practical training
PRA1024
5 sp
PRA1025
5 sp

Autumn 2022 (5. semester)

SA271S
30 sp

Spring 2023 (6. semester)

Electives
SOA2003
10 sp
SOA2005
10 sp
SOA2004
10 sp

The student will on successful completion of the programme :

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Possess basic knowledge of the political history of ideas and political theory
  • Possess basic knowledge of the international political system, globalization processes and more recent phenomena such as international terrorism and global environmental problems
  • Possess basic knowledge of research ethics and social science methodology

Skills:

  • Possess basic skills in collecting, organizing, developing and presenting research-based knowledge
  • Demonstrate basic skills in the analysis of political processes and issues

General competence:

  • Demonstrate good knowledge of the structure and function of local, regional and national political systems, and the recent developments and changes associated with these
  • Demonstrate good knowledge of the role and significance of organizations and how they function, and be able to analyze organizations and organizational change processes

Applicants must fulfil the requirements for Norwegian General Study competence as well as language proficiency requirements in Norwegian and English language.

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The programme qualifies students for executive and middle management positions in the public sector. It also provides good background for administrative work in the private sector, NGOs and voluntary organizations, where knowledge about politics, administration and organization will be suitable backgrounds. The programme is also very well suited for graduates seeking employment in schools or in journalism.

Graduates qualify for admission to the following master level programmes: The Master of Social Work, The Master of Rehabilitation, The Master of Human Resource Management at the Faculty of Social Sciences, at University of Nordland as well as relevant master degree programmes at other universities.

Students may apply to undertake their practice period abroad. In order to be able to go on a practice period abroad students will need to have passed the first academic year with a weighted average grade C.

We recommend the following partner institutions:

University College Zealand (Denmark) 


Christ University (India) 

No specific costs other than semester registration fee and course literature.

Either a home exam, an oral examination or a written examination, or a combination, with regular Norwegian grading system (A-F)

Students must expect to attend lectures in English in some lectures, and that some syllabus may be in English.

Bachelor thesis
The programme is evaluated via student questionnaire, as well as by the programme director. The evaluations form a part of the University's quality assurance system.

The programs practice section is two-fold. The first part, which lasts four weeks, is completed during the first and second semesters of the study as parallel practice. The second part, which has a duration of twenty weeks, is completed in the fourth semester of the program. This part of practice is a full time practice. The student receives guidance during both practice periods. Each part of the practice is assessed to pass / fail according to the criteria set out in a separate rules of practice. There are written assignments related to both practice periods that are assessed according to the grades approved / not approved. All written assignments must be approved in order for the practical part of the education to be passed successfully.

Students must expect work in the afternoon / evening in relation to the practice of 1 and 2 semesters.

In connection with practice of 4 semesters, students must expect to have practice outside Bodø, as the whole of Nordland and the northern part of Trøndelag is a practice area.