Course catalogue - Spring 2019

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 department guidance centres about special conditions.

For information on how to apply for courses taught in Danish,  please refer to our website.

Courses within Scandinavian culture, language and history specifically aimed at international exchange and guest students

• Danish Culture Courses
• Danish Language Courses
• Academic English/Writing
• Modern Nordic Arts and Culture

Courses aimed at international exchange and guest students and domestic students

• Art History
• China Studies
• Cognition and Communication
• East European Studies
• English Studies 
• Film and Media Studies
• French Studies
• German Studies
• History
• Information Science and Cultural Communication
• Islamic Studies
• 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)
• Workshop in English Academic Writing (BA)
• Presentation Techniques for Undergraduate Students (BA)
• Academic Writing for Graduate Students (MA)
• Presentation Techniques for Graduate Students (MA)

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

Art History

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Video in Arts and Cultural Studies (BA/MA)
• Afterlife of the Object (MA)

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

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 (old intranet but valid information).

Cognition and Communication

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication. 

• Empirical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Communication (MA) - Only for students with a background within Philosophy or Media Studies.
• Cognition and Audiovisual Communication (MA) - Only for students with a background within Philosophy or Media Studies.

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

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 Nordic Mythology (BA)
• DCC Søren Kierkegaard and the Challenge of Existence (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. 

• Propaganda in Eastern Europe: Theory and Practices (BA/MA)

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

English Studies

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

• Elective 2, topic 1: Language and Society (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 2: Victorians and Material Culture (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 3: Governesses and Gothic (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 4: Contemporary American Politics in 2019: From Chaos to Order? (BA)
• Elective 2, topic 5: #MeToo: A History of Women in America (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 1: Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 2: Narrative, Media and Selfhood in the 21st Century (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 3: Postcolonial Accents of English (BA)
• Elective 3, topic 4: London 1800-2000 (BA)
• Free topic 2: Chaucer and the Invention of English as a Literary Language (BA/MA)
• Free topic 3: (Beyond) Post-Colonial and Post-Modern Literatures in English (BA/MA)
• Free topic 4: American and the World: Reading American Literature Transnationally and Globalization, the U.S. South, and New Southern Studies (BA/MA)
• Free topic 5: The Making of Black and South-Asian Britian: Histories and Literatures (BA/MA)
• Free topic 7: Historical and Literary Approaches to the British Empire (BA/MA)

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

Film and Media Studies

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication. 

• Digital Strategic Communication (BA)
• Film and Audiovisual Aesthetics (MA) - Only for students who have completed a BA in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Film Production and Communication (MA) - Only for students who have completed a BA in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Scandinavian Film & TV (BA)

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

French Studies

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

All courses at French Studies are taught in French.

• Free Topic 1: L’informalisation de la langue française (BA/MA)
• Free Topic 2: Révolution et littérature (BA/MA)
• Free Topic A: L’informalisation de la langue française + Révolution et littérature (BA/MA)
• Selective subject: Le français dans la mondialisation: langues, cultures et normes (BA)

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

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)
• Free topic 1: Transnationale Beziehungen im Alternativmilieu zwischen Deutschland und Dänemark 1968-1985 (BA/MA)
• Free topic 2: Sprachwandel am Beispiel des Deutschen und Dänischen (BA/MA)
• Free topic A: Transnationale Beziehungen im Alternativmilieu zwischen Deutschland und Dänemark 1968-1985 + Sprachwandel am Beispiel des Deutschen und Dänischen (BA+MA)

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

History

Offered by the Saxo-Institute.

• Great Britain, The British Empire and the Imperial Political and Cultural Legacy, c. 1500 to Brexit (BA/MA)

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

Information Science and Cultural Communication

Offered by the Department of Information Studies.

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 Information Studies.

• Interactive Mediation Spaces (MA)
• Scholarly Communication and Science Studies (MA)
• System Evaluation and User Studies (MA)

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

Islamic Studies

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

• Islam in the 20/21 Centuries (MA)
• Muhammad today (BA/MA)

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

Italian Studies

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

All courses at Italian Studies are taught in Italian.

• Elective subject: Language proficiency (BA)

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

Japan Studies

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

• Introduction to Japanstudies: the history and culture of Japan before 1945 (BA)

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

Korean Studies

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

• Introduction to Korean Studies, Modern (BA)
• Newest Developments in Korean Studies (BA)

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

Modern Culture

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Visual Culture/Theatre: Migration, Postmigration and Contemporary Art: Literature, Film, Visual Arts and Theatre (KA)

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

Modern India and South Asian Studies

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

• Introduction to Societies in Modern India and South Asia (BA)

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

Modern Nordic Arts and Culture

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Modern Nordic Literature, Popular Culture, Theatre, Dance and Music  (BA)

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

Near Eastern Archaeology

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

• Archaeological Practice 1 (BA)
• Themes and Topics in Near Eastern Archaeology 2: Material Studies in Archaeology (BA/MA)
• Stone Tools, Windmills, Machines and Cyborgs: An Introduction to the Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Technology (BA/MA)
• Critical Analysis of Material Culture (MA)

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

Philosophy

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication. 

• Philosophy in Context: Citizenship between Virtue Theory and Political Thought (BA/MA) - Only for studetns with an academic background with at least 30 ECTS within philosophy.
• Research Subject - History of Philosophy: Leibniz's Philosophy of Mind (BA/MA) - Only for studetns with an academic background with at least 30 ECTS within philosophy.

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

Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

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

• Brazil as a global actor (BA)
• Debates and voices in Brazilian society (BA)
• The Portuguese Language in Time and Space (BA)

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

Religious Studies

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

• Aspects and Contexts of Danish Society: An Exercise in Cross-Cultural Studies (BA/MA)
• Esoteric Traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history (BA/MA)
• Modernity and moralities in contemporary Buddhism and Sufism (BA/MA)

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

Spanish Studies

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

All courses at Spanish Studies are taught in Spanish.

• Free Topic 1: Utopía en el mundo hispánico (BA/MA)
• Free Topic 2: Religión en el mundo hispánico (BA/MA)
• Free Topic: Religión y utopía en el mundo hispánico (BA/MA)

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