Teaching and learning in higher education
About the university pedagogy study program
The university pedagogy study program is designed for those who need to meet the minimum requirement for teaching competence in connection with employment or promotion. One of the requirements for being approved as having teaching competence is formal pedagogical education related to learning and teaching in higher education.
If you can document formal competence, you should apply for recognition of this competence within the study program (Read more about recognition here.). You must be admitted to the study program in order to apply for recognition. If your application is approved, you may disregard the parts of the program that are recognized. You are, of course, welcome to participate in our courses even if you are not required to.
For those who cannot document formal competence, we have developed a university pedagogy study program. The program is to be completed over the course of two years.
Structure
The study program in university pedagogy consists of a mandatory course and several elective modules:
- Mandatory: Introduction to University Pedagogy (5 credits) is mandatory for all who are admitted to the study program. We offer this both in Norwegian and English in the autumn semester, and only in Norwegian in the spring semester.
- Elective 1: Subject Didactics Modules (5 credits), available in both Norwegian and English in both semesters.
- Elective 2: Development Project for University Pedagogy (5 credits), available only in Norwegian in the autumn semester and in both Norwegian and English in the spring semester.
- Elective 3: Course Design (5 credits), available only in Norwegian in the autumn semester and in both Norwegian and English in the spring semester.
Mandatory introductory course
The introductory course in the basic competence program for employment and promotion to associate professor and professor is offered in English. A new course will run i the autumn of 2025 in the same time as the Norwegian course but in a different classroom. The time for the sessions in 2025 will be in week 38 and week 48.
All applicants must apply for the course in “Opptak”. We recommend that you contact your manager early in the application process for support.
Sign up here: Søknadsweb - Høgskulen på Vestlandet (hvl.no)
