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HACT40440

Academic Year 2025/2026

Orientation Period - Uppsala (HACT40440)

Subject:
Humanitarian Action
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
30
Module Coordinator:
Dr Ronan McDermott
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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:
Based on the Partner Institutions approaches and agreed by NOHA

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 Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Report(s): Report prepared by NOHA partner institution detailing the modules taken and the marks achieved. The marks are then converted to the UCD system Week 15 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% Yes
100
 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Online automated feedback

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