Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be within the humanities or the social sciences. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completing the course, the student is expected to have attained the following knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of the information systems, structures and internal and external communication forms used in knowledge-intensive domains.
• Knowledge of various forms of communication and publication.
• Knowledge of how to analyse the information management structures used in various organisations.

Content

The purpose of the course is to study information systems and information structures with a point of departure in various theoretical perspectives. Students will study how knowledge-intensive organisations manage various types of analogue and digital documents and how they manage their internal and external communication. There will also be discussion on different forms of communication and publication.

Instruction

Instruction will take place in the form of lectures, seminars and supervision both individually and in groups. All teaching elements containing some form of examination are compulsory and any failure to participate must be compensated for with supplementary assignments. It is recommended, although not necessary, that all course participants have their own laptop with them for use during lessons.

Assessment

Examination will be by written examination, both individual and group-based, oral and written seminar exercises and reporting on assignments performed individually or in groups. In order to fulfil course requirements, students must participate actively in examined seminars. Any student who misses a single compulsory teaching element will be required to submit a supplementary assignment, the scope of which will reflect the workload that would have been required to prepare for and actively participate in the teaching element in question.

Students who wish to complete supplementary assignments from a previous course will preferably be given an assignment based on current course content.

All elements of the course will be assessed with one of the grades fail, pass or pass with credit.

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.