Exchange Programme in Political and Social Sciences

The exchange programme in Political and Social Sciences offers a wide selection of courses for exchange students in Communication Sciences, Political Science, European Union Studies and Sociology. The programme allows students to compose a custom-made study programme with the listed courses in the aforementioned disciplines.

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Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

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1 General Courses

The list below contains all courses in English taught in programmes of Faculty of Political and Social Sciences.

Other courses from the programmes in Dutch might be available for exchange students, please contact Research and Internationalisation Office of the Faculty: https://www.ugent.be/ps/en/education/internationalrelationsoffice.

Provisional approval learning agreement:

Every incoming exchange student who wants to follow courses of the faculty of Political and Social Science needs to ask the approval of the lecturer to follow the courses, regardless of the initial course requirements. This is done at the beginning of each semester, after arrival. Based on your starting competences and your motivation, the lecturer will decide if you can follow the course or not.

This means that all signed learning agreements (before mobility) are provisionally approved!

1.1 Master Courses

1.1.1 Political Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
European Economic Integration	sem 2	en	Bruno Merlevede	5

EU-East Asia Relations	sem 1	en	Bart Dessein	5

Human Rights in Developing Countries	sem 2	en	Yves Haeck	5

The European Union’s International Development Policy	sem 2	en	Petra Debusscher	5

Global Energy Politics	sem 2	en	Moniek de Jong	5

Postcolonial Studies	sem 2	en	Koenraad Bogaert	5

Gender and Globalisation	sem 2	en	Soraya El Kahlaoui	5

Thematic Specialization in EU Politics	year	nl,en	Fabienne Bossuyt	6

Sustainable Development	sem 2	en	Bernard Mazijn	5

Political Ecology				5

Contentious Politics in North Africa	sem 1	en	Lana Salman	5

State and Society in Asia	sem 1	en	Boris Verbrugge	5

Transnationalism and Migration	sem 1	en	Marlies Casier	5

Politics of Conflict	sem 1	en	Jeroen Adam	5

Politics of Conflict: Seminars	sem 1	en	Bert Suykens	5

Politics of Development	sem 2	en	Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta	5

Politics of Development: Seminars	sem 2	en	Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta	5

Politics of Islam	sem 2	en	Sami Zemni	5

Conflict and Society in Central and Eastern Africa	sem 1	en	Peer Schouten	5

Capital and Class in the Middle East	sem 1	en	Brecht De Smet	5

Grand Strategy and the Multipolar World	sem 1	en	Sven Biscop	6

EU and Global Justice	sem 1	en	Jan Orbie	6

1.1.2 Communication Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Digital Marketing	sem 1	en	Dieneke Van de Sompel	7

New Media Studies	sem 1	en	Ralf De Wolf	7

1.1.3 Sociology

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Migration and Integration	sem 1	en	Bart Van de Putte	5

Social Dynamics of Policy and Organisation	sem 2	en	Hans Waege	6

Advanced Quantitative Techniques	sem 1	en	John Lievens	6

Rural Sociology	sem 2	en	Jeroen Adam	5

Sociology of Health and Illness	sem 1	en	Piet Bracke	6

Seminar on Social Demography and Health Sociology	sem 1	nl,en	Melissa Ceuterick	5

Contemporary Challenges of Higher Education	sem 1	en	Jeroen Huisman	6

1.1.4 General Master courses

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Innovation Management		sem 2	en	Katrien Verleye	3

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Frank Gielen	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Human Resource Management in Public Organisations		sem 1	en	Eveline Schollaert	5

Comparative Public Administration and Management		sem 2	en	Dmytro Panchuk	4

Operational Human Resource Management		sem 2	en	Catherine Apers	5

Programming	UKV	sem 1	en	Peter Dawyndt	5

The Information Society and ICT		sem 1	en	Erik Mannens	3

Urbanization in Global Perspective		sem 1	en	Ben Derudder	5

Agricultural and Rural Policy, EU Perspective		sem 1	en	Jeroen Buysse	5

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials		sem 1	en	Herman Van Oyen	5

Global Ethics		sem 1	en	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Critical Global Theories		sem 1	en	Eric Vanhaute	5

Poverty, Development and Inequality in Modern African History		sem 1	en	Ivo Ngade	5

European Criminal Policy		sem 2	en	Gert Vermeulen	6

Culture Studies		sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

Migration and Society: an Interdisciplinary Introduction	UKV	sem 2	en	Ilse Derluyn	5

Culture in Perspective: South and East Asia		sem 2	en	Ann Heirman	6

Culture in Perspective: the Near East and the Islamic World		sem 2	en	Caroline Janssen	6

Russia between East and West		sem 1	en	Ben Dhooge	5

Politics of Memory in Southeast Europe		sem 1	en	Pieter Troch	5

Literature, Media and the Arts in Central and Eastern Africa		sem 1	en	Olorunshola Adenekan	5

1.2 Bachelor Courses

1.2.1 Political Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Political Ethnography	sem 1	en	Tomas Van Acker	6

Politics and Society in a Global World	sem 2	en	Christopher Parker	5

1.2.2 Communication Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Interactive Media and Entertainment	sem 2	en	Mariek Vanden Abeele	5

Media Psychology and Media Sociology	sem 1	en	Koen Ponnet	5

Content and Textual Analysis	sem 1	en	Frederik Dhaenens	5

Digital Methods	sem 2	en	Mariek Vanden Abeele	4

Cultural Media Studies	sem 1	en	Florian Vanlee	5

Media, Culture and Diversity	sem 2	en	Frederik Dhaenens	5

1.2.3 Sociology

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Multivariate Data Analysis	sem 2	en	Amelie Van Pottelberge	6

Qualitative Research Methods	sem 2	en	Peter Stevens	6

Sociology of Education	sem 2	en	Jannick Demanet	6

1.2.4 General Bachelor courses

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Intellectual History	sem 2	en	Steven Vanden Broecke	5

Introduction to the History of Africa	sem 2	en	Mathieu Zana Etambala	5

1.3 Bachelor/Master Courses

1.3.1 Political Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Globalisation and Global Governance	sem 1	en	Dries Lesage	5

European Union Trade Policy	sem 2	en	Ferdi De Ville	5

The European Union's Neighbourhood Policies	sem 2	en	Fabienne Bossuyt	5

History of Globalisation	sem 1	en	Koenraad Bogaert	6

Conflict in the Global South	sem 2	en	Jeroen Adam	6

Development in the Global South	sem 1	en	Tomas Van Acker	6

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Cross-Cultural Psychology		sem 2	en	Byron Adams	4

Organization Theory		sem 2	en	Gosia Kozusznik	4

Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives	UKV	sem 2	en	Tine Destrooper	5

Introduction to Global Economic History		sem 2	en	Frank Caestecker	5

Economic Globalisation		sem 2	en	Samuel Standaert	6

Change Management		sem 2	en	Marleen Easton	5

Public Management		sem 2	en	Ben Suykens	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

History of the Americas		sem 2	nl,en	Eric Vanhaute	5

European Overseas Expansion in Global History, 1500-1800		sem 1	en	Michael Limberger	5

Global Minds	UKV	sem 2	en	Eric Vanhaute	5

Academic English	UKV	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Advanced Academic English	UKV	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Traineeship P/F		sem 1 sem 2 year	en en en		0

Research project P/F		sem 1 sem 2 year	en en en		0

Traineeship		sem 1 sem 2 year	en en en		0

Research project		sem 1 sem 2 year	en en en		0

Language course		sem 1 sem 2 year			0

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