Courses for Exchange Students

The University of Bergen offers a large number of courses taught in English at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Below you can find a list with course descriptions for the courses that are taught in English and other foreign languages in the academic year 2013/14. Please note that the list will be updated by 15 March for the academic year 2014/15.

100-, 200- or 300-level courses: Normally, 100-level courses may only be included at bachelor's level, while 200-level courses may be included at both bachelor's and master's level. 100-level courses and 200-level courses are listed as undergraduate courses. As a rule, 300-level courses may only be incorporated into master's programmes and are listed as postgraduate courses.

Course descriptions and ECTS credits: Click on each course to check which semester the courses you wish to apply for are taught to make sure that they are offered during your study period in Bergen. You can also find a course description, number of ECTS credits etc. here. Please check if the courses you wish to apply for have any pre-requirements. You can find this under ‘Course description’ for each course.

A full work load for one semester is 30 ECTS credits, but we recommend that you choose a few extra courses in case any of your choices are not approved, or if some of the courses have overlapping time schedules etc. Further queries about courses may be directed to the faculty or department, see contact information by clicking on each course.

 

Norwegian language courses: Applicants to Norwegian language courses can check the course descriptions here. Please note that the Norwegian courses amount to between 10-30 ECTS credits and have mandatory attendance throughout the semester.

 

 

Social sciences, Law and Psychology

Undergraduate Courses

  • AORG105 State and Governance in Developing Countries
  • AORG106 State and Governance in Developing Countries
  • ECON216 Environmental and Resource Economics I
  • GEO-SD201 Principles of Dynamic Modeling and Policy Design
  • GEO204 Quantitative Analysis -1
  • GEO206 Qualitative Analysis
  • GEO221 Globalisation and Development of Place
  • INFO216 Advanced Modelling
  • INFO262 Interaction Design
  • KOGVIT101 Introduction to the Cognitive Sciences
  • MEVI111 An Introduction to the Norwegian Media System in a Global Context
  • PSYK106 Personnel Psychology
  • SAMPOL120 Scandinavian Politics and Government
  • SAMPOL204 Varieties of Political Regimes: Latin America in Comparative Perspective
  • SAMPOL205 Regions, Federalism and EU Integration
  • SAMPOL206 Constitution-Making, Democracy and Development: Africa, Middle East and Comparative Perspectives
  • SAMPOL214 Political Economy
  • SANT220 Anthropology, Intervention and Development
  • SOS110 Global Dynamics

Postgraduate Courses

  • AORG324 Scandinavian Public Administration
  • ECON315 Development Economics II
  • ECON364 Corporate Finance
  • GAD306 Theory of Knowledge and Research Ethics
  • GAD308 Social Justice, Equity and Welfare in a Comparative Perspective
  • GEO-SD306 Experimental Methods in Social Systems
  • GEO-SD308 Policy Design and Implementation
  • GEO-SD321 Model-based Socioeconomic Planning
  • GEO306 Qualitative Methods; Fieldwork and Interpretation of Field Data.
  • GEO324 Firm Strategies, Governance and Regional Development
  • GEO337 Critical Perspectives on Environment and Development
  • INFO361 Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction
  • JUS250-2-C Health and Human Rights in the Welfare State
  • JUS258-2-B Competition Law
  • JUS272-2-A American Law
  • JUS273-2-A Legal Philosophy
  • JUS273-2-C Law and Justice
  • JUS274-2-A Comparative Company Law & Economics 1: Theory and Structure
  • JUS277-2-A Introduction to Copyright Law
  • JUS277-2-B International Copyright Law
  • JUS282-2-A International Business Contracts: Structures, Negotiation, Conflict Avoidance and Resolution
  • JUS283-2-A Arbitration Theory and Practice
  • PSYCH301 Quantitative Methods
  • PSYCH302A Developmental Psychology
  • PSYCH302B Term Paper, Developmental Psychology
  • PSYCH303 Medical Health Psychology
  • PSYCH304A Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYCH304B Term Paper, Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYCH305A Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYCH305B Term Paper, Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYCH310A Culture, Positive Development and Health
  • PSYK302G Culture and Psychopathology; Mental Health in a Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Health and welfare

Undergraduate Courses

  • PSYK140 Behaviour, Health and Nutrition

Postgraduate Courses

  • FYST333 Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • HUIMM303 Human Immunobiology
  • HUIMM306 Molecular and Cellular Methods in Immunology
  • HUIMM307 Basic Course in Flow Cytometry
  • HUIMM308 Advanced Course in Flow Cytometry
  • HUMIK301 Microbiology of Bacteria, Protozoa and Fungi
  • HUPAT301 Basic Human Pathology
  • HUVIR320 Human Vaccinology
  • INTH313 Globalisation and Health
  • INTH321A Experimental Epidemiology
  • INTH323A Qualitative Methods for International Public Health
  • INTH325 Culture and Psycopathology - Mental Health in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • INTH328A Global TB Epidemiology and Intervention
  • INTH329 The HIV pandemic: Research challenges to improve prevention, support and care
  • INTH331 Chemical Factors in the Work Environment
  • INTH332A Preventive Measures of Chemical Factors
  • INTH333A Biological Factors and Climatic Conditions
  • INTH334A Noise and Vibrations
  • INTH340 War, violence, peace and health
  • INTH356 Observational Epidemiology: Survey, Cohort and Case-Control Studies
  • LAS201 Animal Science Course
  • LAS202 Mammal Science Course
  • LAS203 Fish Science Course
  • MABARN310 Childhood and Parenting in Diverse Contexts
  • MEDFØD Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • MEDPED Paediatrics

Humanities and aesthetic studies

The Faculty of Humanities offers a number of courses taught in other foreign languages, such as French, German, Italian and Spanish, and courses in Norwegian philology and literature (taught in Norwegian) that may be relevant for exchange students with a good command of Norwegian.

Please note that there are specific admission requirements for all exchange students who wish to take English courses at the Department of Foreign Languages. Please see the information for applicants to the Faculty of Humanitites if you intend to apply for English courses.

 

Undergraduate Courses

  • DASP252 Recent Trends in Computational Linguistics
  • DIKULT103 Digital Genres: Digital Art, Electronic Literature, and Computer Games
  • DIKULT104 Computing Technology: History, Theory and Practice
  • DIKULT251 Critical Perspectives on Technology and Society with Bachelor Thesis
  • ENG101 English Linguistics I
  • ENG125 British Literature and Culture
  • ENG211 English Language Studies
  • ENG212 English Literature and Culture
  • ENG251 English Language Studies with Term Paper
  • ENG252 English Literature and Culture with Term Paper
  • EUR103 Europe after 1945: Resources, Demography, Economy
  • FIL105 Introduction to Philosophy of the Mind
  • FIL124 Introduction to Practical Philosophy
  • FIL215 Phenomenology and Existensialism
  • FIL219 Philosophy of Science
  • FIL230 Open course
  • FIL231 Open course
  • FIL232 Open course
  • FIL235 The Philosophy of Mind
  • FRAN253 Specialization in French Literature
  • HIS111 History of the United States
  • ISL102 Icelandic Literature and Society
  • ISL104 Icelandic Language and Society'
  • ITAL001 Introductory Course in Italian
  • ITAL252 Studies in Early Italian Literature
  • KIN101 Introductory Course in Mandarin Chinese I
  • KIN102 Introductory Course in Mandarin Chinese II
  • LING250 Language Typology with BachelorThesis
  • MUG105 Music in World Cultures
  • NOFI101 Old Norse Language
  • NOFI104 Old Norse Literature and Culture I
  • NOFI211 Old Norse Studies I
  • NOFI250 Old Norse Studies II
  • NOLI102 Nordic Literature: Literature after 1900
  • NOLI103 Nordic Literature: Literature up to 1900
  • NOLI211 Nordic Literature: Literary Specialization C
  • NOLI250 Nordic Literature: Literary Analysis and Theory
  • NOLI251 Nordic Literature: Literary Specialization A
  • NOR-U01 Introductory Course in Norwegian
  • NOR-U1 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 1
  • NOR-U1/2F2 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 1+2
  • NOR-U2 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 2
  • NOR-U2/2F3 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 2+3
  • NOR-U3 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 3
  • NOR-U4 Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, level 4
  • NOSP102 Nordic Linguistics: Modern Languages
  • NOSP210 Nordic Languages: Language Use
  • NOSP221 Nordic Languages: Language Variation and Change
  • NOSP250 Nordic Languages: Language Use
  • NOSP251 Nordic Languages: Language Variation and Change 1
  • PSANA201 Identity, Gender and Self in Modern Psychoanalysis
  • RELV210 Selected Themes in Religious Studies. Assisted Reading with Term Paper
  • RELV224 Hinduism
  • SAS1 Norwegian Language - Scandinavian Area Studies
  • SAS2B Scandinavian Literature - 20th Century - Scandinavian Area Studies
  • SPLA103 Latin American History
  • SPLA201 Studies in Spanish Language
  • SPLA202 Studies in Latin American Literature
  • SPLA203 Studies in Latin American Culture
  • SPLA251 Studies in Spanish Language with Bachelor's Paper
  • SPLA252 Studies in Latin American Literature with Bachelor's Paper
  • SPLA253 Studies in Latin American Culture with Bachelor's Paper
  • TYS112 German Culture
  • TYS201 Studies in German Language
  • TYS202 Studies in German Literature
  • TYS251 Studies in German Language with Bacheelor Thesis
  • TYS252 Studies in German Literature with Bachelor Thesis

Postgraduate Courses

  • DASP302 Statistical Methods
  • DASP307 Academic Writing for Master´s and PhD Students in Language and Linguistics
  • DIKULT303 Digital Media Aesthetics
  • DIKULT304 Seminar Topics in Digital Culture
  • FIL310 Open Research Topic in Philosophy
  • FIL311 Master Seminar 1
  • FIL312 Philosophical Sources
  • FIL314 Open Research Topic in Philosophy
  • FIL335 Master Topic in Philosophy of Mind
  • FIL339 The Normative Foundation of the Welfare State
  • FRAN302 Grammar, Translation and Medieval French
  • FRAN303 Course I, Literature or Linguistics
  • LINGMET Methods for Language-Related Master's Programmes
  • SPLA302 Latin American Literature
  • SPLA303 Latin American History
  • TYS314 Selected Topic(s) in German Language II
  • TYS315 Selected Topics in German Literary Studies II
  • TYS316 Selected Topics in German Linguistic Studies
  • TYS317 Selected Topics in German Literary Studies

Natural sciences and technical subjects


The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences offers several courses with field trips, lab work etc. which have limited capacity. For this reason we encourage all applicants to this faculty to apply as early as possible when the application form has opened. Please note that the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences may offer additional courses that are not available for admission before semester start in August/January.

 

Undergraduate courses

  • BIO210 - Evolutionary Biology
  • BIO232 - Systematic Zoology
  • BIO241 - General Behavioural Ecology
  • BIO250 - Palaeoecology
  • BIO260 - Cultural Landscapes of Scandinavia
  • GEOV112 - Physics of the Solid Earth
  • GEOV113 - Seismic Reflection Data: Acqusition and Processing
  • GEOV210 - Plate Tectonics
  • GEOV219 - Computational Methods in Solid Earth Physics
  • GEOV222 - Palaeoclimatology
  • GEOV231 - Marine Geologica Field-and Laboratory Course
  • GEOV241 - Microscopy
  • GEOV243 - Aquatic Geochemistry
  • GEOV251 - Advanced Structural Geology
  • GEOV255 - Seismotectonics
  • GEOV260 - Petroleum Geology
  • GEOV274 - Reservoir Geophysics
  • MAT211 - Real Analysis
  • MAT213 - Functions of a Complex Variable
  • MAT220 - Algebra
  • MAT230 - Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • MAT257 - Reservoir Simulations in Practice
  • MAT264 - Computational Science II
  • MOL203 - Gene Structure and Function
  • PHYS231 - Physics of Radiation
  • PHYS251 - Near Earth Space
  • PHYS291 - Data Handling in Physics
  • PTEK202 - Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
  • PTEK203 - Mass Transfer and Phase Equilibrium
  • PTEK205 - Numerical Techniques for Process Technology
  • PTEK211 - Fundamentals of Reservoir Physics
  • PTEK212 - Reservoir Technology I
  • PTEK213 - Reservoir Technology II
  • PTEK214 - Experimental Reservoir Physics

 

Postgraduate courses

  • BIO203 - Introduction to Aquaculture
  • BIO206 - Fish Nutrition
  • BIO208 - Environmental Impact of Aquaculture
  • BIO212 - Marine Community Ecology - Organisms and Habitats
  • BIO213 - Marine Ecology
  • BIO291 - Fish Biology II -Physiology
  • BIO305 - Marine Juvenile Production
  • BIO311 - Systematics and Biology of Algea
  • BIO333 - Acoustic Methods in Fisheries and Marine Biology
  • BIO334 - Stock Monitoring
  • BIO335 - Population Genetic Methods
  • BIO336 - Responsible Fish Capture
  • BIO337 - Fish Behaviour
  • BIO339 - Fisheries Stock Assessment Models
  • BIO340 - Selected Topics in Fisheries Biology
  • GEOF211 - Numerical Modelling
  • GEOF220 - Physical Meteorology
  • GEOF322 - Field Course in Meteorology
  • GEOF336 - Advanced Chemical Oceanography
  • GEOV228 - Dating Methods in Quaternary
  • GEOV254 - Geodynamics and Basin Modelling
  • GEOV276 - Theoretical Seismology
  • GEOV300 - Selected Topics in Geoscience
  • GEOV321 - Quaternary Stratigraphy
  • GEOV325 - Glaciology
  • GEOV331 - Palaeoceanography
  • GEOV341 - Thermochronology and Tectonics
  • GEOV342 - Radiogenic and Stable Isotope Radiogenic and Stable Isotope Geochemistry
  • GEOV344 - Geomicrobiology
  • GEOV347 - Instrumental Methods in Analytical Geochemistry
  • GEOV355 - Applied Seismology
  • GEOV375 - Advanced Applied Seismic Analysis
  • INF223 - Category Theory
  • INF227 - Introduction to Logic
  • INF235 - Complexity Theory
  • INF237 - Algorithms Engineering
  • INF247 - Cryptology
  • INF251 - Computer Graphics
  • INF282 - Methods in Bioinformatics I
  • KJEM214 - Surface and Colloid Chemistry
  • KJEM220 - Molecular Modelling
  • KJEM231 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • KJEM232 - Experimental Organic Synthesis
  • KJEM233 - Organic Mass Spectrometry
  • KJEM243 - Metalorganic Catalysis
  • KJEM244 - Nanochemistry
  • KJEM251 - NMR-Spectroscopy I
  • KJEM260 - Radiochemistry and Radioactivity
  • KJEM306 - NMR-Spectroscopy II
  • KJEM319 - Experimental Techniques in Physical Chemistry
  • KJEM325 - Multicomponent Analysis
  • KJEM336 - Industrial Organic Chemistry
  • MAT224 - Commutative Algebra
  • MAT232 - Functional Analysis
  • MAT234 - Partial Differential Equations
  • MAT235 - Vector and Tensor Analysis
  • MAT243 - Manifolds
  • MAT252 - Continuum Mechanics
  • MAT253 - Hydrodynamics
  • MAT254 - Flow in Porous Media
  • MAT255 - Reservoir Simulation
  • MAT260 - Scientific Computing 2
  • MAT261 - Numerical Linear Algebra
  • MAT262 - Image Processing
  • MAT360 - Finite Element Methods and Domain Decomposition
  • MOL310 - Structural Molecular Biology
  • PHYS201 - Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS205 - Electromagnetism
  • PHYS206 - Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
  • PHYS208 - Solid State Physics
  • PHYS225 - Measurement technology
  • PHYS232 - Experimental Methods in Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • PHYS241 - Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • PHYS261 - Atomic Physics and Physical Optics
  • PHYS264 - Environmental Optics and Transport of Light and Particles
  • PHYS303 - Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory
  • PHYS331 - Nuclear Models
  • PHYS341 - Selected Topics in Experimental Particle Physics
  • PHYS391 - Data Systems for Experimental Physics
  • PTEK231 - Oil and Gas Processing
  • PTEK241 - Introduction to Multiphase Systems
  • PTEK250 - Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries
  • PTEK313 - Reservoir Characterization and Recovery Techniques
  • STAT202 - Biostatistikk
  • STAT210 - Theory of Statistical Inference
  • STAT211 - Time Series
  • STAT230 - Life Insurance Mathematics
  • STAT231 - Non-Life Insurance Mathematics
  • STAT240 - Theory of Finance