HACT40440 Orientation Period - Uppsala

Academic Year 2023/2024

Founded in 1477, Uppsala is Sweden’s first university. Moreover, it is one of the top universities in the world according to major rankings. Eight Nobel laureates have been connected with Uppsala. Notable alumni include astronomer Anders Celsius, physicist Anders Ångström and botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus. Uppsala has a strong profile in international research, and with 9 faculties and 50 or so departments, houses over 40 000 students and 2 000 Ph.D. students.

The Master’s Programme in International Humanitarian Action is administered by the Faculty of Theology, which is the university’s oldest faculty. The programme is not faith-based and is provided in conjunction with highly qualified researchers and senior lecturers from other departments and disciplines such as cultural anthropology, peace and conflict, women’s and children’s health and law.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Thematic specialisation: Conflict, peace-building and religion

The thematic specialisation is covered by two modules: (1) Conflict and Peace-Building and (2) Religion and Humanitarian Action.

Conflict and Peace-Building focuses on concepts and theories of conflict resolution, peace-making/peace-building with a specific relevance for situations of humanitarian disaster situations, and the conditions and consequences of humanitarian action in conflict situations

Religion and Humanitarian Action looks at the benefits and challenges that religion poses to the humanitarian field, including the contribution that religion can have for initiating and sustaining conflicts and how religious actors can contribute to peace-building efforts.

Uppsala’s specialisation is complemented by a module in Advanced Management – which builds upon the course held in the first semester and focuses on leadership, security and logistics – and a course in Methodology, which covers different methods of data collection and how methods are incorporated into academic research

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

400
Small Group

50
Seminar (or Webinar)

30
Specified Learning Activities

70
Autonomous Student Learning

200
Total

750
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Not yet recorded 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

This module is part of the MSc Humanitarian Action (X438, FT) programme, also know as the NOHA Masters. Students need to successfully complete coursework from semester 1 in order to participate in mobility to Uppsala University


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Orientation Period - Uppsala (RDEV40440)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Combined results from host university Varies over the Trimester n/a Not yet recorded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
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Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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