Program Overview

Course Overview

The course "Immigration, integration, diversity 2" (ISA3504) provides an overview of perspectives and recent research within the field of immigration, with a special focus on issues related to refugees and work with children and families with minority backgrounds.

Course Details

• Credits: 15
• Level: Second degree level
• Course start: Autumn 2025
• Duration: 1 semester
• Language of instruction: Norwegian
• Location: Trondheim
• Examination arrangement: Assignment

About the Course

Course Content

This course focuses on meetings between the welfare system and the minority population, including national minorities and indigenous people, with emphases on Child Welfare care and Social Services. Central issues include immigration and integration politics, marginalization processes, risk factors, and coping strategies.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge:

• Specialized understanding of different theories about migration, transnationalism, and multiculturalism
• In-depth knowledge of various factors affecting marginalization of children and families with minority background, including racism and discrimination
• In-depth knowledge of flight, exile, and the social integration of refugees and labor migrants
• Advanced knowledge of refugee- and immigration policy and the Norwegian welfare system
• Ability to analyze academic topics based on different perspectives on the relationship between migration and factors such as ethnicity, gender, and class

Skills:

• Ability to reflect and critically discuss goals and measures in immigration policy
• Can reflect independently on theoretical perspectives and societal discourses related to inclusion and integration
• Can describe and analyze marginalization processes in society
• Ability to analyze risk factors and assess coping strategies related to refugees' living conditions and life situation
• Can reflect on how, for example, ethnicity, gender, and class affect migration, inclusion, and migrants' experience of their own situation
• Has the ability to recognize and handle complex situations in collaboration with users and service providers in diverse contexts

Learning Methods and Activities

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Self-study

Compulsory Assignments

• Approved assignment

Evaluation

• Form of assessment: Term paper
• Requirements for approved exercise assignment to pass the exam
• Compulsory activity must be approved in order to take the final exam in the course
• The compulsory activities are approved for 4 years; if more than four years have passed since the approved compulsory activity, the student must carry out compulsory activities again in order to take the exam

Recommended and Required Previous Knowledge

• Recommended previous knowledge: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in health science, social work, or the social sciences
• Required previous knowledge: Bachelor's degree

Course Materials

• The syllabus is 1300 pages (including 300 pages chosen by the student)
• The syllabus list is published on Blackboard at the start of the course

Credit Reductions

The course has academic overlap with the following courses:

• HMBV4007
• SARB3511
• SARB3512
• SARB3518
• SARB3519
• ISA3503 If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject Areas

• Social Sciences

Examination

• Examination arrangement: Assignment
• Grade: Letter grades
• Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026: Assignment with specific weighting, examination aids, date, submission time, and duration.