Incoming exchange students: course catalogues

The selection of course modules is the most important step in your application because it determines whether you are going to receive your admission offer in time or not. Student who usually ignore or neglect the information in this section, get their application delayed. This is why we strongly urge you to carefully read the information in this section.

Please keep these criteria in mind when choosing your course modules:

• Erasmus+ students: you must choose most of your courses from the specific Department at UiT that has an agreement with your home university. You can also choose courses from other departments if you meet the admission requirements for these course modules. Note: Students who select modules from more than one academic school/department are more likely to experience timetable clashes.
• Selecting course modules from different campuses: it is NOT possible to mix course modules from different campuses per semester because the campuses are located in different cities.
• Admission requirements: each course module has admission requirements, also known as prerequisites. You MUST meet the admission requirements when choosing them. Note: UiT cannot be held responisble for not being accepted to courses if you do not meet the admission requirements.
• How many modules you can choose? The minimum credit load per semester is 30 ECTS. We encourage you to choose 50 - 70 ECTS during your application to increase your chance of being admitted to at least 30 ECTS modules that are not in conflict in the Timetable.
• Course levels: each module starts with 3 abbreviation letters (for example, KJE for chemistry, BIO for biology, PSY for psychology) and 4 numerical digits in the catalogues. The modules with the numerical digits 1000 - 2000 are for bachelor's degree students. The modules with the numerical digits 3000 - 4000 are for master's students - it means you must have completed your bachelor's degree or 180 ECTS at your home university to be able to choose these modules.
• Accessing your timetable: If your selected course modules are approved, then your individual timetable will be published at the start of the semester, i.e. after you have received your Letter of Acceptance from UiT.
• Examinations at UiT: please see this website Exams at UiT | UiT
• Grading system at UiT: Exams at UiT | UiT
• Studying with disability: please see this website Studying with disability | UiT
• Approved course modules catalogues for incoming exchange students: see section #6 below.
• How to submit your module preference? Please see section #7 below.

Course modules are listed twice a year in the Course Catalogue for incoming exchange students:

• Course modules taught in the autumn semester: 15 March
• Course modules taught in the spring semester: 15 September

There are TWO course catalogues available for incoming exchange students:

NOTE! Make sure you have chosen the correct semester (autumn/spring) and campus (Alta, Harstad, Narvik or Tromsø) after you have opened the course catalogue.

MODULES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

• Course modules taught in English: https://en.uit.no/education/courses/incoming

MODULES TAUGHT IN NORWEGIAN

• Course modules taught in Norwegian (these courses are available only for students with advanced knowledge in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish): https://uit.no/utdanning/emner/innreisende

The course packages below are mainly for students who are nominated to the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education

You can choose one of the following course packages if you can fulfill the admission requirements or any prerequisites for each course. The courses within each package are coordinated with each other, which means that the exams and schedules will not collide in the timetable.

If you choose other combinations of courses than the course packages listed below, you will probably have collisions in schedules and exams after your arrival to Norway, which means you will have to select other courses after your arrival.

1- BACHELOR/ UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSE MODULES (2000 - 3000)

Subject field: Social Sciences

1. STV-2008 International Security (10 ECTS)
2. SOS-2017 The Norwegian Model – between Utopia and Dystopia (10 ECTS)
3. SVF-2058 Critical Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam in the timetable.

Subject field: History

1. HIS-2019 Scandinavism: Overlapping and competing identities in the Nordic world, 1770-1919 (10 ECTS)

You are welcome to choose other courses in combination with HIS-2019, but please note that the schedules and/or exam dates might collide. You are responsible for checking potential collisions. 

Subject field: English language and literature

Course package / combination #1

1. ENG-1015 Introductions to English Word and Sentence Structure (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-1016 Introductions to English Sound Patterns (10 ECTS)
3. ENG-1110 Introduction to British studies (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam in the timetable.

Course package / combination #2

1. ENG-2050 Second Language Acquisition (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-2129 Gender and Sexuality in Literature (10 ECTS)

These two courses are coordinated related to lectures and exam in the timetable.

Course package / combination #3

• ENG-1014 Introduction to English Language (10 ECTS)

You are welcome to choose other courses in combination with ENG-1014, but please note that the schedules and/or exam dates might collide. You are responsible for checking potential collisions.

2- MASTER/ GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE MODULES

Subject field: Social sciences

Course package / combination #1 (Choose 3 courses):

• STV-3005 International Politics (10 ECTS)
• STV-3020 Indigenous Peoples – Politics, Institutions and Tools (5 ECTS)
• SOS-3017 The Norwegian Model – between Utopia and Dystopia (10 ECTS)
• SOA-3006 Indigenous Culture, Resource Management and Human Rights (10 ECTS)

These four courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam in the timetable.

Course package / combination #2

• SVF-3044 Quantitative Methods (10 ECTS) Online course

You are welcome to choose other courses in combination with SVF-3044, but please note that the schedules and/or exam dates might collide. You are responsible for checking potential collisions

Course package / combination #3

• STV-3020 Indigenous peoples – Politics, Institutions and tools (5 ECTS)

You are welcome to choose other courses in combination with STV-3020, but please note that the schedules and/or exam dates might collide. You are responsible for checking potential collisions

Subject field: Peace and conflict studies

• SVF-3025 Methods in social research: An interdisciplinary approach (10 ECTS)
• SVF-3024 Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation (20 ECTS)

Subject field: English language/ Linguistics

Course package / combination #1

• ENG-3019 Psycholinguistics and Neurocognition of Multilingualism (10 ECTS)
• ENG-3060 Multilingualism (10 ECTS)
• HIF-3082 Quantitative Methods in Linguistics (10 ECTS)

These three courses will be coordinated in relation to lectures and exam

Course package / combination #2

• HIF-3011 Syntax II (10 ECTS)
• HIF-3021 Phonology II (10 ECTS)

These two courses will be coordinated in relation to lectures and exam

Subject field: English literature

• ENG-3105 Border-crossing narratives (10 ECTS)
• ENG-3122 The novel after the death of the novel (10 ECTS)
• ENG-3197 Genre Fiction (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam

Subject field: Art history

• HIF-3211 Arctic Images  (10 ECTS)

You are welcome to choose other courses in combination with HIF-3211, but please note that the schedules and/or exam dates might collide. You are responsible for checking potential collisions. 

Subject field: Norwegian language (Norsk trinn 3)

• NOR-0035 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, skriftlig (10 ECTS)
• NOR-0036 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, muntlig (10 ECTS)

Du kan i tillegg velge et annet emne, men vær oppmerksom på at timeplan og/eller eksamen kan kollidere. Dette må du ta ansvar for selv for å sjekke opp. 

Level A1 (0 ECTS), Level A2 (0 ECTS), and Level B1 (0 ECTS) are open for all exchange students in Tromsø only. All exchange students can register for these levels after their arrival to Tromsø. These courses take place in the afternoons and evenings.

• Link to more information: Norwegian language courses and programmes - Campus Tromsø | UiT