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Course dates: 5th November 2024 - 19th January 2025

 

The course is campus based. If you are travelling for exchange studies in Spring you should plan to be on campus until the third compulsory seminar on 18th December. Please do not plan to travel before this. There will be an online option only for the final seminar in January.

 

Course introduction. Please watch before the first session on 5th November. (If you're having trouble with playback try a different brower. Seems to be an issue with Chrome)

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.

Schedule (TimeEdit is for room booking only. Please pay close attention to Canvas for lecture/seminar instructions. See also our overview of the course here to help plan your studies)

 

Directions

Finding your way at the University 

 

Contacts

  • If you have questions about the course content, you can contact the course coordinators: Damon Barrett damon.barrett@gu.se  and Karen da Costa karen.da.costa@gu.se  
  • If you have questions about admission, registration and access to Canvas, you can contact education administrator Madeleine Johansson <madeleine.johansson@gu.se>. Further information available at the Student Portal.
  • If you need to talk about your study situation or if you have questions on how to plan your studies, contact the Study Counsellor, Thord Janson. You will find the contact information in the Student Portal.

 

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

 

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. 

 

Course summary:

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