Course syllabus

The course is held between 1 november 2023 - 14 january 2024.

Finding your way around the University 

Course introduction: 2 November, 15.15-17.00, room 408

Message from the course coordinator:

Welcome to the thesis course!

In order to be assigned a supervisor, you need to send an email to Malin with brief information about your thesis (just a few lines, perhaps a preliminary research question, perhaps something about methods, theory or something else that is central). Also let me know if the thesis will be written in Swedish or English, if the plan is to finish it this semester, and if you have any requests for a particular supervisor. Most students are assigned a supervisor at the start of the course, but to facilitate and speed up the process, it is good if you send this information as soon as possible!

Link to Reading List, Syllabus and Schedule:

Find syllabus and reading list (search for the course using the course code)

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

Malin Hasselskog: malin.hasselskog@globalstudies.gu.se 

Study Administration

If you have questions about admission, registration and access to Canvas, you can contact education administrator Name Surname. 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/en/your-studies/registration-results-and-certificates?f_sn=1&i_gs=1 

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/en/digital-tools/change-contact-details-in-our-systems 

Sustainable student life

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

Student Ombudsmen

The ombudsmen are here to support and advise students who encounter problems in their education. Please follow this link to find out more.

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/en/organization/school-of-global-studies 

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".