Learning platform and teaching in practice
The Bachelor in HR, Organisation and Management has been designed in such a way that the courses and work on these courses will help students progress towards the intended learning outcomes described in Chapter 2 of this programme description.

Each course has been designed to demonstrate the breadth of knowledge, skills and general expertise reflected in working life. Some of the courses focus more on learning outcomes, while others focus on developing specific skills and others include several skills at the intersection between theory and practice. This is reflected in teaching.

The working, teaching and assessment methods for each course have been selected to provide an appropriate and meaningful correlation between the desired learning outcomes, the teaching methods used and the final examination at the end of the course.

The methodological choices also reflect the contribution of the course to the programme of study as a whole. Students will therefore encounter varied learning activities during their period of study, a variation that, overall, will reflect the working life for which students are training.

An important aspect of the Bachelor in HR, Organisation and Management is developing broad expertise within the field and training students for independent work. The teaching and learning materials available in the learning platform aim to illustrate, elaborate on and supplement the syllabus.

As with all higher education, Kristiania University College sets out requirements concerning students’ independent learning work. The University College assumes responsibility for facilitating students’ work through properly designed learning. The actual learning takes place on the part of the individual student and will be the result of their own work.

Once an online student has been admitted to one or more courses, the student will have access to relevant courses via the learning platform, information about how different subjects in the courses relate to one another and the sequence in which they should be completed. Each course contains a series of practice assignments/self-assessments that will help students evaluate their progression and whether their learning objectives are being reached.

The courses are divided into modules. Each module will consist of instructional texts, video lectures and/or other forms of learning activities. Each course has coursework requirements that must be approved before students can sit for an examination. Examples of coursework requirements may include written assignments, tests, reflective writing or digital presentations. The academic supervisor will provide feedback on the student’s coursework requirements for the purpose of strengthening the learning process and students’ academic work.

The learning platform provides access to the digital tools needed in order to communicate with supervisors and fellow students, plan your own course progression, find relevant collaborators and easily connect with administrative support staff who work specifically with online studies.

Examination and assessment methods
An assessment refers to a situation in which a submitted or presented piece of work is assessed against a set of criteria. The criteria are set by the learning outcomes defined for each course. Assessments may be performed by fellow students, teachers or examiners. These generally lead to feedback, either for the purpose of guidance or as a grade (examinations).

At Kristiania University College, we distinguish between assessment as learning, assessment for learning and assessment of learning. The format of the assessed work (format of assessment) may be the same in all three of these assessment scenarios but the purpose varies.

The purpose of assessment as learning (peer assessment) and for learning (feedback from the academic supervisor) is to create a learning process in order to help students achieve the best possible learning outcomes. We consider these types of assessment to be part of our teaching methods, which can be found in Chapter 4.1.

The assessment of learning is a final assessment in which the actual learning outcomes achieved are assessed through an examination. At Kristiania University College, examinations are defined as follows: “An examination is a final assignment within a course or a limited sub-course”. The submitted or presented work will be assessed by an examiner and the outcomes of the assessment will be included in the grade transcript.

Students on the Bachelor in HR, Organisation and Management may encounter the following examination methods:

Oral examination
Performing/practical examination
Supervised examination
Multiple choice
Home examination
Portfolio examination
Semester assignment
Bachelor’s thesis
Production examination

All online courses include compulsory activities. Compulsory activities must be approved before you can take an examination. Such activities may include requirements for one or more works to be submitted (coursework requirements) and/or requirements for participation in defined activities and/or teaching and/or compulsory supervised professional training.

Compulsory activities are graded as Approved/Not Approved and the right to take an examination in a course with compulsory activities requires any such activities to have been graded as Approved. Students will otherwise lose their right to take the examination for the course until the activities have been assessed as Approved.

For supplementary information about examinations and compulsory activities, please refer to the Kristiania University College website.

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Bachelor in Human Resource Management