Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

Indicative course content (topics):
1) The changing nature of the global epidemic

2) The role of evaluation and research

• Epidemiology – global trends and the changing character of the epidemiology

• Cross-cutting issues
  - Poverty incl. nutrition
  - Gender incl. violence
  - Sexuality
  - Stigma and discrimination incl. in PMTCT

• Working with communities incl. PLA
  - Reaching most-at-risk populations: MSM, SW, IDUs, migrants
  - Young people (working for and with young people)

• Treatment relevant topics: Treatment as prevention. 2009 WHO/UNAIDS guidelines

• Global architecture

Learning outcome

Course objectives:
1) By the end of the course, students will have developed their understanding of:

• Impact of HIV and AIDS in different countries and communities
• Gender, poverty, and stigma dimensions of HIV and AIDS
• Current and future options for HIV prevention, treatment, care, and impact mitigation
• Effective programmes and interventions and the role of community groups in this

2) By the end of the course, students will have developed skills in updateing their knowledge about HIV and AIDS which is a rapidly changing field

Admission

Id does not exist in shared text

Students enrolled at the M.Phil in International Community Health programme will get first priority to the courses. The deadline for register in Studentweb and apply for courses is February 1, 2013.

External applicants

External applicants are welcome to apply. Please contact Linda Andreassen if you want admission to this course.

Id does not exist in shared text

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Id does not exist in shared text

• A completed Bachelor’s degree or a period of study comparable with a Norwegian Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution. Applicants with foreign education, please refer to the country list
(The applicants must have a specialization either within health sciences or social sciences).
• a minimum grade point average (GPA) of C (in Norwegian scale) or equivalent from the specialization in your degree.
• An internationally recognised English language proficiency test

Note: all documents must be official certified copies

International applicants or external applicants without a Norwegian ID number:

In order to be evaluated for admission, applicants must fulfill the basic entrance requirements to Norwegian universities, called Higher Education Entrance Qualification or generell studiekompetanse in Norwegian. Applicants from most European countries are eligible for admission upon completion of the secondary school leaving certificate that provides the basis for admission to university studies in the home country. Entrance requirements for applicants from non-European countries may include one or two years of university studies in addition to secondary school. Read more about admission for international applicants

You must submit the Basic Qualifications Registration Form if your Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) for studies in Norway has not already been evaluated. In order to be evaluated, all documents must be submitted within the deadline December 1, 2012.

Send the documents to:
The University of Oslo
The Section for International Health
Department for Community Medicine
University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo

Teaching

Week 19 (May 6th - May 10th)

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

Home Exam.

Examination support material

Id does not exist in shared text

Language of examination

Id does not exist in shared text

English

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

Id does not exist in shared text

Resit an examination

Id does not exist in shared text

Withdrawal from an examination

Id does not exist in shared text

Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Id does not exist in shared text