Collision Free Courses: Social sciences and IT and information systems

Below you will find the list of courses offered within the social sciences and IT and information systems the following academic year 2025/2026.

We also offer a number of course packages of 30 ECTS where timetables and exams are collision-free.

Autumn semester 2026

Collision-free course packages - bachelor level:

Development studies I, introductory level

• UT-113 Introduction to Global Development Studies (10 ECTS)
• UT-114 Culture and development (10 ECTS)
• EX-104 Examen facultatum - Social Science theory (10 ECTS)

Development studies II, second year level

• UT-203 Global Development and Regional Analysis (10 ECTS)
• UT-204 The Political Ecology of Global Environmental Challenges (10 ECTS)
• UT-300 Critical Perspectives and Current Debates in Global Development (10 ECTS)

Development studies III, second/third year level

• UT-203 Global Development and Regional Analysis (10 ECTS)
• UT-300 Critical Perspectives and Current Debates in Global Development (10 ECTS)
• ME-107 Research Methods (10 ECTS)

Sociology

• SV-135 Sociology of Welfare and Equality (10 ECTS)
• SV-217 Childhood, Families and Gender (10 ECTS)
• SV-304 Global Sociology (10 ECTS)

Collision-free course packages - master level:

Global development studies

• UT-403 Political Ecology (10 ECTS)
• UT-404 Current Development Issues: Inequality, Power and Social Change (10 ECTS)
• ST-424 International Public Policy and Administration: Solving Global Problems (10 ECTS) 

Sociology

• UT-404 Current Development Issues: Inequality, Power and Social Change (10 ECTS)
• SV-432 Relational Sociology and Social Network Analysis (5 ECTS)
• SV-435 Social and Political Theory (5 ECTS)
• SV-437 Welfare and Family Policies in the Nordic Countries (5 ECTS)
• SV-434 Emotion and Society (5 ECTS)

Political science

• ST-400 Political Systems and Governance (10 ECTS)
• ST-424 International Public Policy and Administration: Solving Global Problems (10 ECTS)
• ME-400 Research Methodology and Statistics (10 ECTS)

Cyber Security Management I

• IS-429 Human and social aspects of cybersecurity (10 ECTS)
• IS-430 Cybersecurity Architecture (10 ECTS)
• IS-431 Ethics, legislation, and compliance for cybersecurity (10 ECTS)

Cyber Security Management II

• IS-404 Research Methods in Information Systems (10 ECTS)
• IS-420 Current Topics and Research Areas in Information Systems (10 ECTS)
• IS-427 Data Science Applications II (10 ECTS)
• IS-500 IT Management (10 ECTS)

Spring semester 2027

Collision-free course packages - bachelor level:

Development studies 

• UT-101 Global Political Economy (10 ECTS)
• UT-107 Power, Resistance and Development (10 ECTS)
• UT-109 Field Course (10 ECTS)

Political science

• ORG200 Public Administration and Management (10 ECTS)
• ST-202 The European Union - Institutions and Politics (10 ECTS)
• ST-205 Institutionalism and Transnational Governance (10 ECTS)

Sustainable Transformation - Concepts, Approaches and Practices - read more about this minor here

• SV-156 Foundations of Sustainable Development (10 ECTS)
• SV-220 Politics of Sustainable Transformation (10 ECTS)
• SV-157 Practices for Sustainable Transformation (10 ECTS) 

NB! The courses are taught sequential during the semester, as listed above.

Collision-free course packages - Master level

Global development studies and management

• UT-408 Gender, Culture and Everyday Life (10 ECTS)
• ORG411 Organisational Changes and Change Management (10 ECTS)
• ORG445 Leadership in Public Organisations (10 ECTS

Political science and management

• ORG411 Organisational Changes and Change Management (10 ECTS)
• ORG445 Leadership in Public Organisations (10 ECTS)
• ST-418 Europa in a changing world (10 ECTS)

European Integration Summer School 

This programme is offered in July, and is available for Norwegian/Nordic residents and students from partner universities.

About the programme European Integration Summer School.