Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students are expected to be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

• Describe the principles underlying tools, approaches and methods for facilitation and process design to implement global health and sustainability.

Competences and Skills

• Apply tools, approaches, methods and techniques for project management or conflict management, at group, organisation and or policy level.
• Design a basic evaluation and monitoring process to a change project in health or sustainability.

Judgment and Approach

• Critically evaluate and adapt different tools and methods in response to diverse contexts and situations in change processes for health and sustainability.

Content

Departing from the global health and sustainability agenda, this course is aimed to introduce and train students in using different research tools and methods to support the implementation of actions in complex contexts characterised by dilemmas.

During the course, students have the opportunity to learn about, apply, and constructively criticise tools, methods and approaches for stakeholder facilitation and learning process design, ranging from theoretical models, typologies and conceptual frameworks. Students will apply these in class settings and actual practice, focusing on global health and sustainability challenges.

Instruction

The course consists of lectures, mandatory seminars and group and individual assignments and oral and written presentations. Critical reading of scientific articles will be done throughout the course. The course includes a significant component where students will have the opportunity to apply tools, methods and approaches and reflect upon facilitation and process design for project or conflict management. Sessions are interactive and students are encouraged to draw on their own experiences from the fields presented. Language of instruction is English.

Assessment

All written exams and mandatory parts must be approved to pass the course. The course's final grade is based on a weighted rating of all course sections. Possibility to complete non-approved mandatory assignments may be given at the next course opportunity, at the earliest, and only in case of vacancy. 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. All examinations are in English.