Course catalogue for Spring 2020

Below you will find the course catalogue for international exchange and guest students at the Faculty of Humanities. All courses in the catalogue are taught either in English or in another foreign language.

Some courses may have prerequisites. It may be possible to attend courses at another level than listed below. Please enquire further at the relevant Department Guidance Centre about special conditions.

For information on how to apply for courses taught in Danish, please refer to the Faculty of Humanities' website for more information.

Courses within Scandinavian culture, language and history for international exchange and guest students

• Danish Culture Courses
• Danish Language Courses
• Academic English/Writing

Courses for domestic students and international exchange and guest students

• American Indian Language and Culture
• Art History
• Assyriology
• China Studies
• Comparative Cultural Studies
• East European Studies
• English Studies 
• Film and Media Studies
• French Studies
• German Studies
• Global Urban Studies
• History
• Information Science and Cultural Communication
• Italian Studies
• Japan Studies
• Korean Studies
• Modern Culture
• Modern India and South Asian Studies
• Near Eastern Archaeology
• Philosophy
• Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
• Religious Studies
• Spanish Studies

Academic English/Writing

Offered by the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP).

• Academic English  (BA)
• Academic Writing for Undergraduate Students (BA)
• Academic Writing for Graduate Students  (MA)
• Presentation Techniques for Undergraduate Students  (BA)
• Presentation Techniques for Graduate students  (MA)

For information on course content, course registration and withdrawal, please refer to CIPs website. 

American Indian Language and Culture

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Individually selected topic – American Indian Languages and Cultures (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Art History

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Contemporary Art (BA)
• From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond: The Center Will Not Hold (MA)
• Imaging Rapture- The Power of Imagination (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Assyriology

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Society A (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

China Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Introduction to China’s History, Culture, and Society 2 (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Comparative Cultural Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Cross-Cultural Aspects and Contexts of Danish Society (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Danish Culture Courses

Offered by the SAXO Institute. 

These courses are open to all international students, regardless of field of study. 

• DCC Course in Danish Culture (BA)
• DCC Danish Architecture and Urban Design (BA)
• DCC Danish Cinema (BA)
• DCC Gender and Sexuality Studies (BA)
• DCC Søren Kierkegaard and the Challenge of Existence (BA)
• DCC Nordic Mythology (BA)

For more information, please visit the Danish Culture Courses website.

Danish Language Courses

Part of the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics. 

These courses are open to all international students regardless of field of study. 

• Pre-Semester Danish Language Courses
• Semester Danish Language Courses

For more information, please visit the Danish Language Course website.

East European Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Digital politics and culture in Eastern Europe, focusing on Russia (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

English Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

NB The following requirements apply when choosing courses: BA-students can choose only one Elective 1 If BA students need more than 15 ECTS with English Studies, they can choose an MA course.

• Elective 2, topic 1:Language and culture in organisations (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 2: Science Fiction, Postcolonial Theory and Gender Theory (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 3: Hauntings: Late Victorian tales of the supernatural (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 4: 21st Century U.S. Writing (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 1: Language, Politics, and Discourse (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 2: Different Worlds in Contemporary American Literature (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 3: The English Renaissance (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 4: Contemporary American Politics in 2020: The Presidential Election Beckons (BA)
• Free topic 1: Sociolinguistic perspectives on English and Globalization (MA)
• Free topic 2: (Ad)dressing the Wound: trauma stories in narrative and theory and Frame and Frame-Break in American Literature (MA)
• Free topic 3: Virginia Woolf and the Others and James Joyce’s Ulysses and its Afterlives (MA)
• Free topic 4: Love and the Novel and Queer and Feminist Methods (MA)
• Free topic 6: Memories of Empire in Brexit Britain (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Film and Media Studies

Offered by the Department of Communication. 

• Digital Media Structures and Creative Film and Media Industries: Seminar A (MA) - Only for students who have completed a BA in Film, Media or Communication Studies.

• Digital Media Structures and Creative Film and Media Industries: Seminar C 

  (MA) - Only for students who have completed a BA in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Digital Strategic Communication (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

French Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

All courses at French Studies are taught in French.

• French - Free Topic (MA)
• Le français dans la mondialisation: langues, cultures et normes (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

German Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

All courses at German Studies are taught in German.

• German electives 1 and 2 (BA)
• Die deutsch-dänische Grenze 1920-2020 (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Global Urban Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Global Urban Studies: Cultural Analysis in a World of Cities (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

History

Offered by the SAXO Institute.

• Greenland in the new Arctic (BA/MA)
• The History of the League of Nations, 1919-1945 (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Information Science and Cultural Communication

Offered by the Department of Communication.

Undergraduate students in their final year may be able to register for courses at Master's level (subject to availability). Please enquiry with the Department of Communication.

• Interactive Mediation Spaces - Elective and constituent A1 (MA)
• System Evaluation and User Studies, Constituent elective module A (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Italian Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

All courses at Italian Studies are taught in Italian.

• Italian - Elective subject: Language proficiency (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Japan Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Introduction to Japan’s History, Culture, and Society 2 (BA)
• War and Peace in Asia in the Twentieth Century (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Korean Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Introduction to Korea’s History, Culture, and Society 2 (BA)
• Women in Korea and Computer Games as Learning and Teaching Tools in Gender Studies (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Modern Culture

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Cultural History combination course (BA/MA)*
  -Part 1: The Historiography of Cultural History and its Discontents (first 4 weeks)
  -Part 2: After Migration: Re-imagining Identities, Histories and Belonging (next 10 weeks)

*Students must register for both courses.

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Modern India and South Asian Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Globalization and Development in India and South Asia (BA)
• Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 2 (BA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Near Eastern Archaeology

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Approaches to Archaeology (BA)
• Archaeological Analysis (MA)
• Archaeological Practice 1 (BA)
• Project based course (MA)
• Themes and Topics 2: Environments and landscapes in the archaeological record of southwest Asia (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Philosophy

Offered by the Department of Communication. 

• Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind (MA) - Only for students with an academic background with at least 30 ECTS within philosophy.
• Philosophy in Context (MA) - Only for students with an academic background with at least 30 ECTS within philosophy.
• Research Subject in Contemporary Philosophy (MA) - Only for students with an academic background with at least 30 ECTS within philosophy.

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

• Brazil as a global actor (BA) - taught in Portuguese and English
• Global Challenges for the Portuguese-Speaking World (MA) - taught in Portuguese
• Analysis and Communication of Current Events in the Portuguese-Speaking World (MA) - taught in English

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Religious Studies

Offered by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. 

• Esoteric Traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history (BA/MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Spanish Studies

Offered by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies. 

All courses at Spanish Studies are taught in Spanish.

•  Identidad y cultura en el mundo hispánico (MA)

Students can find information about course registration at the department study site (intranet).

Contact: Department Student Guidance Centers