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Courses at The Faculty of Social Sciences
All courses have an alphabetical coding which indicates which subject they belong to (e.g. STV = political science, HIS = history etc…) and a numerical coding which indicates the level at which the course is taught:
1000-course = Beginners level – bachelor
2000-course = Intermediate level – bachelor
3000-course = Masters degree level
Archaeology History Philosophy Education Planning Psychology Religious studies
Social anthropology Sociology Political Science Inter disciplinary courses
 Archaeology
| Course code |
Course title |
| ARK-1000 |
Archaeology: Interpreting the Past |
| ARK-1001 |
North Fennoscandinavian Archaeology: From the Late Glacial to AD 1 |
| ARK-1002 |
North Fennoscandinavian Archaeology: From AD 1 to the Historic Period |
| ARK-1003 |
Scandinavia Before Modernity - Archaeological Perspectives |
| ARK-1004 |
Field Course |
| ARK-2001 |
Understanding the Past: Theoretical Perspectives in Archaeological Research |
| ARK-2002 |
Problem Solving in Archaeology |
| ARK-2012 |
Gender, sex, and love in prehistory |
| ARK-2013 |
Historical Archaeology: Between Things and Text |
| ARK-2014 |
Northwest European Town Archaeology |
| ARK-2015 |
Cultural Heritage Management |
| ARK-2016 |
Museums and Society |
| ARK-2017 |
Project Course in Archaeology |
| ARK-2018 |
Project Course in Cultural Heritage Management, Archaeology version |
| ARK-2019 |
Getting to know sites and monuments |
| ARK-2020 |
Stone Age sites: from finds to interpretation |
| ARK-2100 |
Archaeology for Exchange Students |
| ARK-3003 |
Literature seminar on theory and method I |
| ARK-3004 |
Literature seminar in theory and method II |
| ARK-3011 |
Analytical Research History: the Construction of Archaeology?s Past |
| ARK-3012 |
Form and meaning in archaeology: theory and practice |
| ARK-3014 |
Material culture and society |
| ARK-3015 |
Archaeology and history |
| ARK-3016 |
Cultural contacts in Northern Fennoscandia BC. |
| ARK-3017 |
Antarctic archaeology |
| ARK-3018 |
Arkeological perspectives on hunter-gatherers |
| ARK-3019 |
Old Norse Archaeology of religion: Myths, rituals, and material culture |
| ARK-3020 |
Ethics in Archaeology |
| ARK-3021 |
Iron Age Scandinavia: economy and political organization |
| ARK-3022 |
Cultural heritage project |
| ARK-3900 |
Master's Degree Dissertation in General Archaeology thesis in archaeology |
| ARK-3901 |
Master's Degree Dissertation in Applied Archaeology |
| ARK-8000 |
Between Giftgiving and War: Past Cultural Relations. |
| ARK-8001 |
Between Giftgiving and War: Past Cultural Relations. |
| ARK-8900 |
PhD thesis, Archaeology |
| ARKDG |
Archeaology - doctorate degree |
| ARKDRSP10 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP2 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP3 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP4 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP5 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP6 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP7 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP8 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKDRSP9 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in archaeology |
| ARKHFART |
Archaeology graduate course, split exam - article |
| ARKHFO |
Archaeology graduate course - main thesis and oral exam |
| ARKHFTEO |
Archaeology graduate course, split exam - theory/diachroni topics |
Philosophy
History
| Course code |
Course title |
| HIS-1000 |
Introductory Course: The Making of history |
| HIS-1001 |
The Making of Europe - from Antiquity to 1500 |
| HIS-1002 |
Merchant capitalism, state power and revolutions 1500-1850 |
| HIS-1003 |
Nationalism, imperialism and globalization 1850-2000 |
| HIS-1005 |
North Norway between Tradition and Modernization 1870-2000 |
| HIS-1007 |
The Russian Revolution ca 1890-1930 |
| HIS-1009 |
Time and space |
| HIS-1011 |
Themes from African History |
| HIS-1013 |
Knut the Great and his World: Society, Politics and the Church in northern Europe 950-1050 |
| HIS-1014 |
The Towns in Medieval Society |
| HIS-1015 |
Minorities and minority politics in northern Fenno-Scandia 1800-2000 |
| HIS-1016 |
The Conquering of the Polar Region. Science, Economy and Politics |
| HIS-1111 |
Arctic Norway - aspects of history |
| HIS-2001 |
History seen in the light of its sources |
| HIS-2002 |
The Saami Nation. Indegenous people, ethnic minorities and the multi-cultural society |
| HIS-2003 |
Stalinism - The Soviet Union under Stalin 1929-1953 |
| HIS-2005 |
From Jalta to Malta: the origins, development and ending of the Cold War |
| HIS-2007 |
Immigration and multiculturalism in Norway: Historical perspectives |
| HIS-2009 |
The Russian Arctic. Norway and Russia in the North ca. 1855-1940 |
| HIS-2010 |
Bachelor essay |
| HIS-3001 |
Introductory Course |
| HIS-3002 |
Sources and methods |
| HIS-3003 |
Historical Theory |
| HIS-3004 |
Historical didactics |
| HIS-3005 |
Introduction to the History of Indigenous Peoples: Colonisation and Revival |
| HIS-3012 |
Europe in Africa - development or underdevelopment? |
| HIS-3013 |
The Saamis and the National State |
| HIS-3014 |
Identitymaking in History |
| HIS-3015 |
Demography and migration 1800-1900. The Nordic Countries, Europe and North-America |
| HIS-3016 |
The Scandinavian polar research |
| HIS-3017 |
Russia and Europe |
| HIS-3019 |
The Multi-Cultural Medieval North Norway |
| HIS-3900 |
Masters thesis in history |
| HIS-3905 |
Intergrated teacher education: Master thesis in history |
| HIS-8900 |
PhD thesis, History |
| HISTDG |
History - doctorate degree |
| HISTDRSP1 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP10 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP2 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP3 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP4 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP5 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP6 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP7 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP8 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTDRSP9 |
Doctor artium - special curriculum in history |
| HISTHF-300 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
| HISTHF-350 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
| HISTHFA |
History graduate course - final examination |
| HISTHFD-340 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
Education
| Course code |
Course title |
| PED-1000 |
An invitation to reflexivity for new students ? the content and context of the process of education |
| PED-1001 |
Theories of development in childhood and adolescence |
| PED-1002 |
Educational praxis and reflection |
| PED-1003 |
The history of education and theories of childhood |
| PED-1004 |
Cultural education |
| PED-1005 |
Philosophical Problems in education |
| PED-1701 |
Councelling single-terms course 1 modul 1 |
| PED-1702 |
Councelling single-term couse 1 modul 2 |
| PED-1705 |
Guidance and Multicultural understanding |
| PED-2001 |
Thematic specialisation |
| PED-2002 |
Project work |
| PED-300 |
Pedagogy, graduate course - obligatory split exam |
| PED-3001 |
Individual, culture and society from an educational |
| PED-3002 |
Psychological and psychoanalytical perpectives on the development, care and parenting of children |
| PED-3003 |
Education and Culture |
| PED-3004 |
Multicultural Education |
| PED-3005 |
Cultural psychology |
| PED-3006 |
Central issues in the philosophy of education |
| PED-3007 |
Youth, culture and identity |
| PED-3008 |
Education and work |
| PED-3009 |
Peace Education |
| PED-3011 |
Normality, deviance and disability |
| PED-3021 |
Analyses of educational performance, prescriptions for invention and counselling |
| PED-3022 |
Social and emotional disorders |
| PED-3023 |
Learning and specific learning difficulties |
| PED-3024 |
Training methods for basic language and concept acquisition |
| PED-3025 |
Communicative disorders: Language-, reading- and writing disorders |
| PED-3050 |
Quantitative methods |
| PED-3051 |
Qualitative methods in educational research |
| PED-310 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
| PED-350 |
Pedagogy, graduate course,split exams- trail lecture/thesis/oral |
| PED-360 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
| PED-3900 |
Master's Degree Thesis |
| PED-3901 |
Master's Degree Thesis |
| PED-6001 |
Adult education I |
| PED-6002 |
Adult Education II |
| PED-6301 |
Theory and Methods in Adult Education |
| PED-6302 |
ICT in Distance Education and Adult Education |
| PED-6303 |
Multi Cultural Challenges |
| PED-6304 |
Adult Education in a Political Perspective |
| PED-6305 |
Workbased Learning |
| PED-6306 |
Research Methodology for Adult Education |
| PED-6307 |
Self-elected Topic for Master Thesis |
| PED-8000 |
The Study of Professions |
| PED-8001 |
The Study of Professions |
| PED-8002 |
Children's Rights |
| PED-8900 |
PhD thesis, Education |
| PEDDG |
Doctorate degree in education |
| PEDDRSP1 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP10 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP2 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP3 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP4 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP5 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP6 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP7 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP8 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
| PEDDRSP9 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in education |
Planning
| Course code |
Course title |
| SPL-1001 |
Introduction to Regional Planning |
| SPL-1002 |
Human geography |
| SPL-1003 |
Local Processes and Culture |
| SPL-1004 |
Societal Planning and Cultural Understanding, part I |
| SPL-2001 |
Regional and Geographic Analyses |
| SPL-2002 |
Planning, Politics and Administration |
| SPL-2003 |
Local, Regional and Global Development |
| SPL-2004 |
Work experience |
| SPL-2005 |
Industrial Organization |
| SPL-2008 |
Multidisciplinary research on gender |
| SPL-2009 |
Communicative planning |
| SPL-3001 |
Planning, culture and economy - the methodology of interdisciplinary social science |
| SPL-3003 |
Culture, social interaction and processes |
| SPL-3004 |
Human Geography |
| SPL-3005 |
Comprehensive Planning and democracy |
| SPL-3900 |
Master Thesis |
| SPL-6010 |
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in public sector |
| SPL-6011 |
OBS: Ikke lagt inn |
| SPL-8000 |
Environment, Place and Sustainable Natural Resource Management |
| SPL-8900 |
PhD thesis, Civic Planning and Cultural Understanding |
Psychology
| Course code |
Course title |
| PSY-1000 |
Psychology through phenomena |
| PSY-1001 |
Introduction to psychology |
| PSY-1002 |
Psychological methodology |
| PSY-1003 |
Cognitive psychology |
| PSY-1004 |
Biological psychology |
| PSY-1005 |
Social psychology |
| PSY-1006 |
Personality psychology |
| PSY-1007 |
Developmental psychology |
| PSY-1501 |
Statistics and Methods |
| PSY-1502 |
Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology |
| PSY-1503 |
Language and disorders |
| PSY-2001 |
Methods and statistics in psychology II |
| PSY-2002 |
Bachelor thesis |
| PSY-2010 |
Work and Organizational Psychology
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| PSY-2011 |
Health Psychology |
| PSY-2012 |
Pedagogical psychology |
| PSY-2013 |
Aviation psychology |
| PSY-2014 |
Consumer psychology |
| PSY-2015 |
Cross cultural psychology |
| PSY-2016 |
Sexology |
| PSY-2017 |
Language, reading and writing disorder. |
| PSY-2571 |
Social Psychology (p) |
| PSY-2572 |
Health Psychology and Culture (p) |
| PSY-2573 |
Research practice (p) |
| PSY-2574 |
Community psychology and organizational psychology |
| PSY-2575 |
Reasearch Methods |
| PSY-2576 |
Term paper |
| PSY-6001 |
Human and Organizational Relations |
| PSY-8000 |
An introduction to linear and logistic regression analysis |
| PSY-8002 |
Experimental design og statistics |
| PSY-8900 |
PhD thesis, Psychology |
| PSYKDG |
Psychology - doctorate degree |
| PSYKDRSP1 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP10 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP15 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP2 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP3 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP4 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP5 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP6 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP7 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP8 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKDRSP9 |
Doctor psychol. - special curriculum in psychology |
| PSYKPRO-201 |
Developmental psychology |
| PSYKPRO-202 |
Termpaper in biological psychology and developmental psychology |
| PSYKPRO-300 |
Personality- and clinical psychology |
| PSYKPRO-301 |
Termpaper in personality- and clinical psychology |
| PSYKPRO-400 |
Social and community psychology |
| PSYKPRO-401 |
Termpaper in social and community psychology |
| PSYKPRO-500 |
Oral exam, applied psychology. |
| PSYKPRO-501 |
Thesis |
Religious studies
Social anthropology
| Course code |
Course title |
| SOA-1001 |
Understanding cultures. Introduction to Social Anthropology |
| SOA-1002 |
Economic and ecological adaptations |
| SOA-1003 |
Communication and meaning |
| SOA-1004 |
The organization of mutual identification and distinction |
| SOA-1005 |
Anthropological perspectives on Saami society and culture |
| SOA-1006 |
Arctic Norway - aspects of culture |
| SOA-2001 |
Knowledge production and methods in Social Anthropology |
| SOA-2002 |
Identity, structure and process |
| SOA-3001 |
Theoretical perspectives |
| SOA-3002 |
Project description |
| SOA-3003 |
Power and Hierarchy |
| SOA-3006 |
Indigenous Culture and Ethnicity |
| SOA-3007 |
Indigenous resource management |
| SOA-3011 |
Theoretical perspectives |
| SOA-3020 |
Fieldwork methodology |
| SOA-3021 |
Fieldwork methodology |
| SOA-3900 |
Master thesis |
| SOA-3901 |
Master thesis and master film |
| SOA-3905 |
Intergrated teacher education: Master thesis in social anthropology |
| SOA-6001 |
Change in popular culture |
| SOA-6301 |
Understanding of culture and crosscultural communication |
| SOA-8001 |
Ideologies, Nationalism and the Anthropology of Events: Empirical and Methodological Issues in the Anthropological Analy |
| SOA-8900 |
PhD thesis, Social Anthropology |
Sociology
| Course code |
Course title |
| SOS-1001 |
The Individual and Society |
| SOS-1002 |
Classical sociology |
| SOS-1003 |
Medicine and society |
| SOS-1004 |
Gender, Family and Everyday Life |
| SOS-1005 |
Sociology of media and communication |
| SOS-1006 |
Sociology of culture |
| SOS-1007 |
Theories of modernization |
| SOS-1008 |
The Nordic Welfare State |
| SOS-2001 |
Sociological perspectives |
| SOS-2002 |
Project assignment/Bachelor dissertation |
| SOS-300 |
Sociology - graduate course |
| SOS-3000 |
Sociological theory |
| SOS-3001 |
Qualitative Methods |
| SOS-3002 |
Quantitative Methods |
| SOS-3003 |
Medicine and society |
| SOS-3005 |
Globalization and the welfare state. |
| SOS-3006 |
Analysing culture |
| SOS-3007 |
Advanced course in Sociological theory |
| SOS-3009 |
Introduction to QSR NVivo. |
| SOS-3011 |
Topics in Advanced Quantitative Methods I |
| SOS-3012 |
Topics in Advanced Quantitative Methods II |
| SOS-3013 |
Feministic and postcolonial theories |
| SOS-350 |
Sociology/social policy - graduate course |
| SOS-3900 |
Master's Degree Thesis |
| SOS-3905 |
Intergrated teacher education: Master thesis in sociology |
| SOS-6001 |
The Roles and Functions of the HES-advisor |
| SOS-6003 |
Risk and Risk behaviour |
| SOS-6005 |
Security and Culture |
| SOS-8900 |
PhD thesis, Sociology |
| SOSANT-350 |
Social anthropology graduate course |
| SOSANT-355 |
Social anthropology master thesis |
| SOSANTDG |
Sami studies/social anthropology - doctorate degree |
| SOSANTDRSP1 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP10 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP2 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP3 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP4 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP5 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP6 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP7 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP8 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSANTDRSP9 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in social anthropology |
| SOSIODG |
Sociology - doctorate degree |
| SOSIODRSP1 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP10 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP2 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP3 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP4 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP5 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP6 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP7 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP8 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSIODRSP9 |
Doctor polit. - special curriculum in sociology |
| SOSØKDG |
Economics - doctorate degree |
Political Science
| Course code |
Course title |
| STV-1000 |
Political analysis |
| STV-1001 |
The history of Political Theory: Models of Democracy |
| STV-1002 |
Introduction to Norwegian Government and Politics |
| STV-1003 |
Comparative European Politics |
| STV-1004 |
Organization theory: Analyzing Modern Organization |
| STV-1005 |
International Politics |
| STV-1006 |
Arctic Norway - Aspects of Politics, Government and International Relations |
| STV-2001 |
Political Theory: Democratic Decision-making |
| STV-2002 |
The Comparative study of Institution: European Politics and Government |
| STV-2004 |
Organization Theory: Leadership and change |
| STV-2005 |
International political economy |
| STV-2052 |
Model United Nations |
| STV-3001 |
Democracy and globalisation |
| STV-3002 |
Environmental politics at the interface between international and national arenas |
| STV-3003 |
Mass Politics in Europe: Parties and Party Systems |
| STV-3004 |
Modern organization theory in the new millennium |
| STV-3005 |
International politics |
| STV-3006 |
Human rights and minority rights |
| STV-3008 |
20th. Century International History |
| STV-3010 |
Democracy and Citizenship Expansion |
| STV-3011 |
Public Policy: Municipalities and the discovery of Power and Democracy |
| STV-3021 |
Democracy and globalisation |
| STV-3022 |
Environmental politics at the interface between international and national arenas |
| STV-3023 |
Mass Politics in Europe: Parties and Party Systems |
| STV-3024 |
Modern organization theory in the new millennium |
| STV-3025 |
International politics |
| STV-3026 |
Human rights and minority rights |
| STV-3028 |
20th. Century International History |
| STV-3030 |
Democracy and Citizenship Expansion |
| STV-3031 |
Public Policy: Municipalities and the discovery of Power and Democracy |
| STV-3050 |
Theory of science and statistics |
| STV-3051 |
Research design and qualitative methods |
| STV-3052 |
Model United Nations |
| STV-3053 |
State-making, Nationalism, Models of Democracy |
| STV-3055 |
Master's course in Project Administration |
| STV-3056 |
Modern Business Steering |
| STV-3057 |
Organizational Jugdement |
| STV-3900 |
Master's Degree thesis |
| STV-3901 |
Master's Degree thesis |
| STV-3905 |
Intergrated teacher education: Master thesis in political science |
| STV-6001 |
Project Managemnet |
| STV-6002 |
Project Management within organization and leadership |
| STV-6003 |
Project Managemnet |
| STV-6004 |
Project Management, Change Management in Local Government |
| STV-6005 |
International Politics and Security |
| STV-6301 |
Project management |
| STV-6302 |
Management and organizational design |
| STV-6303 |
Social Science Methodology |
| STV-6304 |
Developing administrative leadership in universities |
| STV-6305 |
Globalization, security and international relations |
| STV-6306 |
The politics of force |
| STV-6307 |
Organization theory: Analysing modern organizations |
| STV-6308 |
Change Management: Organizational design and implementation |
| STV-6309 |
Human Resources Development |
| STV-6311 |
Human Resource Management |
| STV-6312 |
Strategic management |
| STV-6313 |
Branding and reputation |
| STV-6314 |
New Public Management |
| STV-8000 |
International Environmental politics and the Arctic
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| STV-8001 |
The Expansion of Management Knowledge |
| STV-8900 |
PhD thesis, Political Science |
Inter disciplinary courses
| Course code |
Course title |
| SVF-1000 |
Introduction to the social siences |
| SVF-1005 |
ICT for humanities and social siences - basics |
| SVF-1050 |
Research Methods for the Social Sciences |
| SVF-2005 |
Geographical informationsystem in past, present and futureI |
| SVF-2006 |
Geographical informationsystem in the past, the present and in the future II |
| SVF-3001 |
Gender, body and sexuality |
| SVF-3021 |
Integrated Peace and Conflict Studies |
| SVF-3022 |
Culture, Conflict and Society |
| SVF-3023 |
Specialisation with methodology |
| SVF-3024 |
Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation |
| SVF-3101 |
Film Form: Re-presenting reality through the Camera |
| SVF-3102 |
The crossing view-the qualitative research process |
| SVF-3103 |
Constructing Stories - Montage, Narration, Editing |
| SVF-3104 |
Project description for qualitative research with Camera |
| SVF-3112 |
The crossing view-the qualitative research process |
| SVF-3113 |
Constructing stories - Montage, Narration and Editing |
| SVF-3903 |
From fieldwork experience to ethnographic film and text |
| SVF-8010 |
Feminist perspectives on the global economy, women's agency and the struggle for global justice |
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