University of Oslo

The course explores select classic and contemporary plays, poems, short stories, and novels by Norwegian authors. It analyzes literary texts and reflects on their intersections with gender, place, and history. Texts include folktales, an Ibsen play, novels, and other works of fiction. Through lectures and class discussions, the course develops proficiency in close reading and an understanding of the cultural contexts of literary expression.

This course gives an introduction to analytical mechanics and field theory, with an emphasis on Lagrange-Hamilton formalism and the action concept. Further, the course contains a thorough introduction to Einstein’s special relativity using four-vector formalism. This is used to give a covariant (independent of reference frame) description of mechanics and electromagnetism, including Maxwell’s equations.

The course consists of a research project in physics that involves the compilation of research findings, as well as processing information and data. Some projects involve independent practical research and/or numerical or theoretical calculations in a chosen topic. Individual supervision is provided by faculty member based upon an agreement with the student. The type of supervision and frequency of supervision depends on the project and its stage, and the supervisor supports the project and provides feedback during the final stage. Graded on a P/NP basis only.

This course explores how South Korean state and capital has been nurturing the country’s popular culture industry and promoting its exports. It discusses how South Korean popular culture attracts audiences, both domestically and globally, and what its strengths and weaknesses are, as well as how South Korea popular culture (mis)represents the current conditions of South Korean society. The course deals with the full spectrum of the popular culture developments, with special focus on films and music.

This course provides an introduction into epidemiological and public health perspectives on mental health and wellbeing. The course focuses on theoretical and empirical accounts of how wellbeing and common mental health problems (including symptoms of anxiety and depression, weight/eating problems, conduct problems, alcohol and other drug use) are understood in an epidemiological and public health perspective. Cultural, individual differences, and lifespan approaches to mental health and wellbeing are an integrated part of the course.

This course provides an overview of the field of microbiology, with a focus on terrestrial diversity. The course mainly covers prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiology, with a focus on their metabolism, environmental methods, and diagnostics.

The course gives an introduction to group and ring theory with emphasis on finite groups, polynomial rings, and field extensions.

This course examines the interaction between humans and technology. On an applied level, it discusses how systems should be designed to promote the greatest possible degree of efficiency, safety, and health. The course largely focuses on complex socio-technical systems, such as control room systems, navigation in maritime environments, railway systems, and tunnels. It also considers the design of less complex systems such as websites and software, consumer electronics, and signage systems. The course discusses how human-technology interaction informs wider organizational systems, such as training, selection, reward systems, stress management programs, and deviation regulation. Risk and risk perception, as well as safety culture, are also central themes in the course. On a deeper academic level, the course is central to the study of consciousness, and forms part of a wider discussion within cognitive science.

This course provides deepened insight into English grammar and the linguistic analysis of English. There is a focus on syntactic description, analysis and argumentation, and on the relationship between linguistic form and grammatical function. Particular attention is given to the forms and functions of the noun phrase and the verb phrase as well as to clause structure and information packaging.

The course provides an introduction to selected topics in discrete mathematics; including graph theory, combinatorics, final bodies, and code theory.