Beslut och riktlinjer

The programme is a Masters Programme in International Humanitarian Action within the framework of the Socrates programme and part of a cooperation between the universities of Universidad de Deusto, Spain, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Université Aix-Marseille, France, University College Dublin, Ireland, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, and Uppsala University.

The acronym NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) is officially connected to the programme.

The programme is given in cooperation with the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO).

The degree programme is based at the Department of Theology and is carried out in cooperation with several departments at Uppsala university that have relevant research and teaching capacities within the disciplines of law, peace and conflict, cultural anthropology, management and women's and children's health in relation to humanitarian action. The programme is multi-disciplinary.

The structure of the programme was agreed on 2009-01-28 the board of the Faculty of Theology in compliance with the guidelines of the International NOHA Association.

Behörighetskrav

Examen på grundnivå om minst 180 hp

Dessutom krävs kunskaper i engelska motsvarande En B. (Med en svensk kandidatexamen uppfylls kravet på engelska.)

Programmets uppläggning

The programme consists of the following courses:

First semester 30 HP/30 ECTS

- THE INTENSIVE PROGRAMME, 5 hp/5 ECTS

- INTERNATIONAL LAW IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION, 5 hp/5 ECTS

- GEOPOLITICS IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION, 5 hp/5 ECTS

- ANTHROPOLOGY IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION, 5 hp/ 5 ECTS

- PUBLIC HEALTH IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION, 5 hp/5 ECTS

- MANAGEMENT, 5 hp/5 ECTS

Second semester 30 HP/30 ECTS

- INDIVIDUAL CHOICE, 30 hp/ 30 ECTS (Refers only to outgoing student's network courses).

- CONFLICT, PEACE-BUILDING and RELIGION, 25 hp/ 25 ECTS

- THEORY AND METHODS, 5 hp/5 ECTS

Third semester 30 hp /30 ECTS

- INTERNSHIP, 15 hp/15 ECTS

- ELECTIVE COURSES, 15 hp/15 ECTS

Fourth semester 30 HP/30 ECTS

- MASTER THESIS, 30 hp/30 ECTS)

Examen

All students with a minimum first degree of three years of full-time study will after completion of 120 hp/120 ECTS including a Master Thesis, be provided with a Master of Arts in Theology, with main area of studies in International Humanitarian Action 120 ECTS, from Uppsala University. Those students, who have done their second semester in another university within the network, can apply for a double degree.