Course catalogue - Autumn 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. For enquiries, please contact the department guidance centres about special requirements.

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

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

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

Courses aimed at international exchange and guest students and domestic students

• American Indian Languages and Culture
• 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
• Japan Studies
• Korean Studies
• Modern Culture
• Modern India and South Asian Studies
• Musicology
• Near Eastern Archaeology
• Philosophy
• Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
• Prehistoric Archaeology
• Religious Studies
• Spanish Studies

Academic English/Writing

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

• Academic English (BA/MA)
• Academic Writing for Graduate Students (MA)
• Academic Writing 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 Languages and Culture

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

• Mesoamerican Lingustics (The Grammar of Space in Mesoamerican Languages) (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.

• Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Eyes and the Mouth of the Fairy Tale (MA)
• Film and Modernism (BA/MA) 

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 the History, Culture and Society of China 1 (BA)

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

Cognition and Communication

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication. 

• Communication Theory and Research Design (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background. Very few seats.
• Introduction to Cognitive Science and Experimental Methods (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background. Very few seats.

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. 

• Course in Danish Culture - BA
• Danish Architecture and Urban Design - BA
• Danish Cinema - BA
• Nordic Mythology - BA
• Søren Kierkegaard and the Challenge of Existence - BA
• Sustainable Denmark: How can we achieve sustainable development - 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. 

• Holocaust and Gulag as history, memory and culture (BA)

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 to register for more than 15 ECTS within English Studies, they can choose an MA course.

• Cultural Identities in Europe 1 (MA)
• Elective 1, topic 1: Introduction to American Studies (BA)
• Elective 1, topic 2: Author - Text - Reader in American Literature (BA)
• Elective 1, topic 3: Contemporary American Society: Issues, Preoccupations and Dreams (BA)
• Elective 1, topic 4: Migration and Social Change: Britain 1800-2000 (BA)
• Free topic 2: Discourse, Cognition and Society (BA/MA)
• Free topic 3: Literature Outside and beyond the American Canon and What Was/Is African American Literature (BA/MA)
• Free topic 4: The Figure of the Strange and the Notion of Home in Text and Theory (BA/MA)
• Free topic 6: Travel, Communication and the Novel and Writing Places (BA/MA)
• Free topic 7: The Postcolonial Middle Ages and the Postcolonial Present - Border-Crossings and the Figure of the Migrant (BA/MA)
• Free topic 8: Hail to the Chief and Good Morning Prime Minister! (BA/KA)
• Postcolonial Literature and Theory (BA)

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

Film and Media Studies

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication 

• Analysis of Digital Media (BA)
• Film Theory and Analysis: Film, TV, and Digital Visual Narratives (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Media Theory and Analysis: Digital Media, Network and Society (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Research Design and Empirical Methods - Seminar A: Archives, Style Statistics, and Cultural Documents (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Research Design and Empirical Methods - Seminar B: Digital Media and Political Communication: Journalism, Populism, Fake News (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Research Design and Empirical Methods - Seminar C: Social Media and Digital Culture: Research Design and Methods (MA) - Only for MA-students with a relevant academic background in Film, Media or Communication Studies.
• Scandinavian Film & TV Elective (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 in a Global Perspective (MA)
• Situation Adapted Communication (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.

• Free topic: Weimarer Republik (BA/MA)
• German History 3 (BA)
• German History of Literature (BA)

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

History

Offered by the Saxo-Institute. 

• Globalization and Backlash (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 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.

• Classification Studies  (MA)  - limited availability
• Information and Cultural Studies' Theories and Traditions (MA) - limited availability
• Information Ethics and Privacy (MA)
• Records and Information Management (MA)

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 Japanese Studies 1: History and culture of Japan after 1945 (BA)

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 Korean Studies 1 (BA)
• Newest Developments in Korean Studies (BA)

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 Policy - Algorithmic ramifications: cultural practices of the machine (BA/MA)
• Cultural Policy – Theory, Method & Analysis (BA/MA)
• 4 Cities: Analysis of Architecture and Urban Spaces (BA/MA)
• 4 Cities: Urban Culture and Cultural Theory (BA/MA)

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. 

• Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 1 (BA)

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

Musicology

Offered by the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

• Bachelor's Project: Music and the romantic ideology (BA)
• Musicology with Performance: Walking & Sound. Performances, cultural history & artistic concepts (BA)
• How we rhythm worlds: concepts, representations, practices (BA/KA)

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. 

• International Presentation Seminar (MA)
• Neolithic to Early Urban Periods /Bronze Age to Persian Periods in the Near East (MA)
• Themes and Topics in Near Eastern Archaeology 1: Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers in the Middle East (BA/MA)
• Theory and Method in Near Eastern Archaeology (MA)

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

Philosophy

Offered by the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication. 

• Ethics and Society (BA/MA) - An academic background with at least 30 ECTS within Philosophy is required.
• Science and Society (BA/MA) - An academic background with at least 30 ECTS within Philosophy is required.
• Module 10: Selected Topic in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind: Community and alterity: Heidegger vs. Levinas (BA/MA)

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.

NB! All courses are taught in Portuguese and English

• Area Studies Seminar on Language, Discourse and Society (BA)
• Debates and Voices in Portuguese Society (BA)

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

Prehistoric Archaeology

Offered by the Saxo-Institute.

• Advanced Archaelogical Methods (MA)
• Scandinavian Archaeology - Past and Present (MA)
• Archaeological Topic A - Textile Archaeology - A hands on course (MA)

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. 

• Ancient Near Eastern Religions (BA/MA)
• The Emergence of Spirituality in the Modern World (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.

• Interpersonal Language (BA)
• Sociopragmatics (BA)
• Free Topic 1: Exilio y Utopía (BA/MA)

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

Contact: Department Student Guidance Centers