Sloyd för beginners, 7.5 Credits

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The aim for the course is to experience Swedish sloyd-culture through practical work. During the course we will focus on traditional wood and metal working techniques. The course targets primarily on people from other cultures and have a focus on introducing Swedish sloyd as a way to make things. We will work practically with handheld tools, how they are operated and maintenanced. Safety in the workshop is another important part of the course.
 
Focus during the course besides working in different techniques, will be on design, shape, color and expression trough practical work in wood and metal. Specific areas within sloyd will be introduced during the course. Construktion, aesthetical principles and sustainability will be concerned.  

Expected learning outcomes

For a passing grade, the student must be able to

Knowledge and understanding:

- Describe and apply different techniques within wood sloyd.
- Form an idea in material.
- Work safely in a workshop.
 
Skills and abilities:
 
- Show ability to work the different processes of sloyd.
- Have the ability to complete your practical work.

Judgement and approach:
 
- Be able to evaluate your own and other sloydartifacts from Swedish traditions.
- Be able to iterpret  sloydartifacts from a historical perspective.

Required Knowledge

Form of instruction

The classes are compulsory and focuses on practical work, short lectures, demonstrations and tuition during classes. Practical clothes (for wood and metal working) is required. The course will be suported by a digital comunication platform. 

Examination modes

Examination will be based on practical work, the process of working and written analyses.

The examiner can decide on deviations from the examination form of the syllabus. Individual adaptation of the form of examination must be considered based on the student's needs and can be made for students who have received a decision on support. The form of examination is adapted within the framework of the curriculum's expected study results. Students who need an adapted examination must request adaptation from the institution responsible for the course no later than 10 days before the examination. The examiner decides on an adapted examination, which is then notified to the student.

A student who has received a passing grade may not retake the exam.

A student who has not passed the exam results has the right to participate in a renewed exam (so called re-examination). The first re-examination must be offered no later than two months after the regular exam, but no earlier than ten working days after the results of the regular exam have been announced. For tests conducted during the months of May and June, the first re-test may be offered within three months after the regular test. The time for the re-examination must be announced at the latest in connection with the regular exam.

At least one second retest (a so called collection test) must be offered within one year after the regular test. In cases where the exam cannot be repeated according to the current rules for re-exams, it must instead be replaced with another task. The extent and content of such information must be in reasonable proportion to the missed exam.

A student who does not fully meet the objectives for the examination but is close to the limit for a passing grade can, at the decision of the examiner, be given the opportunity to supplement in order to achieve a passing grade for the course. Completion of the examination must be adapted individually based on the goal or goals that the student has not achieved and must take place within two weeks after the students have been notified of the examination results but before the next examination opportunity. It is only permitted to supplement a failed result to a pass, supplementing for a higher grade is not permitted.

Other regulations

The cut-off date for submissions is the last day of the course, unless otherwise specified by the teaching staff. At all exam times, examination tasks must be completed or submitted within the time specified by the teaching teacher in order to be taken into account, otherwise they must be completed or submitted at a new exam opportunity.

In the event that the syllabus ceases to apply or undergoes major changes, the student is guaranteed at least three exam opportunities (including regular exam opportunities) according to the previous course syllabus for a maximum of two years from the time the previous syllabus ceased to apply or the course ceased to be offered