Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish degree of at least 180 credits with at least 90 credits in business studies. Proficiency in English. This is normally attested by means of an internationally recognised test such as TOEFL or IELTS.

 

Learning outcomes

This course has two interrelated goals. Having completed the course the student shall:

1. develop an in-depth understanding of the practice of reading and writing academic work and the relationship between these two processes.
2. show an in-depth ability to write and read academic texts by selecting a topic within sustainability of their own interest and to practice reading and writing in regards to this topic.

Content

The intertwined and relationships between "sustainability" and "management" is at the core of the masterprogram in "Sustainable Management". The starting point in this course is the question: How can we read and write sustainably? Consequently, this is a course where we not only relate to the topic of sustainability from the outside, but also brings it back to ourselves and our everyday academic practices of reading and writing. As such, this course aims at inspiring and developing knowledge for keeping alive the craft of academic reading and writing, which are crafts that are absolutely essential for academic work. Fundamentally, the course is based on the understanding that reading and writing are closely integrated academic processes of knowledge creation. Writing is not a skill that students learn separately from other processes. It combines many complex activities, including the construction of key notions and concepts for a subject, malting new connections, and developing arguments, to name a few. In practice, this means that reading can be used as a springboard for writing and writing can be used as a way to understand reading.

During the course, a variety of reading and writing activities will be used, for instance, to help students understand that critical reading can be practiced through writing about reading and that writing projects can be strengthened through careful, critical reading. Classroom practices will be designed so that students use writing to read and reading to write. A variety of readings will be assigned; readings showcasing different forms of generes as well as academic readings covering different fields of study. Besides the assigned readings, students will individually select readings based on their own interest.

Instruction

In working towards the learning objectives, a combination of lectures and tutoring sessions with the invited faculty will be held. While the seminars are group discussions ledby a seminar teacher the tutoring sessions consists of smaller groups, aimed for in-depth discussion of selected subjects. Just like the teachers, students are always expected to be prepared for the lectures and take responsibility for the co-creation of a generative learning process to unfold. At the same time, important learning will take place outside the lecture hall. That is why there is an emphasis on the hands-on experience of reading and writing (individually and in groups) in-between scheduled activities. These activities include formal writing, such as essay assignments inrelation to a specific content and writing about reading but also informal writing as such writing diaries. Themes addressed includes, but are not limited to, how to get started with writing, revision strategies, collaborative writing, reading strategies, plagiarism, how to utilize library sources, how to give feedback to others. Across these themes, there is the urge to find out more about one's own preferred reading and writing practices.

The course is taught in English.

Assessment

The student will get one single grade, equivalent to 7,5 credits.

The examination takes place continuously through individual and group assignments. The grade for the entire course is based on an assessment of all parts of the examination. Grading criteria are presented in the study guide that applies to the course section. The

following grades will be used, pass with distinction (VG), pass (G) and fail (U). Examinations handed in late will not be assessed except under special circumstances. Any remaining supplemental work must be handed in by the deadline specified in the study guide.

For students who have not received a passing grade for the course, there is the opportunity to be examined without re-registration via amake-up exam.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Uppsala University does not accept cheating or plagiarism. Suspected incidents of cheating or plagiarism are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, which may issue a formal warning to the student or suspend the student from studies for a certain period.

NOTE: Only completed courses can count toward a degree.