Semester page for ISSSV4756 - Summer 2016

Dear students in the International Development Studies course,

Welcome to the 2016 International Summer School!

The International Development Studies course is work-intensive, and your work starts prior to coming to Norway. Your fellow students come from all over the world, and an important part of the course is sharing your different experiences.

In the first week of the course you will present the most important development problems of your country according to your own view, at a mandatory 3-day trip to the Student Cottage in the forest north of Oslo. Please select only two or three problems because you will have only 20 minutes for your presentation. You must prepare for this before you come to Oslo.

Throughout the course you will be working in groups according to selected themes. The themes will be chosen in the first week by all the students in the course and presented f...