34 (half) master exam papers graded

Today I finished grading 34 home exam papers in a philosophical master course in health science (my responsibility was the philosophy of science part) for University of Stavanger´s Department of health studies.

To grade MA exam papers in health studies course on philosophy of science and ethics

I have agreed to do some of the grading of exam papers in MHV140, a master course on philosophy of science and ethics, for University of Stavanger´s Department of health studies, this autumn.

18 MA exam papers graded

Last Friday I finished grading a total of 18 home exam papers in the UiS EVU course "Philosophy of science and health care ethics" (course code FXPSH100).

5 1/2 hours of teaching October 16th

Yesterday I taught for 5 1/2 hours in the master course "Vitenskapsfilosofi og etikk" [Philosophy of science and ethics]. The whole day was devoted to student presentations of anthology chapters, so my role was mostly as a commentator and chair, but I also stepped in giving two presentations (one on Hume's ethics and another on Kant/Singer) where students had cancelled.

Teaching at UiS 18/9: Ethics and humanity

Yesterday I taught for 3 hours in the master course for health science students "Vitenskapsfilosofi og etikk" [philosophy of science and ethics] at University of Stavanger's Department of health studies. The topic was introduction to ethics, and what I did was go through the first six chapters in António Barbosa da Silva's (ed.) book Etikk og menneskesyn i helsetjeneste og sosialt arbeid [Ethics and /view on the human/ in health care and social work]. I was further present while colleague Anne Norheim lectured for 2 hours on a similar topic.

Course descriptions for three philosophy courses revised

The last couple of weeks I have conducted revision of the course descriptions of three courses at University of Stavanger's Department of Health Studies: 

• BSNEXP Examen Philosophicum (internet-based bachelor in nursing)
• MHV140 Philosophy of science and ethics
• SVEXPHIL2 Examen Philosophicum (bachelor in nursing)

Among the changes: Class-based group work in SVEXPHIL; some English-language anthology texts replaced by Norwegian introductions to ethics and to philosophy of science in MHV140, and in the same subject compulsory group presentations of the selected anthology texts.

The number of students in each of these courses is about 30, 50 and 210 respectively.