Course syllabus
The course is held between 30 August 2021 - 2 November 2021
Link to orientation map: Campus Linné
Introduction to the Master Programme in Global Studies: 30 August (13:15-16:00)
Introduction to GS2121: 31 August (10:45-12:00)
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Welcome to GS2121: Theories and perspectives! As course convenors of this course, we are delighted to see all of you come on board. We hope and expect, the next twelve weeks will make for a very exciting collection of lectures, debates, seminars, exercises and assignments. This is ambitious course, which traverses a large and diverse academic field. It will be challenging, but hopefully also rewarding. On this canvas site, you find all the information about the course, the sessions, the assignments and so on. The most convenient way to navigate the course (we think) is to use the modules tab, which offers some preliminaries and then takes you from week 1 through to the end, with dates, links, readings, substance etc for all lectures, seminars and assignments listed in chronological order. Please note that the conventional time scheduling at GU is for sessions to start at quarter past (usually 13:15). This applies both to 'in real life' and to online (zoom) sessions. Reading is centrally important to this course. As you will see, there is quite a bit of this, especially if you are not a native English speaker. please make sure to start early and allocate enough time. The course will start with a general introduction to the whole Master's programme on Monday 30 August, followed by the introduction to GS2121 itself ("lecture 0") on Tuesday 31 August. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. We look forward to seeing all of you very soon. Bart Klem and Florian Kühn |
Link to Reading List, Syllabus and Schedule:
Please click on these links for the reading list, the syllabus, and the schedule.
Contact
Course Convernors
Bart Klem: bart.klem@gu.se
Florian Kühn: florian.p.kuehn@gu.se
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".
Course summary:
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