SO-104 Ethics, Judgement and Professional Practice
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Cecilie Revheim
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Bachelor's Programme in Social Work
- Child Welfare, 5 year Master's Programme
Teaching language
NorwegianCourse contents
Course contents
The course consists of two main parts: ethics in principle and ethics in practice
ethics in principle, topics:
-
Introduction to ethical schools of thought: deontological ethics, consequentialism, virtue-based ethics and ethics of discourse.
-
Special emphasis on relational ethics that revolves around the works of K.E. Løgstrup, M. Buber and E. Levinas
-
What does it mean to be å human being?
-
Ethical Reflection
Ethics in social work:
-
Values in social work
-
Ethical challenges in meetings and conversations
-
Substance and function of professional Ethics
-
Between person and system
Learning outcomes
Through reading, lectures and group work, the students should have acquired basic knowledge of key ethical and professional ethical questions with emphasis on ethical challenges in social work. The students should be able to concretise ethical changes as they emerge in social work, and they will develop the ability to reflect on them based on ethical thinking and theory.
Teaching methods
Lecture and group work with assignments and/or group presentations. Expected workload is about 270 hours.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Assessment methods and criteria
5-hour individual written examination. Graded assessment
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| SV-121 – Ethics, Judgement and Professional Practice | 10 |
| SV-104 – Ethics and Professional Conduct | 10 |