Global Studies: Key Concepts
No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students.
Summary
The course is an introduction to a conceptual and empirical inquiry on globalization. You are welcome to take the course to complement other studies, or to deepen your professional skills.
About
The course is an introduction to a conceptual and empirical inquiry on globalization. The course applies an interdisciplinary perspective including human ecology, peace and development studies, regional studies, and social anthropology to examine globalization. During the course, you will be introduced to key concepts used to analyse the contemporary process of globalization such as:
- Dis-embeddedness
- Homogenization
- Interconnectedness
- Mobility
- Mixing
- Re-embeddedness
Using critical perspectives you study how “the local” and “the global” relate to each other, and how contemporary globalization affects life prospects, environments, gender relations, livelihoods, and conflict patterns in different parts of the world.
Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminars. In the seminars, you will get the opportunity to deepen your understanding and let your views be confronted with the perspectives of other students. The pedagogical methods might also include excursions, film screening, archive visits, and fieldwork. The courses are held in English with both Swedish and international students.
Prerequisites and selection
Requirements
General entrance requirements
Selection
Selection is based upon average grade from upper secondary school (34 %), the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits (33 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (33 %).
After graduation
You are welcome to take the course to complement other studies, or to deepen your professional skills. The course is connected to current topics and to research at the School of Global Studies.
