The course is held between 3 November 2021 - 16 January 2022.

Link to orientation map: Campus Linné 

Course introduction: November 3rd, 13:15-15:00 in Room 420

Message from the course coordinator:

Welcome!

Hello all and welcome to Thematic Issues in Global Studies. We are really looking forward to the course this year and to teaching in person again! You can find the schedule via the link below. Upcoming lectures and activities are also in the 'Modules' section. If you are interested in learning more about the structure and logistics of the course, you can check out the page Course Content and Structure. There you will find information about the different parts of the course. Also, in the first module you will notice that there is an assignment called Introduce Yourself. There, you can tell us a little bit more about yourself so we can get to know you a bit better!

This course will indeed be mainly held on campus. However, for those who are unable to come to class because of travel restrictions, because they are quarantining, or because of acute health issues, there will be a possibility to see a live stream of the lecture over Zoom. Therefore, there isn't a full hybrid option, but rather a possibility to at least listen in to lectures over Zoom. If you need access to the Zoom stream, please contact one of the course coordinators. 

Finally, as a reminder and for the safety of everyone, please remember to stay home if you are feeling ill. Also, if you test positive and have been in class or in contact with other students in the two days prior to experiencing symptoms, you are asked to contact us as course coordinators as well as send a notification to covid@globalstudies.gu.se. If you have any questions about the rules, you can contact us.  

Welcome!

Annika & Joe

 

Link to Reading List, Syllabus and Schedule:

Find syllabus and reading list 

Please note that the reading list can be updated until 8 weeks before the start of the course and the syllabus can be updated until 2 weeks before the start of the course.

Link to schedule

Please note that the schedule is preliminary until 2 weeks before the start of the course.

 

Contact

Course Coordinators

If you have questions about the course, you can contact the course coordinators:

Annika Lindberg, annika.lindberg@gu.se

Joseph Trawicki Anderson, joseph.anderson@gu.se 

Sara van der Hoeven, sara.van.der.hoeven@gu.se (for Violence section)

Study Administration

If you have questions about admission, registration and access to Canvas, you can contact study administrator Johanna Hagström Wigers. You will find the contact information in the Student Portal.

If you need a transcript of records you can order one here: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/e-services/transcript-of-records 

Study Counselling

If you need to talk about your study situation or if you have questions on how to plan your studies, you can contact the Study Counsellors at the School of Global Studies:

studentcounselling@globalstudies.gu.se

Your Contact Details

At the University of Gothenburg we retrieve contact details from different sources so it is important that you, when needed, forward or update your e-mail address in our different systems in order not to miss any important information. Please make sure your contact details are correct, by following the instructions here: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/e-services/e-mail

 

Sustainable student life

For general information and support for a better study environment we recommend that you visit the site Sustainable student life in the Student Portal. This is where you can also find contact information for student healthcare.

 

About Canvas and the Student Portal

Link to schedule, syllabus and reading list will be published here at the syllabus page before the course starts. You will access the other pages once you have registered for the course. Most courses will use the function Modules to navigate the course content. For information on how to use Canvas, please look at the Canvas guides or contact Servicecenter for support. 

At My Studies in the Student Portal you will find general information and contact information for various functions that are relevant to students at the School of Global Studies. You can find these pages at the following link: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/my-studies/globalstudies

In the Student Portal you will also find other student related information and log in to all the student university e-services. We recommend that all students explore the resource "To search, read and write".