KAU Doctoral Courses is a database with doctoral courses at Karlstad University.
Course content and form
The course will provide students with an in-depth knowledge of key readings in Working Life Science, the broader academic context in which they are located and the influence they have had. The course will explore the theoretical and methodological implications of classic readings for contemporary working life science issues and the candidate’s own studies. Following an introductory session, five classic readings, including Burawoys’s Manufacturing Consent, Blauner’s Alienation and Freedom and Edwards’ Contested Terrain, will be studied in fortnightly sessions over a 12 week period.
Course goals
After completing the course the doctoral student should be able to:
Prerequisites
None
Examination
Assessment for the course will take the form of a written assignment that relates a classic debate within Working Life Science to their own thesis. Preparation for, and active participation in, fortnightly seminars is a course requirement.
Each syllabus states target group and eligibility, which should be based on the prerequisites necessary to understand and process the content of the course. Syllabi and scheduled course meetings are posted on the course portal web page for the doctoral level, which is also open to the public.
Doctoral students who wish to take a course should sign up according to instructions on the course portal.
Admitted students must meet the requirements stated in the syllabus. If there are more prospective students than the teaching capacity allows, priority is given to students as follows:
The appointed course convener decides on admission of students to a doctor level course in accordance with the order of priority stated above.
Upon completion of the course, the course convener issues a course certificate with a proposed grade to the students.
I kursplan anges målgrupp och behörighet. Behörighet ska utgå från de förkunskaper som behövs för att tillgodogöra sig kursens innehåll.
Kursplaner och planerade kurstillfällen görs tillgängliga på en webbsida: kurstorg för forskarnivå, som även görs tillgänglig externt.
Forskarstuderande som önskar följa en kurs ska anmäla detta enligt anvisning på kurstorget.
Studerande som ges tillträde ska uppfylla de behörighetskrav som anges i kursplanen. Om fler önskar följa kursen än vad undervisningskapaciteten tillåter görs prioritering enligt nedan.
Den som institutionen utsett som kursansvarig beslutar om vilka som får delta i en kurs på forskarnivå, i enlighet med prioritetsordningen ovan.
Efter genomförd kurs och prov lämnar kursansvarig ett intyg med förslag på betyg till kursdeltagarna.