Global Studies

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Global Studies

• Global-studentcounselling_at_ruc.dk
• www.ruc.dk/ISG/uddannelse/gs

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• Roskilde University
• Founded 1972 Campus Located 3 km from
  Historical Center of Roskilde 32 km from
  Copenhagen
• Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. Programmes in 6
  Departments covering Natural Science, Humanities
  Arts, Social Science and Business
• 10.000 Students and 1.200 employees

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• Department of Society Globalization
• Faculty Staff 75 Full time Ph.D. scholarships
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• Bachelor Master Programmes in Development
  Studies, Public Administration, European Union
  Studies, Welfare Studies GLOBAL STUDIES
• Ph.D. programmes in Governance, Citizens and
  Welfare Development Studies

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• Studying at Roskilde
• Students starts out following very broad
  programmes at the Bachelor level which are
  gradually narrowed down

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• Each Semester Students Write a Project
• Written on a group basis
• 2-5 students
• Faculty Staff Member Assigned as Supervisor
• Three meetings in a semester
• Research Question must relate to one of the
  courses

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The Programme

• Global Studies is
• A Two Year Master Programme
• Cross-disciplinary within the confinement of
  Social Science
• Part of a Two Year Master Programme
• Ussually transgressing the confinements of Social
  Science
• A Major or Minor subject in a Bachelor Programme

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The Bachelor Programme

• Minor or Major Subject
• Students come from Social Science, Humanities
  Sciences
• First year courses broad introduction to key
  disciplines
• Political Science, Economics, Sociology,
  Methodology etc.
• Key Second Year Course
• International Studies (7.5 ECTS)
• Key Third Year Courses
• Globalisation and Global Politics (7.5 ECTS)
• Globalisation, Welfare and Inequality (7.5 ECTS)

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The Full Masters

• Four semesters two years (Programme Start Sept.
  08)
• Options
• Internship while writing an Internship project
  (20 ECTS)
• One project-free semester Extra Courses
• Study abroad
• Three Themes

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Programme Theme I

• Global Politics, Global Governance,
  Regionalization and State Sovereignty
• Cross-disciplinary, but with a political science
  bias

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Programme Theme II

• Political Culture, Civil Society, Social
  Movements and Globalization
• Cross-disciplinary, but with a bias towards
  sociology

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Programme Theme III

• Global Political Economy - Globalization of
  Goods, Bads and Welfare
• Cross-disciplinary, but with a bias towards
  economics

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• Semester structure (except Thesis semester)
• One Mandatory course one in each theme (5 ECTS)
• One Project Departing from the Mandatory course
  (15 ECTS)
• One Complementary Seminar chosen from a list of
  courses offered within each theme (7.5 ECTS)
• One Methodological Workshop (2.5 ECTS) in the
  first week of the semester

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Example of Full Degree Programme for Roskilde
Students
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The Combination Masters

• Two semesters - One year
• Either
• Two semesters following the Full Masters
• Combination-thesis (15 ECTS) for each of the two
  subjects covered
• Students encouraged to cover as many of the three
  themes as possible
• Mandatory theme courses can also be used as
  complementary course from 5 to 7.5 ECTS via
  additional reading and 48 hour essay exam!

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• Global Studies can be combined with any subject
  at Roskilde University
• Social Science
• EU-Studies
• Business Studies
• Development Studies

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• Humanities
• Journalism
• Global Communications
• Cultural Encounters
• History
• Languages

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• Sciences
• Geography
• Technology and Society studies
• Environmental Biology
• Health Studies

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Combination Structure
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• Michael Kluth, Director of Studies
• Mail kluth_at_ruc.dk ph. 45 46 74 26 14