DIS Copenhagen Semester Catalog, Fall 2019 & Spring 2020

DIS Copenhagen FALL 2019 & SPRING 2020 Architecture & Design Art & Visual Culture Biomedicine Child Development & Diversity Communication Computer Science Environmental Science of the Arctic European Politics Furniture Design

Global Economics Graphic Design History Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Business Justice & Human Rights Literature Medical Practice & Policy Neuroscience

Philosophy Prostitution & the Sex Trade Psychology Public Health Sociology Sustainability Terrorism & Security Urban Studies

Velkommen Dear Student, Today’s world evolves rapidly and we can all see how quickly things develop and shift. For you and your generation, that creates real challenges, but also exciting opportunities. Does your future career even exist today? What skills and experiences do you need to prepare for the fast-changing future ahead of you – both in terms of your professional and personal aspirations?

I see this as an exciting challenge, not only for you, but also for us here at DIS. We are constantly working with our curriculum and all that we do within our classes to ensure that they will be intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking, as well as help you build new skills and perspectives to prepare you for your future.

We might not know what the world will look like, but we do know that the world will be increasingly connected and that you belong to a truly global generation. The DIS model will prepare you for that reality.

Europe will be your classroom – whether you are debating cross-cultural dilemmas in class, networking with local experts on a Field Study here in Copenhagen, or building your knowledge on contemporary global issues or advancements on one of the course-integrated Study Tours.

I hope you will join us in Copenhagen and engage in this unique academic experience abroad that will continue to inspire the professional and personal life choices that will shape you and your future.

Malene Torp Executive Director

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Table of Contents DIS MISSION STATEMENT By inspiring each student’s curiosity and love of learning, DIS fosters academic achievement, intercultural understanding, and development of life skills essential for engaged citizenship.

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THIS IS DIS Study Abroad at DIS Copenhagen

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ACADEMIC OVERVIEW & PROGRAMS How to Build Your Curriculum Programs – Listed Alphabetically

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ENRICH YOUR ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Opportunities Hands-on Course Opportunities Danish Language & Culture Courses

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LIVE, MEET, & ENGAGE Copenhagen as your Home Housing Options Meet the Locals

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CALENDAR, FEES, & APPLICATION Key Dates & Application Details Semester Overview Tuition & Fees DIS Partner Institutions

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COURSES Course Descriptions Course List by Discipline

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Why Study at DIS Copenhagen?

Freedom of Choice

Faculty Who Teach What They Do

Pursue your academic and personal goals abroad. Build your semester by choosing a Core Course from 26 Academic Programs, and select from 240 upper-level courses – all taught in English. Your freedom of choice extends to your housing, where you have six housing options to ensure the best fit for you.

Most DIS faculty work as professionals in the areas they teach, bringing theory to life by sharing real-world expertise and examples in the classroom and giving you access to local resources and their networks.

Academic Excellence & Cultural Learning Intellectually stimulating courses challenge you to examine issues from various perspectives. You will learn how concepts and issues are perceived, lived, and theorized in Europe; and reflect on the cultural norms and values that shape you.

Experiential Learning All DIS courses take you out of the classroom on local Field Studies, exploring Copenhagen through an academic lens. Our courses also offer you opportunities to participate in research, simulate real-life scenarios through case studies, gain professional feedback in studio, update your resume with practicum and workshop experience, and more.

Europe as Your Classroom You travel with your Core Course on two faculty-led Study Tours related to your Academic Program! Visit important sites and meet with local experts who add their perspectives to your knowledge of the field.

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Student Support The Office of Academic Support and the DIS Care Team support your personal and academic well-being by developing strategies to make the most of your semester.

Meet the Locals Living in a Homestay, signing up for a sports team, taking a Danish Language and Culture course, or attending evening seminars are among the many ways to build your international network and meet the locals.

Commitment to Diversity and Respect DIS is committed to building and supporting a diverse community. We welcome students of different racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds and gender identities, and look forward to partnering with you to foster an inclusive learning environment within the Scandinavian cultural and historical landscape.

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“I’ll never forget our day hiking on the ice sheet on Study Tour in Greenland, gazing out over the ice and reflecting on the findings my professor and his scientific team are currently uncovering in the ice cores there - that the Earth is capable of climate changes of greater magnitude and on far more rapid time scales than humans have yet to experience. That’s why I’m now working as a Student Fellow collecting and analyzing sediment cores that will help us understand Earth’s past so that we can better understand what Earth’s future might look like.”

- RACHEL, BROWN UNIVERSITY

How to Build Your Curriculum

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Architecture & Design

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Art & Visual Culture

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Biomedicine

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Child Development & Diversity

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Communication

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Computer Science

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Environmental Science of the Arctic

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European Politics

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Furniture Design

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Global Economics

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Graphic Design

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History

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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International Business

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Justice & Human Rights

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Literature

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Medical Practice & Policy

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Neuroscience

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Philosophy

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Prostitution & the Sex Trade

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Psychology

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Public Health

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Sociology

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Sustainability

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Terrorism & Security

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Urban Studies

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How to Build Your Curriculum

Choose One Core Course The Core Course is a signature of the DIS academic experience as it includes two course-integrated Study Tours. You pick one Core Course from within 25 Academic Programs.

Core Course Week Early in your semester, an entire week is dedicated to just your Core Course – with a three-day short Study Tour in the local region and a two-day seminar in Copenhagen.

Week-Long Study Tour Later in the semester, you travel again with your Core Course on a faculty-led Study Tour in Europe. The map shows all of our destinations across Europe!

Add Three to Four Elective Courses Build your semester from a choice of over 240 courses across over 70 disciplines.

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“From Vikings to Cyberpsychology and Modern Medicine, choose courses that spark your curiosity and give you a chance to learn from experts, artists, and scholars relevant to your discipline.

Travel – twice – with your Core Course and experience the difference it makes when you, your faculty, and classmates explore the topics of your class in very different settings.”

- HELLE RYTKØNEN, PH.D. ACADEMIC DIRECTOR

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Helsinki Oslo

Stockholm

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Riga Edinburgh

Copenhagen

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Frankfurt

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Architecture & Design In Scandinavia, the built environment considers people, community, and well-being.

Engage in explorations of Danish and Scandinavian design philosophies, combining strong traditions with the contemporary energy of new-wave architects and designers.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS

Architecture

Interior Architecture

Urban Design

Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Architecture Design Studio: This studio is a combination of one-on-one tutoring, discussions, and lectures. Your assignments will focus on design from the context of Danish and Scandinavian building culture, and you will develop your design process and presentation skills from concept to final crits.

Interior Architecture Studio: This studio is a combination of one-on-one tutoring, discussions, and lectures. You will develop your design skills through the analysis of existing interiors and their materials, use of daylight, colors, and functional solutions, and through solving real-life spatial interior architectural problems within the Danish context. Adaptive re-use and transformation features are among the prioritized challenges in which you engage.

Urban Design Studio: This studio is a combination of one-on-one tutoring, discussions, and lectures; focusing on human scale, temporary use, design for the livable city, and landscape architecture in the urban context.

Project-based assignments will be the basis for discussions, presentations, and the development of individual design skills.

Architecture Foundations Studio: This studio offers you an opportunity to develop design skills, giving you a foundation in spatial design; perfect if you might pursue a graduate degree in architecture.

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Interior Architecture Foundations Studio: This studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of, and professional skills within, the interior architecture and design fields prior to pursuing a graduate degree. (Spring only)

Urban Design Foundations Studio: This studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of the field of urban design, and develop your creative design skills in a studio setting. Design projects will be the basis for discussions, presentations, and the development of individual design skills.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Explore and apply Danish and Scandinavian design philosophies and practices, and expand your knowledge of design processes, giving you a competitive edge

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program: —— 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture —— Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings —— Danish Design —— Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture —— European Urban Design Theories —— Furniture Design Workshop —— Innovation through Design Thinking

—— New Nordic Design —— Research Assistant: 3 Credits —— Strategies for Urban Livability —— Sustainable by Design —— Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop —— Urban Design Journal —— Urban Exploration Photography Workshop —— Visual Journal —— Watercolor Painting

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU?

PREREQUISITES

STUDY TOURS

It’s a good fit if you study:

All studios have prerequisites based on the level of the studio:

All studios travel on interdisciplinary Study Tours to the following destinations:

Studios: Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design. Two spatial design studios at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Finland-Sweden or Germany-Netherlands

++ Field Studies, office visits, and introductions by studio faculty to classic and contemporary design serve as a fundamental basis for your own design development in studio ++ Challenging assignments addressing real sites in and around Copenhagen enhance your design skills and methods

—— ARCHITECTURE —— DESIGN —— FINE ARTS —— INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE —— INTERIOR DESIGN —— LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —— STUDIO ART —— URBAN DESIGN

Foundation Studios: One drawing course at university level.

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen * Full-year students travel to Berlin in spring semester

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Art & Visual Culture Encounter the great auteurs in European filmmaking and thought-provoking work in the contemporary art scene. In this program, you discover visual culture and artistic expression in Nordic and European settings.

CORE COURSE

Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Examine artistic expressions in European film and visual arts. What role do independent film and art movements play in 20th and 21st century Europe? How are aesthetics influenced by the changing political landscape? You will do a case study of ground-breaking art in Europe and meet with Danish directors to discuss film.

Week-Long Study Tour Prague-Vienna Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Meet with Danish and European directors and artists to explore and discuss the roles of art and cinema in Europe

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Strengthen your ability to analyze specific visual works and evaluate how artists expand the traditional use of media ++ Travel with classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to discover and reflect on innovative artistic expression in contemporary Europe

—— Ancient Art and Archaeology —— Art in the Making —— Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture —— Creative Writing —— European Art of the 19th Century: From Classicism to Symbolism —— European Art of the 20th Century: From Expressionism to Post-War Art —— European Documentary Film

—— Garden Art in European Culture —— Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture —— Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture —— History of European Film —— Nordic Noir —— Queer and Subversive Writers in European Cities —— Scandinavian Moods in Cinema —— Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography —— Women, Art, Identity

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ART HISTORY —— FILM STUDIES —— FINE ARTS —— MEDIA STUDIES

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Biomedicine Experience the dynamics of drug discovery and development, learn biotechnology-based methods for disease treatment, and widen your perspective on the relationship between research in academia and the biotech industry.

CORE COURSE

Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Explore the impact biotechnology has on medicine, including personalized medicine, immune response reactions and side effects, vaccine development, and stem cell technology. By delving into Danish and European pharmaceutical and biotech research case studies, you gain first-hand insight into drug discovery and development processes.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Fall: Edinburgh or Lisbon-Porto Spring: London or Lisbon-Porto Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Get hands-on experience through the Drug Development Project by interviewing researchers at a Scandinavian biotechnology company about their products and technology

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Visit leading biotechnology companies and research institutions to learn about nextgeneration biopharmaceuticals ++ Gain insight into world-leading biotechnology research and development while on faculty-led Study Tours

—— Cell Factories: Design, Engineering, and Analysis —— Complexity of Cancer —— Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases —— Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies —— Epigenetics and the Environment —— Exercise Physiology

—— Immunology —— Medical Ethics —— Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain —— Neurological Disorders and Diseases —— Neuroscience of Fear —— Research Assistant: 6 Credits

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— BIOLOGY —— BIOCHEMISTRY —— NEUROSCIENCE —— PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE

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Child Development & Diversity The Scandinavian approach to childhood is progressive, sparking discussion about parenting, childcare, and culture. Through your practicum experience and reflection on current issues, gain new perspectives on child development and education.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS Child Development in Scandinavia + Practicum Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Within the framework of Nordic pedagogy, investigate education and care, analyzing the discourse surrounding quality of life for children. Explore the pros and cons of free play, and relationships to caregivers and peers in the welfare state, school readiness versus social pedagogy, and children’s exploration of nature in practicum, Study Tour, and on Field Studies.

Corequisite: Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum Week-Long Study Tour Helsinki

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Children in a Multicultural Context + Practicum Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Examine the practices and perspectives on multiculturalism in K-12 education and innovative ways of working with children and youth in Danish culture, pedagogy, and social policy. We explore how the concepts of intercultural pedagogy, multilingualism, diversity, dual socialization, social entrepreneurship, creativity, and ‘the good childhood’ in Danish childcare and educational settings influence each other.

Corequisite: Childen in a Multicultural Context Practicum Week-Long Study Tour London 16

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Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Delve into a cross-cultural approach to childhood and adolescence and reflect on the unique Nordic pedagogy of ‘the good childhood’

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ In your weekly practicum, develop interpersonal competencies by actively engaging at a Danish childcare institution or school ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to explore crosscultural European educational methods by visiting practitioners, researchers, and childcare and youth institutions

—— Children with Special Needs —— Danish Language and Culture for Child Development & Diversity Students —— Danish Politics and Society —— Developmental Disorders —— Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires —— Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia

—— Gender Perspectives on Human Rights —— Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms —— Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark —— Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective —— Sociology of the Family —— Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe

++ Recommendation: Depending on their age, the children at your practicum site may only understand limited English. Learn key phrases and words useful for your practicum in the elective Danish Language and Culture for Child Development & Diversity Students.

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— CHILD DEVELOPMENT —— EDUCATION/EDUCATIONAL STUDIES —— FAMILY STUDIES —— HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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Communication Place yourself in the center of the European communication landscape to understand how to communicate across cultures, hone your critical media literacy, or gain knowledge of new media trends and public relations in Europe.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS

Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

New Media and Changing Communities

Strategic Communication

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

How does social media facilitate or challenge collaboration, community building, and future scenarios? Using European theories of communication and hands-on activities, examine the kinds of community and collaboration that are thriving due to online culture.

Learn to examine communication trends in the European corporate landscape.

You work with comparative case studies and meet experts in Denmark and the UK to gain first-hand knowledge of how professionals work in a European context.

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Communications play a role in building bridges and resolving conflicts, but just as importantly, may be used to exacerbate divides. This course examines the paradoxical nature of communications by exploring ethno-cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in contemporary Europe.

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Week-Long Study Tour Belfast-Dublin

Week-Long Study Tour Dublin

Week-Long Study Tour London

Core Course Week Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Core Course Week Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Engage in discussions with people from other cultural and communicative backgrounds, and with leading experts from Danish media, business, and government during guest lectures and Field Studies

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Collaborate with Danes and fellow students in the production of video projects, communication campaigns, photo essays, and other media projects ++ Travel in Europe on course-integrated Study Tours with your classmates and DIS faculty to explore current media and communication trends and challenges

—— Communication Practicum —— Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research —— Designing Communication Campaigns —— Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture —— International Advertising in a European Context —— International Marketing and Branding —— International Media Writing and Reporting —— Meaning of Style

—— Photojournalism —— Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound —— Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact —— Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare —— Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance After 9/11 —— Virtual Worlds and Social Media —— What’s So Funny?

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ANTHROPOLOGY —— COMMUNICATION —— JOURNALISM —— MEDIA STUDIES —— MARKETING —— POLITICAL SCIENCE —— PUBLIC RELATIONS

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Computer Science With the ever-increasing speed of technological advancement in computer science, it is crucial to stay ahead of the curve. Denmark invests heavily in this area with specialized educations and public funds for tech startups, making it a unique place to study computer science.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Artificial Neural Networks are programs that write themselves, such as self-driving cars. With focus on both theory and practice, we cover models for various applications, and explore how they can be trained, tested, and deployed in real-world applications.

Prerequisites: One year of computer science and one course in either probability theory or linear algebra at university level. Practical programming experience in Python or similar is recommended.

Week-Long Study Tour London

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Game Development: Programming and Practice + Lab Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

This core course and corequisite lab offer you a practical and conceptual introduction to game design and development. The juxtaposition between theory and practice is a cornerstone of the course, offering ample opportunities to try out concepts and programming.

Prerequisites: One year of computer science and one calculus course at university level.

Knowledge of at least one programming language such as Java, C#, C, C++, or JavaScript.

Corequisite: Game Development Lab Week-Long Study Tour Berlin-Frankfurt 20

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Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Apply your new knowledge in projects that you design, develop, and test individually or cocreate with a teammate

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Learn from people working in the industry who can teach real experiences on top of the theoretical basis ++ Engage with the Danish computer science community, meet with European peers and experts, and participate in game jams and hackathons

—— Artificial Intelligence —— Computational Analysis of Big Data —— Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture —— Disruptive Innovation and Technologies

—— Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases —— Innovation through Design Thinking —— Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact —— Virtual Worlds and Social Media

++ Gain inspiration and build a professional network in the industry by visiting start-ups and established firms on course-integrated Study Tours

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— COMPUTER SCIENCE —— INFORMATION SCIENCE —— MATHEMATICS

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Environmental Science of the Arctic Explore climate change theory and environmental challenges through the lens of climate history in the Arctic and examine the evidence on your Study Tour to the glaciers of Iceland, the ice sheet of Greenland, or the tundra of Arctic Norway.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS

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Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study

Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study

Polar Biology

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Focus on the natural science and societal aspects of climate change. Journey from ancient times to the present, through periods when the climate was strikingly different from today, and examine the mechanisms and feedback governing the climate system.

Examine the natural science aspects of climate change during prehistoric times with focus on the glacial and the deglaciation. You will examine climate mitigation and adaptation strategies through the study of past climate developments and ice ages.

Gain an understanding of the biology of polar areas, with a special emphasis on the Northern Hemisphere. Understand how organisms of the polar regions are evolutionarily adapted to cold terrestrial or marine habitats with strong seasonality.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One year of physics or chemistry at university level is recommended.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One year of physics or chemistry at university level is recommended.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One course in biology or ecology at university level is recommended.

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour Iceland

Week-Long Study Tour Greenland

Week-Long Study Tour Arctic Norway

Core Course Week Eastern Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Core Course Week Eastern Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Learn from leading researchers in climate change and specialists from the worldrenowned Center for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Use unique geological locations in the Arctic to explore topics in geology, climate research, ecosystems, and the environment ++ Join your DIS faculty on a course-integrated Study Tour to some of the world’s most scientifically interesting locations

—— Arctic Geopolitics —— Arctic Glaciology —— Biological Conversation and Biodiversity (and optional Lab) —— Biology of Marine Mammals (and optional Lab) —— Environmental Impact of Humans —— Environmental Philosophy

—— Environmental Policy in Practice —— Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases —— Integrated Climate Change Planning —— Renewable Energy Systems —— Research Assistant: 3 Credits —— Waste Management Systems in Europe

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— BIOLOGY —— CHEMISTRY —— ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE —— GEOLOGY

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European Politics The European integration has been the most decisive development to transform Europe since World War II. We examine the current challenges faced by Europe such as Brexit, the refugee crisis, as well as the aftermath of the financial crisis in relation to the Euro.

CORE COURSE

European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Gain a deeper understanding of the political and institutional fabric of the EU, including historical development, governing institutions, political processes, major policies, and “how to play the game.�

Prerequisites: Two political science courses at university level, with at least one focusing on either international relations or comparative politics.

Week-Long Study Tour Brussels Core Course Week Northern Germany + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Negotiate politics as a European diplomat in a simulation game, exploring the forces reshaping Europe’s future

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Gain an insider’s perspective on local politics during Field Studies such as visiting the Danish Foreign Ministry and Parliament ++ Bring theory to life by traveling on courseintegrated Study Tours to visit key European political institutions and decision makers

—— Activism: Engagement and Resistance —— Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis —— Arctic Geopolitics —— Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies —— Cyberwarfare —— Danish Politics and Society —— Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War —— Environmental Policy in Practice

—— Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State —— Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law —— Partners and Rivals: EU-U.S. Relations —— Politics and Ethics of Food —— Religion and Politics in Europe —— Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare —— Wider European Security: Norms, Institutions, and Power

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS —— POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Furniture Design Scandinavian furniture has a deep history of considering people, culture, and society in the design process. This course explores these relationships and develops your individual design capabilities through studio assignments, lectures, Field Studies, and application of your prototype in studio.

CORE COURSE

Furniture Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

This intense studio trains you in the design process of furniture prototypes. You work with conceptual development and production of working drawings, and build prototypes of furniture in part or full.

Prerequisites: Enrollment at a professional school of architecture or design. Experience with stationary power and hand tools.

Week-Long Study Tour Finland-Sweden Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Study the Danish furniture tradition, as well as the contemporary New Nordic evolution, and engage with Danish design

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Develop your design abilities through project-based design assignments in studio where you will utilize the DIS workshop to produce your own furniture prototypes ++ Go on a faculty-led Study Tour to Sweden and Finland and witness first-hand the Scandinavian design culture and history of the 20th and 21st centuries

—— 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture —— Art in the Making —— Danish Design —— Innovation through Design Thinking —— New Nordic Design

—— Research Assistant: 3 Credits —— Sustainable by Design —— Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop —— Visual Journal —— Watercolor Painting

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ARCHITECTURE —— DESIGN —— FURNITURE DESIGN —— INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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Global Economics Explore the impact of globalization on European economies. Critically examine and apply theories of international trade, capital, and finance to contemporary case studies.

CORE COURSE

Globalization and European Economies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Learn about globalization and its impact on trade, capital, culture, and politics around the world. A particular focus is on European economies and challenges faced by the EU and its neighbors.

You gain deeper knowledge of theories within the field, and go on to apply and challenge economic thinking through discussions, Field Studies, and Study Tours.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics, and one course in either intermediate or advanced macroeconomics, all at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Brussels-Paris or London or Moscow-St. Petersburg Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Discover how traditional economic models are challenged by today’s turbulent economic realities

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Visit local institutions such as think tanks, consulting firms, banks, and labor unions on Field Studies, where you meet with professional economists and gain an understanding of the vast range of careers you can pursue ++ Travel with DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours that give you first-hand insight into the larger economic, political, and cultural landscapes of Denmark, the European Union, and neighboring countries

—— Behavioral Economics: European Case Studies —— Corporate Finance: European Case Studies —— Development Economics —— Economics of Crime —— Environmental Economics —— Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State

—— Financial and Business Ethics —— Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe —— International Financial Management —— International Mergers and Acquisitions —— Sports Economics —— Urban Economics

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ECONOMICS —— FINANCE —— GOVERNMENT —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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Graphic Design Graphic design is a powerful tool for the expression of ideas, concepts, and information.

Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Scandinavian and European approach and explore methodologies that strengthen your individual design capabilities.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS Graphic Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

In this studio, develop your design skills through project-based assignments in visual identity, branding, and communication across all platforms. Exploration and analysis of Scandinavian and European graphic case studies gives your individual design capabilities a competitive edge.

Prerequisites: Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design.

Two graphic design or related studios at university level. Experience in one or more programs in Adobe Suite.

Week-Long Study Tour Netherlands

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Graphic Design Foundations Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

This studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of, and professional skills within, the field of graphic design. You develop a creative portfolio, and gain insight into Danish design culture.

Prerequisites: One drawing course at university level. Knowledge of one or more programs in Adobe Suite.

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Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ++ Obtain hands-on graphic design experience by producing visual identity projects from initial analysis to final presentation, with a strong focus on creativity and methodology along with cultural and contextual understanding ++ Gain a competitive edge by exploring and applying Scandinavian design philosophies and practices that will expand your knowledge of design processes and development ++ Meet experts in the industry on Field Studies and faculty-led Study Tours and explore classic and contemporary graphic design with your studio faculty

RELATED ELECTIVES Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program: —— Art in the Making —— Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture —— Danish Design —— Innovation through Design Thinking —— International Advertising in a European Context —— New Nordic Design

—— Photojournalism —— Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop —— Urban Exploration Photography Workshop —— Virtual Worlds and Social Media —— Visual Journal —— Watercolor Painting —— Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— DESIGN —— FINE ARTS —— GRAPHIC DESIGN —— STUDIO ART

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History Europe is the cradle of liberal democracy, civil rights, and secular culture, yet also shaped by colonialist expansion, social engineering, and brutal tyrannies. In this program, we traverse the ambiguities of European history.

CORE COURSE

Competing Narratives: Modern European History Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Study how selective ways of remembering Europe’s past have shaped collective and individual identities.

This course examines the complex web of competing historical narratives, studying concepts and discourses in the contemporary field of history and memory studies.

Week-Long Study Tour Berlin-Warsaw Core Course Week Northern Germany-Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Unfold the ambiguity of Europe through a study of contemporary discourses in memory studies and the field of history

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Embark on a journey into European intellectual, artistic, religious, political, economic, social, technological, and military history ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to experience history at the very sites where significant events took place

—— 20th Century European History —— Betrayal of Civilization: Jewish History from the Enlightenment to the Shoah —— Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies —— Cultural History of Travel —— Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War —— History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design

—— History of European Film —— History of Sexuality in Europe —— Holocaust and Genocide —— Impact of Epidemic Disease Upon European History —— Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race —— Royalty in the Land of Equality —— Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— HISTORY —— POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Innovate in real-world entrepreneurial settings and learn to bring an idea from inception to market. Dive into the process of identifying unmet needs, leveraging both challenges and successes to develop solutions that matter.

CORE COURSE

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

This course teaches tools and skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur — and lets you apply these tools in a real-life project. You gain an understanding of innovation in various settings looking at new business models and emerging technologies. Develop a real start-up project using entrepreneurial methods based on structured customer engagement, hypothesis building, prototyping and pitching to investors — all in fast iterations. This course is crossdisciplinary, and you must be prepared to engage and take ownership of start-up projects.

Recommendation: Entrepreneurship Practicum Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Berlin or Dublin Core Course Week Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Identify a problem that needs fixing, engage in your local environment to build a hypothesis using customer insights, and pitch your solution to professionals

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Develop your entrepreneurial skill set and craft a business model that could be successfully launched ++ Travel with DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to experience different startup environments and actively engage with entrepreneurs in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and/or Ireland

—— Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research —— Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture —— Disruptive Innovation and Technologies —— Entrepreneurship Practicum —— Innovation through Design Thinking

—— Leadership Across Cultures —— Social Entrepreneurship —— Strategic Planning for Leaders —— Sustainable Business Strategy —— Women and Leadership

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— BUSINESS —— ECONOMICS —— ENTREPRENEURSHIP —— MARKETING —— MANAGEMENT —— SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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International Business Do you dream of building your career in the corporate world? Expand your ability to analyze international business from a European perspective, gaining hands-on experience from business cases and professionals.

CORE COURSE

European Business Strategy: Case Studies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Through business visits, case studies, and lectures, you will come to understand the European business environment and how it differs from the U.S. Learn how companies are impacted by local business environments – a key skill in international business. A key element of the course is working with a business on a sponsored project and presenting a solution to the company at the end of the semester.

Prerequisites: One microeconomics course, and one course in either macroeconomics or business at university level.

Recommendation: Strategy Implementation and Leadership Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Berlin-Prague or Helsinki-Riga or London Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Boost your resumé by consulting with businesses and presenting solutions on reallife cases

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Learn how to best articulate your enhanced cross-cultural leadership skills with DIS career workshops on international internships, resumé building, and interviewing skills; as well as network with local professionals at DIS Career Night ++ Travel with DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to meet with leaders and decision makers in key business clusters, using their insights to build your projects

—— Behavioral Economics: European Case Studies —— Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research —— Corporate Finance: European Case Studies —— Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture —— Financial and Business Ethics —— Innovation through Design Thinking —— International Advertising in a European Context —— International Business Negotiations

—— International Financial Management —— International Marketing and Branding —— International Mergers and Acquisitions —— Leadership Across Cultures —— Sports Economics —— Strategic Planning for Leaders —— Strategy Implementation and Leadership —— Sustainable Business Strategy —— Women and Leadership

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— BUSINESS —— ECONOMICS —— FINANCE —— MARKETING —— MANAGEMENT

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Justice & Human Rights Analyze the legal aspects and political context behind major modern conflicts and human rights violations in Europe, enhancing your knowledge of international law and human rights.

CORE COURSE

Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

This course is an examination of the laws of armed conflict and human rights laws and how they apply to contemporary cases. The course finds inspiration in current events, and enables you to analyze issues such as the war against ISIS, the use of drones, and cyberattacks in a legal context. You gain a thorough understanding of the legal aspects that regulate modern conflicts and understand how they interact with the political environment.

Prerequisites: One course in international relations or human rights at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour Bosnia or Kosovo Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Build analytical skills focused around legal thinking, and acquire tools to understand how legal methods can be applied in examples using Danish and international case studies

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Engage with experts in the field and discuss international conflicts, bringing professional perspectives to the classroom ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours where you come face-to-face with current political tensions and issues of national identity

—— Activism: Engagement and Resistance —— Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis —— Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia —— Cyberwarfare —— Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War —— Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law —— Gang Crime in Scandinavia

—— Gender Perspectives on Human Rights —— Holocaust and Genocide —— Human Trafficking in a Global Context —— Law Practice from a European Perspective —— Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe —— Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— GOVERNMENT —— HUMAN RIGHTS —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS —— LEGAL STUDIES —— POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Literature Experience Europe through a literary lens as you read, discuss, and analyze some of the continent’s finest authors and poets. Join contemporary discussions in literary studies and gain unique insight by focusing on the interrelation between text and place.

CORE COURSE

A Sense of Place in European Literature Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

In this course we explore the interrelation of the cultures and locations great works of text haven been written in. You discover comparative perspectives on European literature through in-depth analysis and close readings of texts written by modern and classical European writers. You engage in dialogue about some of the great voices of Denmark, Greenland, the Baltic region, and Russia.

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++ Meet with Danish and Russian contemporary authors, poets, and scholars, and build the analytical framework to articulate your own critical voice in an ongoing literary conversation

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Discover the literary underground scene of Copenhagen by engaging in the city’s many readings, festivals, and literary venues ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to walk in the footsteps of prominent writers and their protagonists, and experience cities as places haunted by myths and intertextual references

—— Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture —— Creative Nonfiction Workshop —— Creative Writing —— European Storytelling: From Homer to Harry Potter —— Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture —— Hans Christian Andersen and the Danish Golden Age

—— Kierkegaard’s Authorship —— Nordic Mythology —— Nordic Noir —— Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race —— Queer and Subversive Writers in European Cities —— Travel Writing —— What’s So Funny?

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— CREATIVE WRITING —— LITERATURE —— ENGLISH

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Medical Practice & Policy Engage in a unique pre-medical experience by learning from local medical doctors, focusing on diagnosis and treatment of common diseases and ailments.

CORE COURSE

Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

In this course, taught by physicians on site at local university hospitals, you focus on the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and clinical working methods of local physicians as practiced in the Danish medical system.

Prerequisites: One year of each biology and chemistry at university level.

Note: Please be aware that this course does not provide medical training corresponding to that of medical students and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Berlin-Poznan or Budapest-Vienna or Stockholm-Tallinn Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Gain an insider view of university hospitals and clinics in Copenhagen and exposure to the daily practice of physicians, including recording patient history and solving clinical cases

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Perform physical examinations and procedures on medical phantoms, such as blood drawing, I.V. entry, and suturing ++ Compare and contrast health care and medical practice in newly reformed countries versus welfare state systems by visiting hospitals, clinics, and research institutions on Study Tours in Denmark and Western and Eastern Europe

—— Complexity of Cancer —— Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases —— Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies —— Epigenetics and the Environment —— Exercise Physiology —— Health Beyond Borders —— Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe —— Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

—— Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations —— Immunology —— Medical Ethics —— Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain —— Neurological Disorders and Diseases —— Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark —— Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you have an interest in: —— BIOLOGY —— NEUROSCIENCE —— PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE —— PUBLIC HEALTH

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Neuroscience Investigate the fast-growing field of neuroscience, by studying either the underlying biological mechanisms involved in psychopharmacology or the cognitive and emotional functions that shape an individual.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness + Lab Fall/Spring. 6 Credits

Examine neuroscience with a cognitive and behavioral approach. What is consciousness and which brain mechanisms shape the unique sense of self, implicit in all our thoughts and perceptions? In the corequisite lab, you develop experiments, collect data, and analyze results, focusing on psychological, behavioral, and cognitive components.

Prerequisite: One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, biological psychology, or cognitive psychology at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour Bologna-Florence

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Examine neuroscience with a cellular and molecular approach. Learn about basic brain anatomy and function, and discuss the link between dysfunctional brain regions/ circuits and diverse psychiatric symptoms. There is a strong focus on pharmacological treatments and the specific interactions between neurotransmitters and their receptors.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Frankfurt-Heidelberg or Munich

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Core Course Week Western Denmark or Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Expand your understanding of the functioning of the brain and its disorders

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Engage in real-world settings and gain exposure to various careers by visiting labs, practitioners, and institutes in the Copenhagen area ++ Travel with DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours in Europe to meet with leading neuroscience researchers and practitioners

—— Complexity of Cancer —— Developmental Disorders —— Epigenetics and the Environment —— Medical Ethics —— Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain —— Neurological Disorders and Diseases —— Neuroplasticity: From Neurons to Behavior —— Neuropsychology of Brain Injury

—— Neuroscience of Fear —— Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism —— Philosophy of Mental Health —— Public Health Ethics —— Public Mental Health —— Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits —— Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— BIOLOGY —— PSYCHOLOGY —— PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE —— NEUROSCIENCE

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Philosophy Study European philosophy, past and present. This program places you at the European roots of wonder and awe, and gives you an understanding of both the history of ideas and critical contemporary discourse.

CORE COURSE

Religious Mythos and Philosophical Logos Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Explore the function of myth and the emergence of the rational philosophical mind. We begin with the great poets, philosophers, and prophets of Ancient Greece, including Homer, Sophocles, and Plato, and conclude with works from the modern continental thinkers: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Be prepared to grapple with challenging content as you gain skills in navigating demanding texts.

Week-Long Study Tour Athens Core Course Week Northern Germany + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Study philosophical theory and learn to nuance your own philosophical views as you partake in ongoing intellectual exploration

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Meet with local university students and experts to discuss continental philosophy and further your understanding of material debated in class ++ Travel with your class and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours, where you follow the steps of great continental European thinkers and discover the locales that saw the birth of some of the world’s most significant ideas

—— Activism: Engagement and Resistance —— Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture —— Environmental Philosophy —— Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience —— Kierkegaard’s Authorship —— Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy —— Medical Ethics

—— Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism —— Philosophy of Gender —— Philosophy of Love —— Philosophy of Mental Health —— Religion in Crisis —— Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— CLASSICS —— ETHICS —— PHILOSOPHY —— RELIGIOUS STUDIES

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Prostitution & the Sex Trade Prostitution is legal in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, but each country has vastly different approaches and policies regarding sex work. Delve into how national cultures construct their own narratives about sex, gender, and rights, and how they grapple with conflicting views on sex for sale.

CORE COURSE

Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Focus on prostitution as a parallel or grey economy in Europe. You gain insight into the historical, cultural, and political aspects of prostitution in Scandinavia and Europe.

You also examine prostitution from various perspectives – from sex workers, customers, and anti-trafficking advocacy groups, to law enforcement officials and politicians.

Week-Long Study Tour Amsterdam-The Hague Core Course Week Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Discuss real-life current issues with guest lecturers and class visits to the city’s Red Light District and NGO’s such as Reden (The Nest), a drop-in facility for Danish sex workers

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Mirror decision makers within the Danish government in a final panel debate on controversial topics such as prohibiting prostitution, legalizing it, and the criminalization of the customer ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to talk with former sex workers and their customers, and NGOs for trafficked women to compare and contrast how prostitution is legally and socially approached

—— Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires —— Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law —— Gender and Sexuality in Europe —— Gender Perspectives on Human Rights —— History of Sexuality in Europe —— Human Trafficking in a Global Context

—— LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces —— Masculinities in Scandinavia —— Pornography in Scandinavia —— Psychology of Human Sexuality —— Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe —— Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ANTHROPOLOGY —— GENDER STUDIES —— HUMAN RIGHTS —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS —— POLITICAL SCIENCE —— SOCIOLOGY

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Psychology Study psychological theory, research, and practice, with an emphasis on their application in a Danish and European context.

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Cyberpsychology

European Clinical Psychology

Positive Psychology

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Explore the productive and problematic use and impact of digital technologies across the lifespan, considering cognitive, emotional, social, and cultural perspectives.

Study clinical psychology and understand the discipline within a European context, covering cultural and ethical issues, and different psychotherapeutic schools.

Through theory, research, and application, examine the psychology of well-being with both its possibilities and limitations, focusing on topics such as positive emotions, character strengths, mindfulness, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Recommendation: European Clinical Psychology Practicum

Week-Long Study Tour Dublin

Week-Long Study Tour Vienna

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Recommendations: Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology or Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Budapest or Krakow or London or Milan-Verona or Prague Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Understand how psychological theory is applied and practiced in Denmark by hearing from guest lectures and local organizations who share real-world examples from the field

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Engage in hands-on experiences in your field with a supplemental practicum or lab recommended alongisde to your Core Course ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours regionally and across Europe, where you meet and discuss central themes with key researchers, clinicians, policy-makers, and organizations in the field of psychology

—— Applied Psychotherapy —— Developmental Disorders —— Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology —— Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict —— Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior —— Neuropsychology of Brain Injury —— Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism —— Positive Organizational Psychology

—— Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective —— Psychology of Crisis —— Psychology of Endings —— Psychology of Human Sexuality —— Psychology of Leadership —— Psychology of Peak Performance —— Psychology of Time —— Research Assistant: 6 Credits —— Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— HUMAN DEVELOPMENT —— NEUROSCIENCE —— PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE —— PSYCHOLOGY —— SOCIOLOGY

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Public Health Northern European healthcare systems are currently facing rising costs, aging populations, and socio-economic inequality. Analyze and debate these challenges and their interplay with the financing, organization, and prioritization of public healthcare.

CORE COURSE

Health Delivery and Prioritization Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Build your knowledge in public health by analyzing and comparing the organization of different Northern European healthcare systems.

Examine the structural and financial framework and the provision of health services, and discuss how to prioritize resources.

Week-Long Study Tour Helsinki-Tallinn Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Examine what determines the setting of priorities for healthcare provision and the relationship between the many stakeholders involved in policymaking and delivery of public health services

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Engage in real-life and current debates within the Danish healthcare system by presenting a semester-long research project in collaboration with a Danish public health institution

—— Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies —— Health Beyond Borders —— Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe —— Health Promotion and Disease Prevention —— Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations —— Impact of Epidemic Disease Upon European History

—— Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark —— Public Health Ethics —— Public Mental Health —— Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits —— Strategies for Urban Livability

++ While on course-integrated Study Tours, compare national healthcare systems in Eastern and Western Europe

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE —— GLOBAL HEALTH —— PUBLIC HEALTH —— PUBLIC POLICY

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Sociology Globalization has dissolved old hierarchies and brought cultures closer together; however, this newfound cultural proximity has also created challenges of integration and migration facing Denmark and Europe today.

CORE COURSE

Cultural Diversity and Integration Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Debate whether a multicultural Europe is sustainable given the current migrant crisis and Europe’s major culture clash. Focusing on Denmark and Italy, we investigate the social, cultural, and political mechanisms lying at the heart of cultural conflicts and integration issues.

Week-Long Study Tour Rome Core Course Week Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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RELATED ELECTIVES

++ Through workshops with diverse guest speakers, take part in debates that handle the most current issues of our society

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ During Core Course Week, explore the transition of previously homogeneous Denmark and Sweden brought about by immigration from non-Western countries ++ Travel on a faculty-led Study Tour to Rome to hear personal stories and explore current issues surrounding cultural integration and divisions, as well as political tensions

—— Activism: Engagement and Resistance —— Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State —— Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires —— Gang Crime in Scandinavia —— Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia —— Human Trafficking in a Global Context —— LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces

—— Masculinities in Scandinavia —— Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark —— Muslims in the West —— Religion and Politics in Europe —— Sociology of the Family —— Sociology of Migration —— Stolen Childhoods: Migrants and Refugee Children in Europe —— Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ANTHROPOLOGY —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS —— POLITICAL SCIENCE —— SOCIOLOGY

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Sustainability Sustainable development is one of the most important and hotly debated topics of the 21st century. In Denmark and Europe, strategizing sustainability initiatives is a priority from energy consumption to food production. Join the debate and discover the stakeholders shaping the agenda.

CORE COURSE OPTIONS Sustainable Development in Northern Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Dive into a range of sustainability issues in this course, such as the dilemma of economic growth and energy policies in Denmark and the EU. Beginning with a broader look at consumption, prosperity, and spatial planning of sustainability, you delve deeper into more specific, case-based examples of sustainable strategic development.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Germany or Norway

Core Course Week Southern Denmark or Southern Sweden + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

Sustainable Food Consumption & Production Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

This course focuses on the concrete practices and innovative sustainable solutions that reshape our connection to food. These solutions recognize and address the environmental and social impacts of food, from farm to fork.

Week-Long Study Tour Italy

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Core Course Week Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Visit some of the world’s most progressive sustainability initiatives in Copenhagen, such as offshore windmill parks, district heating plants, and urban gardens

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Create your own strategic plan for a sustainable future by drawing on classroom experiences, Field Studies, and Study Tour visits ++ Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated Study Tours to Danish and European destinations with cutting-edge sustainability strategies

—— Anthropology of Food —— Biological Conversation and Biodiversity (and optional Lab) —— Environmental Economics —— Environmental Impact of Humans —— Environmental Philosophy —— Environmental Policy in Practice —— Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Cases

—— Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe —— Integrated Climate Change Planning —— Politics and Ethics of Food —— Renewable Energy Systems —— Strategies for Urban Livability —— Sustainable Business Strategy —— Sustainable by Design —— Waste Management Systems in Europe

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES —— FOOD SCIENCE —— PUBLIC POLICY —— SUSTAINABILITY

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Terrorism & Security Better understand the concept and phenomenon of terrorism, and the attempts to counter it. We will analyze recent European cases and the asymmetric strategic approaches employed by security services.

CORE COURSE

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from a European Perspective Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

This course is a study of terrorism and its challenges to liberal democracies and international politics. You analyze its causes, aims, and forms, as well as counter-terrorism strategies.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Belfast-Dublin or London-Oslo Core Course Week Northern Germany or Western Denmark + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Meet with academic experts, journalists, and politicians to discuss how current incidents and events are framed in the public discourse on Field Studies

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Visit security operators to discuss current terror threats and learn about counter-terror measures ++ Understand the historical underpinnings of terrorism in Europe, and gain a new perspective for your future professional or academic discourse around one of the most debated burning political issues of the 21st century

—— Activism: Engagement and Resistance —— Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis —— Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies —— Cyberwarfare —— Danish Politics and Society —— Economics of Crime —— Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War —— Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law

—— Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict —— Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare —— Sociology of Migration —— Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe —— Wider European Security: Norms, Institutions, and Power

++ Bring theory to life and reflect on the causes of terrorism by traveling with your class on Study Tour to sites of recent terrorist attacks

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS —— POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Urban Studies Discover how the city has become the focal point for cultural expression, social change, and political tension. Often symbolizing opportunity and upward mobility, the city promises a better life while also creating challenges and alienation.

CORE COURSE

European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter Fall/Spring. 3 Credits

Cities are both creative and destructive friction machines, full of contradictory tensions, goals, and visions about what constitutes the good life. This course examines the driving forces of this friction within a European context, including social, economic, environmental, technical, cultural, historical, and spatial influences.

Week-Long Study Tour (Preference of) Barcelona or Budapest-Vienna Core Course Week Northern Germany + a two-day seminar in Copenhagen

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++ Use Copenhagen as your classroom on Field Studies that explore its innovative urban change from an industrialized welfare state to a cutting-edge, sustainable, resilient, and livable city

Build your curriculum from over 240 courses across a variety of disciplines. Jump to the Courses chapter to see all, but meanwhile, here are a few related to this program:

++ Engage in a dynamic dialogue with a variety of guest lecturers including local historians, sociologists, and urban planners ++ Travel with your faculty and classmates on course-integrated Study Tours to compare how cities develop their infrastructure in Eastern and Western Europe

—— Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings —— European Urban Design Theories —— Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe —— History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design —— Integrated Climate Change Planning

—— Strategies for Urban Livability —— Urban Design Journal —— Urban Economics —— Urban Exploration Photography Workshop —— Waste Management Systems in Europe

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU? It’s a good fit if you study: —— ANTHROPOLOGY —— ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES —— URBAN STUDIES —— POLITICAL SCIENCE —— SOCIOLOGY

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“Through my research I’ve gained insight into the scientific community and learned communication and leadership skills. My research project is a glacier mass balance model - essentially, a computer model of a glacier - and these can be used to help scientists understand more about glaciers and their flow dynamics. Susanne, my faculty supervisor who happens to be an expert in computer models, has guided me through this semester and taught me a lot of valuable information!”

- LEAH, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

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Research Assistant Opportunities Are you academically ambitious, curious to explore an area of interest in depth, and eager to be a part of a passionate research community? Apply for a unique Research Assistant opportunity and earn 3 or 6 credits.

LEARN MORE Visit the website for details and additional assistantship opportunities in semesters to come!

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“During my semester, I worked with the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen, investigating the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms behind the development of muscle contractures in patients with cerebral palsy.

After pursuing research abroad, I developed more specific interests in neuroscience and highly tuned my lab skills. When returning to my home university, I began researching in a lab that I realized aligned more with my academic interests, which would not have been possible without my experience at DIS.�

- MAX, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

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Research Assistant: 3 Credits Join an ongoing research project carried out by a DIS faculty member. As a Research Assistant, you collaborate closely with your mentor. By the end of your semester, you will grasp the complexities of the research process. In some cases, short travel with your mentor to European research institutions may occur. All costs are covered by DIS. Information will be provided before the start of the semester.

Examples of the 3-Credit Research Assistantships are: —— Investigating Past Conditions of the Greenland Ice Sheet Using Mathematical Models and Ice Core Data Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen —— Neural Mechanisms Mediating Increased Familial Risk to Affective Disorders —— Mammography Screening: Efficacy, Benefits, and Harms Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen —— Post World War II American Interest in Danish Design

Research Assistant: 6 Credits Advance your knowledge within the natural and health sciences. Matched with a Copenhagen-based research institution and a mentor, you participate in existing research where you develop your clinical and laboratory skills.

Examples of the 6-Credit Research Assistantships are: —— Accelerometry in Detection of Epileptic Seizures Neurology Department, Roskilde University Hospital —— The Prognostic Significance of Atrial Fibrillation on Non-ischemic Systolic Heart Failure Cardiology Department, Hvidovre University Hospital

Additional Research Opportunities ++ Drive your own Independent Research Project with the guidance of a DIS faculty member ++ Enroll in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Lab, corequisite to the Neuroscience Program Core Course

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Hands-On Learning Opportunities Is learning by doing something you get excited about?

Choose from a wide variety of labs, practicums, studios and workshop courses that draw on scholarship but are also hands-on. Here are some of our many examples across disciplines.

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LEARN MORE Search across our many hands-on course opportunities under the Special Course field in our Course Finder at: DISabroad.org/cph-courses.

WORKSHOPS

PRACTICUMS

——Creative Nonfiction Workshop ——Creative Writing ——Furniture Design Workshop ——Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound ——Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop ——Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ——Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography

——Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ——Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ——Communication Practicum ——Entrepreneurship Practicum ——European Clinical Psychology Practicum ——Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice

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STUDIOS

——Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab ——Biology of Marine Mammals Lab ——Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab ——Game Development Lab ——Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology ——Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict

——Applied Piano ——Architecture & Design Studios ——Art in the Making ——Furniture Design Studios ——Graphic Design Studios ——Music Composition: Private Studio Instruction ——Music Performance: Instrument or Voice ——Sound Engineering and Music Production ——Watercolor Painting

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Biology of Marine Mammals Lab Delve into marine biology data collection and methodology by meeting prominent researchers and engaging in lab work of your own.

Art in the Making By visiting local exhibitions, artists, and museums, you are introduced to contemporary and historical approaches to art, inspiring your own portfolio of creative work.

Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop Draw on inspiration from local designers and develop your own design solutions based on studies of Danish and Scandinavian methods of textile design.

Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum This course allows you to critically reflect on the Danish pedagogical model, bridging the theories you explore in your corequisite Core Course, and the experiences you have in practice in your semesterlong practicum.

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Danish Language & Culture Courses Enhance your experience abroad, learn how to navigate cultural contexts, and gain the tools to better understand Denmark’s people, history, and traditions. Find out why 60% of all DIS students take a Danish Language and Culture course!

COURSE OPTIONS Whether you come knowing quite a bit of Danish or none at all, we have a level to suit you: —— Level I (Fall/Spring. 3 Credits) —— Level I - For Child Development & Diversity Students (Fall/Spring. 3 Credits) —— Level I-II (Fall/Spring. 6 Credits) —— Level II (Spring. 3 Credits) —— Level III (Spring. 3 Credits) —— Intermediate Level (Fall/Spring. 3 Credits)

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Why Take One of these Courses?

ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE ABROAD Explore the ambivalent concept of hygge and the nuances of local culture by delving into Denmark’s history, literature, arts, and contemporary topics. You will gain a larger perspective and confidence to navigate cross-cultural discussions with your Homestay, Visiting Host, friends, and locals.

APPLY YOUR DANISH TO REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS Master your pronunciation of Danish vowels Æ, Ø, and Å! Enjoy walking out of class to a nearby café where you will be able to buy a cup of coffee and wienerbrød in Danish.

Field Study Highlights: Copenhagen as your Classroom The best way to understand Danish culture is to experience it.

Examples of Field Studies include: ++ A historical tour of one of the many spectacular castles or cathedrals in the region ++ A cultural exchange with students at a local gymnasium (high school) ++ A visit to Christiansborg Palace, followed by a screening of the Danish movie, ‘A Royal Affair’ ++ A thought-provoking performance at Tivoli, Copenhagen’s famous amusement park ++ Significant historical sites to understand Denmark’s role in World War II

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Live,Meet, & Engage

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“Open your mind! I recommend going into your semester abroad with a completely open mind. I forced myself to stay open to everything which really helped me adapt and feel comfortable with all the amazing, but new things I was presented with throughout the semester - much quicker than if I had come with too many expectations.�

- SHANNON, BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

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Copenhagen as Your Home Copenhagen is one of the most livable cities in the world, where locals report a high quality of life in a vibrant capital.

DIS in the Heart of the Medieval City On your way to class, you will be surrounded by a network of walking streets, canals lined with colorful houses, public gardens with castles, and spires dotting the skyline.

Old Meets New Copenhagen matches 16th-century architecture with modern and inventive urban spaces – well-planned bike lanes, harbor baths, skate parks, food markets, and more.

A Combination of Tradition and Innovation Constantly on the cusp of new ideas, the Danish capital is changing the global agenda for sustainability, design, architecture, and food. Yet locals still embrace their cultural roots in many ways, such as gathering for smørrebrød lunches with schnapps on a weekend with family and friends.

The Lifestyle Each neighborhood has a different pulse, all connected by a stream of bikers. Regardless of the weather or season, Copenhageners often sit outside, enjoying every inch of their city.

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COPENHAGEN IS THE CAPITAL OF DENMARK AND THE HUB FOR POLITICS, BUSINESS, DESIGN, AND RESEARCH SECTORS

THE DANES ARE OFTEN NAMED THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIVING IN ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL NATIONS

BY 2025, IT AIMS TO BE THE WORLD’S FIRST CARBON-NEUTRAL CAPITAL

THE CITY HAS 400 KILOMETERS OF BIKE LANES

THE DANES PAY SOME OF THE HIGHEST TAXES IN THE WORLD, AND CITIZENS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS AND SERVICES PAID FOR BY THEIR TAXES, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION

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Choose From Six Housing Options Where you live is one of the most important aspects of your time abroad and can be the basis for rich personal growth. Whether you want to come home to family meals or live among other students, you can choose the best housing option for you.

What to Know About Housing at DIS

“Coming here was not easy — I had feelings of apprehension, doubt, and uncertainty upon arriving in a new country that I would call home for the next four months. Having a Homestay allowed me to flourish.

Whether I find myself talking about world issues with my host parents over tea or running in the forest with my host brothers, I am grateful each day for my hosts.”

- JOSH, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

—— Your housing will come fully furnished —— Depending on your housing type, all meals or a partial food stipend is included —— DIS covers transportation costs between your housing and class —— We personally match you with your preferenced housing options, reviewing your needs and interests to make the best possible placement

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LEARN MORE Find detailed information about each of our housing options at DISabroad.org/cph-housing.

Living & Learning Community live with other DIS students in DIS housing based around a theme

Homestay live with local hosts in their home, exchanging cultures while spending time together

Kollegium live with local students in student housing

Folkehøjskole live with local students in a unique Danish communal living tradition

Rented Room live with a young local in your own room in their apartment Residential Community live with other DIS students

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Meet the Locals Get involved, exchange cultural perspectives, form friendships, practice your Danish, and end the semester calling Copenhagen a hjem away from home.

Ways to Meet the Locals —— Sign up to be matched with a local Visiting Host and get to know Danish culture while sharing your own —— Join a local student sports team, church, or club – attend the Activities Fair at the start of the semester to see what’s available —— Volunteer at the local student house Studenterhuset as a barista —— Attend DIS Evening Seminars to learn more about local perspectives or burning issues happening in Denmark, or to gain advice from local expat professionals at our Career Workshops

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LET US HELP YOU GET STARTED You will need to go the extra mile to meet the locals – whether you sign up for opportunities through DIS or join local clubs. More Info at DISabroad.org/cph-engage.

“The day that I first met my Visiting Hosts, I remember trying to find the correct train to their town, curious as to how the afternoon would go.

Later, after dinner, we went for a walk around their neighborhood, stumbling onto this beautiful hill where an ancient king is buried. Casual. Little did I know that they would become a second family to me!”

- JOSIE, WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY STUDENT BLOGGER

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“Do you ever just take a step back and say ‘wow, this is my life.’ I’m 21 years old and I’m in Denmark having adventures that will stick with me for the rest of my life. I wonder how different my life would’ve been if I didn’t have the courage nor the support to study abroad.”

- ANDRU, WHEATON COLLEGE STUDENT BLOGGER

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Key Dates & Application Details Admission Criteria To be a successful applicant, you must demonstrate an academically compelling reason why DIS is a good fit for you, the self-reliance and maturity necessary to obtain the benefits and embrace the challenges of studying abroad, and a genuine interest in cultural engagement.

All students apply to one or two Core Courses and must meet the following criteria: ++ Good academic and disciplinary standing at a four-year college or university in the United States or Canada ++ Typically, at least three semesters completed at time of application ++ Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 ++ Satisfy Core Course prerequisites

Interested?

Start applying now – most DIS Core Courses reach capacity before published deadlines.

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In waitlist situations, DIS favors applicants from partner institutions.

DIS reserves the right to reject an applicant or withdraw a registrant for any reason.

Key Semester Dates

Opportunities to Visit DIS for U.S. Faculty & Advisors Spring 2020

Fall 2019 August 17

Arrival Day

January 11

(Note: If leaving from the U.S. for Denmark, you must depart the U.S. the day prior.)

December 13

Last Day of the Semester

DIS Housing Closes at Noon

Summer 2019: June 24-28 Stockholm & Copenhagen DISabroad.org/iec

May 8

(Note: this is the earliest day you can depart)

December 14

International Educators Conference (IEC)

May 9

International Educators Workshop (IEW) Spring 2020: March 9-13 Copenhagen & Stockholm DISabroad.org/iew

LEARN MORE For full semester calendar details, including study tour and break dates, refer to: DISabroad.org/cph-calendar.

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Semester Overview Arrival Day DIS airport pick-up & move into housing

Arrival Workshop Four days including the Opening Ceremony, workshops, and an event introducing you to local clubs and activities

Semester Begins Courses run for the next four months

Core Course Week

Travel Week 1 One travel week is reserved to travel on your Program Study Tour. If not on tour, you can travel on own or stay and enjoy a week in Copenhagen

Study Break

Focus on just your Core Course this week, with a faculty-led three-day Study Tour in Denmark, and a twoday seminar in Copenhagen

Travel Week 2 One travel week is reserved to travel on your Program Study Tour. If not on tour, you can travel own or stay and enjoy a week in Copenhagen

Use this half-week break to travel or catch up on your studies and enjoy Copenhagen

End of Semester Showcase Presentations, exhibits, and final exams are scheduled over the last week of the semester

Departure Head home, stay on for the following semester, or extend for a summer session!

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Tuition & Fees - No Hidden Costs DIS prides itself on transparent, comprehensive charges with no hidden costs.

As a non-profit organization, it is DIS policy to keep the price to a minimum for you, while incorporating several extra essentials into the cost such as:

Comprehensive Tuition Includes: ++ Course instruction and fees ++ Two Program Study Tours (traveling with your Core Course) ++ Field Studies and guest lectures (integrated into all DIS courses) ++ Course reading materials and textbook rental ++ Final Grade Report ++ Academic administration, advising, and support

$20,195 USD per semester Comprehensive Housing & Student Affairs Includes: ++ Furnished room ++ Local transportation between DIS and your housing ++ Meals or partial food stipend (see website for details) ++ Laundry facilities and/or allowance ++ Pre-departure support ++ Group pick-up at the airport on Arrival Day ++ Arrival Workshop ++ Visa advice and assistance ++ Medical, accident, and liability insurance ++ Comprehensive health and safety services, including 24-hour emergency support ++ Housing & Student Affairs advising and support ++ Various cultural and social events

$6,345 USD per semester

Total: $26,540 USD per semester

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DIS Scholarship Funds

Extend & Save

DIS offers need and merit-based awards and is committed to supporting students with limited financial resources, from diverse backgrounds, and/ or underrepresented populations in study abroad.

On average, over 50% of all students receive financial support from DIS, and many more are using financial aid granted from their home institutions towards their DIS experience as well. DIS also includes Pell Grant eligibility and work-study awards from home institutions in our award considerations.

We offer discounts if you wish to spend a full year at DIS. You can extend to study a second semester at DIS Copenhagen. Additionally, if you are a spring student, you can stay for the summer at DIS Stockholm and/or DIS Copenhagen!

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DIS Partner Institutions DIS works in partnership with the following colleges and universities. Not all institutions approve all DIS programs/locations.

Students from other North American colleges and universities are welcome to apply.

LEARN MORE For more information on DIS partner institutions, visit DISabroad.org/partners.

CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA University of British Columbia

UNITED STATES ARIZONA University of Arizona ARKANSAS University of Arkansas CALIFORNIA Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo California Lutheran University California State University System Claremont McKenna College NewSchool of Architecture & Design Occidental College Point Loma Nazarene University Pomona College Santa Clara University Scripps College University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego University of Redlands University of San Francisco Whittier College COLORADO Colorado College Colorado State University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Denver

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CONNECTICUT Connecticut College Trinity College University of Connecticut University of Hartford Wesleyan University Yale University DELAWARE University of Delaware DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA American University George Washington University Georgetown University Howard University FLORIDA Lynn University University of Florida GEORGIA Emory University Spelman College University of Georgia HAWAII University of Hawaii at Manoa ILLINOIS Bradley University Illinois Wesleyan University Knox College Lake Forest College Northwestern University University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

INDIANA Ball State University DePauw University Indiana University Purdue University University of Notre Dame IOWA Grinnell College Iowa State University Luther College KANSAS Kansas State University University of Kansas KENTUCKY Transylvania University University of Kentucky LOUISIANA Tulane University MAINE Bates College Bowdoin College Colby College MARYLAND Goucher College Johns Hopkins University Loyola University Maryland Maryland Institute, College of Art University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park MASSACHUSETTS Amherst College Babson College Brandeis University Endicott College Harvard University Mount Holyoke College Olin College of Engineering Simmons College Smith College Stonehill College Tufts University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Wellesley College Wheaton College Williams College

MICHIGAN Central Michigan University Kalamazoo College University of Michigan MINNESOTA Augsburg College Carleton College Gustavus Adolphus College Macalester College Saint Catherine University Saint Olaf College University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Saint Thomas Winona State University

NORTH CAROLINA Duke University Elon University Guilford College Meredith College North Carolina State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte Wake Forest University Wingate University

MISSOURI Drury University Park University University of Missouri-Columbia Washington University in St. Louis

OHIO Case Western Reserve University College of Wooster Denison University John Carroll University Kenyon College Miami University of Ohio Oberlin College Ohio State University Wittenberg University

MONTANA Montana State University - Bozeman

OKLAHOMA University of Tulsa

NEW HAMPSHIRE University of New Hampshire

OREGON Portland State University University of Oregon

NEW JERSEY Ramapo College of New Jersey Rowan University NEW YORK Alfred University Barnard College Colgate University College of Staten Island, CUNY Columbia University Cornell University Fordham University Hamilton College Hobart and William Smith Colleges John Jay College of Criminal Justice Pratt Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Saint Lawrence University Sarah Lawrence College Siena College Skidmore College Syracuse University University at Albany, SUNY University of Rochester Vassar College

PENNSYLVANIA Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Dickinson College Franklin and Marshall College Gettysburg College Haverford College Lafayette College Lehigh University Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania State University Saint Joseph’s University Swarthmore College Thomas Jefferson University University of Pittsburgh University of Scranton Villanova University RHODE ISLAND Brown University Providence College Rhode Island School of Design University of Rhode Island

SOUTH CAROLINA College of Charleston Furman University University of South Carolina Wofford College TENNESSEE Belmont University Rhodes College Sewanee, University of the South University of Tennessee Vanderbilt University TEXAS Rice University Saint Edward’s University Southern Methodist University Southwestern University Texas Tech University Trinity University University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Austin UTAH University of Utah VERMONT Bennington College Middlebury College Saint Michael’s College University of Vermont VIRGINIA College of William and Mary Longwood University University of Richmond University of Virginia Virginia Tech Washington and Lee University WASHINGTON Gonzaga University Pacific Lutheran University Seattle University University of Puget Sound University of Washington Washington State University Whitman College WISCONSIN Beloit College Marquette University University of Wisconsin - Madison

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“One of my favorite things about my classes at DIS is the variety.

I’ve had the chance to visit places of Field Studies that I never would have had the opportunity to visit otherwise, like a clinic for undocumented migrants, a gymnasium (Danish high school), a safe-injection site, and more.”

- ANNE, WELLESLEY COLLEGE STUDENT BLOGGER

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Course Descriptions 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design.

Danish architecture seen in a historical, political, social, and architectural context in relation to general European architectural developments. The ambition is to understand the Danish and Nordic approach to architecture, and how it has developed in the past two centuries, while nurturing the ability to analyze, identify, and discuss qualities of architecture. This course includes Field Studies to both early modern and contemporary examples of Danish architecture.

20th Century European History Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. International Relations.

This course provides an understanding of the political, economic, social, industrial, and ideological developments that have shaped contemporary Europe over the last century. Our focus is on the following central themes: industrialization and revolution, the impact of nationalism and the Great War (1870-1929), the rise of fascism and WWII in Europe (1929-1945), and Europe divided and reunited (1945- Present).

Activism: Engagement and Resistance Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Philosophy. Sociology.

This course explores the relationship between thought and action. This is a project-based course on empirical and theoretical approaches to taking action in your world. You learn the necessity of careful analysis and research in order to carry out successful activist projects. Taking indignation as a point of departure and building on the analysis of economy, work, climate, gender, war and so forth, you prepare an activist project and agenda.

Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Interior Architecture. Urban Studies.

Adaptive re-use is an integral component of contemporary design practice in Europe. Conversion of urban areas and old buildings into something better suited for contemporary purposes requires knowledge of our built heritage in the broadest sense. Cultural, site-specific, and material aspects play a key role as does sustainable strategies for future proofing of our built environment. This course is about the design challenges and the wider economical, sustainable, and political issues at stake when dealing with adaptive re-use.

Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

International Relations. Legal Studies. Political Science.

Using a hands-on approach, you learn how intelligence analysis works. Questions surrounding terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS, such as ‘what kind of organizations are they?’ and ‘where did these organizations develop from?’ are analyzed and discussed.

Ancient Art and Archaeology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History. Classics.

Explore the classical roots of Europe as you delve into the worldrenowned collections of the Danish National Museum and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. The museums are our classroom as we analyze classical art and archaeology and trace the life and meaning of ancient Greece and Rome.

Anthropology of Food Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Environmental Studies. Sustainability.

Food is crucial to human survival but its significance stretches far beyond mere nutrition and sustenance. We are becoming more and more aware that the simple act of eating is at the crossroads of the biggest challenges we face: from climate change to urbanization, from an imminent epidemic of diabetes to inequalities on a global scale, from the future of agriculture to the rise of obesity. This course investigates how food is a force that connects and harbors the power to construct and destruct, now and in the future.

Applied Piano Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Music.

The course content is arranged in collaboration with you as an individual student. The following areas can be covered: sight reading, accompaniment, transposition, chord playing, and solo repertoire.

Depending on your level of playing, the course may also include chamber music and score reading/piano reduction.

Corequisite: Music Performance: Instrument, Music Composition: Private Studio Instruction, Music Performance: Voice, or Sound Engineering and Music Production

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Applied Psychotherapy Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Psychology.

How does one apply theoretical knowledge to real-life therapeutic contexts? This course introduces diverse theoretical approaches to psychotherapy. This course requires active participation in and observation of group-based and individual exercises focusing on psychotherapy skills.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Architecture Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Design.

In this studio you engage in an exploration of Danish and Scandinavian design practice through challenging assignments addressing real sites and issues in and around Copenhagen. Studio groups combine students of different levels and backgrounds. This course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design. Two spatial design studios at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Architecture Foundations Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Design. Studio Art. You develop design skills through analysis of existing buildings and by solving realistic architectural problems in a Danish context. In studio projects, you construct spatial models in physical and digital media and advance your communication skills in expressing abstract concepts. Studios are taught vertically, combining students of different levels. Expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisite: One drawing course at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Arctic Geopolitics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. International Relations. Political Science.

The end of the Cold War has had a profound impact on the Arctic by opening up new opportunities to Arctic states and societies for cooperation in security, economic, social, and human development areas. At the same time, global warming has posed formidable challenges to both Arctic and global actors. This course offers an introduction to a broad array of environmental, security, political, economic, and social issues that make the present day Arctic a focus of global interest.

Arctic Glaciology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Science. Geography. Geology.

In this course, we study the behavior of glaciers. You learn about glacier mass balance, the transformation from snow to ice, ice flow, ice core science, and basal processes. These are tools needed to investigate the role of glaciers in the climate system. This course focuses on the Arctic glaciers. Climate changes projected for the future indicate a larger temperature increase over the Arctic than at lower latitudes. This increases the vulnerability of glaciers located in this particular region.

Prerequisite: One calculus course at university level.

Art in the Making Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History. Studio Art. Visual Arts.

During this course you develop art projects based on Field Studies to exhibitions and artists’ studios. Technical skills in a variety of media are developed, and conceptual issues of contemporary art are investigated. The course has a strong practical emphasis and partly takes place in studio. You produce material that is displayed as part of a final exhibit.

Artificial Intelligence Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Computer Science. Mathematics.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the study of how human reasoning and behavior can be imitated, and potentially surpassed, by computer systems. This course discusses the elements of artificial intelligence used in robots, simulations, and computer games. You gain an understanding of what AI means in a theoretical context and a greater exposure to what human aspects are in computer science.

Prerequisite: One year of computer science at university level.

An introduction to algorithms, data structures, and/or discrete mathematics is recommended.

Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Computer Science. Mathematics.

Artificial Neural Networks are programs that write themselves when given an objective, some training data, and abundant computing power.

Recently, these programs have brought about a wide array of future-like innovations, such as self-driving cars, face recognition, and human-like speech generators. This course offers you an introduction to Deep Artificial Neural Networks (i.e. “Deep Learning”). With focus on both theory and practice, we cover models for various applications, how they are trained and tested, and how they can be deployed in real-world applications.

Prerequisites: One year of computer science and one course in either probability theory or linear algebra at university level. Practical programming experience in Python or similar is recommended.

Battlefield Europe: Military History of World War II Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course with Tour.

History. Political Science.

This course focuses on the military strategy of WWII. You analyze how the Germans conquered most of Europe while being outnumbered, and discuss the relationship between technology and doctrine from 1939 to 1945. You investigate the post-war ‘history-production,’ studying how political needs and goals shaped what is considered the history of World War II. Note: This course involves an additional fee as it includes a Study Tour to Normandy, France.

Behavioral Economics: European Case Studies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Economics.

Behavioral economics rethinks the standard economic model of human behavior by integrating experiential and psychological research into economic theory. This course is based on behavioral economic theory and cases from Denmark and Europe examining choices of individuals.

Theoretical skills are developed through work with conflicting theories, and analytical skills by working with data on human choices in experiments.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics and one course in either intermediate or advanced microeconomics, all at university level.

Betrayal of Civilization: Jewish History from the Enlightenment to the Shoah Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. Religious Studies.

This course traces the history of Europe’s Jews, the rise of antiSemitism and Nazism, the Holocaust, and the challenges of rebuilding Jewish life after destruction. The Jews of Europe, particularly in Germany, defined what it meant to live as an ethnic-religious minority in a modern world for generations to come. Their abundant creativity, economic pioneering, and cultural innovations shaped modern Europe. With the failure of their struggle for emancipation, equality, and recognition, the entire project of an enlightened nation of culturally diverse citizens has been called into question.

Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Sustainability.

Understanding the basic principles of conservation is important in helping us approach the ecological challenges of the 21st century. This course explores the balance between studying and conserving natural resources, while still using them to their fullest. Moreover, this course is built around examples from research projects in Northern Europe and the Arctic. Other topics include the biology, culture, economics, and politics behind conservation policy on a global scale, as well as interactions with NGOs, the EU, and the Red List.

Prerequisite: One year of biology at university level.

Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab Fall/Spring. 1 Credit. Elective Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Sustainability.

This hands-on lab experience covers topics related to conservation, biodiversity, and the management of species, as well as providing you systematic tools to use field guides and collect data in the field. You use field guides, observational, and descriptive skills to identify birds, plants, trees, and other species. The course includes working with the management of protected areas and creating a management plan for one species or specific habitat.

Corequisite: Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Biology of Marine Mammals Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Environmental Science.

A comparative study of marine mammal anatomy, morphology, physiology, life history and behavior, and adaptation to marine existence. The course includes the study of the effect of human activities on marine mammals with special reference to Northern European waters.

Prerequisite: One year of biology at university level.

Course Descriptions Biology of Marine Mammals Lab Fall/Spring. 1 Credit. Elective Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Sustainability.

In this laboratory course, you study cranial morphology and anatomy and look at cranial asymmetry in different species of cetaceans, analyze photo-identification pictures of killer whales in an ongoing research project, listen to and analyze sound recordings, and perform a necropsy on a harbor porpoise or a harbor seal. You write small labreports during class time and give oral presentations in groups.

Corequisite: Biology of Marine Mammals Cell Factories: Design, Engineering, and Analysis Fall. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology.

The aim of the course is to give you a fundamental understanding of the interplay between the many different intracellular reactions in a cell factory, and especially how the fluxes through the different pathways are regulated. A special focus is given to pathways leading to industrially relevant products like primary metabolites, antibiotics, industrial enzymes, and pharmaceutical proteins. A central aspect of the course is to identify the optimal strategy for introducing directed genetic changes in the microorganisms with the aim of obtaining better production strains. Analysis of the interaction between different cellular reactions is a central element in the course, and tools for systems level strain characterization and design are described.

Prerequisites: One year of biology, one chemistry course, and one course in either molecular biology or genetics, all at university level.

Child Development in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies. Human Development.

Within the framework of Nordic pedagogy, investigate education and care, analyzing the discourse surrounding quality of life for children.

Explore the pros and cons of free play, and relationships to caregivers and peers in the welfare state, school readiness versus social pedagogy, and children’s exploration of nature in practicum, Study Tour, and on Field Studies.

Corequisite: Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies. Human Development.

This course emphasizes and integrates application of research, critical reflection, and hands-on experience in Danish pedagogy in order to explore the connection between pedagogical approaches and professional practices with young children. You are placed in a Danish childcare or school setting one day a week for a total of 45-55 hours per semester. This course builds the bridge between the theories you explore in your core class, and the experiences you have in practice.

Corequisite: Child Development in Scandinavia Note: Bring a physical copy of your criminal clearance with you to Copenhagen from the U.S. (or your country of citizenship).

Children in a Multicultural Context Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies. Human Development.

Based on research and student experiences at practicum sites, the course examines practices around the terms ethnic diversity and multiculturalism in Danish education and social policy. Educational issues such as teaching practices, intercultural communication and learning, multilingualism, and the influence of culture on education and child development are studied.

Corequisite: Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies. Human Development.

This course emphasizes and integrates application of research, critical reflection, and hands-on experience in Danish pedagogy in order to explore the connection between pedagogical approaches and professional practices with children and adolescents. You are placed in a Danish childcare setting, with children varying in ages from two to 16, one day a week for a total of 45-55 hours per semester. This course builds the bridge between the theories you explore in your core class, and the experiences you have in practice.

Corequisite: Children in a Multicultural Context Note: Bring a physical copy of your criminal clearance with you to Copenhagen from the U.S. (or your country of citizenship).

Children with Special Needs Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies. Sociology.

This course considers children with special needs from a critical disability studies perspective. We examine the topics of inclusion, disability, and quality of life within the Danish social welfare system through the lens of Nordic pedagogy. The voices of disabled persons and families are included in class to help understand how their lives are affected by public and educational policies.

Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Neuroscience. Psychology.

Despite decades of scientific research and centuries of philosophical analysis, consciousness remains one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. What is consciousness and which brain mechanisms shape the unique sense of self, implicit in all our thoughts and perceptions? How can we transform the subjectivity of human experience to an objective topic of research? Through the lenses of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, we explore both conceptual and methodological perspectives of relevance to the study of human consciousness. We critically analyze the obstacles and challenges inherent to the study of consciousness.

Prerequisite: One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, biological psychology, or cognitive psychology at university level.

Corequisite: Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Neuroscience. Psychology.

You participate in research activities focusing on the psychological, behavioral, and cognitive components of consciousness and perception. Class work consists of supervision of your research activities and selected topics are reviewed relative to research (e.g. ethics, methods, and methodologies) in consciousness studies.

Corequisite: Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Communication. Media Studies. Rhetoric.

We live in paradoxical times: technology-driven globalization constantly reduces differences between cultures and online communication has become universal and omnipresent, but cultural and ethnic tensions appear to be on the rise. What is the role of communication in not just helping to resolve but sometimes also in acerbating such conflicts?

Drawing on theory and methodology from diverse fields we examine cultural and related differences in communication, we investigate cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in two contrasting European contexts covering four distinct countries: Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and Ireland.

Communication Practicum Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Journalism. Media Studies.

What is it like to work with communication in Denmark? This practicum is a chance for you to gain hands-on experience in the field of communication and collaborate with a professional organization in Copenhagen. You are placed in a communication agency or related site for four hours a week and meet periodically with a DIS faculty and your peers to compare the different experiences and companies.

Prerequisite: One course in communication, journalism, or public relations at university level.

Competing Narratives: Modern European History Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

History.

A study of how selective ways of remembering Europe’s past have shaped collective and individual identities. This course examines the complex web of competing historical narratives, studying concepts and discourses in the contemporary field of history and memory studies.

Complexity of Cancer Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

This course offers an in-depth, clinically focused, examination of major cancer types in order to get an understanding of the clinical reality surrounding solid tumors and cancer patients. Overall themes include classifications, biological foundations, diagnostics, specific therapies, and respective complications. Through journal clubs, you evaluate the most recent clinical studies. Classes also include transposed patient cases, as well as student presentations.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Computational Analysis of Big Data Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Computer Science. Mathematics.

Walmart started using big data even before the term became recognized. Today, industries, governments, social media platforms, finance, and organizations alike use data and analytics to predict future needs to optimize sales, minimize cost, and maximize reach.

With a hands-on approach and by working with problem solving exercises that focus on practical implementations, this course introduces you to a large set of computational tools and techniques for dealing with large-scale data.

Prerequisites: One year of computer science at university level.

Familiarity with programming in some language.

Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature. Philosophy.

Contemporary culture reflects a fascination with the concept of evil. This course examines the philosophical question of evil through the lens of film, literature, and modern culture. Is evil a response to the absence of God and a fundamental nihilistic attitude towards life in general or is it rather an unfortunate means to an end, often motivated by some higher political purpose? These questions among others are addressed through an analysis of the representations of evil in contemporary culture.

Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. International Relations. Political Science.

You examine case studies and contested historical issues, including anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Europe and the Middle East, the Holocaust and genocide denial, the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the controversies surrounding 9/11. We also examine the differences between critical thinking and conspiracy thinking, and the nature of ‘historical truth.’

Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Advertising. Business. Marketing.

Exploring consumer behavior from a marketing perspective, we look at how various aspects of consumer behavior are impacted by social norms and cultural differences. Topics include information processing, developing preferences and making choices, psychology of pricing, experiential aspects of consumption, and use of data analytics to predict future consumer behavior. You engage in a semester-long marketing research project exploring a selected area of consumer behavior in Denmark.

Corporate Finance: European Case Studies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Finance. Management.

Through the study of European cases, this course addresses how companies raise and manage their financial resources. You apply corporate finance theory and compare U.S. and European corporate finance practices. Topics include capital structure, debt financing, equity financing, valuation methods, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, corporate governance, and risk management.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics, and one course in finance, all at university level.

Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Management. Marketing.

Creativity, innovation, and culture are important factors for the competitiveness of not only companies, but also of regions and nations, particularly as we move from goods and services economies to ‘experience’ economies. This course explores the links between these factors by analyzing business cases, trends in society, and political initiatives.

Creative Nonfiction Workshop Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Creative Writing.

Creative nonfiction is a prose genre that applies the techniques of literary craftsmanship to the task of accurately representing reality. In this course, we explore the theory and practice of creative nonfiction by reading and writing in a variety of forms, including profile, travel writing, memoir, personal essay, nature writing, and literary journalism. This course includes a heavy writing component, and your work is critiqued and edited in a workshop setting.

Prerequisite: One course in creative writing or journalism at university level.

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Course Descriptions Creative Writing Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Creative Writing.

Develop your storytelling and writing skills in a series of structured brainstorming sessions, exercises, and workshops. Emphasizing the playful generation of dynamic new ideas and material, the course explores the technical challenges of different literary forms and genres, and address the practical issues of drafting and finetuning fiction in all its forms.

Prerequisite: One course in creative writing or journalism at university level.

Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Criminology/Criminal Justice. Legal Studies. Public Policy.

‘Open prison’ – does that sound like a contradiction in terms? In Denmark, open prisons are a cornerstone of the prison system and ‘normalizing’ prison conditions are preferred in the Danish social context. In this course, you study crime, crime patterns, basic criminological theory, and criminal justice administration in Scandinavia. The objectives are to strengthen your analytical skills and enable you to evaluate criminal justice policy making from different perspectives.

Cultural Diversity and Integration Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Anthropology. Ethnic Studies. Sociology.

This course explores whether a multicultural Europe is sustainable given the current migrant crisis and Europe’s major culture clash.

Focusing on Denmark, Sweden and Italy, we investigate the social, cultural, and political mechanisms lying at the heart of cultural conflicts and integration issues. This course analyzes theoretical concepts such as integration, assimilation, multiculturalism, recognition, cultural norms, identity, nationalism, and tolerance.

Cultural History of Travel Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. History.

Travel and tourism are not just ways of escaping the trivialities of everyday life. In fact, they can also be tools to understand and navigate a world defined by mobility, restlessness, and displacement. In the modern world, travel and tourism have become fundamental social and cultural practices by which people construct ideas about themselves and others, about society, nation, and the world both in the past and in the present.

Prerequisite: One course in anthropology, history, or sociology at university level.

Cyberpsychology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Psychology.

This course addresses the productive and problematic use and impact of digital technologies across the lifespan, exploring cognitive, emotional, or socio-cultural perspectives. Topics include: implications of being a digital native or digital immigrant, the effects of techno stress, social media and self-esteem, cyberbullying, and cybertherapy. Where relevant, cultural implications are explored from a Scandinavian perspective.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Cyberwarfare Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Rights. International Relations. Political Science.

Satellites, nuclear submarines, power plants, voting data, and your private data are all online and vulnerable. State and non-state actors alike have proven willing to exploit these vulnerabilities and brought the world to a state of perpetual hidden conflict.

Espionage, intrusion into critical infrastructure, and destructive cyber incidents happens daily. What does this entail for our understanding of peace in the cyber age and for future warfare?

Analyze the operational, legal, and political aspects with practitioners in the field.

Danish Design Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Art History. Design.

A journey through the discourse of design in Denmark, with a particular focus on Danish design since the post-war period. You discover and challenge how aesthetics in Danish design are most often situated in deeper social, environmental, and economic concerns. The disciplines, strategies, and viewpoints of Danish design are considered in global contexts. You strengthen your observational and critical skills by participating in Field Studies, lectures, symposia, exams, and crafting an analytical design notebook.

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Danish Language and Culture for Child Development & Diversity Students Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

This course is tailor-made for Child Development & Diversity students, who are in a practicum in Danish child care institutions. It aims to provide language skills relevant for this particular situation, while also giving you the cultural competency, exposure to the city of Copenhagen, and confidence in everyday spoken Danish that the Danish Language and Culture: Level I course provides.

Corequisite: Children in a Multicultural Context or Child Development in Scandinavia Danish Language and Culture: Intermediate Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

We build on language acquired in a previous semester or through experience and continue working intensively with the spoken everyday language and more complex written texts. Literature, newspaper articles, TV series, movies, music, politics, and cultural issues are discussed in class. Furthermore, your personal experience while living in Denmark is one of the cornerstones of the class. The aim is to help you gain the experience of being an active participant in the Danish society rather than just a tourist passing by.

Prerequisite: Must speak a Scandinavian Language.

Danish Language and Culture: Level I Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

This course introduces you to Danish language and culture, including important aspects of Danish history in combination with a focus on modern Danish society. You learn to speak and understand Danish through pronunciation practice and conversations inside and outside of the classroom. You learn enough language to feel comfortable living in Copenhagen, and gain sufficient knowledge about Danish history and culture to qualify as an interesting conversation partner to your Danish friends or family.

Danish Language and Culture: Level I-II Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

This intensive course covers two semesters of Danish language content in one, making it an excellent option for students who wish to advance quickly in their knowledge of the language. Through memorizing, practicing, repetition, automation, and constant reinforcement, you learn to master everyday Danish. Emphasis is on pronunciation, grammatical structures, speaking, reading, and writing.

Texts on Danish literature, history, society, and politics are part of the curriculum and, together with your personal experiences, are the foundations of Field Studies, assignments, and discussions in class.

Danish Language and Culture: Level II Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

This is the spring semester continuation course for full-year students, only if you have already taken the level I course in the fall. It develops language and culture competencies based on what has already been taught.

Prerequisites: Danish Language and Culture: Level I, or in special cases, you can prove that you meet a certain level of Danish language ability prior to the start of the semester.

Danish Language and Culture: Level III Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Language.

This is the spring semester continuation course for full-year students if you have already taken Danish Language and Culture: Level I-II course in the fall semester at DIS. It develops language and culture competencies based on what has already been taught.

Prerequisite: Danish Language and Culture: Level I-II, or in special cases, you can prove that you meet a certain level of Danish language ability prior to the start of the semester Danish Politics and Society Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

International Relations. Political Science. Sociology.

This course provides you with broad-ranging knowledge of Danish politics and society, exploring contemporary issues of the welfare state, immigration, and EU cooperation. It focuses on Danish political parties, NATO, and international relations vis-a-vis Danish values and national identity.

Designing Communication Campaigns Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Advertising. Communication. Marketing.

Try your hand as a project manager for a Danish company or NGO with the goal of planning and developing an actual communication campaign and producing a one to two minute video. This course gives you the unique opportunity to work with a real-life client based in Copenhagen and provides actual case scenarios from Danish and international companies. You learn how to take different stakeholders into account and to manage crisis communication.

Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Interior Architecture.

This course focuses on the translation of conceptual design intent into built work. The content of the course is placed within a Scandinavian context of detailing and sustainability and the focus is on the design process and implications of detailing for the work as a whole. Case study analysis and detailing of your own studio projects are combined with readings, lectures, and re-drawing activities related to Field Studies to prominent examples in Copenhagen.

Corequisite: Architecture Design Studio, Architecture Foundations Studio, Interior Architecture Studio, Interior Architecture Foundations Studio, Urban Design Studio, or Urban Design Foundations Studio Development Economics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Economics. International Relations.

This course offers an understanding of the complexity of poverty and the debates surrounding the ways and means to address it. Gain knowledge of ‘international aid architecture’ and understand the drivers of change to policies and institutions. Explore new trends in financing the combat against poverty, nationally and internationally.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics at university level.

Developmental Disorders Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Psychology.

This course explores maladaptive behaviors, cognitions, and emotions in child development using the biopsychosocial model. This model addresses the multilayered and hierarchical contexts of the child’s life by considering multiple perspectives as regards the genetic, psychological, social, and cultural environments of the child. Within this framework, selected major developmental disorders are considered and the Scandinavian perspective explored. Strengths and weaknesses of diagnosis based on DSM-V is an integral part of the course. You are encouraged to think critically about the diverse factors that have implications for developmental trajectories in relation to research, prevention, and treatment.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing global diseases. This course provides a thorough insight into diabetes and its complications.

Emphasis is placed on understanding the biological mechanisms, as well as the basic and translational research of the disease. You gain an understanding of diabetes in the modern world, including the most recent advances in research, technologies, and treatments within the field.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Digital Media in Marketing Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Marketing. Media Studies.

This course explores the impact technology has had on the marketing industry, particularly with the advent of the internet. Technological advances have made the latest tools in media production, online media, and social media available to even the smallest businesses and private consumers. This course incorporates the latest advertising techniques. You have the opportunity to work on a business case and learn techniques in producing content such as videos, articles, and email campaigns.

Disruptive Innovation and Technologies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Computer Science. Entrepreneurship.

Examine how innovation driven by emerging technologies is transforming the way we do business, and disrupting well established industries. The driver for the current and imminent wave of disruption is the emergence of technological breakthroughs that can be leveraged by innovative entrepreneurs and forward thinking companies. Through a handson process, you become familiar with the technologies, investigate European industry use-cases, and participate in a hackathon where you develop a functioning prototype addressing a specific use-case or industry challenge.

Economics of Crime Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Criminology/Criminal Justice. Economics. International Relations.

Economic principles can explain the criminal justice system and many of the motivations behind criminal acts. Laws create incentives for people to act in certain ways. In this course we discuss burning issues through an economic lens such as drug legalization, the death penalty, cyberspace crime, gang warfare, and legalization of prostitution. A unique highlight of the course is a Field Study to an ‘open prison’ – a truly Danish experience.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics at university level.

Course Descriptions Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. International Relations. Political Science.

Espionage organizations play an important role in modern society, but how did these organizations come into being, and how have they developed over the years? Who are the people staffing them and what do they actually do? This course aims at introducing you to the objectives and effects of intelligence and espionage throughout modern history. The rising importance of intelligence in international politics and major players such as the OSS/CIA, MI5, KGB/GRU, and STASI are addressed.

Entrepreneurship Practicum Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Entrepreneurship. Leadership Studies.

In this course, you further apply the entrepreneurship tools and the understanding of the discipline of entrepreneurship in practice.

You work individually or in teams in a consultative capacity with entrepreneurs from Danish start-ups to solve a current business challenge that the respective entrepreneurs are facing. Past practicum sites have included working with start-up communities in fashion and design, web and mobile applications, hardware and smart devices, services, payment and finance, meet up organizations, and more.

Environmental Economics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Economics. Environmental Studies. Public Policy.

This course provides a broad understanding of the economic approach to deciphering and resolving problems in the environment.

By the end of this course, you should have a set of theoretical and practical economic skills for addressing environmental problems developed through a primary focus on energy use and production.

You gain a toolbox of economic ideas and examples by application to the Scandinavian and broader European environment.

Prerequisite: One economics course at university level.

Environmental Impact of Humans Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. International Relations. Sustainability.

This course is about the human impact of pollution and what people are doing in response. It focuses on the ‘untold’ story of environmental degradation - especially in the Global South looking at how the destruction brought on by climate change and irresponsible development takes place gradually and is often hidden from view.

Environmental Philosophy Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Philosophy. Sustainability.

To understand the current climate crisis is to ask the question of man’s responsibility towards nature. In this course, we work with this question through a critical study of the philosophical tradition, providing a Scandinavian perspective on environmental issues and sustainability in relation to the philosophical discourse and relating these findings to current discussions of sustainability and the ethical implications of our modern day lifestyle.

Environmental Policy in Practice Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Public Policy. Sustainability.

The purpose of this course is to give a comprehensive understanding of environmental politics in Denmark, the EU, and on the global stage. You acquire empirical knowledge about the actors, policy instruments, policy-making processes, and the communication of these policies on all three levels. Based on theory, you learn through simulating debates and negotiations just how dynamic this world of politics is.

Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

The focus of this course is on the central concepts of epidemiology and the different study designs available. You analyze and assess epidemiologic studies of health status in the Danish population and explore the value of the renowned Danish population-based registers.

Throughout the course, you discuss how epidemiology contributes to the large body of public health research and informs decision making in the field.

Epigenetics and the Environment Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

Epigenetic modification is one of the main mechanisms underlying the phenomenon by which organisms alter gene expression and phenotypic characteristics in response to environmental conditions.

This course looks at how the environment imparts its influence on developmental mechanisms to allow for these phenotypic changes through intersecting developmental biology, ecology, and evolution.

Aspects related to symbiosis, teratology, and the epigenetic origin of adult diseases are also addressed.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Political Science. Public Policy. Sociology.

Denmark and other Scandinavian countries have high taxation and universal welfare, and a perceived high level of equality. In this course, we scrutinize the reality of equality in Scandinavia. Are all people supported equally by the state? Can current levels of support be sustained in the face of economic pressures? The class examines both sociological and economic theories to understand the principles and challenges that underpin the welfare state.

Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethics. Neuroscience. Philosophy.

The past two decades have seen an explosive surge in neuroscientific explanations of human nature, promising clear-cut biological answers to hackneyed philosophical questions concerning rationality, emotion, behavior, value, and ethics. This course sets out to examine to what extent such a promise is warranted - in particular concerning existential questions such as anxiety, responsibility, and religious faith.

European Art of the 19th Century: From Classicism to Symbolism Fall. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History.

A critical examination of key art movements, focusing on a contextual analysis of selected paintings and sculptures by major artists of the period, such as Manet, Gauguin, and Munch, which trace the evolution and the impact of modernity in a European context. Through Field Studies to museums and galleries in Copenhagen, you learn to identify and critically analyze key works, significant artists, and main styles of the 19th century.

European Art of the 20th Century: From Expressionism to Post-War Art Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History.

This course offers a study of leading modern artists, such as Picasso, Matisse, and Kandinsky, focusing on a comparative analysis of styles and movements based on individual works of art, and placing stylistic expressions in the context of those sociopolitical and broad cultural developments that changed Europe during the early 20th century. The course includes extensive Field Studies to Copenhagen museums and galleries.

European Business Strategy: Case Studies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Business. Management.

This course is aimed at students looking to understand the European business environment, in order to learn about European business strategies and how businesses are impacted by their local business environment. The course provides you with a unique hands-on learning experience working in teams to complete and present a comprehensive research project associated with a sponsor company.

Prerequisites: One microeconomics course, and one course in either macroeconomics or business at university level.

European Clinical Psychology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Human Development. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Psychology.

This course is a study of clinical psychology with a focus on the way we approach the field within a European context. The course covers the origins of European clinical psychology, cultural, and ethical issues, as well as different psychotherapeutic schools. The focus throughout the course is on adult mental health. Enhance Your Experience: experience practical application of the theory you learn in class through an additional 3-credit practicum companion course.

Placements allow you to become immersed in the local population, gain international experience in the field, and make a difference!

Prerequisite: One psychology course at the university level.

European Clinical Psychology Practicum Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Psychology.

A companion course for European Clinical Psychology, this practicum focuses on the application and practice of theories and interventions in the Danish context allowing you to develop your professional skills such as observation and interviewing. You are placed in various facilities in Copenhagen, including support services that target people with diverse needs using a variety of interventions.

Corequisite: European Clinical Psychology European Documentary Film Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Film Studies. Media Studies. Visual Arts.

Documentary films are gaining more critical and commercial prominence these years, especially those increasingly pushing the boundaries of fact and fiction. This ambiguity is central to the course as we focus on European documentary film and some of its most prominent contemporary names. We discuss the theory, genre, aesthetics, and ethical considerations of documentary films and work in groups throughout the semester to produce our own smallscale documentary film.

European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

International Relations. Political Science.

The European Union has been called an Unidentified Political Object (UPO) because it is less than a federal state, but more than a federation of states. Therefore, the European game of politics is rather special with deep impacts on the present EU crisis and the future of EU survival. This course offers a broad study of the EU, including historical development, governing institutions, political processes, economic cooperation and challenges as well as major policies and approaches to the present crisis, and teaches ‘how to play the game’ of politics in Europe.

Prerequisites: Two political science courses at university level, with at least one focusing on either international relations or comparative politics.

European Storytelling: From Homer to Harry Potter Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature.

Discover the influence of European storytelling in modern forms of literature, from old myths to medieval legends to Grimm fairy tales.

The course examines stories in their historical context but also explores various theoretical approaches and how traditional stories live on in fantasy, movies, role-playing, and other modern uses.

European Urban Design Theories Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Landscape Architecture. Urban Design.

The course is an introduction to contemporary urban design in Europe and to the main theories and positions from the past five decades. Urban design integrates aspects from planning, landscape architecture, architectural design, sociology, geography, cultural studies, and urban history. A principal goal of the course is to tie a connection between theory and practice to better understand the many dilemmas that occur in urban development and that urban design needs to address. You visit urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture in Copenhagen and use the transformation Copenhagen has gone through in recent decades to better understand what drives urban design.

European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Anthropology. Urban Design. Urban Studies.

Cities are both creative and destructive friction machines, full of contradictory tensions, goals, and visions about what constitutes the good life. This course examines the driving forces of this friction within a European context, including social, economic, environmental, technical, cultural, historical, and spatial influences.

Exercise Physiology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

This course introduces you to the acute and chronic effects of exercise on physiological functions and examines applied and theoretical issues related to physical activity. Through various case studies, you determine the most efficient and effective preventive and reactive treatments and recoveries in different scenarios. Concepts and assessment techniques used to quantify physiological function are discussed. A basic understanding of human anatomy is helpful in this course.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

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Course Descriptions Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Gender Studies. Sociology.

Is transnational adoption a gesture of love, an exploitation of poverty - or both? How do social networking sites influence our expressions of relatedness? What is at stake when Danes travel to India for cheap artificial insemination or employ nannies from poorer countries to care for their children? Are mail order brides a win-win situation? This class explores the ramifications of globalization as it impacts our most intimate relations. In particular, it looks at transnational adoptions, fertility tourism, mail order brides, and other expressions of transnational desires.

Financial and Business Ethics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Finance. Management.

This course examines theories and case studies related to responsible behavior in global markets, with an emphasis on the process of ethical reasoning in business. We examine critical current issues such as whistleblowing, international tax planning, and corporate social responsibility. The goal of the course is to enable you to develop a framework to address ethical challenges as they arise within and across cultures and countries, encouraging critical analysis of arguments concerning appropriate courses of action for individuals and economic enterprises in a wide variety of situations. You take part in designing an Ethical Investment Fund, which you then ‘sell’ to your classmates.

Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Rights. International Relations. Legal Studies.

Right now men, women, and children are fleeing Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan, and other places of war or conflict. Because several Scandinavian countries are known for their humanitarian views, and fair and equal societies, many of these people hope to reach the Nordic borders. This course addresses the need for international protection, the asylum process, and the protection of rejected asylum seekers against torture or other violations of international human rights regulations.

Furniture Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Design. Industrial Design.

Scandinavian furniture design has a deep history of considering people, culture, material and society in design development. The course gives you the opportunity to explore this particular relationship and to grow your individual design capabilities through studio assignments, lectures, Field Studies, and workshop activity producing your own furniture prototype. This course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design. Experience with stationary power tools and hand tools.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester. This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Furniture Design Workshop Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Industrial Design.

In this course, you take a modern and practical approach to the prototyping of new chair designs. Utilizing pre-formed veneer shells, chair components, and standard chair bases, you focus on designing readily and realistically producible furniture. Form and design inspiration are crucial to developing a successful chair that is distinctive in an increasingly standardized industry. This course runs for half of the semester in an intense format.

Prerequisite: Experience with stationary power tools and hand tools.

Corequisite: Architecture Design Studio, Architecture Foundations Studio, Urban Design Studio, Urban Design Foundations Studio, Graphic Design Studio, or Graphic Design Foundations Studio Game Development Lab Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Computer Science. Mathematics.

You learn about all the components that make up a game, and as part of a semester-long project, you work in groups to propose, develop, and create a game. Through computer lab exercises, you practice programming techniques and discuss the benefits and challenges of using different languages such as Python, C++, C#, Java, etc.

Corequisites: Game Development: Programming and Practice

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Game Development: Programming and Practice Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Computer Science. Mathematics.

This course provides an overview of the phases of game development, with a focus on the pre-production and production phase. You identify and discuss the components within computer science that assist in game development. Additionally, you have opportunity to meet professional developers in the field.

Prerequisites: One year of computer science and one calculus course at university level. Knowledge of at least one programming language such as Java, C#, C, C++, or JavaScript.

Corequisite: Game Development Lab Gang Crime in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Criminology/Criminal Justice. Public Policy. Sociology.

Even relatively peaceful Denmark has gang crime, and leading groups, such as Hells Angels, Bandidos, and various immigrant outfits, fight over the drug and sex markets in Denmark. Meanwhile, the media readily serves up real or exaggerated stories about gang wars and violent rivalry. This course explores why gangs come into existence and looks into gang crime investigations and social and political efforts to prevent gang activities from emerging or spreading. It also critically explores representations of gangs in the media and asks the fundamental question: what makes a group a gang?

Garden Art in European Culture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History. Landscape Architecture.

Gardens are complex, three-dimensional (but overlooked) art works. Discover the expression of four millennia of European garden art. Explore how garden art has influenced other art forms and been depicted by them. Gain insight into how and why garden art reaches deep into its zeitgeist and has stimulated significant sociocultural innovations and change all across Europe.

Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Gender Studies. Sociology.

Scandinavia is known for its liberal views on gender and sexuality and this course explores current Scandinavian debates on gender equality, the role of men and masculinity, family structures, homosexuality, sex education, the rights of transsexuals, and prostitution. How do concepts of gender, body, race, and sexuality intersect with concepts of normality and what are some of the new ethical dilemmas, gender roles, and ideals in a changing Scandinavia?

Gender Perspectives on Human Rights Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Gender Studies. Human Rights. Legal Studies.

The course examines the human rights framework through a gendered lens. You learn how current human rights practices fail to account for the ways in which human rights abuses target women directly. Creating a women’s human rights framework equips women with a way to define, analyze, and articulate their experiences of violence and marginality and allow them to develop an array of visions and strategies for change.

Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Science. Geography. Geology.

Geographical information systems (GIS) are used in many contexts of modern society, e.g. research, industry, public planning and climate change adaptation. This course is a hands-on introduction to using and understanding GIS. Exercises include working on spatial data, map projections, coordinate systems, data bases, and data quality issues. Furthermore, the exercises are built to illustrate the usefulness of GIS in a variety of contexts in relation to climate change as well as to guide you through the use of the software.

Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Sustainability. Urban Studies.

Moving people around within cities is a wicked problem that defies simplistic solutions. Through combination of mobile lectures, Field Studies and class discussions we study not only the transportation infrastructure systems used in Copenhagen and other European cities, but the impact of individual and collective decisions about where we live, work, go to school, relax, and shop, as well as our choices of how to get around. Additionally, the European project to develop and deploy low-carbon and sustainable modes of transport are examined to understand the impacts on existing modes of travel and urban form.

Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Geology.

This course focuses on the natural science and societal aspects of climate change with emphasis on historic times. The course takes a journey from ancient times through to the present describing periods when the climate was strikingly different than it is today and revealing the mechanisms and feedbacks that govern the climate system. With Iceland as your case study, you gain a thorough understanding of general climate mechanisms, with a focus on the past 1,000 years and how civilizations have interacted with climate processes.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One year of physics or chemistry at university level is recommended.

Globalization and European Economies Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Economics. Finance. International Relations.

You explore globalization and its impact on trade, capital, culture, and politics around the world. A particular focus is on European economies and challenges faced by the EU and its neighbors. You gain a deeper knowledge of theories within the field, and go on to apply and challenge economic thinking through discussions, Field Studies, and Study Tours.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics, and one course either in intermediate or advanced macroeconomics, all at university level.

Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Film Studies. Media Studies.

TV shows and sitcoms like Game of Thrones, Glee, The Killing, The Office, Modern Family, I Love Lucy; and characters like Cosby, Homer Simpson, and Will and Grace both reflect and shape our societies’ gender roles, race relations, class divisions, sexual norms, and values.

This course critically analyzes the history and importance of this TV genre in the U.S., England, and Scandinavia as mirrors of society and culture.

Graphic Design Foundations Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Design. Graphic Design. Studio Art. This course presents you with in-depth knowledge of, and professional skills within the field of graphic design. Develop your graphic sensibilities through analysis of existing examples of real-life visual identity, branding, and communication along with project-based studio assignments. You work in physical and digital media, and are challenged to use these media in each of your projects throughout the semester. Studios are taught vertically, combining students of different levels. Expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: One drawing course at university level. Knowledge of one or more programs in Adobe Creative Suite.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Graphic Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Design. Graphic Design. Studio Art. In this course, you develop a comprehensive understanding of the Scandinavian and European approach to graphic design and explore methodologies that strengthen your individual design capabilities.

You work on project-based assignments in visual identity, branding, and communication across all platforms. Exploration and analysis of Scandinavian and European graphic case studies give your individual design capabilities a competitive edge. This course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design. Knowledge of one or more programs in Adobe Creative Suite. Two graphic design or related studios at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Course Descriptions Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Film Studies. Literature.

What is popular culture, and how has it affected the cultural interaction between Europe and America? This is one of the main questions this course elaborates upon. Most of us experience popular culture in our everyday life, often in the form of television, films, comics, and various digital media, and often we associate it with a ‘guilty pleasure’ reserved for the more ‘lazy’ aspects of our aesthetic taste. In this course, however, we examine popular culture as a valid form of cultural expression, which is not only closely linked to our contemporary view of the world, but also coincides with the rise of modern lifestyles in the 20th century, and the complex cultural interactions between Europe and America.

Hans Christian Andersen and the Danish Golden Age Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature.

Hans Christian Andersen’s tales are not just for children. His stories work on many levels providing not only entertainment, but also reflections on society, technical advancement, and values. The course provides an understanding of the Romantic Age and the Danish Golden Age, and of the societal and economic changes that affected life in mid-19th century Europe. Andersen’s works are analyzed through a variety of different literary approaches.

Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Psychology.

In this experiential lab, you work together with other students carrying out experiential activities to investigate how the application of key theories and concepts within the field of positive psychology may affect a person’s psychological, emotional, behavioral and/ or cognitive style, and responses. Implications for groups and organizations may also be considered. Topics could include positive emotions, flow, relationships, meaning, accomplishment, individual strengths, goal setting, creativity, and altruism. Class work consists of experiential activities based on integrating theory with hands-on application, reflective experience, and discussion.

Corequisite: Positive Psychology Note: It is not permitted to enroll in Positive Psychology Practicum and this course simultaneously.

Health Beyond Borders Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

Globalization contributes to major shifts in global health patterns and how they are perceived and addressed. Global health has become a discipline in itself. It emphasizes not only public health, but also the broader connections to economic and political factors, and the connections between national and international aspects. This course maps and analyzes progress and challenges in meeting global health goals.

Health Delivery and Prioritization Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health. Public Policy.

Different countries choose different approaches to the provision of healthcare. Through this course, you gain insight into how healthcare is organized and financed in Denmark and Northern Europe, and you investigate the impact of the social, economic, and political history on the present systems. You analyze principles of priority-setting in health care, and discuss and assess possible solutions to challenges such as aging populations, inequality in health and rising healthcare expenditures.

Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Public Health. Public Policy.

This course provides you with an in-depth look at important concepts and theories in health economics and health policy analysis. You apply concepts and theories to actual cases from Europe in which health economics rationales clash with health politics. Basic economic appraisals of healthcare interventions and decision analysis of health policy processes are used to analyze current issues in Northern European healthcare systems.

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

This course addresses some of the very core questions of public health science such as how to prevent people from becoming ill and how to promote good health. Through case studies of major public health challenges in Denmark, you familiarize yourself with a number of theories and methods for health promotion and prevention targeting some of the main determinants of health such as socioeconomic, structural, and individual factors.

Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health. Public Policy.

Societies implement programs to lower health risks for vulnerable populations, but challenges arise due to external circumstances such as legal restraints, stigmatizations, or barriers involved in accessing hard to reach populations. Through Danish case studies, you study harm reduction as a healthcare strategy for at-risk populations such as intravenous drug users, undocumented immigrants, prisoners, sex workers, and homeless people not easily targeted through programs in conventional healthcare delivery.

History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. Urban Design. Urban Studies.

The question underlying this course is a simple one: Why does Copenhagen look the way it does? The answer is less simple, though. Cities are human artifacts whose structure, plan, and design have evolved over the centuries in response to ever-changing needs and ideas. Therefore, to grasp current Copenhagen, we embark on an exciting journey into European intellectual, artistic, religious, political, economic, social, technological, and military history.

History of European Film Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Film Studies. Media Studies.

This course focuses on the major styles and trends in European filmmaking and the development of film language from the early pioneers to the Danish Dogme 95 movement and current cinema. To place European film in context, a few major American films are also studied. The course includes weekly screenings of selected European films.

History of Sexuality in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Gender Studies. History. Sociology.

The past ‘century of sex’ in Europe has taken us from prudish Victorian morals through ‘sexual liberation’ in the 1960s to internet dating and heated debates about sexual norms and rights in a multicultural Europe. This course explores how sexual norms and behaviors are intimately woven into 20th century European history, and investigates how our own sexualities are shaped by history.

Holocaust and Genocide Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course with Tour.

Anthropology. History. Sociology.

This courses analyzes the causes and consequences of genocide.

Specific cases of genocide and near-genocide, including the Holocaust, are studied along with issues such as perpetrator profiles, commemoration, and genocide prevention. Definitions of genocide, methodology, and theories of the phenomena of genocide are discussed.

Note: This course involves an additional fee as it includes a Study Tour to Hamburg, Germany.

Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

This course offers an introduction to the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and to the clinical practice of physicians at Danish university hospitals. You are taught at Copenhagen university hospitals by practicing physicians.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Note: Please be aware that the course does not provide regular medical training corresponding to that of medical students and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.

Human Trafficking in a Global Context Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Human Rights. Legal Studies.

Globally, human trafficking ranks among the most profitable criminal activities. It is a violation of human rights, which manifests itself in ever-evolving ways of the exploitation of people. In this course you gain an understanding of the many types of human trafficking ranging from child trafficking, organ trafficking, to trafficking for exploitation in prostitution and labor. You also learn the most important elements of legal and policy frameworks addressing trafficking at the European and international level.

Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Human Rights. International Relations. Legal Studies.

This course is an examination of the laws of armed conflict and human rights laws and how they apply to contemporary cases.

The course finds inspiration in current events, and enables you to analyze issues such as the war against ISIS, the use of drones, and cyberattacks in a legal context. You gain a thorough understanding of the legal aspects that regulate modern conflicts and understand how they interact with the political environment.

Prerequisite: One course in international relations or human rights at university level.

Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Geology.

This course focuses on the natural science aspects of climate change during the prehistoric times with focus on the glacial and the deglaciation. You gain an understanding of past climate variability, its underlying causes and mechanisms as a basis for separating natural and anthropogenic climate change and for making useful projections of future climate and assessing its impacts. The course focuses on pre-human times, and the 100,000 year old Greenlandic ice sheet provides an ideal case study.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One year of physics or chemistry at university level is recommended.

Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Political Science. Psychology. Sociology.

One of the major problems in the world today is the conflict of identities – be they of religion, culture, race, or country. Such conflicts are often rooted in an exclusive sense of self, and therefore, a solution to resolve such conflicts may lie in the emergence of truly inclusive identities. Applying cutting-edge research on identity and subjective experience, this experiential lab explores and evolves identity-related processes that could transform prejudice, discrimination, and conflict.

Immunology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

This course gives you a fundamental understanding of the immune system, including its development, important cellular factors, modes of physiological interactions, such as that with other somatic cells and pathogens, and the processes of immune cell activation and differentiation. Clinically relevant topics such as T and B cellmediated immunity, as well as immunology of infection and vaccine development are covered.

Prerequisites: One year of biology, one chemistry course, and one course in either biology or genetics, all at university level.

Impact of Epidemic Disease Upon European History Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. Public Health.

A broad overview of the shifting disease patterns of European history, from late Antiquity through the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the post-1700 decrease in mortality. Special attention is paid to the contribution of epidemic disease to European attitudes, institutions, and policies within public health.

Independent Research Project Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

If you would like to conduct research while in Denmark, perhaps as part of a project for your home university, you may apply for an Independent Research Project under the guidance of a Danish faculty supervisor. The project should use Copenhagen specifically as a resource. For this option, you must plan your research project the semester before DIS with a professor at your home university who must be willing to communicate with you and your DIS research supervisor while you are in Denmark.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Business. Entrepreneurship. Leadership Studies.

This course teaches tools and skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur — and lets you apply these tools in a real-life project.

You gain an understanding of innovation in various settings looking at new business models and emerging technologies. And you develop a real start-up project using entrepreneurial methods based on structured customer engagement, hypothesis building, prototyping and pitching to investors — all in fast iterations.

Studying texts and writing papers are really not the primary ways to learn about entrepreneurship. In this course, you instead work hands-on, in a team, developing a startup that solves a real problem.

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Course Descriptions Innovation through Design Thinking Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Design. Entrepreneurship.

Design Thinking is ‘the ability to combine empathy for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of solutions and rationality to analyze and fit solutions to the context’ (Robin Lanahan, Microsoft).

It applies the ways designers work to a broader set of issues and problems in business and society. This course presents tools, processes, theories, and cases of Design Thinking in a language that is understood by all disciplines, no matter what experience the learner has. The course mixes illustrated lectures with fast-paced, hands-on multidisciplinary project activity.

Integrated Climate Change Planning Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Sustainability. Urban Design. Urban Studies.

Cities in Europe are global frontrunners for climate initiatives to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to current and future climatic changes. This course focuses on some of the opportunities and challenges associated with the integration of climate change concerns into the heart of urban planning. This includes analyzing the synergies, conflicts, and trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation, understanding how planners address the complexities of planning for so many uncertain conditions, and the ways in which climate change has become a driver for sustainable urban development. You engage with planners, policymakers, NGOs, and businesses in Copenhagen that are actively involved in climate change planning.

Interior Architecture Foundations Studio Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Interior Architecture. Interior Design.

You develop design skills through analysis of existing interiors and by solving realistic design problems in a Danish context. In studio projects, you construct spatial models in physical and digital media, and advance your communication skills to express abstract concepts. Studios are taught vertically, combining students of different levels. Expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisite: One drawing course at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Interior Architecture Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Interior Architecture. Interior Design.

Studio focuses on interior architectural design in a Danish context and developing a concept and project design within an existing structure. You create a design concept shaping interior space and user experience. Adaptive reuse and transformation features are among the prioritized challenges in which you engage. Studio groups combine students of different levels and backgrounds. This course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design. Two spatial design studios at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

International Advertising in a European Context Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Advertising. Business. Communication.

Globalization has made the international corporate world more alike, but it has not diminished the often subtle cultural and sociological differences among markets. This course offers in-depth knowledge of the elements of brand building, advertising, and PR across cultures.

International Business Negotiations Fall. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Communication. Economics.

This course offers an introduction to the process of business negotiations with parties whose interests, cultural norms, communication styles, and business expectations may differ significantly from one’s own. Negotiation theory is used to analyze the particulars of international business negotiations with a focus on two-party negotiations. This course includes intercultural negotiation simulations with Danish and other international students at the Copenhagen Business School.

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International Financial Management Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Economics. Finance.

You gain a practical understanding of foreign exchange markets, international monetary markets, and international capital markets in this course. We discuss the concepts of risk management, cash management, international debt and equity financing, market behavior, and relevant aspects of European monetary policy and its capital markets. Highlights include gaining real-life experience participating in a two-day Global Capital Market Solutions (GCMS) trading program, as well as participation in a number of case studies based on real-life, cross-border transactions.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics, and one finance course, all at university level.

International Marketing and Branding Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Communication. Marketing.

This course offers a framework for the development and implementation of a marketing plan, and an introduction to the key elements of brand marketing. You work in groups on a marketing project with a Danish-based company, acquiring hands-on experience with marketing and branding.

Prerequisite: One marketing course at university level.

Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Education/Educational Studies.

This course takes departure in Scandinavian pedagogy and teaching methods with specific emphasis on Danish public school classrooms, and analysis of current social policies within education and learning models. By drawing on current Scandinavian research, this class addresses questions such as: What factors in and outside the classroom seem to influence student achievement and well-being? What strategies or techniques should be present in classroom settings? How are teachers prepared to meet these challenges?

LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Gender Studies. Sociology.

Scandinavia has historically been on the forefront of LGBTQIA* rights. But does that mean that Scandinavia is homo- and transphobia free? And is the ‘Scandinavian model’ necessarily the best blueprint for other countries to follow? This class discusses Scandinavian and American LGBTQIA* politics from a norm-critical standpoint.

International Media Writing and Reporting Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Journalism. Media Studies.

What is it like to be an international reporter? In this dynamic course, you take full advantage of the Danish setting as you learn to find and produce news as a foreign correspondent. Additionally, you investigate how the Danish model of journalism works as well as learn about new media trends in citizen journalism, solution journalism, PR, and branded content.

Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethics. Literature. Philosophy.

Focusing on thinkers from Continental Europe like Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Copenhagen’s own Søren Kierkegaard, this course traces the development of the conception of ‘selfhood’ in the 19th and 20th centuries. We study how ethical thinking has moved from the language of duty to that of personal answerability, and how the search for meaningful personal existence has increasingly become the responsibility of the individual.

International Mergers and Acquisitions Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Economics. Finance.

In this course we look at some of the forces that drive international mergers and acquisitions, study the players in the game, and look at the mechanics of getting a deal done. To get a living sense of the field, we study some of the most important recent transactions that have been completed - or attempted - including between U.S. and Danish companies. We analyze transactions consummated by corporations and by financial sponsors.

Prerequisite: One accounting course at university level.

Masculinities in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Gender Studies. Sociology.

Scandinavian women are often represented as independent and sexually liberated and the men as slightly effeminate metrosexuals who clean, cook, and care for their children. But what does it even mean to be masculine and feminine and how is it related to our bodies and intersect with sexuality, race, and class? This class explores how particular masculinities are expressed and negotiated in the lives of Scandinavian men and masculine women, and articulated in popular media, politics, literature, art, and commercials.

Kierkegaard’s Authorship Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature. Philosophy. Religious Studies.

A study of the works of Copenhagen’s most radical author, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Kierkegaard’s entire authorship is centered around the existential project that confronts every human being: to become oneself and none other than oneself. This course examines his witty, humorous, but also deeply earnest, exploration of self-identity. We remain especially attentive to the ways in which Kierkegaard’s thought is critical of inherited ethnic and cultural definitions of self, and study how his approach is uniquely modern.

Meaning of Style Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Fashion Studies. Sociology.

What do clothes say and how do we interpret them? Today, fashion is essential in the communication and creation of identities. We use dress to express our individuality or to fit into a community. Subcultures have specific looks, some clothes are highly controversial, and fashion is a multi-billion dollar industry. Based in Scandinavia’s fashion capital, this class explores the world of fashion and the ways meaning is ascribed to clothing.

Law Practice from a European Perspective Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. International Relations. Legal Studies.

A good lawyer in the 21st century needs more than a legal degree to practice law internationally or at home. As a small country with an urgent need to negotiate and trade with others, Denmark is a unique place to examine and practice legal and business skills. International law encompasses many different legal career paths, ranging from business to humanitarian law, from private to government practice, and in this pre-law course, we meet with practitioners of international business law and examine topics from a European perspective with a theoretical and practical approach. You gain insight into the importance of non-legal skill sets such as cultural sensitivity, negotiation skills, intercultural competencies, and analytical thinking.

Leadership Across Cultures Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Leadership Studies. Management.

This course introduces the role of a corporate leader and the factors influencing leadership in cross-cultural teams. You examine theories related to corporate leadership, what makes a good leader, and developing leaders within an organization. The course also explores the role of culture in a corporate context and the challenges leaders face when leading multicultural teams and teams located in various geographic regions.

Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biology. Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

The course explores the impact that biotechnology has on medicine, including personalized medicine, immune response reactions and side effects, vaccine development and stem cell technology. Topics are covered using a 3-module approach: drug discovery and development, peptides and nucleotides as biopharmaceuticals, and immune defense-related biopharmaceuticals. The course further compares the Danish and European pharmaceutical and biotechnology research communities, and the business aspects involved in drug development through Field Studies and during the Study Tours.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Medical Ethics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethics. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

The practice of medicine entails a multitude of dilemmas for the healthcare provider and patient: issues such as justice and access to care, confidentiality, and informed consent. Also, difficult decisions involving values, norms, principles, and priorities are present in everyday clinical work. In this course, you discuss and apply ethical theories to concrete examples of clinical practice such as euthanasia, reproduction technology, and organ donation, and discuss ethical questions related to medical research.

Course Descriptions Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark Fall. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethnic Studies. Religious Studies. Sociology.

Danish strategies of immigrant absorption have proven numerous.

The portrayal of the ‘other’ has spanned from religious extremists, refugees of convenience, to ‘hardworking and highly skilled’ employees. How do you challenge the discourse of a majority and how does the majority fight back? This course explores power relations between minority and majority, utilizing case studies and theory to understand the tools and strategies employed by Danish immigrant communities in their struggles of identity and belonging.

Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Art History. Film Studies. Media Studies.

From the great auteurs in European filmmaking to the provocateurs of the contemporary art scene, this course examines artistic expression in European cinema and visual arts. What role does independent film and art movements play in 20th and 21st century Europe? How are aesthetics influenced by the changing political landscape? When do visual arts go beyond consumerism? We do a case study of subversive art in Europe and meet with Danish directors to discuss film.

Music Composition: Private Studio Instruction Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Music.

This course includes private tutelage and one-on-one instruction in theory, instrumentation, or electro-acoustics. The course aims at developing the composer’s own faculty and creativity in order to adequately represent his or her ideas through composition.

Prerequisite: Music majors or students of music with significant formal training only.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

Music Performance: Instrument Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Music.

This course offers individual training in principal instrument.

Depending on subject and level, you may also have the opportunity to participate in different related activities such as concerts, orchestral, and ensemble playing.

Prerequisite: Music majors or students of music with significant formal training only.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

Music Performance: Voice Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Music.

This course offers individual training in voice. Depending on subject and level, you may also have the opportunity to participate in different related activities such as concerts, musical drama, ensemble singing, chamber choir, and master classes.

Prerequisite: Music majors or students of music with significant formal training only.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

Muslims in the West Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethnic Studies. Religious Studies. Sociology.

As both European clashes over the Muslim female headscarf and the Arab Spring have shown, the question of Islam’s compatibility with democracy and gender equality is a hotbed of cultural and political dispute. In this course you study the relation between Islam, democracy, and gender rights, and develop hands-on and theoretical tools to analyze such debates.

Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Neuroscience. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

This course examines pathological changes in the human brain in psychiatric and neurological disorders, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, and addictive disorders. The key principles underlying neuroanatomical and functional alterations of affected neural systems are reviewed in recent neuroimaging experiments, with an emphasis on functional, structural, and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods. Case studies exemplify how MRI techniques can aid in a more accurate and earlier diagnosis.

Prerequisites: One year of biology and one course in either neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology at university level.

Neurological Disorders and Diseases Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Neuroscience. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

From textbook to treatment, this course provides a translational approach to understanding the foundational neurobiological and clinical aspects of some of the most prevalent neurological disorders and diseases. Neurology concerning the cerebrovascular system (stroke), the functioning of the motoric system (Parkinson’s), and the degeneration of cognitive and behavioral functions (Alzheimer’s, dementia) are discussed in the classroom and illustrated in the clinical setting. The neurobiology of each of these disorders is explored from a biological and chemical perspective, complimented by a clinical understanding of symptomology and diagnosis.

You learn the respective imaging methodology, physiology, brain anatomy, and research methods for each disease discussed, giving you a well-rounded understanding of each disorder.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Neuroscience. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Psychology.

This course focuses on primarily behavioral components of neural plasticity. By the end of the course you have an understanding of the neural development of the human brain and implications for psychological and social behavior; the adult brain and neuroplasticity with respect to learning and aging; and brain repair with focus on rehabilitation of the adult brain after acquired brain injury.

Prerequisites: One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology at university level.

Neuropsychology of Brain Injury Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Neuroscience. Psychology.

Acquired brain injury leads to significant changes in cognition, emotion, behavior and experience of self and others. This course focuses on these changes in relation to brain systems and the psychosocial context. Key disorders such as aphasia, amnesia, and neglect are explored as regards brain-behavior relationships.

Emphasis is placed on case studies to explore the complex and integrative aspects of key disorders and treatment challenges.

Research perspectives are included to address key elements in rehabilitation.

Prerequisite: One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology at university level.

Neuroscience of Fear Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Neuroscience. Psychology.

Fear is a multifaceted term that can be explained anatomically, biologically, and psychologically. This course begins by illustrating the cause and effects of fear on an anatomical and functional level, followed by demonstrating the physiological, psychological, and evolutionary aspects. Several theories and concepts behind unconsciousness, perception, and emotion are introduced in order to facilitate discussions covering fear in everyday life, as well as fear as a component of dysfunctional behaviors.

Prerequisites: One year of biology and one course in either neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology at university level.

New Nordic Design Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Industrial Design.

This course investigates the present state of design in Scandinavia - the New Nordic. You touch on design at all scales from the Scandinavian region, and the relevance of regional design characteristics in the globalized world of today are critically evaluated.

Throughout the course you investigate the distinction between ‘making’ - how cultural products like architecture, design, literature, film, food, etc., come about – and ‘identity’ – what these cultural products mean to individuals, to communities, and to society. Field Studies to illustrate sites in Copenhagen form an integral part of the course.

Nordic Mythology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. Literature. Religious Studies.

The religion and worldview of the pre-Christian Scandinavians is reflected in the mythology preserved in medieval texts and poems from the Viking Age (800-1050). The course is based on readings of these primary texts and the Icelandic Sagas that provide further glimpses into the culture and values of the Vikings. Analysis of the sagas as anthropological source material, as well as literature, completes the course. Throughout the semester, field studies to museums and archaeological sites help us reconstruct Viking spiritual life.

Nordic Noir Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature. Media Studies.

Why are the TV series, movies, and crime fiction of Scandinavia so appealing? Is it the terse language, the Nordic landscape? Is it that the protagonists are anti-heroes, feminists, or outsiders? In the novels and on the screen, secrets are exposed and the postcard perfection of the Scandinavian welfare states is revealed to have a dark side.

We study novels and TV series to encircle the phenomenon of Nordic Noir and discuss how these mirror Scandinavian society of today.

Partners and Rivals: EU-U.S. Relations Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

International Relations. Political Science.

This course focuses on the differences and similarities in political culture in the U.S. and Europe, the role of political leadership, the approach to international negotiations, and the global role in the new world order. Included in the course are case studies of global security issues, including the impact of an emerging China, the Middle East and the Iraq War, trade agreements and WTO disputes, the Euro crisis and the U.S. ‘fiscal cliff,’ and environmental policies and climate change.

Philosophy of Gender Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Philosophy.

This course constructs a philosophical framework for the interdisciplinary examination of gender. Against a historical outline of the development of contemporary gender studies, we examine biological, sociological, and psychological perspectives on gender.

These theoretical perspectives are put into discussion with ethical issues concerning sexuality, selfhood, personal identity, and autonomy. You can expect to acquire both historical awareness and conceptual clarity contributing to an informed and critical engagement with the multifarious aspects of gender.

Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Neuroscience. Psychology. Religious Studies.

The course offers a biological and neuro-cognitive approach to explore and debate what neuroscience, psychology and related fields reveal about the brain’s role in spiritual experiences, religiosity and atheism. You learn how the “religious brain” is studied and how other psychological and biological studies inform cognitive neuroscientific views of religion. We also discuss the public and social impact of the scientific study of religion.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Philosophy of Love Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature. Philosophy.

In this course, we read Continental European philosophy and literature that examine the role of love and relationality in human life.

We uncover trust, mutual reliance, reciprocity, and care at play in our love relationships, but also a tangle of strife, misunderstanding, angst, and longing for connection. Along with philosophical texts, novels, and short stories, we pay special attention to European art and film that deal with love, using philosophical dialogue as a critical tool to engage them.

New Media and Changing Communities Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Communication. Media Studies.

How does new media facilitate or challenge collaboration, community building, and future scenarios? The ambition of this course is to understand the contemporary importance of media in creating communities and collaboration. We draw on European theories of communication and hands-on activities, and examine the kinds of community and collaboration that are thriving due to online culture. The course also focuses on the controversy of surveillance, privacy, and the darknet – the dark side of the web.

Philosophy of Mental Health Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Neuroscience. Philosophy. Psychology.

Mental illness is an increasing problem involving dramatic personal and socioeconomic costs. Developments in genetics, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience over the last two decades have made it obvious for psychiatrists and psychologists alike that the question ‘what is mental illness?’ is still an open question that requires interdisciplinary resources. In this course, we attempt to develop a solid conceptual framework for the interdisciplinary exploration of mental illness. This course is an introduction to the burgeoning field of philosophy of psychiatry.

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Course Descriptions Photojournalism Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Journalism. Photography.

Photojournalism tells stories through pictures and this class invites you to fully immerse yourself in Danish life and tell stories with your camera. Together, we critically analyze examples of photos that have changed world history and discuss the ethics of photojournalism. You then choose a Danish person as your subject with the aim to produce your own classic photographic feature in the tradition of Life Magazine.

Prerequisite: Bring a camera. It is recommended to bring a digital camera other than a phone.

Note: Please be aware that this is not a technical photography foundation course.

Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Journalism. Media Studies.

Podcast is the foundation of a form of communication that is related to literature and theater, for it speaks both to our feelings and our senses.

This course gives insight into rhetoric, soundscaping, interview techniques and psychology, reportage, and the role of human senses in communication strategies and practices. The theoretical curriculum runs parallel with hands-on production, voice training, speech practice, recording, and editing. Ultimately, you learn how to plan and produce your own audio pieces to be podcast with support from DIS. Polar Biology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biology. Environmental Science. Sustainability.

In this course, you gain an understanding of biology of the polar areas, with a special emphasis on the Northern Hemisphere. You learn how organisms of the Polar Regions are evolutionarily adapted to cold terrestrial or marine habitats with strong seasonality. By studying theoretical and practical case studies, you gain insight into population dynamics and species richness within Denmark, and of the Arctic regions in Norway and Greenland.

Prerequisites: One course in environmental or earth science at university level. One course in biology or ecology at university level is recommended.

Politics and Ethics of Food Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Ethics. Political Science.

This course analyses different dimensions of food consumption and production. First, we seek to answer multiple ethical questions regarding food consumption. Should we eat animals? Do we have a responsibility to reduce hunger in the world? Should we embrace or avoid bioengineered food? Are health issues connected to foods consumption a private or a political question? What is our responsibility towards our environment? Second, we analyze the politics of our food systems. Who decides what, for whom, why and how?

Pornography in Scandinavia Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Gender Studies. Sociology.

Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography.

Critics argue that pornography encourages prostitution, objectifies women, and creates false images of men’s and women’s sexual performances. Proponents argue that pornography produces pleasure and enables erotic communication. This class looks at the history of pornography and studies the specific conditions that enabled the legalization of pornography in Denmark, and the emergence of feminist and queer porn.

Positive Organizational Psychology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Psychology.

Work settings have a significant impact on people’s lives but what makes work life worth living? How can we improve the effectiveness and people’s quality of life in organizations? This course links positive psychology and organizational psychology, where we explore topic areas such as positive organizational scholarship, positive organizational behavior, psychological capital, positive leadership, organizational virtuousness, coaching, and flow at work. Scandinavian and European cultural perspectives are considered.

Prerequisites: One psychology course at university level.

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Positive Psychology Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Education/Educational Studies. Human Development. Psychology.

This course combines a study of theory, research, and application in the rapidly growing field of positive psychology. You critically examine the psychology of well-being with both its possibilities and limitations, focusing on topics such as positive emotions, character strengths, flow, flourishing, mindfulness, creativity, and post-traumatic growth within the context of culture and history. You investigate how positive psychology complements other areas of psychology, therapy, coaching, and communication; and how it can be applied in real-world, professional settings such as business development and the clinical context. Through experiential learning and reflection, you gain the necessary tools for developing sustainable happiness and increased life satisfaction.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Education/Educational Studies. Human Development. Psychology.

A companion course for Positive Psychology, this practicum focuses on the application of positive psychology concepts, theories, and interventions in a Danish context. The aim is the development of professional skills such as observation, interviewing, and interventions within the field, by being placed in one of a variety of organizations.

The benefits and challenges of applying positive psychology in diverse settings are explored.

Corequisite: Positive Psychology Notes: It is not permitted to enroll in Happiness Lab and this course simultaneously. Bring a physical copy of your criminal clearance with you to Copenhagen from the U.S. (or your country of citizenship).

Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. History. Literature.

In Europe, the colonial past has often been marginalized in the collective memory, as practices of imperialism and colonialism seldom fit into contemporary national narratives. Using the former Danish West Indies and Greenland as case studies, the course deconstructs colonial narratives in literature, film, art, advertisements, historical works and educational material. Keeping a comparative perspective, we situate our discussions in current European debates about ‘the Other’.

Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Biology. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

This course examines how the Danish healthcare system cares for mother and child from conception through pregnancy into early childhood. Emphasis is placed on three major areas: medical aspects of a healthy pregnancy including birth and postnatal care, services provided by the welfare system, and cultural values inherent in this system. Topics include the role of the midwife, pain relief, regulations governing maternity leave, and concepts of normality and risk.

Prerequisite: One year of biology at university level.

Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Gender Studies. Public Policy. Sociology.

This course focuses on prostitution as a parallel or grey economy in Europe. You gain insight into the historical, cultural, and political aspects of prostitution in Scandinavia and other European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden. You also examine prostitution from different perspectives ranging from sex workers, customers, and anti-trafficking advocacy groups, to law enforcement officials and politicians.

Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Human Development. Psychology.

What are the psychosocial challenges for adolescents today? The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the physical, emotional, social, moral, and psychological changes occurring during the transitional period of adolescence and the challenges that adolescents experience today. Adolescent development, psychopathology, and implications for treatment and change are considered, and similarities and differences from a Scandinavian perspective are presented.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Psychology of Crisis Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Psychology.

This course examines how the severe psychological stress that comes with a disaster; critical incident or a life crisis affects an individual’s biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning.

On the basis of case studies (e.g. Paris attacks), the course covers models for crisis interventions and provides a theoretical framework for understanding psychological resilience and vulnerability. Why do some people hardly react to traumatic incidences while others are marked for life? Furthermore, individual differences regarding traumatic events are explored. You are introduced to the core concepts of preventive interventions, crisis intervention, and management. Individuals, groups and organizations are considered. Cultural implications are addressed by exploring the European perspective. Finally, this course addresses both natural events and contemporary issues leading to crisis and trauma (e.g., natural disasters and terrorism).

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Psychology of Endings Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Psychology. Sociology.

The endings of important life events and relationships are often difficult to enact and troubling to experience. This course explores theory, research, and real-world settings that address when and why individuals are tested by endings, how we and health professionals respond to common life endings, and what an ending might tell us about the nature of the things that have ended.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Psychology of Human Sexuality Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Gender Studies. Human Development. Psychology.

This course deals with issues related to human sexuality, emphasizing the psychological perspective. Prevailing sexual norms in Western society and how these norms originated are considered. Examples of topics range from gender and transgender issues to fetishes and paraphilias, as well as sexual development, sexual disorders, and sex therapy. You develop a greater awareness of your own sexuality and the sexuality of others.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Psychology of Leadership Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Leadership Studies. Organizational Behavior. Psychology.

This course examines the psychological and social processes that characterize effective leadership, including the qualities of leaders, psychological exchanges between leaders and followers, and the situations that make some people better leaders than others. Leadership is examined under the perspectives of social and differential psychology, including teamwork, development of employees, intelligence, and power as key factors in leadership.

Psychology of Peak Performance Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Psychology.

What is ‘peak performance’ and how is it developed, enhanced, and maintained? This course explores the development and maintenance of optimal performance in diverse domains such as business, performing arts, sports, the military, or any other sphere of action with a performance component. Using theoretical perspectives and research findings from performance psychology, this dynamic course is supplemented with Scandinavian and European case examples as regards application. Emphasis is given to motivation, personality, teamwork, imagery, self-talk, stress management and other domains pertaining to peak performance. Human factors as well as the effect of cultural values and expectations (with examples from a Scandinavian context) are explored as regards individuals, teams, and groups. Both difficulties in achieving success as well as methods for optimizing success are considered.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Psychology of Time Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Psychology. Sociology.

This course focuses on temporal matters in a variety of areas: individual differences, social and clinical psychology, cross-cultural communication, and sustainability. It has two major parts. Part one is dedicated to the temporal aspects of individual behavior, such as use of time, pace of life, temporal orientations, and motivation. Part two covers temporal aspects of groups, temporal identity of groups and cultures, reactions to change and adaptation, collective actions, role of time in solving social dilemmas.

Prerequisite: One psychology course at university level.

Course Descriptions Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Biomedicine/Biotechnology. Neuroscience. Pre-Medicine/Health Science.

This course focuses on how the brain’s physiology is affected in different psychiatric disorders and under the influence of various psychoactive drugs, both legal and illegal. Course topics are approached from a biological, chemical, and psychological perspective. Concepts including neurotransmitters, basic neurobiology, psychiatric disorders, and psychoactive drugs are studied extensively.

Prerequisites: One year each of biology and chemistry at university level.

Public Health Ethics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethics. Pre-Medicine/Health Science. Public Health.

Decision makers of health policies are increasingly dealing with ethical dilemmas. This course addresses some of these, such as the protection of society from infectious disease, and modification of individual lifestyles. We study real-life cases that illustrate the tension between individual choice and societal guidelines for smoking, immunization, and the application of new medical technologies.

Public Mental Health Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Psychology. Public Health.

In this course, we explore the different challenges faced by those with mental health conditions compared to physical health problems. Through peer-reviewed literature, policy briefs, popular media, and discussions with experts in the field, you develop the necessary competencies to make a positive difference as future leaders promoting healthy populations. Furthermore, the course introduces you to peer-reviewed literature development, as well as effective presentation methods.

Queer and Subversive Writers in European Cities Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Literature.

In this course, we read authors who made major European cities their home during what was perceived as the sexually and aesthetically decadent post- and pre-war years of the 20th century.

Their writing defied and reshaped moral and sexual boundaries, as we see in Venice with Thomas Mann; in Paris with Djuna Barnes and Samuel Beckett; in Berlin with Christopher Isherwood; in London with Virginia Woolf and Jeanette Winterson; and in Copenhagen with Karen Blixen (a.k.a. Isak Dinesen) and Michael Strunge. As a small detour we also take a short trip outside Europe to view war-ridden Tokyo through the eyes of Yukio Mishima, who despite fame and critical acclaim to this day is regarded as perhaps Japan’s most controversial author.

Religion and Politics in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Political Science. Religious Studies.

Is the liaison between religion and politics a dangerous one?

Religion has certainly resurfaced as a visible player in politics, public life, and international relations. This course explores the pressure on secularism and the idea that religion and politics and church and state should be kept apart in a European context.

Religion in Crisis Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Philosophy. Religious Studies.

We explore the evolution of religious thinking in the 19th and early 20th centuries, much of which was a response to the Enlightenment demand that religion justify itself in terms of rationality. We examine authors such as Hegel, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, James, Otto, Bultmann, Tillich, and Lindbeck. This course is interdisciplinary and includes readings and discussions relevant for philosophy, theology, and religious studies.

Religious Mythos and Philosophical Logos Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Classics. Philosophy. Religious Studies.

In this course we explore the function of myth and the emergence of the rational philosophical mind. We begin with the great poets, philosophers, and prophets of Ancient Greece, including Homer, Sophocles, and Plato and conclude with works from the modern Continental thinkers: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger.

Renewable Energy Systems Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Public Policy. Sustainability.

Climate change calls for radical rethinking of our energy systems ultimately, a change toward 100% renewable energy systems. But is this possible? This course examines the technical, economic, political, and social aspects of renewable energy. Different renewable energy technologies (wind, solar, hydro, biomass, etc.) are explored, and the strengths and weaknesses of different policy options (feed-in tariffs, quotas, etc.) are discussed.

Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits Fall/Spring. Elective Course.

See website for current disciplines.

Want to engage in research in an international setting? Spend the semester working closely with a research mentor and be a part of a real research project, grasping the complexities of the research process and gaining experience that will prepare you for a future career. By the end of the semester, you will have made your own tangible contribution to the project and honed your research skills.

You will also have learned to communicate research ideas and findings, both orally and in writing, to members from your particular discipline as well as peers from other disciplines. In some cases, data collected may be used as part of a project at your home university.

Prerequisites: Multiple research assistant opportunities are available within this course, each having specific prerequisites – see website for details.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. International Relations. Political Science.

In this course we analyze some of the major challenges facing Europe today. Drawing on methods and simulation games used by both the military and by civilian institutions, we examine what lies beyond the headlines and analyze how fake news and hybrid warfare influence a Europe in crisis. Through a number of case studies from Russia and other European countries, we focus on how and why the battle of ideas is being fought and what role fake news and hybrid warfare play in this battle. From the battlefields of Ukraine to the polished floors of Brussels, from the crack-down on free press in Russia to the rise of right-wing nationalism in Europe, we discuss, simulation game, and analyze our way into the dilemmas and consequences of why the dictatorship of tomorrow to many seems more desirable than the democracy of today.

Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Human Development. Neuroscience. Psychology.

The goal of this course is to explore the neural basis of human social interaction. We study how social psychology and neuroscience inform our understanding of social behavior, with each discipline offering a unique and complimentary perspective. Emphasis is placed on research findings in social neuroscience. Examples of topics include social brain development, the self in social interaction, emotion, theory of mind, and empathy.

Prerequisite: One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology at university level.

Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Computer Science. Rhetoric.

If you have ever played a game in your life, yet never considered its implications, then this course is for you. Through examples of board and video games, we analyze games as a communicative system, while assessing the cultural impact of games and the gaming community that surrounds it. Scandinavia, with its thriving culture of independent game developers, is a unique context to critically study games from a cultural and rhetorical perspective.

Note: The course is non-technical and no gaming experience is required, though you will also enjoy this class if you are a gamer.

Social Entrepreneurship Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Entrepreneurship. Management.

Explore how to create change through entrepreneurship by learning how to develop creative solutions to address social or environmental problems. Exposing you to a number of different real life case studies from Denmark, you develop the tools to analyze the source of the problems, to work on identifying opportunities and creative solutions to address these problems, and to assess the potential impact of your solutions. By meeting with local entrepreneurs, you deepen your knowledge of the diverse roles they may have in society.

Royalty in the Land of Equality Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

History. Sociology.

Denmark’s royal family has had a significant impact on the history, art, architecture, and urban planning of the country. But why do Danes continually support the monarchy in a country known for equality? This course discusses the institution of the monarchy, including comparative studies of other European royalty and American First Families. The classroom occasionally grows and Copenhagen, with its streets and monuments, embraces us. Visits include half-day trips to palaces and churches.

Sociology of Migration Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Ethnic Studies. International Relations. Sociology.

Mass immigration – particularly, the question of how to control immigration has been high on the European agenda for the past 15 years. The issue is often framed as a cause of anxiety culturally, politically, and economically in Europe. Consequently, this course investigates and questions the emergence of a so-called ‘Fortress Europe’ – in particular the securitization and externalization of European borders. Furthermore, through various case studies, the different national responses to mass immigration and their connection with populism and nationalist sentiments are investigated.

Scandinavian Moods in Cinema Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Film Studies. Media Studies.

This course studies contemporary Nordic film. For years, the work of Roy Anderson, Lukas Moodysson, Aki Kaurismäki, Dagur Kari, and others have set a special tone and atmosphere in Scandinavian cinema. In this course we study how the heirs to Bergman, von Trier, and the Dogme 95 movement ask new questions and what elements, themes, and stories are typical of new Scandinavian film.

Sense of Place in European Literature, A Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Literature.

This course explores the interrelation between place and text to introduce new perspectives on European literature. You engage in dialogue on some of the great voices of Europe, from Dostoevsky to contemporary Nordic and post-communist authors.

Sociology of the Family Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Gender Studies. Sociology.

This course involves a sociological analysis of family structure, dynamics, and child-rearing patterns in diverse cultures. The principal objective of the course is to demythologize the family by exploring ways ‘the family’ is experienced by people in different cultures, social classes, historical periods, and gender. To increase our understanding of contemporary family issues, we look at various family types, work-family balance, parenting, marriage, divorce, and adoption through the lens of sociological theory.

Sound Engineering and Music Production Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Elective Course.

Music.

As a student in this course, you can specialize within any genres of rhythmic contemporary or classical music. The course covers sound engineering and practical music production, covering microphones, mixing consoles, audio processing, computer based multi-track recording, mixing, mastering, production management, communication, and sound aesthetics. The lessons are situated in world-class studio and concert hall facilities. This course is taught at your level, whether you are studying to be a professional in this area, or are a performer or composer, and wish to make your own high quality audio recordings.

Note: Additional application required – see website for details.

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Course Descriptions Sports Economics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Economics. Management.

The sports industry has grown to one of the largest industries in the modern society. This sector is in many aspects different from other industries. You gain an understanding of the individual interests and deliveries by the different independent but strongly networked stakeholders in relation to the impacts of sports on the society. This course covers sports economics from both a macro and micro perspective looking at the impact of sports activities on society, including economic impact and national identity, and the financing models, sponsorships, and marketing of sports organizations.

Prerequisites: One course each in macro- and microeconomics at university level.

Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Child Development. Human Development. Human Rights.

This course focuses on the human rights and developmental issues surrounding displaced and exploited children. Through a variety of sources and methods, you investigate how displacement affects children and families, and how their presence affects the European countries that receive them. You broaden your understanding of the issues children face globally and critically engage with issues and possible solutions.

Strategic Communication Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Business. Communication. Public Relations.

This course introduces you to the field of strategic communication in Denmark and the UK. Through Field Studies, case studies, guest lectures, and Study Tours, you gain first-hand knowledge of how communication professionals work. Classes are built around Danish and European case studies, giving you a framework to evaluate and create strategic communication campaigns to prepare you for strategic communication tasks in the real world.

Strategic Planning for Leaders Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Leadership Studies. Management.

In this course, we bring the art of strategic planning to life by examining several models and principles by acclaimed leaders, and by learning how to master a set of well-established techniques.

We explore the concept of leadership and strategic planning in different settings, critique actual strategic plans, and conduct real life strategic exercises with actual work samples. You work with conducting your own strategic plan, and presenting your plan to the class.

Strategies for Urban Livability Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Sociology. Urban Design. Urban Studies.

This is an interdisciplinary course, which alternates between scales of public space and street design to urban policy and planning.

It aims to equip you with a foundation of critical thinking and engagement in the creation of livable cities. Using Copenhagen as a laboratory, we explore urban livability through three lenses: theory, practice, and implementation. We look at what shapes our parameters for well-being, and the spatial and policy mechanisms for fostering urban livability.

Note: Many classes are spent visiting sites via bicycle, so confidence in cycling is mandatory. Bring a digital camera or camera phone.

Strategy Implementation and Leadership Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Management. Marketing.

You focus on the management perspectives of developing and executing business strategies building on the same case material used in the core class. You gain a grasp of the purpose of management, the application of various management tools, understanding different personality traits and their relevance for leadership and followership, matching your management style to the needs of your staff, and understanding team-building processes.

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Sustainable Business Strategy Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Environmental Studies. Sustainability.

We face a perfect storm at the intersection of climate change, energy crisis, resource scarcity, and economic re-structuring.

Business-as-usual is no longer an option. This course introduces you to the great business transition that is underway. We explore frameworks and concepts, key topics, and dilemmas, along with case study insights, on how leading companies are developing strategies that harness new opportunities, and deliver significant business impacts, while meeting the great challenges of our time.

Sustainable by Design Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Sustainability.

For many years, Scandinavian countries have played a significant role in the movement of societies towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This course focuses on sustainable concepts and strategies to integrate new rigorous sustainable solutions into architecture, urbanism, design, and lifestyle choices.

Case studies are used to investigate how concepts are applied in reality, to assess how they work at various scales, and to gain a greater intuitive understanding of them. There are ongoing discussions about climate as context, energy issues, behavioral change, and sustainable values.

Sustainable Development in Northern Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Environmental Studies. Public Policy. Sustainability.

This course enhances your understanding of the divergent goals and complex processes associated with sustainable development from a European perspective. Specific focus is given to the interplay between social, political, and economic issues and environmental concern. You are introduced to a broad range of Danish and European stakeholders currently shaping the sustainability agenda, and encouraged to identify your own values and strategies for a sustainable future.

Sustainable Food: Production and Consumption Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

Environmental Studies. Public Policy. Sustainability.

This course focuses on concrete and innovative solutions that reshape our connection to food. These solutions recognize and address the environmental and social impacts of food. Critical questions include: What is the true cost of food? How can we achieve more sustainable diets while producing less waste? Does food activism make a difference? What do pioneering restaurants and food entrepreneurs teach us? How do cities help shape more sustainable food practices?

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from a European Perspective Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Core Course.

International Relations. Political Science.

Terrorism and counter-terrorism have been on everyone’s mind since 9/11. However, terrorism didn’t just appear out of the blue on that horrifying September day. This course is a study of terrorism – its causes, aims, and forms – and of counter-terrorism measures introduced by the international community and individual states.

The course examines the implications of terrorism for international politics in the 21st century. In order to be able to better understand the concept and phenomenon of terrorism and the attempts to fight it, we look at some of the many terrorist attacks and attempts to deal with terrorism from a European perspective.

Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Design. Interior Architecture. Studio Art. This course combines design and methods of printing for interior textiles with readings and discussion on the subject of textile design. It includes a workshop component where you develop your own designs and are taught printing methods. You go on site visits to designers, producers, and projects in and around Copenhagen.

Note: This course runs for half of the semester in an intense format.

The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Media Studies. Sociology.

In recent decades soccer has become a highly profitable and prominent global cultural phenomenon. This course looks at the sport as a reflection of society with historical ties to questions of national identity, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, and politics. We explore the particular dynamics of this sport through readings on games and play and also attempt to understand why ‘The Beautiful Game’ even inspires the worlds of film, art, literature, video games, and fashion.

Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11 Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Philosophy. Rhetoric.

This course tickles your intellectual curiosity and hones your ability to critically analyze the avalanche of information coming to us from different spheres of society, such as media and politics. The class has two main goals: to read, discuss, and analyze some of the major European critical thinkers from Enlightenment to post modernity, and to develop your own independent analytical skills. We explore the theoretical and historical understandings of concepts such as truth, knowledge, and progress in readings, case studies, and hands-on exercises.

Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Legal Studies. Political Science. Sociology.

A course on the past, the present, and the future of slavery and trafficking for forced labor. Our global economy and society relies on sectors like cleaning, hospitality, food, agriculture, and textiles but studies show that these are also at high risk for relying on slave labor. Maybe modern day slavery is much closer to each of us than we care to realize - how do we as individuals navigate this reality now and going forward?

Travel Writing Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Creative Writing. Literature.

Travelers write. Whether in the form of postcards, blogs, or articles, writing serves to anchor memory and process difference, making foreign experience understandable to us and accessible to others.

In this course, you draw on your own travel experiences for your work, which are critiqued and edited in a workshop setting.

Urban Design Foundations Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Design. Urban Design.

This studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of the field of urban design, and develop your creative design skills in a studio setting. Design projects are the basis for discussions, presentations, and the development of individual design skills. You work in physical and digital media to construct spatial models and further your graphic and verbal communication skills in conveying abstract spatial concepts. Studios are taught vertically, combining students of different levels. Expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisite: One drawing course at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester. This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Urban Design Journal Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Urban Design.

This is a process-based course where the journal is the learning tool. You are introduced to various urban theorists including Jan Gehl, through lectures and on-site assignments. Techniques are presented in each class with regular feedback and open journal sessions. Assignments range from analytical drawing, plans, diagrams, sections, and freehand perspectives.

Corequisite: Architecture Design Studio, Architecture Foundations Studio, Furniture Design Studio, Graphic Design Foundations Studio, Graphic Design Studio, Interior Architecture Foundations Studio, Interior Architecture Studio, Urban Design Foundations Studio, or Urban Design Studio

Course Descriptions Urban Design Studio Fall/Spring. 6 Credits. Core Course.

Architecture. Landscape Architecture. Urban Design.

Using Copenhagen as a laboratory, you solve realistic problems using analytical and design methods specifically devised for urban design and landscape issues. Some sections in studio focus on issues of human scale, temporary use, and sustainable design.

Studio groups combine students of different levels and background.

This course is taught vertically, and expectations relate to you as an individual student.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design. Two spatial design studios at university level.

Additional Portfolio Needs: Examples of studio work in a portfolio to be submitted to studio instructor at the beginning of the semester. This will allow the professor to become acquainted with the design skills of each student.

Urban Economics Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Economics. Public Policy. Urban Studies.

What determines how cities develop? How do governments impact the location decisions of households and firms? You use economic theories to understand the choices facing local governments on current issues such as public good provision, education, childcare, public transit, housing, crime, taxation, incentives for businesses, sustainability, and local finance. This course provides you with an insight into the structure and local expectations towards the role of the government in the economy using Copenhagen and other major European cities as case studies.

Prerequisite: One intermediate microeconomics course at university level.

Urban Exploration Photography Workshop Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Photography. Visual Arts.

This course uses photography (and other media) to investigate the contemporary city in general, and in particular, to explore the overlooked, the abandoned, and the edge land conditions of the contemporary metropolis. This course uses Copenhagen as its base, but prepares you to take advantage of the wider European hinterland for further individual explorations.

Prerequisite: Bring a camera. It is recommended to bring a digital camera other than a phone.

Note: Please be aware that this is not a technical photography foundation course.

Virtual Worlds and Social Media Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Media Studies.

Politicians announce their candidacies on Twitter, online education changes access to learning, and Big Data is all the hype. Together we explore the development of virtual worlds and the creation of new communication cultures. With a focus on the impact our digital lifestyles have on social interactions, we take advantage of the Scandinavian context in comparison to the U.S., and investigate the significance and usability of new media in e-governance, business, and interpersonal communication.

Visual Journal Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Design. Visual Arts.

The visual journal is a process-driven, analytical tool where you record drawn inquiries for this course, as well as for studio, Study Tours, and self-driven studies. The focus of this course is for you to develop skills on facilitating better explorations and understandings of what you perceive: observing, analyzing, and communicating the diverse conditions and possibilities of the physical environments and objects that surround us.

Prerequisite: One studio art course at university level.

Waste Management Systems in Europe Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Environmental Studies. Public Policy. Sustainability.

This course looks at current practice and policy on waste and re-evaluates the need for creating waste in modern societies. With an increase in resource scarcity, there is a need to create waste management systems and technologies that help societies limit their impact on earth. This class provides an overview of the current EU and Danish policy agendas and the skills to examine leading and new Danish and European waste technologies.

Watercolor Painting Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Architecture. Studio Art. Visual Arts.

The built environment, architecture, and the landscape of Copenhagen are used as the canvas for short lectures, Field Studies, and assignments. This course focuses on how to use the medium of watercolor as an architect. It is an introduction to watercolor painting through the exposure of different skills and techniques for practice.

Prerequisites: One studio art course at university level.

Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Communication. Photography. Visual Arts.

This class is an effort to make sense of your study abroad term and rather than creating photographs as mementos, you create pictures that are unique to your stay in Copenhagen, but also reflective of your life in general. The class combines a studio critique and a survey of the history and theory of photography. You engage with the medium of photography while at the same time learning about the historical tradition that your pictures reference.

Prerequisite: Bring a camera. It is recommended to bring a digital camera other than a phone.

Note: Please be aware that this is not a technical photography foundation course.

What’s So Funny?

Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Anthropology. Communication. Rhetoric.

Standup comedy, humorous TV shows, and ‘fake news’ broadcasts put current events through the satirical wringer, persuading us to laugh at political leaders, cultural icons, our enemies, and ourselves.

Humorous discourse allows us to discuss controversial topics like race, class, gender, religion, and politics in a non-threatening manner. However, humor also has the ability to marginalize and stir violence as we witnessed after the killings related to Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the Mohammed cartoon crisis in Denmark. With a special focus on Denmark and the U.S., we explore how humor can reflect cultural norms and values, instigate change, challenge authorities, marginalize, and empower.

Wider European Security: Norms, Institutions, and Power Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

International Relations. Political Science.

This course explains and interprets the relations between the European Union and its member states on the one hand, and its relationships with its neighbors on the other. The course’s focus is on security and on how it shapes the conceptual, political, and strategic map of the wider European space. The course singles out three dimensions of this multifaceted dynamic: norms, institutions, and power.

Women and Leadership Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Business. Gender Studies. Leadership Studies.

Scandinavia has some of the highest representations of women in positions of power in the world, and Scandinavian women are known to be independent and sexually liberated. This course analyzes the historical and sociological foundations for the strong position of women in Scandinavia. You also analyze media representations of female leaders, and explore how norms about gender equality and ‘proper’ behavior enable or complicate women’s rise to power. The course includes case studies of female leaders in the Danish political and corporate arena.

Women, Art, Identity Fall/Spring. 3 Credits. Elective Course.

Art History. Gender Studies. Visual Arts.

This course is an investigation of female artists and their impact on early modern and contemporary culture, with a focus on Europe.

Issues of gender, institutional practice, postmodernism, and contemporary critical debate form the central components of class discussions and museum visits.

Prerequisite: One course in art history, gender studies, or studio art at university level.

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Course List by Discipline Whether you need to focus on your major or can diversify while you are abroad, DIS offers you a variety of courses from which you can choose.

Search this list to discover which are relevant to you based on your academic interests.

KEY: BLUE: Core Courses - you can only enroll in one which will define your program GREEN: Elective Courses with Tour – these courses come with an additional fee as you will travel on a courseintegrated tour with the class PURPLE: Research Assistant Courses (3 and 6 Credit options) - listed under the disciplines offered at the time of printing. Search the disciplines that have research available for your semester at DISabroad.org/sth-courses

ADVERTISING ·· Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research ·· Designing Communication Campaigns ·· International Advertising in a European Context ANTHROPOLOGY ·· Anthropology of Food ·· Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ·· Cultural Diversity and Integration ·· Cultural History of Travel ·· Danish Language and Culture for Child Development and Diversity Students ·· Danish Language and Culture: Intermediate Level ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level I ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level I-II ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level II ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level III-IV ·· European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter ·· Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires ·· Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia ·· Holocaust and Genocide ·· Human Trafficking in a Global Context ·· Masculinities in Scandinavia ·· Muslims in the West ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Pornography in Scandinavia ·· Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race ·· Psychology of Time ·· Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact ·· Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor ·· What’s So Funny?

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ARCHITECTURE ·· 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture ·· Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings ·· Architecture Design Studio ·· Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Danish Design ·· Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture ·· European Urban Design Theories ·· Furniture Design Studio ·· Furniture Design Workshop ·· Interior Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Interior Architecture Studio ·· New Nordic Design ·· Sustainable by Design ·· Urban Design Foundations Studio ·· Urban Design Journal ·· Urban Design Studio ·· Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ·· Visual Journal ·· Watercolor Painting ART HISTORY ·· Ancient Art and Archaeology ·· Art in the Making ·· Danish Design ·· European Art of the 19th Century: From Classicism to Symbolism ·· European Art of the 20th Century: From Expressionism to Post-War Art ·· Garden Art in European Culture ·· Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema ·· Women, Art, Identity BIOLOGY ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab ·· Biology of Marine Mammals ·· Biology of Marine Mammals Lab ·· Cell Factories: Design, Engineering, and Analysis ·· Complexity of Cancer ·· Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases ·· Epigenetics and the Environment ·· Exercise Physiology ·· Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach ·· Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Immunology

·· Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development ·· Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain ·· Neurological Disorders and Diseases ·· Neuroscience of Fear ·· Polar Biology ·· Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark ·· Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain ·· Research Assistant: 6 Credits BIOMEDICINE / BIOTECHNOLOGY ·· Cell Factories: Design, Engineering, and Analysis ·· Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases ·· Epigenetics and the Environment ·· Exercise Physiology ·· Immunology ·· Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development ·· Neurological Disorders and Diseases ·· Neuroscience of Fear ·· Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain ·· Research Assistant: 6 Credits BUSINESS ·· Behavioral Economics: European Case Studies ·· Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research ·· Corporate Finance: European Case Studies ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Designing Communication Campaigns ·· Digital Media in Marketing ·· Disruptive Innovation and Technologies ·· Entrepreneurship Practicum ·· European Business Strategy: Case Studies ·· Financial and Business Ethics ·· Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe ·· Innovation Through Design Thinking ·· International Advertising in a European Context ·· International Business Negotiations ·· International Financial Management ·· International Marketing and Branding ·· International Mergers and Acquisitions ·· Law Practice from a European Perspective ·· Leadership Across Cultures ·· Social Entrepreneurship ·· Sports Economics ·· Strategic Communication ·· Strategic Planning for Leaders ·· Strategy Implementation and Leadership ·· Sustainable Business Strategy ·· Women and Leadership

Course List by Discipline CHILD DEVELOPMENT ·· Child Development in Scandinavia ·· Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ·· Children in a Multicultural Context ·· Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ·· Children with Special Needs ·· Danish Language and Culture for Child Development and Diversity Students ·· Developmental Disorders ·· Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms ·· Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective ·· Sociology of the Family ·· Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe

COMPUTER SCIENCE ·· Artificial Intelligence ·· Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning ·· Computational Analysis of Big Data ·· Disruptive Innovation and Technologies ·· Game Development Lab ·· Game Development: Programming and Practice ·· Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact

CLASSICS ·· Ancient Art and Archaeology ·· Religious Mythos and Philosophical Logos

CRIMINOLOGY/CRIMINAL JUSTICE ·· Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis ·· Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia ·· Economics of Crime ·· Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War ·· Gang Crime in Scandinavia ·· Holocaust and Genocide ·· Human Trafficking in a Global Context

COMMUNICATION ·· Activism: Engagement and Resistance ·· Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ·· Communication Practicum ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Cyberpsychology ·· Designing Communication Campaigns ·· Digital Media in Marketing ·· Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture ·· Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture ·· History of European Film ·· Innovation Through Design Thinking ·· International Advertising in a European Context ·· International Business Negotiations ·· International Marketing and Branding ·· International Media Writing and Reporting ·· Meaning of Style ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Photojournalism ·· Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound ·· Pornography in Scandinavia ·· Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact ·· Scandinavian Moods in Cinema ·· Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare ·· Strategic Communication ·· Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11 ·· Travel Writing ·· Virtual Worlds and Social Media ·· Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography ·· What’s So Funny?

CREATIVE WRITING ·· Creative Nonfiction Workshop ·· Creative Writing ·· Sense of Place in European Literature, A ·· Travel Writing ·· What’s So Funny?

DESIGN ·· 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture ·· Architecture Design Studio ·· Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Danish Design ·· Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture ·· European Urban Design Theories ·· Furniture Design Studio ·· Furniture Design Workshop ·· Game Development Lab ·· Game Development: Programming and Practice ·· Graphic Design Foundations Studio ·· Graphic Design Studio ·· Innovation Through Design Thinking ·· Interior Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Interior Architecture Studio ·· New Nordic Design ·· Research Assistant: 3 Credits ·· Sustainable by Design ·· Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop ·· Urban Design Foundations Studio ·· Urban Design Journal ·· Urban Design Studio ·· Visual Journal ·· Watercolor Painting

ECONOMICS ·· Behavioral Economics: European Case Studies ·· Development Economics ·· Economics of Crime ·· Environmental Economics ·· Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State ·· Globalization and European Economies ·· Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe ·· International Business Negotiations ·· International Financial Management ·· International Mergers and Acquisitions ·· Sports Economics ·· Urban Economics EDUCATION/EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ·· Child Development in Scandinavia ·· Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ·· Children in a Multicultural Context ·· Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ·· Children with Special Needs ·· Danish Language and Culture for Child Development and Diversity Students ·· Developmental Disorders ·· Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology ·· Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms ·· Philosophy of Love ·· Positive Psychology ·· Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice ENTREPRENEURSHIP ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Disruptive Innovation and Technologies ·· Entrepreneurship Practicum ·· Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe ·· Innovation Through Design Thinking ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Social Entrepreneurship ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ·· Arctic Glaciology ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab ·· Biology of Marine Mammals ·· Biology of Marine Mammals Lab ·· Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases ·· Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Polar Biology ·· Renewable Energy Systems ·· Research Assistant: 3 Credits

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Course List by Discipline ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ·· Anthropology of Food ·· Arctic Geopolitics ·· Arctic Glaciology ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab ·· Environmental Economics ·· Environmental Impact of Humans ·· Environmental Philosophy ·· Environmental Policy in Practice ·· Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe ·· Politics and Ethics of Food ·· Renewable Energy Systems ·· Sustainable Business Strategy ·· Sustainable by Design ·· Sustainable Development in Northern Europe ·· Sustainable Food: Production and Consumption ·· Waste Management Systems in Europe ETHICS ·· Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience ·· European Clinical Psychology ·· European Clinical Psychology Practicum ·· Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires ·· Financial and Business Ethics ·· Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy ·· Medical Ethics ·· Philosophy of Gender ·· Philosophy of Love ·· Politics and Ethics of Food ·· Public Health Ethics ·· Sustainable Development in Northern Europe ETHNIC STUDIES ·· Children in a Multicultural Context ·· Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ·· Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ·· Cultural Diversity and Integration ·· Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law ·· Holocaust and Genocide ·· Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark ·· Muslims in the West ·· Sociology of Migration

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FAMILY STUDIES ·· Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark FASHION STUDIES ·· Meaning of Style ·· Film Studies ·· European Documentary Film ·· Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture ·· Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture ·· History of European Film ·· Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema ·· Scandinavian Moods in Cinema FINANCE ·· Corporate Finance: European Case Studies ·· Financial and Business Ethics ·· Globalization and European Economies ·· International Financial Management ·· International Mergers and Acquisitions GENDER STUDIES ·· Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires ·· Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia ·· Gender Perspectives on Human Rights ·· History of Sexuality in Europe ·· Human Trafficking in a Global Context ·· LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces ·· Masculinities in Scandinavia ·· Meaning of Style ·· Muslims in the West ·· Philosophy of Gender ·· Pornography in Scandinavia ·· Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe ·· Psychology of Human Sexuality ·· Queer and Subversive Writers in European Cities ·· Sociology of the Family ·· Women and Leadership ·· Women, Art, Identity GEOGRAPHY ·· Arctic Glaciology ·· Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases

GEOLOGY ·· Arctic Glaciology ·· Geographic Information Systems: Applied Climate Change Cases ·· Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study GRAPHIC DESIGN ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Graphic Design Foundations Studio ·· Graphic Design Studio ·· Innovation Through Design Thinking ·· New Nordic Design ·· Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop ·· Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ·· Visual Journal HISTORY ·· 20th Century European History ·· Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis ·· Battlefield Europe: Military History of World War II ·· Betrayal of Civilization: Jewish History from the Enlightenment to the Shoah ·· Competing Narratives: Modern European History ·· Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies ·· Cultural History of Travel ·· Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War ·· European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter ·· History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design ·· History of Sexuality in Europe ·· Holocaust and Genocide ·· Impact of Epidemic Disease Upon European History ·· Nordic Mythology ·· Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race ·· Royalty in the Land of Equality ·· Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare ·· Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11

Course List by Discipline HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ·· Child Development in Scandinavia ·· Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ·· Children in a Multicultural Context ·· Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ·· Children with Special Needs ·· European Clinical Psychology ·· European Clinical Psychology Practicum ·· Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology ·· Masculinities in Scandinavia ·· Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior ·· Positive Psychology ·· Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice ·· Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective ·· Psychology of Crisis ·· Psychology of Endings ·· Psychology of Human Sexuality ·· Psychology of Peak Performance ·· Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors ·· Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe HUMAN RIGHTS ·· Cyberwarfare ·· Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law ·· Gender Perspectives on Human Rights ·· Human Trafficking in a Global Context ·· Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict ·· Law Practice from a European Perspective ·· LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces ·· Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe ·· Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe ·· Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ·· Danish Design ·· Furniture Design Studio ·· Furniture Design Workshop ·· New Nordic Design

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE ·· Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings ·· Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture ·· Furniture Design Workshop ·· Interior Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Interior Architecture Studio ·· Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop INTERIOR DESIGN ·· Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings ·· Danish Design ·· Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture ·· Interior Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Interior Architecture Studio ·· New Nordic Design ·· Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ·· 20th Century European History ·· Cyberwarfare ·· Activism: Engagement and Resistance ·· Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis ·· Arctic Geopolitics ·· Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies ·· Cultural Diversity and Integration ·· Danish Politics and Society ·· Development Economics ·· Economics of Crime ·· Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War ·· Environmental Impact of Humans ·· Environmental Policy in Practice ·· European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival ·· Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law ·· Globalization and European Economies ·· Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict ·· Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict ·· International Business Negotiations ·· Law Practice from a European Perspective ·· Partners and Rivals: EU-U.S. Relations ·· Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare ·· Sociology of Migration ·· Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe ·· Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from a European Perspective ·· Wider European Security: Norms, Institutions, and Power

JOURNALISM ·· Communication Practicum ·· International Media Writing and Reporting ·· Photojournalism ·· Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ·· European Urban Design Theories ·· Garden Art in European Culture ·· Urban Design Journal ·· Urban Design Studio LANGUAGE ·· Danish Language and Culture for Child Development and Diversity Students ·· Danish Language and Culture: Intermediate Level ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level I ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level I-II ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level II ·· Danish Language and Culture: Level III-IV LEADERSHIP STUDIES ·· Activism: Engagement and Resistance ·· Entrepreneurship Practicum ·· Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe ·· Leadership Across Cultures ·· Positive Organizational Psychology ·· Psychology of Leadership ·· Psychology of Peak Performance ·· Strategic Planning for Leaders ·· Strategy Implementation and Leadership ·· Women and Leadership LEGAL STUDIES ·· Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis ·· Arctic Geopolitics ·· Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia ·· Cyberwarfare ·· Economics of Crime ·· Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law ·· Gender Perspectives on Human Rights ·· Human Trafficking in a Global Context ·· Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict ·· Law Practice from a European Perspective ·· Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe ·· Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor

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Course List by Discipline LITERATURE ·· Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture ·· European Storytelling: From Homer to Harry Potter ·· Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture ·· Hans Christian Andersen and the Danish Golden Age ·· Kierkegaard’s Authorship ·· Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy ·· Nordic Mythology ·· Nordic Noir ·· Philosophy of Love ·· Postcolonial Europe: Narratives, Nationalism, and Race ·· Queer and Subversive Writers in European Cities ·· Sense of Place in European Literature, A ·· Travel Writing MANAGEMENT ·· Corporate Finance: European Case Studies ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Digital Media in Marketing ·· Entrepreneurship Practicum ·· European Business Strategy: Case Studies ·· Financial and Business Ethics ·· Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe ·· International Business Negotiations ·· International Financial Management ·· International Mergers and Acquisitions ·· Leadership Across Cultures ·· Psychology of Leadership ·· Social Entrepreneurship ·· Sports Economics ·· Strategic Planning for Leaders ·· Strategy Implementation and Leadership MARKETING ·· Communication Practicum ·· Consumer Behavior and Marketing Research ·· Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture ·· Designing Communication Campaigns ·· Digital Media in Marketing ·· International Marketing and Branding ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Strategy Implementation and Leadership

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MATHEMATICS ·· Artificial Intelligence ·· Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Learning ·· Computational Analysis of Big Data ·· Game Development Lab ·· Game Development: Programming and Practice MEDIA STUDIES ·· Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ·· Communication Practicum ·· Digital Media in Marketing ·· European Documentary Film ·· Glued to the Set: TV Shows, Norms, and Culture ·· Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture ·· History of European Film ·· International Media Writing and Reporting ·· Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Nordic Noir ·· Podcast Production: The Impact of Sound ·· Pornography in Scandinavia ·· Scandinavian Moods in Cinema ·· The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture ·· Virtual Worlds and Social Media ·· Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography MUSIC ·· Applied Piano ·· Music Composition: Private Studio Instruction ·· Music Performance: Instrument ·· Music Performance: Voice ·· Sound Engineering and Music Production NEUROSCIENCE ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab ·· Developmental Disorders ·· Epigenetics and the Environment ·· Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience ·· Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain ·· Neurological Disorders and Diseases ·· Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior ·· Neuropsychology of Brain Injury ·· Neuroscience of Fear ·· Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism ·· Philosophy of Mental Health ·· Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain ·· Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits ·· Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ·· Leadership Across Cultures ·· Positive Organizational Psychology ·· Positive Psychology ·· Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice ·· Psychology of Leadership ·· Psychology of Peak Performance ·· Strategic Planning for Leaders PHILOSOPHY ·· Activism: Engagement and Resistance ·· Concept of Evil in Contemporary Culture ·· Environmental Philosophy ·· Ethical Brain: Philosophy and Neuroscience ·· Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict ·· Kierkegaard’s Authorship ·· Making of the Modern Self: Existential Philosophy ·· Philosophy of Gender ·· Philosophy of Love ·· Philosophy of Mental Health ·· Religion in Crisis ·· Religious Mythos and Philosophical Logos ·· The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture ·· Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11 PHOTOGRAPHY ·· Photojournalism ·· Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ·· Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography POLITICAL SCIENCE ·· Al-Qaida, ISIS, and Intelligence Analysis ·· Arctic Geopolitics ·· Battlefield Europe: Military History of World War II ·· Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies ·· Cultural Diversity and Integration ·· Cyberwarfare ·· Danish Politics and Society ·· Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War ·· Environmental Policy in Practice ·· Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State ·· European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival ·· Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law ·· Gender Perspectives on Human Rights ·· Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict

Course List by Discipline ·· Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict ·· Muslims in the West ·· Partners and Rivals: EU-U.S. Relations ·· Politics and Ethics of Food ·· Religion and Politics in Europe ·· Shadow Wars: Fake News and Hybrid Warfare ·· Sociology of Migration ·· Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from a European Perspective ·· Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11 ·· Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor ·· Wider European Security: Norms, Institutions, and Power PRE-MEDICINE/HEALTH SCIENCE ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab ·· Complexity of Cancer ·· Diabetes: Diagnoses and Diseases ·· Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies ·· Epigenetics and the Environment ·· European Clinical Psychology ·· European Clinical Psychology Practicum ·· Exercise Physiology ·· Health Beyond Borders ·· Health Delivery and Prioritization ·· Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe ·· Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ·· Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations ·· Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach ·· Immunology ·· Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development ·· Medical Ethics ·· Neuroimaging of the Disordered Brain ·· Neurological Disorders and Diseases ·· Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior ·· Neuropsychology of Brain Injury ·· Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark ·· Psychology of Crisis ·· Psychology of Human Sexuality ·· Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain ·· Public Health Ethics ·· Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits

PSYCHOLOGY ·· Applied Psychotherapy ·· Child Development in Scandinavia ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness ·· Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness Research Lab ·· Cyberpsychology ·· Developmental Disorders ·· European Clinical Psychology ·· European Clinical Psychology Practicum ·· Happiness Lab: Positive Psychology ·· Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict ·· Neuroplasticity: The Brain and Behavior ·· Neuropsychology of Brain Injury ·· Neuroscience of Fear ·· Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism ·· Philosophy of Gender ·· Philosophy of Mental Health ·· Positive Organizational Psychology ·· Positive Psychology ·· Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice ·· Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective ·· Psychology of Crisis ·· Psychology of Endings ·· Psychology of Human Sexuality ·· Psychology of Leadership ·· Psychology of Peak Performance ·· Psychology of Time ·· Public Mental Health ·· Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors PUBLIC HEALTH ·· Children with Special Needs ·· Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies ·· Health Beyond Borders ·· Health Delivery and Prioritization ·· Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe ·· Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ·· Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations ·· Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach ·· Immunology ·· Impact of Epidemic Disease Upon European History ·· Medical Ethics ·· Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark ·· Public Health Ethics ·· Public Mental Health ·· Research Assistant: 3 or 6 Credits ·· Strategies for Urban Livability

PUBLIC POLICY ·· Anthropology of Food ·· Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia ·· Environmental Economics ·· Environmental Impact of Humans ·· Environmental Policy in Practice ·· Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State ·· Gang Crime in Scandinavia ·· Health Delivery and Prioritization ·· Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe ·· Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations ·· Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms ·· Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe ·· Public Health Ethics ·· Public Mental Health ·· Renewable Energy Systems ·· Sustainable Development in Northern Europe ·· Sustainable Food: Production and Consumption ·· Urban Economics ·· Waste Management Systems in Europe PUBLIC RELATIONS ·· Strategic Communication RELIGIOUS STUDIES ·· Betrayal of Civilization: Jewish History from the Enlightenment to the Shoah ·· Kierkegaard’s Authorship ·· Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark ·· Muslims in the West ·· Neuroscience of Religion and Atheism ·· Nordic Mythology ·· Philosophy of Love ·· Religion and Politics in Europe ·· Religion in Crisis ·· Religious Mythos and Philosophical Logos RHETORIC ·· Communication and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ·· Communication Practicum ·· Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact ·· Thinking Lab: From Kant and Nietzsche to Surveillance after 9/11 ·· Travel Writing ·· What’s So Funny?

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Course List by Discipline SOCIOLOGY ·· Activism: Engagement and Resistance ·· Child Development in Scandinavia ·· Child Development in Scandinavia Practicum ·· Children in a Multicultural Context ·· Children in a Multicultural Context Practicum ·· Children with Special Needs ·· Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia ·· Cultural Diversity and Integration ·· Cyberpsychology ·· Danish Politics and Society ·· Equality in Scandinavia: Developments and Challenges of the Welfare State ·· European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter ·· Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires ·· Gang Crime in Scandinavia ·· Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia ·· Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture ·· Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ·· History of Sexuality in Europe ·· Holocaust and Genocide ·· Identity Lab: Transforming Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict ·· International Media Writing and Reporting ·· Learning in Scandinavian Classrooms ·· LGBTQIA* in Europe: Theories, Communities, and Spaces ·· Masculinities in Scandinavia ·· Meaning of Style ·· Migrants, Minorities, and Belonging in Denmark ·· Muslims in the West ·· New Media and Changing Communities ·· Pornography in Scandinavia ·· Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe ·· Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective ·· Psychology of Crisis ·· Psychology of Endings ·· Psychology of Time ·· Rhetoric of Gaming and its Cultural Impact ·· Royalty in the Land of Equality ·· Sociology of Migration ·· Sociology of the Family ·· Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe ·· Strategies for Urban Livability ·· Sustainable Food: Production and Consumption ·· The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture ·· Trade of People: Modern-Day Forced Labor ·· Virtual Worlds and Social Media ·· Women and Leadership

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STUDIO ART ·· Architecture Foundations Studio ·· Art in the Making ·· Furniture Design Workshop ·· Graphic Design Foundations Studio ·· Graphic Design Studio ·· Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop ·· Urban Design Journal ·· Visual Journal ·· Watercolor Painting ·· Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography SUSTAINABILITY ·· Anthropology of Food ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity ·· Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Lab ·· Biology of Marine Mammals Lab ·· Environmental Impact of Humans ·· Environmental Philosophy ·· Environmental Policy in Practice ·· Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe ·· Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study ·· Integrated Climate Change Planning ·· Polar Biology ·· Politics and Ethics of Food ·· Renewable Energy Systems ·· Research Assistant: 3 Credits ·· Sustainable Business Strategy ·· Sustainable by Design ·· Sustainable Development in Northern Europe ·· Sustainable Food: Production and Consumption ·· Waste Management Systems in Europe URBAN DESIGN ·· Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings ·· European Urban Design Theories ·· European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter ·· History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design ·· Integrated Climate Change Planning ·· Strategies for Urban Livability ·· Urban Design Foundations Studio ·· Urban Design Journal ·· Urban Design Studio

URBAN STUDIES ·· Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings ·· Detailing and Sustainability in Scandinavian Architecture ·· European Urban Design Theories ·· European Urban Experience: Why Cities Matter ·· Getting There: Transportation in Urban Europe ·· History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design ·· Integrated Climate Change Planning ·· Strategies for Urban Livability ·· Urban Design Foundations Studio ·· Urban Design Studio ·· Urban Economics ·· Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ·· Waste Management Systems in Europe VISUAL ARTS ·· Art in the Making ·· European Documentary Film ·· Photojournalism ·· The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture ·· Urban Exploration Photography Workshop ·· Visual Journal ·· Watercolor Painting ·· Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography ·· Women, Art, Identity YOUTH STUDIES ·· Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective

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