Religious Minorities in Israel
Masteremne
- Studiepoeng
- 5
- Undervisningssemester
- Haust, Vår
- Emnekode
- RELMIN643
- Talet på semester
- 1
- Undervisningsspråk
- English
- Ressursar
- Timeplan
Emnebeskrivelse
Mål og innhald
Læringsutbyte
The student shall by the end of the course have gained the following learning outcome defined in knowledge, skills, and general competence:
Knowledge:
The student
- has advanced knowledge of the religious, social, and political situation of the major religious minorities in Israel
- can analyze the way religious matters are organized in the State of Israel and its occupied territories
- can analyze the various ways this system affects religious minorities and their individual members
Skills:
The student
- can engage in critical discussions and peer review activities about religious minorities in Israel
- can conduct a short independent research project by finding and evaluating relevant source materials and demonstrate writing skills
General competence:
The student
- can recognize biases and prejudices in sources about and by religious minorities.
- can communicate in writing the complex social situations of religious minorities while using the concepts and terminology consistent with the master's level of writing and the course literature.
Studiepoeng, omfang
Studienivå (studiesyklus)
Undervisningssemester
Undervisningsstad
Krav til forkunnskapar
Tilrådde forkunnskapar
Studiepoengsreduksjon
Krav til studierett
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
The teaching and student activities in this course will entirely take place online.
Examples
- short introductory videos.
- Readings
- following each video/reading there will be a short quiz, that tests the students basic understanding of the video/reading
- individual feedback on discussion postings and essays from the instructor participation in online discussions
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
In this course the following compulsory requirements have to be approved in order to sit for the examination:
- contributing actively to mapping out the religious minorities of Israel in a for that purpose designed assignment
- course quizzes following videos and/or texts. The quizzes will test the students' command of the prescribed course material. There will be between 1 and 5 quizzes per week, and successful completion of at least 70% online course questions in course quizzes is required.
- Four very short essays (minimum 300 words each) and two responses to other students' short essays (each minimum 100 words).
Compulsory requirements are evaluated with "approved/not approved."
Vurderingsformer
The examination consists of an essay (approx. 3000 words).
The exam assignment will be given in English.
The exam can be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Karakterskala
Vurderingssemester
Litteraturliste
The reading list consists of approximately 500 pages.
The reading list is published by July 1st. for the autumn semester and by December 1st. for the spring semester.