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Course Catalog 01/02


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PÄS043 Community 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q 1

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER



PREREQUISITES
Applicants must have completed the course PAS037, PAS042 and PAS040.


COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students acquire
basic knowledge of the natural, social and cultural conditions and the
historical and religious distinctive character of the local community
ability to see the dimension of time in the development of the local
community and to reflect on their own identity
ability to develop and work on their own attitudes in vital issues and
ethics
ability to work on and develop the local community as a resource in
teaching
sufficient knowledge to plan and work out a study of the local community as
a form of teaching
knowledge of didactic issues relevant to school


CONTENTS
Item 1 Social science 6 credits
Religious life in the local community, its roots and growth
Churches and religious currents in modern society
Vital issues and ethics
The original population and its development in the region
The local community as part of the history of the Barents region
The political and cultural development of the local community
The geographic and ethnogeographic development of the local community

Item 2 A study of the local community - project 4 credits
Planning, implementation and presentation of a close study of a local
community


TEACHING
Lectures, seminars, group work and field studies.


EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in groups.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: fail/pass

ITEMS/CREDITS

Local community studies/project work 6.00ECTS
Social science/exam 9.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE


Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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