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Summer assignment: Course Leader for Trends in Scandinavian Film and TV at the UiO International Summer School
Deadline: Continuously
Job description
Universitetet i Oslo
The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society.
The International Summer School (ISS), is a center for academic learning in an international context and for promoting cross-cultural understanding and international goodwill. ISS offers approx. 20 six-week courses in the humanities and social sciences every summer, for approx. 550 students from 80-100 countries. In addition to the academic program, the school runs a wide variety of extracurricular activities in order to promote experiential learning as well as intercultural dialogue and friendship.
For further information, please see https://www.uio.no/english/studies/summerschool/
The International Summer School at the University of Oslo announces a position as course leader for the course ISSHF 2415 “Trends in Scandinavian Film and Television”. This is a Bachelor level course run during the entire six-week session of the summer school, from June 22 to July 31June, with three hours of teaching/presence per day. A preparatory period as well as censoring of exams after the summer school will be a part of the assignment. Language of instruction is English. The course awards 15 ECTS credits.
The position includes the following responsibilities:
- To manage the entire course content and syllabus at Bachelor level
- To supervise students’ assignments
- To organize potential guest lecturers and field trips
- To censor exams within 2 weeks after they are held
More about the position
- The position is as course leader and teacher for the summer of 2020
- The contract may be renewed for future summer semesters
- Course content for 2018 and earlier years can be found at:
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/iss/sommerskolen/ISSHF2415/index.html
Qualification requirements
- It is preferred, but not an absolute requirement, that the candidate hold an MA degree in the arts, especially the audiovisual arts
- Pedagogical skills, teaching experience, and the ability to take active part in teaching and administrative work
- Good oral and written proficiency in English is required
We offer
- Salary: NOK 268 per hour/NOK 938 per lecture hour (position code 1009 – Lecturer – rates will be adjusted per May 2020)
- A vibrant, international and interactive teaching and working environment
How to apply
The application must include
- Application letter. The letter should include the applicant’s statement of motivation, academic and teaching interests and teaching philosophy
- CV (complete list of education, positions, research experiences, pedagogical experience, audiovisual productions, publications and/or other qualifying activities).
- Copies of educational certificates
- List of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)
The application with attachments can be sent to nita.kapoor@iss.uio.no. Please note that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
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