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Copenhagen as your home, Europe as your classroom

FALL & SPRING 2014-15 Architecture Biomedicine Child Development & Diversity Communication Environmental Science of the Arctic European Humanities European Politics Gender & Sexuality Studies Global Economics Graphic Design Interior Architecture International Business Justice & Human Rights Medical Practice & Policy Neuroscience Prostitution & the Sex Trade Psychology Public Health Sociology Sustainability in Europe Urban Design Urban Studies in Europe

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To Future DIS Students...

Dear Student, At DIS, we offer you the opportunity to enhance your major within an international context, make new friends, and build an international network. While here, your active engagement alongside other motivated students from selective U.S. colleges and universities will enable you to acquire valuable skills that will serve you in your academic and career pursuits. You will also broaden your horizons through immersion in the local Danish community, experiential courses, and course-integrated study tours throughout Europe. During your semester at DIS, challenge yourself to raise questions, examine issues from different perspectives, explore new mindsets, and reflect on your own place in the world. You will be encouraged to challenge cultural norms and develop your own values and identity through new experiences and discussions. And remember, you are studying abroad to experience a different culture with a unique educational model, so come prepared to embrace a learning and living environment unlike the one that you are used to from home. DIS offers you the opportunity to build your cross-cultural competencies, gain real-world knowledge, and become more flexible in order to live, work, and succeed in an increasingly globalized world. You will have your own unique experience while here, learning to study and travel in a different way. We look forward to teaching you in the classroom, traveling with you on study tours, and assisting you throughout your study abroad experience with us. Vi ses i KĂ¸benhavn! See you in Copenhagen!

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DIS - DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROAD COPENHAGEN AS YOUR HOME, EUROPE AS YOUR CLASSROOM DIS is a Danish non-profit study abroad institution in Copenhagen offering semester, academic year, and summer programs taught in English. Established in 1959, DIS offers American students intensive, rigorous coursework enriched by field studies, hands-on learning opportunities, and study tours in Denmark and across Europe. These ensure students gain academic knowledge and intercultural leadership skills to prepare for their future careers in a globalized world. DIS students are usually undergraduate juniors or seniors from the most selective U.S. universities and 90% intend to go to graduate school. DIS offers 190 elective courses and 22 different academic programs. The vast majority of courses are taught by Danish faculty. There is an average of 20 students per class. The three signature features of DIS are: (1) high academic quality, (2) course-integrated study tours all over Europe, (3) immersion opportunities allowing you to integrate into the Danish culture and meet Danes.

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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION - THIS IS DIS DIS - An Innovative Model for Study Abroad

Copenhagen As Your Home

Plan Your Semester at DIS

BUILD YOUR CURRICULUM DIS Programs, Core Courses, & Study Tours Academic Programs

10 12-55

Optional Study Tours

Danish Language and Culture Courses

Academic Engagement with the DIS Faculty

CREATE YOUR DIS EXPERIENCE Housing Options

Engage in the Community

DIScovery Trips

A Day in the Life at DIS

CALENDAR, FEES, & APPLICATION Key Dates & Application Details

DIS Semester Overview

Tuition & Fees

Our Students Come From...

DIS in the Heart of Europe

COURSES Course Descriptions

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Course List by Discipline

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FIND MORE ONLINE >> Course Syllabi

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Housing Options

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Volunteering Opportunities

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Summer Study Abroad

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Diversity at DIS

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Copenhagen City Life

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DIS Partner Universities

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. . . And Much More!

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DIS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An Innovative Model for Study Abroad

FREEDOM OF ACADEMIC CHOICE Study abroad with DIS allows you to enhance your major, meet specific graduation requirements, and pursue personal academic interests by choosing courses within your area of study or diversifying. As a DIS student, you will choose a core course from among 22 programs, in which you will travel on two faculty-led and course-integrated study tours regionally and in Europe. Subsequently, you can pick your electives from over 190 upper-level courses, and expand your curriculum with Optional Study Tours that allow you to pursue a passion in a fascinating part of Europe.

DIS FACULTY TEACH WHAT THEY DO DIS faculty provide the cornerstone for forwardthinking academics by integrating experiential learning and intercultural immersion into their courses. They are passionate about your individual learning and sharing their knowledge and experience in the classroom. As they often work as professionals in the areas they teach, such as academia, government, the public sector, and professional industries, DIS faculty bring real-life expertise from their field into the classroom, giving you direct access to leading hospitals and health professionals, politicians, business leaders, architects, and activists in their network.

CONNECTING THE DOTS IN A GLOBAL WORLD Central to the DIS curriculum are courses that focus on the burning issues of our time. Through theory-based courses combined with a focus on practice, you will gain unique hands-on learning experiences, including simulation of real-life scenarios, case studies, field studies, expert guest lecturers, workshops, professional critiques, practicums, servicelearning experiences, study tours, and more! These academic features will help you train and develop your critical thinking and acquire new intercultural skills.

Together, you will challenge and discuss the complexity of real world issues and reflect on your experiences inside and outside of the classroom.

FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL DIS is big enough to offer you the courses you are looking for abroad, while keeping the average class size to 20 students. You will find an intimate learning environment, focused on your individual learning outcomes and all-around growth.

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THIS IS DIS

COPENHAGEN AS YOUR HOME, EUROPE AS YOUR CLASSROOM Housed in historically protected buildings dating from 1798, DIS is located in the very center of old Copenhagen within walking distance of Danish universities, research libraries, government buildings, superb art collections, the Royal Ballet and Opera, the national media, and international company headquarters. Meanwhile, DIS housing options ensure that you have opportunities to truly immerse yourself in Danish society and local culture. Commute to class by bike or public transportation, live with Danes in a homestay, or befriend the Danes through a Visiting Family or the DIS Buddy Network. With Copenhagen as your home and Europe as your classroom, you will grow roots in Danish culture and, at the same time, learn to navigate Europe. Through study tours, DIScovery Trips, and your own independent travel, you will have Europe at your fingertips to build your international networks and explore.

NO HIDDEN COSTS As a non-profit organization, with a goal to ensure that you are not hit by any hidden costs, the DIS policy is to keep our costs to a minimum while ensuring transparent and comprehensive fees cover everything from course instruction and study tours to housing and textbooks. See page 72 for a detailed overview.

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Copenhagen As Your Home

MAKE COPENHAGEN YOUR HOME Discover Copenhagen, one of the world’s most livable cities and capital of Denmark, home to the happiest people on Earth! Copenhagen is a friendly, open city with a large number of parks and beaches. Thanks to an excellent public transportation system, a compact city center, ubiquitous bicycle paths, and the central location of DIS, the life and soul of Copenhagen are easy to discover.

EXCITING AND CREATIVE COPENHAGEN Copenhagen has a long-established reputation for being a fashionable and culturally forwardthinking capital, with sleek design, great shopping, concerts and festivals, indigenous cinema, contemporary art spaces, and well-dressed locals. Street art, galleries, groundbreaking architecture, ethnic restaurants, and open-air jazz performances complete the reality of an exciting European capital.

COPENHAGEN’S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION Apart from topping the fist ever United Nation’s World Happiness Report in 2012, Copenhagen gains regular global recognition for livability, sustainability, and transportation. Newsweek magazine, for instance, named Copenhagen in its list of top 10 best world cities, based on environment, cleanliness, employment, entertainment, and security, while in 2012, the Danish capital also finished in the top 10 of Mercer’s World’s Best Places to Live for the sixth consecutive year. In June 2013, Monocle magazine named Copenhagen as the world’s most livable city for the second time, praising it for its balance of “progress and preservation, stimulation and security, global and local.”

Copenhagen: The Basics • Copenhagen is a metropolis of 1.9 million people, and the center of the DanishSwedish Øresund Region. It has an inviting small-town atmosphere of friendliness, intimacy, and safety with a network of walking streets, squares, parks, and waterfronts • The city was founded in 1167, and every stage in European history has left a mark: cobblestone streets and squares, Renaissance palaces, Baroque architecture, a historic harbor, and cutting-edge art and architecture • Copenhagen is a bilingual city, where residents speak both Danish and English, while maintaining a strong Danish culture. Denmark ranks third in the world in terms of English proficiency

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Copenhagen >> NOW!

>> CYCLE CITY Copenhagen is a world leader in sustainable urban planning, ensuring an excellent public transportation system of bicycle paths, a metro, and suburban train and bus networks. In Copenhagen, 50% of all citizens commute daily by bicycle >> FIT CITY Copenhageners stay fit in the city’s public parks and green spaces, on running trails, and in the bicycle lanes. A urban beach and harbor swimming area are new additions to the city’s recreational spaces >> NOMA & THE CULINARY REVOLUTION Noma, a two Michelin star restaurant run by chef René Redzepi in Copenhagen, was voted best restaurant in the world in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Copenhagen leads the New Nordic cuisine revolution with the 2013 Michelin Guide awarding Copenhagen’s restaurants a total of 15 stars - by far the most in Scandinavia!

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>> SUSTAINABLE LIVING Copenhagen is a world leader in environmentally friendly initiatives, the cleantech industry, and sustainable energy. It aims to be the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025. One in ten purchases is organic, the highest globally

DENMARK, EUROPE, AND THE WORLD Denmark is located in Northern Europe, where Scandinavia and the European mainland meet, which gives the country a unique cultural and historical balance and manifold international influences. With 5.6 million inhabitants, Denmark is a modern democracy and the world’s oldest monarchy, making for a charming blend of tradition and modernity. It is a free market economy, with a strong social welfare system, low social inequality, and a low crime rate. Globally competitive industries, a sophisticated service sector, and top-notch research in clean technologies and pharmaceuticals contribute to making international trade a key element of Denmark’s economy.

EASY GETTING AROUND... AND ABROAD Copenhagen has Scandinavia’s largest airport, Kastrup, so getting to other parts of Europe is easy – and there are many cheap travel offers available. Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö, is just a thirty minute train ride away.

>> NEW WAVE IN DANISH ARCHITECTURE Copenhagen is at the center of the so-called ‘New Wave in Danish Architecture’. Ultramodern, sustainable cityscapes are adding a contemporary layer to Denmark’s worldrenowned Nordic design and architectural heritage >> BURGEONING DANISH FASHION Spearheaded by the increasingly important Copenhagen Fashion Week, Danish fashion is making waves on the international scene

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Plan Your Semester at DIS Build Your Curriculum >> CHOOSE YOUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM - Choose the core course and study tours that suit your academic needs | Pages 12-55

Create Your DIS Experience >> CHOOSE THE RECOMMENDED

>> PICK YOUR ELECTIVES from over 190 courses - Focus on your major,

HOMESTAY or from the wide array

or diversify. . . it’s up to you | Pages 78-95

of other housing options available

>> CHECK OUT THE OPTIONAL STUDY TOURS - All come with a 1- or

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3-credit companion course | Page 56

>> DISCOVER THE DANES! What

>> TAKE DANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE and gain an ‘insider’

immersion and engagement

perspective on Denmark

opportunities excite you? Sign up

and Copenhagen life

for a Visiting Family, make Danish

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friends through the DIS Buddy

>> GET GOING! Fill out a Preliminary Application

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Network, join a club, or volunteer

at any stage and DIS will guide you from there >> JOIN ONE OR MORE OF THE DISCOVERY TRIPS that

Get Informed, Stay Informed >> VISIT YOUR STUDY ABROAD OFFICE - Drop into the Study Abroad

DIS arranges all over Europe, and complete your experience | Page 66

Office on your campus to ask about DIS and find out how DIS course credits transfer back home >> CONNECT WITH THE DIS NORTH AMERICAN OFFICE - Contact DIS at any stage and we will help you through the process, answer any questions, and advise you and answer any questions!

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Build Your Curriculum DIS Programs, Core Courses, & Study Tours

Academic Programs

Architecture

Biomedicine

Child Development & Diversity

Communication

Environmental Science of the Arctic

European Humanities

European Politics

Gender & Sexuality Studies

Global Economics

Graphic Design

Interior Architecture

International Business

Justice & Human Rights

Medical Practice & Policy

Neuroscience

Prostitution & the Sex Trade

Psychology

Public Health

Sociology

Sustainability in Europe

Urban Design

Urban Studies in Europe

Optional Study Tours

Danish Language and Culture Courses

Academic Engagement with the DIS Faculty

DIS Programs, Core Courses, & Study Tours ARCHITECTURE

• Your program at DIS is determined by your choice of a core course • Core courses include a week-long tour to a European destination and a Core Course Week, comprised of a two-day seminar and three-day study tour • Some core courses (indicated by an asterisk) offer multiple study tour options and we do our best to match you with your first preference

COMMUNICATION

EUROPEAN HUMANITIES

GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES

p 12 Architecture Design Studio • Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden*

p 26

p 22

• Western Denmark

p 18

Architecture Foundations Studio • Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden*

Cross-Cultural Communication

• Western Denmark

• Southern Sweden

• Belfast

Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development • Edinburgh (Fall) | London (Spring)

• Berlin

• Southern Sweden

• Berlin

• Western Denmark

GLOBAL ECONOMICS

• Athens • Western Denmark

• Dublin

p 14

LGBTQ in Europe

From Religious Mythos to Philosophical Logos

New Media & Changing Communities

BIOMEDICINE

Competing Narratives: Modern European History

• Western Denmark

Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema

Strategic Communication

• Prague

• London

• Western Denmark

• Western Denmark Sense of Place in European Literature, A

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OF THE ARCTIC

p 28

• St. Petersburg

Globalization and European Economies

• Western Denmark

• Brussels-Paris | Moscow* • Western Denmark

EUROPEAN POLITICS CHILD DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY

GRAPHIC DESIGN

p 16 p 20

Adolescence in Northern Europe • Warsaw • Western Denmark

Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study

Children in a Multicultural Context

• Iceland

• Istanbul

p 30 Graphic Design Studio

p 24

• Eastern Denmark

• Western Denmark European Game of Politics, The: Crisis and Survival

Children with Special Needs

Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study

• Stockholm

• Greenland

• Western Denmark

• Eastern Denmark

• Southern Denmark-Northern Germany

• Western Denmark

• Netherlands

• Brussels-The Hague

Graphic Design Foundations Studio • Netherlands • Western Denmark

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MEDICAL PRACTICE & POLICY

PSYCHOLOGY

SUSTAINABILITY IN EUROPE

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

p 44 p 50 Cross-Cultural Psychology

p 32 p 38 Interior Architecture Design Studio

Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach

• Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden* • Western Denmark Interior Architecture Foundations Studio

European Sustainable Development

• Berlin • Western Denmark

• England | Germany | Sweden*

European Clinical Psychology

• Berlin-Poznan | Bratislava-Vienna | BudapestVienna | Stockholm-Tallinn*

• Brussels (Fall) | Vienna (Spring)

• Western Denmark

Positive Psychology

• Western Denmark

• Brno-Prague | Budapest | London | Milan*

• Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden*

NEUROSCIENCE

• Western Denmark

• Southern Sweden or Western Denmark

URBAN DESIGN

• Western Denmark or Southern Sweden

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

PUBLIC HEALTH p 52 Urban Design Studio • Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden* • Western Denmark

p 40 p 34 Business Entrepreneurship Project

Urban Design Foundations Studio

Psychopharmacology: Substances and the Brain

p 46

• Basel-Munich • Western Denmark or Southern Sweden

• Dublin • Southern Sweden

• Western Denmark

URBAN STUDIES IN EUROPE

• Frankfurt-Heidelberg

• Berlin-Prague | London | Riga* • Western Denmark

• Western Denmark or Southern Sweden

JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS

PROSTITUTION & THE SEX TRADE

p 36

• Western Denmark

• Tallinn-Helsinki | Riga-Helsinki*

Neurological Disorders & Diseases

European Business Strategy: Case Studies

Health Delivery and Prioritization in Northern Europe

• Austria-Switzerland | FinlandSweden*

SOCIOLOGY

p 42

p 48

p 54

Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict

Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe

Cultural Diversity and Social Capital

European Urban Life and Development

• Kosovo (Fall) | Bosnia (Spring)

• Amsterdam

• Istanbul

• Budapest-Vienna

• Western Denmark

• Southern Sweden

• Northern Germany

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Architecture In this program you will build knowledge of designing in new contexts and use Copenhagen as a laboratory for architectural exploration that moves beyond the visual, with a studio core course that emphasises project work. Highlights >> Globalize your portfolio through practical studio assignments and learn about the ‘new wave’ in Danish architecture and Denmark’s renowned architectural heritage >> Travel with DIS faculty and fellow students from other design disciplines on study tours to enhance your cross-disciplinary understanding >> Gain presentation experience with crits (critiques), where each of your projects will be analyzed and reviewed by local working professionals and your peers >> Average studio size is 12 students, meaning close mentorship by DIS faculty and a network of peers, which will help expand your frame of creative conceptualization

Student Profile The two tracks of this program ensure it is right for you if you are from a professional school of architecture or design, or if you come from a liberal arts background. You wish to fully engage in the studio discourse, prepare for individual desk critique, and invest time outside of studio hours developing projects individually and in teams.

BRIAN VARGO CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO DIS ALUMNUS

Architecture studios couple Danish faculty with students from across the U.S., shaping a unique creative space full of fresh perspective. DIS faculty have extensive experience as architects, designers, or urban strategists in one of the world’s most progressive design cultures. They lead profoundly insightful field studies and study tours to actual architecture sites and urban spaces. In the two years since graduating college, I have worked as an architect in Copenhagen, and will attend Harvard Graduate School of Design this fall - both inspired in large part to the opportunities I found at DIS!

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Course Title

Architecture Design Studio

Architecture Foundations Studio

Course Objectives

You will be instructed in a combination of one-onone tutoring, discussions, and lectures in studio. Your assignments will focus on design from the context of the site and culture, and you will develop your design process and presentation skills from concept to final crits.

If you do not have a background in architecture studio or have limited studio experience, this core course offers you an opportunity to develop design skills, giving you a foundation in spatial design - perfect if you think you would like to pursue a graduate degree in architecture.

Credits

6 Credits

Prerequisites

Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design at the junior, senior, or graduate level; completion of a minimum of two spatial design studios at university level.

Documented background in fine arts or studio art, or completion of a course in drawing at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Austria-Switzerland | Finland-Sweden The goal of the tour is to broaden your understanding of how design shapes human experience through the manipulation of light, material, spatial proportion, sequence, and integration of landscape and architecture by visiting sites across Europe. You will sketch and reflect on your experiences individually and with fellow students and faculty. Before going on tour, you will work with an interdisciplinary team to prepare in depth for one of the sites you will visit on tour, as well as lead your classmates once on site.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will spend three days in Western Denmark, broadening your understanding of the social and physical context of Danish architecture and design, and two days in Copenhagen in a focused seminar that ties together the study tour and the studio project. Note: Full-year students travel to Berlin for core course week during their spring semester.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to architecture: 20th and 21st Century Danish Architecture Architecture and Design Internship

Seeing Beyond the Visual When you experience a place, you experience it with all of your senses – beyond the visual. You can’t hear the sound of a space unless you are there. You cannot smell the scent of a place unless you are there. And, you must reach out and touch a place to know that you are there. JOHANNE RIEGELS ØSTERGÅRD DIS ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

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Co-creation: Collaborative Innovation and Design Contemporary European Architectural Theories Detailing in Scandinavian Architecture Furniture Design in Denmark Workshop Innovation Through Design Thinking Integrated Sustainability Livability in the Modern City New Nordic Design Strategies for Urban Livability

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Sustainable by Design Urban Design Journal Visual Journal

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Architecture Core Courses (Choice)

Biomedicine This program is designed to give you insight into biotechnology-based methods for disease treatment and an understanding of the dynamics of drug discovery and development. You will get an interdisciplinary perspective on how biotech research and business work together. Highlights >> Gain insight into world-leading biotechnology research, development, and academia on faculty-led study tours >> Get hands-on experience through the Science & Communication Project by interviewing and researching a Scandinavian biomedical company about their products and labs, which concludes with the writing of an article for Wikipedia >> Learn about the biology behind new-generation biopharmaceuticals from leaders in the discipline through field studies to companies and research institutions

Student Profile The program is right for you if you study biology, biochemistry, health science, or a similar discipline, and wish to acquire skills for a future career or graduate degree in the health professions or scientific research. PAIGE ARNOLD DUKE UNIVERSITY DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

We had five academic visits during core course week. They ranged from a stem cell research company to a bioinformatics company to a company that does research into lessening the burden of disease in domesticated animals. Seeing the full range of biotech companies that exist out there, and being able to compare observations about Danish biotech companies to Scottish companies was very enlightening! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Biomedicine Core Course Course Title

Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development

Course Objectives

You will explore biotech opportunities and challenges within medicine, including side effects, antibodies, vaccines, stem cells, and the impact of genomics on drug discovery. The course will present you with case studies that highlight the Danish and European pharmaceutical and biotech research community.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisite

One year of biology and one year of chemistry at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Edinburgh (Fall) | London (Spring) This tour provides you with insight into the British biotechnology research and industry, number one in Europe for research and development. You will gain a greater understanding of drug development and research methods through visits to research institutions, biotech and pharmaceutical companies, and innovation centers.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will travel on a three-day study tour to Western Denmark to gain insight into the field by meeting world-renowned biomedical researchers and biotechnology venture capitalists, as well as visiting a start-up biomedical company.

Gain Hands On Experience in the Field! The Science & Communication Project gives you the opportunity to meet with representatives from the biomedical and biotechnology industries in order to facilitate your comprehensive understanding about a specific technology or product. You then create an original, and/or edit, an existing Wikipedia page on that technology or product, thus providing you with the intellectual challenge of ‘translating’ complex scientific concepts into layman’s terms. This, in turn, helps you to focus on essential information when conveying it to the general public, a necessary skill in the scientific field.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to biomedicine: Bioinformatics Biology of Marine Mammals (plus optional lab) Communicating Science Complexity of Cancer Immunology Medical Ethics Medical Exploration of HIV/AIDS Metabolic Engineering and Functional Genomics Neuroplasticity: From Neurons to Behavior Neuroscience of Fear

From Therapeutic Concept to a Marketed Product During this course you will have the unique opportunity to learn about the different stages of drug discovery and development. You will get to know the biotechnological tools that are used, as well as the barriers that can hinder the whole process.

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Neuroscience Methodology: A Cellular Approach to Cognition Phenotypic Plasticity: Epigenetics and the Environment Science Research Practicum

Child Development & Diversity This program focuses on cross-cultural approaches to childhood and adolescence, combining theory and practice. Enrich and develop your critical thinking skills through investigating and reflecting on current issues in child development and education. Highlights >> Critically analyze current issues in cross-cultural child and adolescent development and education and reflect on the unique Nordic pedagogy of ‘the good childhood’ >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours. Become exposed to cross-cultural European educational methods by visiting practitioners, researchers, and childcare and youth institutions >> Develop interpersonal competencies by engaging actively with a Danish childcare

Child Development and Diversity Practicum Scandinavia is considered one of the best places to raise children. During your semester at DIS, you will have the opportunity to work with children or adolescents every week in a Danish educational setting, and interact, observe, and reflect on different educational and child development theories.

institution, a high school, or youth organization through the experiential focus of the practicum course >> Meet and discuss topics explored in the classroom with expert guest lecturers

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study child development, social policy, human development, family studies, anthropology, education, or sociology, and want to enhance your intercultural skills and explore international theories and practice within the discipline of child and adolescent development. RAKSMEYMONY YIN GETTYSBURG COLLEGE DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

During core course week we were completely immersed in our program’s topic. The week includes a short study tour, field studies, and academic lectures by guest speakers. I had an incredible time bonding with classmates and interacting with all the Danish school students! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Children in a Multicultural Context, plus Practicum

Children with Special Needs, Adolescence in Northern plus Practicum Europe, plus Practicum

Course Objectives

You will examine the practices and perspectives on multiculturalism, education, and innovative ways of working with children in Danish culture, pedagogy, and social policy.

You will be situated within the concept of Nordic pedagogy in order to examine the topics of inclusion and quality of life within the Danish social welfare system.

You will examine European contexts for adolescence, analyzing identity, education, family dynamics, and social services for youth. Examine negative teen behavior, as well as positive youth development in the Danish context.

Credits

6 Credits (3-Credit core course, plus 3-Credit practicum)

Week-Long Study Tour

Istanbul Experience Turkish childcare, educational sociology, and prevalent inclusive practices that link to global, social, and political developments on ethnicity and national childcare strategies.

Stockholm Broaden your understanding of the Scandinavian perspective of children with special needs and inclusive education. Stockholm provides a fascinating counterpoint to Denmark, with its easy access to special pedagogy, a progressive focus on social issues, and alternative practices.

Warsaw Explore Warsaw within the context of youth and adolescent issues. The cultural and social development in Poland sets a stark contrast to the issues faced in Denmark, allowing you to further analyze cross-cultural perspectives in Northern Europe.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen on core course academics, you will travel to Western Denmark to explore pedagogy, culture, and society from a broader Danish standpoint. Visits include unique educational institutions, community centers, and local municipalities.

Additional Recommendation

Take the 3-credit elective Danish Language and Culture for Child Development & Diversity Students, p. 80.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to pick from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to child development: Danish Language and Culture for Child Development & Diversity Students Developmental Disorders Dynamic Project Leadership European Storytelling: From Homer to Harry Potter Gang Crime in Scandinavia Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective Rebel Child, The: Scandinavian Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Literature Sociology of the Family Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe

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Child Development & Diversity Core Courses (Choice)

Communication This program places you right in the middle of the European communication landscape to help you develop your cross-cultural communication skills, hone your critical media literacy skills, and gain an understanding of current communication trends and public relation dilemmas in Europe. Highlights >> Travel in Europe with your classmates and DIS faculty and come face to face with other cultures, and current communication trends and challenges >> Challenge yourself in discussions with people from other cultural and communicative backgrounds and with leading experts from Danish media, business, and government during guest lectures and field studies >> Collaborate with Danes and fellow students in the production of video projects, communication campaigns, photo essays, and other media projects

Student Profile This program is right for you if you are interested in communication, media studies, public relations, marketing, political science, anthropology, or related disciplines. LIZ BRUNO DICKINSON COLLEGE DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

What is really beneficial is my instructor is currently working in the field of communications while teaching part time at DIS. He has years and years of experience in Europe and the U.S. working in the industries he is instructing us about. He even makes us analyze scenarios that he has experienced in the past or ones that he comes across in his work! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Cross-Cultural Communication New Media and Changing Communities

Strategic Communication

Course Objectives

How do we communicate and collaborate in an increasingly global age? In this course you will explore theories of communication across cultural divides while putting it into practice during field studies, workshops, and real-time video conference collaboration.

New media changes the communities to which we belong. Focusing on Europe today, this course draws on European theories of communication to hone your critical media literacy skills and to explore how new forms of communication change communities, from print press to Facebook nation.

You will learn to examine communication trends in the European public relations landscape. You will make comparative case studies and meet experts in Denmark and the UK to gain first-hand knowledge of how professionals work in a European context.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Belfast Northern Ireland has long been a site of cultural and regional conflict. This study tour explores how one communicates in politically sensitive areas, where reconciliation is still needed.

Dublin With a concentration of information specialists and generous tax laws, Dublin has been described as Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internet capital. Visits to companies like Facebook and eBay allow you to see how the media interacts locally and creates communities with no geographical boundaries.

London As the media capital of Europe, London offers unique opportunities to study communication, PR, and mass media. You will meet with leading companies and experts in the field of communication that only DIS can offer!

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Sweden You will go on a three-day study tour in Southern Sweden, followed by a two-day seminar in Copenhagen that will allow you to view different communication perspectives and methods in neighboring Scandinavian countries.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will go on a three-day study tour around Western Denmark and participate in a two-day seminar in Copenhagen where you interact and collaborate with local communities that use new media in innovative ways.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will go on a three-day study tour around Western Denmark, as well as participate in a two-day seminar in Copenhagen that will introduce you to Danish public relations and media institutions.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to communication: Campaigning: From Idea to Action Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture Designing Communication Campaigns International Marketing and Branding

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International Reporting

The core course, Cross-Cultural Communication, offers you the opportunity to work on a project with New Times, a Red Cross magazine run by asylum seekers living in Denmark. You will help create articles for the magazine about unique aspects of Danish society and gain first-hand experience collaborating with people from different cultures and social circumstances.

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Environmental Science of the Arctic This program offers you a unique opportunity to explore climate change theory and other environmental issues through the lens of climate history.

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Highlights >> Learn from leading researchers in climate change theory and specialists at the worldrenowned Center for Ice & Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute >> Use Copenhagen as your classroom through field studies to local institutions to discuss topics in geology, arctic geopolitics, and the environment >> Spend a week with your classmates and DIS faculty on a course-integrated study tour to either the glaciers of Iceland or the ice sheet of Greenland >> During Core Course Week, you will participate in geological and biological studies in the field at some of Denmark’s most unique geological locations

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environmental science, or geology. You should be interested in the hard science behind climate change, combining field work with research in class.

During our study tour to Greenland we saw a two billion year old rock polished smooth by a glacier, hiked to a saltwater lake, and examined moss that muskox eat. We took a bouncy ride through the mountainous landscape to Russell Glacier, my favorite part of the trip. One of the coolest parts about Russell Glacier and Greenland in general was how ‘untouched’ it all seemed. It felt like my classmates and I were the only visitors... All in all, an excellent study tour! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

KATH. BRANTHOOVER ELON UNIVERSITY SPRING 2010 “I really enjoyed all the study tours that I experienced through the International Business program. It definitely gave me a better idea of how a variety of businesses function. Additionally, it was interesting to see some of the principles that I am learning in class being applied in the business world today.”

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Course Title

Glaciers and Human Impact: Icelandic Climate Change Case Study

Ice Cores and Ice Ages: Greenlandic Climate Change Case Study

Course Objectives

This course focuses on the natural science and societal aspects of climate change with emphasis on historic times. Journey to the present through periods when the climate was strikingly different from today and examine the mechanisms and feedbacks governing the climate system. With Iceland as a case study, you will gain a thorough understanding of general climate mechanisms, with a focus on how civilizations have interacted with climate processes.

This course focuses on the natural science aspects of climate change during the prehistoric time with focus on the glacial and the deglaciation. You will examine climate mitigation and adaptation strategies through the study of past climate developments, especially throughout previous ice ages. The course will focus on pre-human times, and the 100,000 year old Greenlandic ice sheet provides an ideal case study.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

One semester of environmental science or earth science at university level. One year of biology or chemistry at university level is highly recommended.

Week-Long Study Tour

Iceland This study tour focuses on climate change and its implications since approximately 1,000 AD when humans arrived in Iceland. You will analyze the impacts of volcanic and glacial activity on the shape landscapes and civilization, as well as explore how geothermal energy can be harnessed to provide a fossil-free energy supply.

Greenland Travel to Greenland and explore its role as a rich historical climate change case study, and as a place particularly sensitive and vulnerable to the effects of modern climatic changes. We will have a close encounter with the 100,000 year old ice sheet, view magnificent wildlife and local ecosystems, and meet locals to discuss climate change.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Eastern Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will go on a three-day study tour to Odsherred. The area is famous for its unique landscape shaped by glaciers during the last ice age in Denmark.

Copenhagen and Eastern Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will go on a three-day study tour to the Cliffs of Stevns and Møn and learn to read the visible record of past climate change, known as the K-T boundary between the Cretaceous and the Paleogene periods.

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Related Electives

DIS offers you unique insights into the burning issues of climate change beyond the classroom! Join us during your semester for some of these topical extracurricular activities:

DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to environmental science:

• Weekly DIS Climate Seminars with expert local guest speakers from the Copenhagen community • Join the Sustainability Task Force to make DIS a more sustainable community or volunteer with local initiatives • Visit a Danish island famous for accomplishing 100% renewable energy on the Sustainable Samsø DIScovery Trip • Explore Scandinavia further on unique Optional Study Tours like History of Polar Discovery to Oslo • Preference to live in the Green Living & Learning Community (LLC)

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Arctic Natural Resources and Geopolitics Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Biology of Marine Mammals (including optional lab) Environmental Economics Environmental History of Europe Environmental Microbiology Environmental Policy in Practice Environmental Research Project How Plants Changed World History Renewable Energy Systems Waste Management Systems in Europe

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European Humanities Four different core courses explore European history, film, art, literature, philosophy, or religious studies in the iconic settings that define the Western tradition. Highlights >> Travel with your class and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours that animate the themes of your chosen core course and offer you a comparative perspective on your major >> Tailor your own research paper towards your passions and interests in your field of study

Elective Course Feature: Nordic Mythology Delve into the haunting mythological sagas of the Viking Age in the three-credit elective course Nordic Mythology. You will explore beyond the texts you analyze in class on field studies to see historical relics at local history museums, the vellum originals of sagas at the Arnamagnean Institute, as well as a day trip to sail the fjords in a reconstructed viking ship.

>> Gain a deeper understanding of the material discussed in class on field studies such as gallery visits, artist talks, poetry nights, and meetings with European contemporary authors and film directors

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study any discipline within humanities, with particular interest in art, film, history, literature, philosophy, or religious studies, and are interested in the European Tradition within your major.

Study at the Royal Danish Academy of Music If you are a music student, you can take high-level elective courses alongside Denmarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented young musicians at the prestigious conservatory, the Royal Danish Academy of Music. See DISabroad.org/courses for electives in composition, instrument, piano, and voice.

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There are four diﬀerent core courses to choose from within European Humani es - each with its own separate academic focus. Course Title

A Sense of Place in European Literature

Competing Narratives: Modern European History

Course Objectives

In this literature course, we will focus on the interrelation between place and text and discover new comparative perspectives on European literature through in-depth analysis of some of the continent’s most radical authors.

Study how selective ways of remembering Europe’s past have shaped collective and individual identities. This course examines the complex web of competing historical narratives, studying concepts and discourses in the contemporary field of history and memory studies.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

St. Petersburg

Berlin Like no other city, Berlin has shaped the 20th century. From the ruins of totalitarian history, a thriving contemporary capital emerged. You will investigate the city through a critical lens, looking at the city’s ‘landscapes of memory’ from its former borders and walls, to its architectural monuments and museums, to its contemporary social life.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Starting in Copenhagen, you will have two days of workshops with contemporary Danish writers and explore the interrelation between literature and the city. On a three-day study tour in rural Western Denmark, you will retreat from the city to meet with artists and explore the silence of nature in their artistic inspiration.

Course Title

From Religious Mythos to Philosophical Logos Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema

Course Objectives

In this philosophy and religious studies course, you explore the function of myth and the emergence of the rational philosophical mind. You begin with the great poets, philosophers, and prophets of Ancient Greece, including Homer, Sophocles, and Plato - and conclude with works from the modern Continental thinkers: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger.

This course examines artistic expression in European film and visual arts. What role does independent film and art movements play in 20th- and 21st-century Europe? How is aesthetics influenced by the changing political landscape? We will do a case study of subversive art in post-communist Prague and meet with Danish directors to discuss film in the late-capitalist era.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Athens The birthplace of Western rational thought, Athens, will be your classroom as you explore the transition from mythological to rational thinking and visit the sites named in Homer’s epics, the theatres of the Athenian dramatists, and the schools of early Greek philosophy.

Prague Prague and its Gothic cityscape is an established home for leading artists, film directors, and intellectuals. Learn how events of history and shifting ideologies continue to shape artistic expression on visits to exhibitions and to the Academy of Performing Arts.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark A two-day seminar and a three-day study tour in Denmark. You focus on the Continental European tradition in philosophy, visiting the University of Aarhus, Sorø Academy, and a Danish folkehøjskole; with an overnight stay at the Løgum Monastery.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark A two-day seminar and a three-day study tour in Western Denmark. You will travel to the European Film College in Ebeltoft and ARoS, Museum of Modern Art. The week concludes with an overnight stay at a Danish folkehøjskole specializing in visual arts.

Explore major writers and key themes of European literature and follow the footsteps of world-famous authors like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Gogol in the city of St. Petersburg. Meet contemporary Russian authors and discuss the role of literature in Russia today.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark A two-day seminar and a three-day study tour will focus on Denmark and its neighbors. Deconstruct Danish national myths and how these historical interpretations shape current Danish memory and identity.

Related Electives

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to humanities:

Creative Travel Writing

Music Performance

European Storytelling: From Homer to Harry Potter

Nordic Mythology

20th Century European History

Guilty Pleasures of Pop Culture, The

Art in the Making

Kierkegaard’s Authorship

Birth of the Modern Drama: Ibsen and Strindberg

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European Politics In this program you will visit key European political institutions and meet political actors from lobbyists to diplomats, in a hands-on examination of how Europe functions as a whole and from region to region. Highlights >> Learn from an expert in the field of Danish and European politics, as you explore topics with your core course professor >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours to delve into the political issues related to contemporary European borders and how they are handled in the heart of European political decision making >> Play the part of a European diplomat in a simulation exercise, culminating in a negotiation game at the end of the semester >> Go beyond the classroom on field studies in Copenhagen that explore governmental systems behind the scenes, such as the Danish Foreign Ministry, the European Affairs Committee, Copenhagen Police Headquarters, and the U.S. Embassy

Student Profile This program is right for you if your major is political science, international relations, government, and/or you are fascinated by the interplay between nation-states and the various group identities that define Europe and the contemporary world.

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I came to DIS with a strong interest in politics, but uncertain if I wanted to become a politician. The professional and political background of my professor allowed us to interact with European Union institutions and officials on a personal level. The Political Actors Interview Exercise in Brussels helped us understand the role of member states in EU processes, and it was great to see the concepts weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read about come to life and see the political game from the inside in a way I never had before. These experiences definitely reinforced my interest in politics. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

European Game of Politics, The: Crisis and Survival

Course Objectives

You will gain a deeper understanding of the political and institutional fabric of the EU, including historical development, governing institutions, political processes, and major policies and approach to the present crisis - “How to play the game”.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisite

Two political science courses at university level, with at least one focusing on either international relations or comparative politics.

Week-Long Study Tour

Brussels-The Hague Experience first hand the political institutions that you learn about in class. You will interview EU politicians in person one day and lobbyists the next, before reporting back to your class on your findings, and using this knowledge for a simulation game back in Denmark. Past tours included visits to EU Parliament, EU Commission, the EU Council, NATO, and the U.S. Mission to the EU.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Denmark-Northern Germany The core course week starts with a short study tour to the Danish-German border region with troubled history of conflicts, to discuss with locals on both sides of the border how the European Union has been breaking down borders. The study tour will be followed by a two-day seminar in Copenhagen with guest lecturers and field studies.

Elective Course Feature: Women and Leadership When Helle Thorning-Schmidt (pictured right, addressing DIS students) became Denmark’s first female Prime Minister in 2011, she was neither the first nor the only woman to assume the reins of power in Denmark. The powerful role of women in the Danish political arena will be an interesting topic to explore while here in Denmark! By enrolling in the elective Women and Leadership you will examine the historical and sociological foundation for Scandinavia’s high representation of women in positions of power. You will also analyze the media representation of female leaders in Scandinavia and uncover regional norms concerning gender equality and behavior.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to politics: Activism: Engagement and Resistance Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia Danish Politics and Society Enemy Within, The: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War Environmental Policy in Practice Equality in Scandinavia Partners and Rivals: EU-U.S. Relations Political Leadership and Communication Religion and Politics in Europe Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in International Politics Women and Leadership

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Gender & Sexuality Studies This program introduces you to core topics within gender and sexuality studies in the context of Scandinavia and Europe, well-known for gender equality, queer activism, and liberal policies. Highlights >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on study tour to fl amboyant Berlin, queer capital of Europe, to understand how LGBTQ rights and forms of activism have evolved >> Field studies and panels with young Danes give you an intimate look into European gender and sexuality and invite you to reflect on your own norms and values >> A scavenger hunt exploring gendered spaces and desired sexualities in Copenhagen through heteronormative and queer lenses

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study gender studies, queer theory, women’s studies, anthropology, sociology, or human rights.

ABBY WANG JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

Our long study tour began with a Queer Berlin walking tour with Finn, an absolutely amazing Irish transman, taking us to Tiergarten, a memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust. Later at a workshop hosted by a Danish queer activist who lives in Berlin, we were taken through a brief history of queer rights and learned 15 ways to resist oppression. We were encouraged to think of times when we had been oppressed. The group really opened up... it was a great bonding moment. This workshop taught me that ignorance is not an excuse; it’s the problem. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

Elective Course Feature: Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia How do norms and legislation related to gender, sexuality, and the body in liberal Scandinavia compare with U.S. perspectives? This course explores current Scandinavian debates on gender equality, sex ed, masculinity, chosen and biological families, homosexuality, and prostitution – and invites you to reflect on your own positions on these topics. You will go on field studies and meet with Danes with personal and professional experiences relating to the course topics, including a transgender speaker who shares the personal experiences of having a sex change.

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Course Title

LGBTQ in Europe

Course Objectives

This course explores the circumstances and consequences of the history of the LGBTQ movements in Scandinavia and Europe and the cultural, social, political and activist aspects of LGBTQ life in modern Scandinavian societies. You look critically at the evolution and epistemology of queer theory and develop a vocabulary that deconstructs notions of normality in all its forms, but with a focus on gendered and sexual norms.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Berlin You will explore contemporary queer spaces and visit historic sites in the LGBTQ communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fights for social justice and equal rights in the former East and West Berlin. Through talks with artists, scholars, editors, and activists, you will gain a comparative understanding of how sexual and gender identities develop in response to historic events and be able to critically reflect on the theoretical texts youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read in class.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Sweden Along with a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will spend three days in ethnically diverse Gothenburg, Sweden, to explore how differently queer communities have developed in two Scandinavian countries.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to the gender and sexuality studies: Activism: Engagement and Resistance Equality in Scandinavia Families Without Borders: From Adoption to Transnational Desires Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia Gender Perspectives on Human Rights History of Sexuality in Europe Human Trafficking in a Global Context Masculinities in Scandinavia Pornography in Scandinavia Sociology of the Family Women and Leadership

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Global Economics Examine the impact of globalization on European integration using the theories of international trade, capital markets, and economic development in a European context. The aim of the program is to give you a critical understanding of the links between economic integration, comparative advantage, and international competitiveness. Highlights >> Travel with your class and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours that give you first-hand insight into the larger economic landscape of Europe. First, you go to

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I found it impressive during our short study tour to learn about huge global companies that originated in Denmark.

Western Denmark to visit Danish companies, and then - depending on your track - on a week-long study tour with a focus on the euro crisis or on transition economies >> Benefit from Denmark as your case study, where you and your classmates will take a comparative look at how Denmark’s small, open economy differs from that of the U.S. as both countries negotiate the driving forces and consequences of globalization >> Explore Copenhagen through a hands-on academic lens on field studies with your core course instructors, taking you behind the scenes on visits to local institutions such as think tanks, consulting firms, and labor unions

Student Profile This program is right for you if your major is economics, finance, or international relations.

Despite the nation’s small size and population (and even a lack of natural resources), these companies were able to capitalize on their strengths at home and benefit greatly from international trade. These are exactly the kinds of issues we’ve been reading about and discussing in our economics courses! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

You want a European perspective on how globalization, driven by economic growth, changes the market faster than national and international policies.

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Course Title

Globalization and European Economies

Course Objectives

You will focus on the impact of globalization on European economic integration, using standard theories of international trade applied to the EU common market and monetary union. You will gain a deeper understanding of the economic aspects of European and regional trade, labor, and monetary policy.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

Introductory courses in macro- and microeconomics, plus intermediate or advanced macroeconomics at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Brussels-Paris | Moscow Gain first-hand insight into economic theories in practice and engage in dialogue with decision makers and strategists. This core course has two tracks based around the study tour theme-integrated location: • Brussels-Paris: Focus on the euro crisis, gaining first-hand insight through dialogue with decision makers and strategists in international government intuitions, economic organizations, think tanks, and economic policy and foreign aid institutions within the EU • Moscow: Focus on transition economies through the Russian lens, gaining unique first-hand perspective through visits to Russian authorities and organizations, EU institutions, and research institutions

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen focused on core course academics, you will travel on a three-day study tour to visit and compare predominant industries in Denmark – analyzing how they stay competitive and keep a global presence in international markets.

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Electives Highlight Two exciting economics electives are the Urban Economics course in which you will use Copenhagen as a case study to explore the government’s economic decisions on education, child care, public transit, crime, taxation, and sustainability; while creating a fascinating juxtaposition between Denmark’s welfare state and the U.S. federalist system. And Economics of Crime in which you will explore the theoretical and systemic underpinnings of the international crime economy.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to economics: Corporate Finance: European Case Studies Corporate Social Responsibility: Business or Ethics ? Development Economics Economics of Crime

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Environmental Economics

This program will help you build crosscultural leadership skills to prepare for a career in a globalized world.

Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe

During your semester, DIS offers workshops on applying for international internships, how to build your resumé, and hosts an International Career Night, giving you the tools to bridge your study abroad experience with future career goals.

International Mergers and Acquisitions

International Financial Management

Social Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management Urban Economics

Graphic Design Globalize your portfolio through the study of graphic design in Scandinavia from a contextual, conceptual, and an aesthetic point of view. Highlights >> Interpret design through sketches and photography on study tour with DIS faculty >> Gain hands-on experience by producing a visual identity project from analysis to final presentation, including signage design and pictograms >> Take part in a charette with DIS students from Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Urban Design, as well as students from other Danish universities to generate casebased ideas in a collaborative design session >> Work with students from different backgrounds and skill levels in studio, so you can expand your frames of reference and develop new creative ideas while working on design projects for actual organizations in Copenhagen

Student Profile The two tracks of this program ensure it is right for you if you are from a professional school of architecture or design, or if you come from a liberal arts background. You wish to fully engage in the studio discourse, prepare for individual desk critique, and to invest time outside of studio hours developing projects.

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A highlight of our week-long study tour was our day in Rotterdam; it was refreshing, insightful, and inspiring. We started out by taking a trip to a local, but globally-recognized, graphic design studio - Studio Dumbar. We had the chance to see process work and projects and learn about their triumphs and perils throughout the years. Hearing from designers and seeing what they have produced was an incredible way to feed our design-hungry minds. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Courses Title

Graphic Design Studio

Graphic Design Foundations Studio

Course Objectives

In this studio, you will develop your design skills through analysis of Northern European graphic case studies combined with design assignments in visual identity, branding, and signage within the built environment, as well as in the context of Danish design culture.

If you do not have a background in graphic design, this studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of, and professional skills within, the field. You will not only learn the skills needed to build a creative portfolio, but you will also gain insight into Danish design culture.

Credits

6 Credits

Prerequisites

Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design at the junior, senior, or graduate level. Completion of a minimum of two graphic design/ drawing studios at university level. Knowledge of one or more programs in the Adobe Suite.

Documented background in fine arts or studio art, or completion of a course in drawing at university level. Basic knowledge of one or more programs in the Adobe Suite is beneficial.

Week-Long Study Tour

Netherlands Broaden your understanding of how design shapes human experience. You will examine graphic design in the built environment, studying cultural destinations in the Netherlands. You will begin to identify cultural differences through the visual and graphic expression. Before going on tour, you will work in teams to prepare for a specific visit, where you will lead your classmates once on site.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Along with a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will travel in Western Denmark to broaden your understanding of the social and physical context of Danish design. You will sketch and reflect on your experiences individually and as a group, influencing your studio work and your ability to design for the Danish context. Note: Full year students travel to Berlin for core course week during their spring semester.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to graphic design: Art in the Making Co-creation: Collaborative Innovation and Design Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture Danish Design Designing Communication Campaigns Livability in the Modern City Photojournalism Scandinavian Interior Architecture Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop Urban Design Journal

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Virtual Worlds and the Social Media Visual Journal Watercolor Painting

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Interior Architecture This program allows you to enhance your design methods and skills by approaching design problems from a contextual point of view within the Scandinavian environmental, cultural, and social context. Highlights >> Explore Danish Modernism and interior design traditions and their influence on current styles >> Travel on course-integrated study tours with faculty and students from across DIS architecture and design programs to enhance your cross-disciplinary understanding >> Take part in a charette with students from across DIS architecture and design programs, as well as students from other Danish universities to generate case-based ideas in a collaborative design session >> Work with students from different design backgrounds and skill levels. Expand your frame of reference, and develop new ideas in studios that typically contain 12 students

Student Profile The two tracks of this program ensures it is right for you if you are from a professional school of architecture or design, or if you come from a liberal arts background. You wish to fully engage in the studio discourse, prepare for individual desk critique, and to invest time outside of studio hours developing projects.

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In our second project of the semester, we were asked to work in groups of three or four to make a model of an existing structure that we were going to visit on our study tour in Sweden or Finland. We had a gallery style critique for this project, meaning that the groups were situated in various areas on a floor of the DIS building and professors and student critics rotated around the building to see and hear the various presentations. During the tour the next week, we were able to visit the sites and each group did a small on-site presentation about the building! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Interior Architecture Studio

Interior Architecture Foundations Studio

Course Objectives

You will develop your design skills through both the analysis of existing interiors and their materials, use of daylight, colors, and functional solutions, and through solving real-life spatial interior architectural problems within the Danish context. You will work in physical and digital media to construct spatial models and further your graphic and verbal communication skills.

If you do not have a background in interior architecture, this studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of, and professional skills within, architecture and interior design fields prior to pursuing a graduate degree.

Credits

6 Credits

Prerequisites

Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture or design at the junior, senior, or graduate level. Completion of a minimum of two spatial design studios at university level.

Documented background in fine arts or studio art, or completion of a course in drawing at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Austria-Switzerland | Finland-Sweden This tour will broaden your understanding of how design shapes human experience through the manipulation of light, material, spatial proportion and sequence, and integration of landscape and architecture by visiting innovative sites across Europe. You will sketch and reflect on your experiences individually and as a group. Before departing on tour, you will work with an interdisciplinary group to prepare an in-depth analysis of one of the sites you will be visiting, and then lead your classmates once on site.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will spend three days in Western Denmark, broadening your understanding of the social and physical context of Danish architecture and interior design, and two days in Copenhagen in a seminar that complements the study tour. Note: Full-year students travel to Berlin for core course week during their spring semester.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to interior architecture: Co-creation: Collaborative Innovation and Design Contemporary European Architectural Theories Danish Design Detailing in Scandinavian Architecture European Urban Design Theories Furniture Design in Denmark Workshop Innovation Through Design Thinking Integrated Sustainability Scandinavian Interior Architecture Sustainable by Design Textile Design in Scandinavia Workshop Urban Design Journal Visual Journal Watercolor Painting

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International Business Whether you dream of building your career in the corporate world or becoming an entrepreneur, this program offers you experience in analyzing and understanding how European businesses operate. Highlights >> Boost your resumĂŠ by gaining impressive hands-on experience working on projects and presenting solutions with businesses in Copenhagen on real-life case scenarios or building your own business idea and pitching it to professionals and investors >> Travel with DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours meeting with leaders and decision makers in key business clusters or start-ups and build their insights into your projects and practical assignments >> Gain resources for your career through International Career Night and the International Career and Resource Building Workshop hosted by DIS in conjunction with local business experts >> Network with your peers from schools across the U.S. in dynamic team projects, business visits, field studies, panels, and workshops throughout the semester

Student Profile This program is right for you if you are a student in business, economics, finance, marketing, management, or related disciplines with a strong interest in acquiring business knowledge and skills from an international, cross-cultural, and globalized perspective.

PATRICK BUGGY WASHINGTON U, ST. LOUIS DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

In European Business Strategy, we focused on two industries my professor has extensive experience in brewing and airlines. Through his connections, we completed a sponsor project with Carlsberg! We were challenged to analyze Carlsbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most pressing issues, and present our solutions and analysis directly to their Innovation Director at the end of the semester. I can definitely picture my future solving complex marketing challenges for such a highprofile brand, so it was great that DIS allowed me to do that! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Business Entrepreneurship Project

European Business Strategy: Case Studies

Course Objectives

In an intensive hands-on process you will meet and collaborate with some main players on the European entrepreneurship scene, including start-ups, leading venture capitalists, business accelerator set-ups, and policy makers. Your interaction with the entrepreneurial community will be directly applied to your own business venture idea, which you will build and submit to an international competition.

Through business visits, case studies, and lectures, you will come to understand the European business environment and how it is different from the U.S. You will learn how companies may be impacted by local business environments â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a key skill in international businesses. A major element of the course is working with a business on a sponsored project and presenting a solution to the company at the end of the semester.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

Courses in introductory macro- and microeconomics at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Dublin Get inspiration through meeting a number of successful start-up companies and entrepreneurship communities and get first-hand experience in pitching your business idea to professional mentors and investors.

Preference of Berlin-Prague | London | Riga Gain first-hand knowledge on business strategies of companies through on-site meetings with managers. You will study the businesses visited to understand how local and European environments impact business.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Sweden You will spend two days in a seminar in Copenhagen and three days in Sweden on study tour exploring and analyzing the local entrepreneurship environment there compared to that in Denmark.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will spend two days in a seminar in Copenhagen and three days on study tour in Western Denmark where you will engage in dialogue with locally operating corporations to gain an understanding of business strategy, particularly to Danish regulations, market demands, and culture.

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The Entrepreneurship Community DIS has a housing option created just for students with entrepreneurship plans! This Living & Learning Community option is structured as a real-life business accelerator program located in housing facilities specifically equipped to promote a dynamic and creative work environment. Visit DISabroad.org/housing for more information.

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TOM GOETZ CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO DIS STUDENT

In my core course, Business Entrepreneur Project, we are constantly pushed to network with different and new people - it is one of the best class dynamics I have participated in. The study tours give you the opportunity to interact with people involved directly in the start-up scene - people running their own start-ups, investing in start-ups, and hosting them.

Business Strategies in Green Industries Corporate Finance: European Case Studies Corporate Social Responsibility: Business or Ethics ? Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture Digital Media in Marketing International Advertising in a European Context International Financial Management International Marketing and Branding International Mergers and Acquisitions Leadership Across Cultures

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Justice & Human Rights This program will enhance your knowledge of international law and human rights by analyzing the legal aspects and political context behind major modern conflicts and human rights violations in Europe. Highlights >> Your core class faculty will be senior military legal advisers with first-hand experience from the recent conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa; bringing a professional perspective to the classroom on how law affects military planning and execution of operations >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours where you will come face to face with current political tensions and issues of national identity in the aftermath of recent conflict and civil war >> Build analytical skills focused around legal thinking and acquire tools to understand how legal methods can be applied in real-life examples using Danish and international case studies

Student Profile The program is right for you if you study political science, international relations, government, human rights, or global studies. The real world experience you will gain in this course is highly valuable for students interested in applying to law school.

NICHOLAS FEDYK GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

Talking with local students – many the same age as me – was the most striking part of my long study tour. During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo was under siege for four years… it is amazing what some people have lived through, and how easy my life has been in comparison. The experience was numbing; so direct, so shocking, so real. I’ve been to Auschwitz, Gettysburg, and Normandy, but this was different. I wasn’t looking at pictures and videos and there was no historical or generational gap here. These were the actual people that lived through this hell, and many of them are my age. These are my peers. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict

Course Objectives

Examine human rights and the laws of armed conflict, and how they apply to contemporary conflicts. Analyze current events such as piracy off the coast of Somalia, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and recent European armed conflicts in a legal context. Develop an understanding of the legal aspects regulating modern conflicts and how they interact with the political environment.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisite

A course in international relations or human rights at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Kosovo (Fall) | Bosnia (Spring) Both tours are tailored to give you the tools to form your own conclusions about human rights violations during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, international intervention, and the post-conflict rebuilding process. You will meet with opposition leaders, government officials, and local scholars that will broaden your perspectives on conflict and resolution first-hand; and interview a NGO in the region for a course project.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will head off on a three-day study tour, which will introduce you to Danish military and naval capabilities and their involvement and position in crisis areas. You will meet military officers and visit local universities where you will engage in intercultural dialogues on human conflict and rights.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to justice, human rights and international law: Activism: Engagement and Resistance Al-Qaida and Intelligence Analysis Anatomy of Hatred, The: Philosophy, Crime, and Emotions Auschwitz: From Genocide to Memorial Battlefield Europe: Military History of World War II Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scandinavia

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Equality in Scandinavia Gang Crime in Scandinavia Gender Perspectives on Human Rights

Live in a Living & Learning Community with fellow students who enjoy civic engagement and wish to be active with an international NGO while in Denmark. This housing option has a 1-credit corequisite called Campaigning: From Idea to Action. See DISabroad.org/housing for more info.

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Holocaust and Genocide Human Trafficking in a Global Context International Law from a European Perspective

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Political Leadership and Communication Racism: Theory and Cases Stolen Childhoods: Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe

Medical Practice & Policy This program offers you unique and valuable hands-on medical experiences, such as clinical lab exercises, as well as insight into clinical practices and healthcare in Europe. Highlights >> Learn from Danish medical doctors at Copenhagen University hospitals, and gain

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an insider view of the workings of hospitals and clinics, and the daily practice of physicians >> Try your hand at recording patient history and clinical cases as part of the experiential learning element of the core course >> Perform physical examinations and procedures on medical phantoms, such as blood drawing, I.V. entry, and suturing >> Compare and contrast healthcare and medical practice in newly reformed countries versus welfare state systems by visiting hospitals, clinics, and research institutions on

It’s been an honor and a privilege to learn from doctors who not only care about their patients, but also about their students. Their enthusiasm to teach our class, making sure we are excited about learning the symptoms/ treatments of diabetes, COPD, cardiovascular system, etc. was always so evident.

study tours in Denmark and cities in Western and Eastern Europe

Student Profile This program is right for you if you have a serious interest in medicine and science and are considering pursing a graduate degree in the health professions.

I will never have such diverse clinical experiences again until I actually enter medical school. From visiting different departments, talking to so many different doctors, nurses, and patients, I could finally imagine myself becoming a part of ‘the team’. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach

Course Objectives

In this course, taught on site at a university hospital, you will focus on the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and clinical working methods of Danish physicians as practiced in the Danish medical system.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

One year of biology and one year of chemistry at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Berlin-Poznan | Bratislava-Vienna | BudapestVienna | Stockholm-Tallinn The long study tour gives you an in-depth understanding of the nuances of medical practice, through visits to clinics and research institutions, in two distinct healthcare systems: one that is both well-established and internationally regarded, and one which is still in the process of developing.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will spend three days on study tour familiarizing yourself with the healthcare system across Denmark by visiting with general practitioners, hospital departments, and universities specializing in medical research.

Additional Course Specifics

Please be aware that this course does not provide regular medical training corresponding to that of medical students and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to medical practice and policy: Communicating Science Complexity of Cancer Epidemology: Danish Case Studies Health Beyond Borders Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe Health Perspectives on Obesity Immunology Medical Anthropology Medical Ethics Medical Exploration of HIV/AIDS Neuroscience of Fear Phenotypic Plasticity: Epigenetics and the Environment Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark Public Health Implications of Modern Lifestyles Science Research Practicum

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Neuroscience This program explores the role of the nervous system in regulating physiological processes at the cellular and molecular levels, the structure and function of the nervous system, and the biology behind different types of clinically relevant neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Highlights >> Gain insight into cutting-edge neuroscience in Scandinavia through research projects that will allow you to meet experts working directly in the field >> Meet top researchers and medical professionals in and outside of the classroom who will broaden your perspective on developments in neuroscience internationally >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours gaining exposure to experts and top researchers within the neuroscience field

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study biology, health science, neuroscience, or a similar discipline. It is designed to ensure you will acquire skills for a future career or graduate degree in the health professions, scientific research, or in the mental health disciplines.

DYLAN SABB DAVIDSON COLLEGE DIS ALUMNI

Our instructor, Jesper, was always able to answer deep, complex questions as he had done research directly related to lecture materials. Back at Davidson, I have a better understanding of neurotransmitter signaling pathways and the membrane receptor variability, which has helped me in my courses here. I just finished a developmental biology class and could connect receptor combination effects I first learned about with Jesper, while a toxicology lecture I recently attended at Wake Forest Medical School reinforced how well Jesper covered the neuroscience topics mentioned.

Why Neuroscience in Denmark ? The region of Denmark and Southern Sweden is home to Medicon Valley - one of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading life science clusters and a hub for research institutions and business centers. Biopharmaceutical companies such as Lundbeck, specializing in psychiatric disorders are based here, making Copenhagen a perfect base from which to go on field studies and study tours with your DIS faculty and classmates.

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Psychopharmacology â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Substances and the Brain

Neurological Disorders and Diseases

Course Objectives

You will learn how the brain is affected in different types of psychiatric disorders, as well as in the use of different psychoactive drugs, both legal and illegal. This course will cover neurotransmitters, basic neurobiology, psychiatric disorders, and psychoactive drugs.

Broaden your understanding of the underlying links between basic science, disease-oriented research, and translational research within the field of neuroscience. This course will provide a foundation of knowledge in areas of basic and clinical neuroscience, and explore some of major diseases affecting the nervous system.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

One year of biology and one year of chemistry at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Basel-Munich Switzerland and Germany are at the forefront of neuroscience research in Europe, with close cooperation between over 100 neuroscience research groups based at universities, hospitals, and specialized institutes - a variety of which you will visit with your faculty on tour.

Frankfurt-Heidelberg This tour will approach neuroscience through different perspectives in both clinical and lab-based settings with visits to leading hospital departments and wards, health centers, and academic and industrial research institutions.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Denmark-Southern Sweden Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will spend three days in Denmark or Southern Sweden where you will visit innovative Scandinavian institutions specializing in neuroscience research and initiatives.

Copenhagen and Denmark-Southern Sweden Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will spend three days in Denmark or Southern Sweden where you will visit leading research and clinical institutions and experts around the theme of disease-oriented research.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to neuroscience: Applied Psychotherapy Bioinformatics Complexity of Cancer Ethical Brain, The: Philosophy and Neuroscience Immunology Medical Ethics Neuroplasticity: From Neurons to Behavior Neuroscience of Fear Neuroscience of Human Consciousness: The Feeling of Being Neuroscience Methodology: A Cellular Approach to Cognition Psychopharmacology: Preclinical Research Social Brain, The: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

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Prostitution & the Sex Trade This program will challenge you to grapple with the conflicting views on prostitution in Europe. Prostitution is legal in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, but each country applies its own policies and laws. You will explore how different cultures construct very different narratives about sex, gender, and rights. Highlights >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on core course-integrated study tours to talk with former sex workers and NGOs and to examine the differences, legally and socially, in how prostitution is approached in comparison to Denmark >> Use Copenhagen as your case study with guest lecturers and class visits to the city’s Red Light District and organizations such as Reden (The Nest), a drop-in facility for Danish sex workers >> Mirror decision makers within the Danish government in a final panel debate on controversial topics such as prohibiting prostitution, legalizing it, and the criminalization of the customer

Student Profile This program is right for you if you are a gender or women’s studies major or you study sociology, anthropology, human rights, or international relations. The topics explored relating to prostitution and human trafficking will apply to a future career in law, academia, or social work.

Elective Course Feature: Pornography in Scandinavia Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography. Critics argue that porn encourages prostitution, objectifies women, and creates false images of men’s and women’s sexual performances. Proponents emphasize that pornography produces pleasure and facilitates erotic communication. Enroll in the Pornography in Scandinavia elective course to examine the history of pornography from print to feminist and queer porn, and the specific conditions which enabled the legalization of pornography in Denmark such as the welfare state, gender perceptions, and the politics of equality.

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Course Title

Prostitution and the Sex Trade in Europe

Course Objectives

This course focuses on prostitution as a parallel or grey economy in Europe. You will gain insight into the historical, cultural, and political aspects of prostitution in Scandinavia and in other European countries such as the Netherlands. You will also examine prostitution from different perspectives ranging from sex workers, customers, and anti-trafficking advocacy groups, to law-enforcement officials and politicians.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Amsterdam On this tour you will gain insight into the Dutch perspective on prostitution and trafficking. The tour is designed to challenge your ideas and perceptions about prostitution. Through talking to former sex workers and visiting NGOs, you will explore how the Dutch, Danish, and Swedish approaches differ from each other.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Sweden Along with a two-day seminar in Copenhagen focused on your core course academics, you will spend three days in Sweden examining the differences between the Swedish approach to prostitution in which the customer is criminalized, and the legalized status of prostitution in Denmark.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to prostitution and the sex trade: Families Without Borders: From Adoptions to Transnational Desires

Aside from being faculty at DIS, I run my own law firm, mainly taking probono cases for trafficked people in relation to violations of immigration law and the Danish penal code. I also chair a non-profit NGO which works for, and with, people who are trafficked to Denmark and exploited in prostitution and forced labor.

Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia Gender Perspectives on Human Rights Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations History of Sexuality in Europe

Teaching means I can meld together my work experiences in antitrafficking, human rights, and international law with personal experiences and interests. It is my hope that my students will gain understanding and learn about issues through real contexts and form their own opinions - not just historical texts and other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s views. ANNE BRANDT CHRISTENSEN INSTRUCTOR FOR PROSTITUTION & THE SEX TRADE IN EUROPE

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Human Trafficking in a Global Context Masculinities in Scandinavia Pornography in Scandinavia Psychology of Human Sexuality Women and Leadership

Psychology This program focuses on psychological theory, research, and practice, with an emphasis on its application in a Danish and European context. Highlights >> Choose between three core courses containing cutting-edge research, theory, and methodology that will broaden your understanding of psychology through a Danish and European perspective >> Europe will be your classroom as you travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours regionally and across Europe, where you will be able to meet and discuss central themes with key researchers, policy-makers, and NGOs >> Your classroom experience will be enhanced by guest lectures and field studies to local organizations that bring real world examples of how psychological science is applied and practiced in Denmark

Behavioral Neuroscience If you are interested in the interplay between neuroscience and psychology, courses in behavioral neuroscience will allow you to explore the biological bases of behavior, emotion, and cognition. You will explore how psychological processes can be linked to the nervous system and other bodily processes through both normal and pathological perspectives. DIS offers you the following elective courses related to this dynamic topic: • Neuroplasticity: From Neuron to Behavior • Neuroscience of Human Consciousness: The Feeling of Being • The Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

Student Profile This program is right for you if you are interested in psychology, social policy, neuroscience, or human development.

CAITLIN KELLY UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

I don’t think I would’ve learned this much just sitting in the classroom, so I am grateful DIS incorporates study tours and field studies into their program. This environment also allows you the opportunity to get to know the people in your class. I now have a network from all over the U.S. that I anticipate keeping in contact with! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course title

Cross-Cultural Psychology

European Clinical Psychology

Positive Psychology

Course Objectives

Through psychological research, theory, and methods, examine how culture influences human behavior and experience, and explore its influence on social relations, family processes, and experience of self. The related implications for clinical practice will also be considered.

Study clinical psychology with a focus on the way we approach the discipline within a European context, covering cultural and ethical issues, and different psychotherapeutic schools.

Through theory, research, and application, you will critically examine the psychology of well-being with both its possibilities and limitations, focusing on topics such as positive emotions, character strengths, flow, flourishing, mindfulness, and post traumatic growth. You will investigate how positive psychology complements other areas of psychology, therapy, and coaching and how it can be applied in a variety of contexts.

Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites

A psychology course at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Berlin Experience cross-cultural psychology outside the classroom by exploring cultural diversity in Germany through visits to organizations and academic institutions dealing with historical and current issues.

Brussels (Fall) | Vienna (Spring) The tour focuses on the roots of clinical psychology from Freudian to presentday techniques linking how experts in Austria approach policy and practice, and investigating mental health from a clinical perspective.

Brno-Prague | Budapest | London | Milan Analyze how positive psychology is applied across Europe. Meet with leading educators, researchers, and practitioners to witness and discuss groundbreaking methods and innovations the field is creating in the areas of public policy, business, clinical settings, and education.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark The three-day tour and two-day seminar will include academic visits to organizations, NGOs, and researchers dealing with cross-cultural psychology across Denmark.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Academic visits on the three-day tour and two-day seminar will include educational and psychological consultants, healthcare institutions, as well as professional practices in Danish municipalities. You will examine the Nordic interpretation of clinical practice and public policies.

Copenhagen and Western Denmark or Southern Sweden Academic visits for the three-day tour and two-day seminar will introduce you to Danish researchers and institutions that apply principles of positive psychology to the Danish organizational and clinical context.

DIS recommends a 3-credit optional European Clinical Psychology Practicum, giving you a hands-on experience to supplement your core course.

DIS recommends a 3-credit optional Positive Psychology Practicum: Methods and Practice, giving you a hands-on experience to supplement your core course.

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Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to psychology: Applied Psychotherapy Developmental Disorders Dynamic Project Leadership European Health Psychology

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Neuroplasticity: From Neurons to Behavior Neuroscience of Human Consciousness Psychology and Criminal Behavior

Psychology of Adolescence: A Scandinavian Perspective Psychology of Crisis Psychology of Human Sexuality Psychology of Leadership Social Brain, The: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors Virtual Selves: Psychology and Emerging Technology

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Public Health Through this program, you will gain a Northern European perspective on salient aspects of public health such as prevention, health promotion, and quality improvement. You will examine the challenges of health delivery, prioritization, and health economics. Highlights >> Access to real-life and current debates within the Danish healthcare system by designing a research question in a semester-long project in collaboration with a Danish public healthcare institution >> Understand what determines the priority setting for healthcare provision and the relationship between the many players involved in policy making and provision of health services >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours to compare insights from the analysis of contrasting national healthcare systems

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study health science, public health, public policy, or a similar discipline and wish to acquire skills for a graduate degree in health professions, and

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a future career in health administration or health promotion.

During the semester, my group worked on a research project relating to clinical and patient barriers to HIV testing with the organization CHIP (Copenhagen HIV Program). The project was a unique opportunity to consider the issue specifically in the Danish context. Throughout the process, we were challenged to reflect on the ways in which this issue in the Danish context needed to be approached differently than it would be in an American context, allowing us to develop and use our crosscultural skills. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Core Course

Health Delivery and Prioritization in Northern Europe

Course Objectives

This course aims at providing you with a solid knowledge of the provision and organization of public health in Northern Europe, and of the historical, social, economic, and political background of the present healthcare systems. You will explore what determines health priority setting and the relationship involved in policy-making and provision of health services.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Tallinn-Helsinki | Riga-Helsinki The long study tour compares and contrasts the role, function, and organization of the healthcare systems of Denmark and Finland, with the healthcare systems of postcommunist Estonia and Latvia. Through visits with general practitioners, policy-making institutions, and healthcare interest groups, the study tours address the challenges Europe faces in relation to healthcare due to rising costs, aging populations, and immigration.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark Alongside a two-day seminar in Copenhagen, you will spend three days on a study tour to Western Denmark, where you will familiarize yourself with the healthcare system, focusing on healthcare administration and the role of primary care.

Why Study Public Health in Denmark ? The Northern European welfare states choose different approaches when planning, providing, and organizing healthcare. Denmark is a unique case study with its renowned system of population registerbased public health called the Civil Register System. From your central location in Denmark, you will be able to witness how countries with a close proximity to each other in distance, but also politically and socially, have evolved differing preventive and curative healthcare systems.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to public health: Communicating Science Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies Epidemiology: Register based Research Project Food Systems Health Beyond Borders Healthcare Strategies for At-Risk Populations Health Economics and Health Policy in Europe Health Perspectives on Obesity Impact of Epidemic Disease upon European History, The Medical Anthropology Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy in Denmark Public Health Ethics Public Health Implications of Modern Lifestyles Science Research Practicum Strategies for Urban Livability

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Sociology Globalization has torn down walls, dissolved old hierarchies, and brought cultures closer together. In this program you will gain comparative insights from Denmark, Sweden, and Turkey into the challenges that this newfound cultural proximity has entailed and engage with how to address these challenges. Highlights >> Travel on study tour to Istanbul to hear personal stories and explore current issues surrounding cultural divisions and political tensions affecting Turkish society >> Study the changes to a previously homogeneous Scandinavia brought about by immigration from non-Western societies on short study tour in Sweden, and field studies in Copenhagen >> Take part in debates and workshops with diverse guest speakers from culturally conservative Danish analysts to Armenian and Kurdish minorities

Student Profile This program is right for you if you study sociology, anthropology, political science, international relations, or related disciplines. You should have an interest in examining issues of immigration, integration, and social capital from a European perspective.

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For a class project, we needed to create questions in small groups, then go out into the city to interview Danes on their opinions on immigration. This might have been one of the scariest projects I have been asked to work on, ever. Our questions dealt with opinions on immigrants living in various neighborhoods, how involved the Danes were in their actual neighborhood, and if they felt that immigrants were detrimental to the welfare system in Denmark.... I loved getting an inside perspective on immigration from immigrants, who live here in Denmark every day and deal with being something of an outsider in their home! >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

Cultural Diversity and Social Capital

Course Objectives

You will build your knowledge in the field through the European lens. This course pivots on case study investigations of the societal factors that underlie Europe’s often nationalist responses to recent immigration from the Middle East, in particular, and the historical and cultural factors that make up the backdrop to drawing up a new constitution in Turkey on your study tour.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Istanbul The tour will introduce you to social, cultural, and political divisions in Turkey between secularism and Islam, Turks and Kurds, the Muslim majority and non-Muslim minorities such as Greeks and Armenians - all in the context of Turkey’s ongoing democratization and EU accession negotiations.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Southern Sweden Experience first-hand how Denmark and Sweden, otherwise similar welfare states with historically homogenous populations, approach immigration and integration. Through two days of field studies in Copenhagen and a three-day study tour in Southern Sweden, you will gauge the surprisingly different approaches to the recent rise in immigration.

Additional Course Specifics

Add on an additional 3-credit Sociology Practicum course to engage directly with the challenges immigration and new cultural diversity pose to Denmark.

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STEPHANIE CLEMENTE TRINITY COLLEGE DIS ALUMNI

From learning about social cohesion in my core course, Cultural Diversity and Social Capital, to seeing it first hand in the Nørrebro neighborhood, the Sociology Practicum added depth to my understanding that the classroom cannot provide. Working with immigrant students helped me to see that from speaking Danish to considering Copenhagen their home, integration in practice can be easier than the actual policies and programs we learned about in class.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to sociology: Activism: Engagement and Resistance Anatomy of Hatred, The: Philosophy, Crime, and Emotions Equality in Scandinavia Gang Crime in Scandinavia Gender and Sexuality in Scandinavia Holocaust and Genocide Human Trafficking in a Global Context Islam, Democracy, and Gender Pornogrpahy in Scandinavia Religion and Politics in Europe Service Learning Seminar Sociology of the Family Sociology Practicum Women and Leadership

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Sustainability in Europe The focus of the program is on the social, political, and economic issues associated with sustainable development. It introduces a range of Danish and European stakeholders shaping the sustainability agenda. Highlights >> Use Copenhagen as a classroom by visiting some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most progressive sustainability initiatives. Past field studies include the European Environment Agency, RisĂ¸ National Laboratory for Renewable Energy, and the NGO Energy Crossroads >> Travel with your classmates and DIS faculty on course-integrated study tours to leading Danish and European destinations renowned for their sustainability initiatives >> Create your own strategic plan for a sustainable future by combining your classroom experiences with field studies and study tour visits >> Get involved with sustainability outside of the classroom: live in the Green Living & Learning Community, attend DIS-hosted Climate Seminars, volunteer for various sustainability NGOs, bike to school, or be a part of the Sustainability Task Force

Student Profile The program is right for you if you are interested in environmental studies, environmental science, public policy, or general environmental affairs.

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Our short study tour in Core Course Week was focused on energy production and transmission in Denmark. Our first stop was Energinet, a private company controlling the supply of wind energy to the grid. Denmark has set a goal of 50% renewable energy by 2020 and 100% by 2050. Two of the employees gave a presentation and was I floored by some of the most simple things said - it shifted how I view energy production. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

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Course Title

European Sustainable Development

Course Objectives

You will explore a range of sustainability issues in this course, such as the dilemma of economic growth and energy policy in Denmark and the EU. Beginning with a broader look at consumption, prosperity, and spatial levels of sustainability, you will then delve deeper into more specific, case-based examples of sustainable strategic development while on long study tour.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of England | Germany | Sweden You will visit leading regions for research and development of sustainable systems and organizations. This core course has three tracks based around a themed location: • England (Totnes, Transition Town): Role of grassroots activists and organizations creating new bottom–up social, economic, and technological solutions for sustainable development • Germany (Hamburg & Berlin): Sustainable urban planning and redevelopment with a focus on food, energy, and transportation • Sweden (Stockholm): Investigating communities’ reprioritization of focus from building industry to building sustainability

Core Course Week

Denmark and Southern Sweden or Western Denmark A two-day seminar in Copenhagen and a three-day tour will explore Northern European sustainability methods. You may visit windfarms, solar power plants, ecovillages, universities, and local governments.

“Copenhageners don’t simply preach the ‘progressive city’ ethos, they live it.” - The New York Times • 50% of all Copenhageners commute to work or study by bike. In total, Copenhageners bike 1.2 million kilometers a year, which equals a trip to the moon and back, twice! • Copenhagen is working hard to become the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025 • Biomass accounts for approximately 70% of renewable energy consumption, and wind energy provides 20% of domestic electricity production • The European Environment Agency is based in Copenhagen • Copenhagen’s district heating system uses waste heat from regional refuse incineration plants and combined heat from power plants to distribute heat through a city-wide pipe system. One incinerator provides nearly 140,000 households with electricity and district heating

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to sustainability: Biological Conservation and Biodiversity Environmental Economics Environmental History of Europe Environmental Impact of Humans Environmental Policy in Practice Environmental Research Project Food Systems Livability in the Modern City Renewable Energy Systems Social Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management

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Sustainable Production and Consumption Waste Management Systems in Europe

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Urban Design Using Copenhagen, ‘the livable city’, as a laboratory, you will work on projects using analytical design methods specifically devised for urban design and landscape issues. Highlights

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take you deep into Copenhagen’s cutting-edge urban planning >> Develop design methods for creating key urban spatial conditions necessary to facilitate a livable urban environment >> Travel on study tours with DIS faculty and with fellow students from design programs across DIS to enhance your cross-disciplinary understanding >> Gain presentation experience through crits (critiques), where your projects will be

Rasmus, my studio instructor, has had a major role in my education abroad. His knowledge in the field, combined with his experience working with Jan Gehl Architects made the study environment very rewarding.

reviewed in a cross-disciplinary context by your peers and by working professionals >> DIS studios typically contain 12 students, creating a close mentorship by DIS faculty and a network of peers with similar skill levels, to help develop your creative conceptualization

Student Profile The two tracks of this program ensure it is right for you if you are from a professional school of architecture, design, urban design, or come from a liberal arts background. You wish to fully engage in the studio discourse, prepare for individual desk critique, and to invest time outside of studio hours developing projects.

On field studies, we biked around Copenhagen and also visited his own firm arki_lab and were able to see how he combines urban design with architecture in his winning competition proposals. He will forever be a mentor, and someone I will constantly keep contact with even after leaving DIS. >> DISABROAD.ORG/BLOGS

Elective Course Feature: European Urban Design Theories You will study the underlying theories and methodologies of urban design, as practiced in Europe since the mid-20th century. This elective course will also demonstrate how design theories are carried out in reality in Copenhagen and nearby urban areas. Additionally, differences and similarities between European and American cities in socio-political contexts will be discussed.

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Urban Design Studio

Urban Design Foundations Studio

Course Objectives

You will be instructed in a combination of one-on-one tutoring, discussions, and lectures in studio, focusing on human scale, temporary use, design for the livable city, and landscape architecture in the urban context. Design projects will be the basis for discussions, presentations, and the development of individual design skills.

If you do not have a background in urban design, this studio offers you an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of the field of urban design, and develop your creative design skills in a studio setting.

Credits

6 Credits

Prerequisites

Enrollment at a professional school or department of architecture, landscape architecture, design, or urban design at the junior, senior, or graduate level. Completion of a minimum of two spatial design studios at university level.

Documented background in fine arts or studio art, or completion of a course in drawing at university level.

Week-Long Study Tour

Preference of Finland-Sweden | Austria-Switzerland The tour will broaden your understanding of how design shapes human experience through the manipulation of light, material, spatial proportion and sequence, and integration of landscape and architecture by visiting innovative sites across Europe. You will sketch and reflect on your experiences individually and as a group. Before departing, you will work with an interdisciplinary group to prepare an in-depth analysis of one of the sites you will be visiting.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Western Denmark You will spend three days in Western Denmark, broadening your understanding of the social and physical context of Danish urban design, and two days in Copenhagen in a focused seminar that complements the study tour. Note: Full year students travel to Berlin for core course week during their spring semester.

Corequisites

You will take one of the following 3-credit corequisite courses: European Urban Design Theories, Livability in the Modern City, Strategies for Urban Livability, or Urban Design Journal to supplement your studio course.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to urban design: Co-creation: Collaborative Innovation and Design Danish Design European Urban Design Theories Garden Art in European Culture History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design Innovation Through Design Thinking Integrated Sustainability Livability in the Modern City Strategies for Urban Livability Sustainable by Design Urban Design Journal Venice: Power, Art, and Urban Space What to Sustain in 21st Century Urban Habitat

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Urban Studies in Europe Discover how the city has become the focal point for cultural expression, social change, and political tension. Symbolizing freedom and upward mobility, the city promises a better life while at the same time generating challenges and fears. Highlights >> Use Copenhagen as your classroom on field studies that explore its dramatic urban change over the past few decades, from the development of a welfare state to cutting-edge urban planning and sustainable, livable cities >> Travel on two course-integrated study tours where you will be able to compare how

A Tale Of Two Cities: Budapest and Vienna Budapest and Vienna, the destinations for our weeklong study tour, stand out as two fascinating case studies of contemporary European metropoles. Historically, both are Roman settlements and medieval cities, and were positioned on the frontline during the expansion of the Muslim Ottoman Empire.

these cities are currently developing their infrastructure from both the Eastern and Western European sociopolitical contexts >> Build a dynamic dialogue with a variety of guest lectures from local historians, sociologists, and urban planners

Student Profile This program is for you if you study history, urban design, urban studies, politics, or sociology and wish to engage and examine contemporary cities through a multidisciplinary academic lens.

These two dynamic capitals came to define the modern European urban experience in art, architecture, literature, and urban design until the forces of nationalism during World War II and then the Iron Curtain entangled and divided their histories. Today, these two cities stand as starkly contrasting emblems of urban life in the heart of contemporary Europe. THORSTEN WAGNER CORE COURSE INSTRUCTOR

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Core Course

European Urban Life and Development

Course Objectives

The course will integrate architectural, geographical, historical, and social dimensions to explore the European city as a venue of human interaction and experience. You will learn to read each city through its architecture, art, history, literature, politics, social movements, and urban layout.

Credits

3 Credits

Week-Long Study Tour

Budapest-Vienna You will witness Budapest, a city heavily contextualized by its years behind the Soviet Iron Curtain, and compare it with the western European city of Vienna.

Core Course Week

Copenhagen and Northern Germany You will spend three days on a study tour introducing you to Germany’s gateway to the world, the booming port city of Hamburg. The tour is supplemented by a two-day companion seminar in Copenhagen. You will reflect on how Hamburg’s unique history as a ‘free city’ with the Hanseatic League shaped the city into what it is today, and compare this to Copenhagen’s differing socio-urban development.

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Elective Course Feature: Explore the History of Copenhagen Why does Copenhagen look as it does? Continue the theme of reading the city by enrolling in the elective course History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design with DIS historian Carsten Pape (pictured above). The course takes you through the many stages of the city’s urban development from the Middle Ages to now.

Related Electives DIS has over 190 electives to choose from (p. 77-95). Below is a selection related to urban studies: Equality in Scandinavia European Urban Design Theories Gang Crime in Scandinavia Garden Art in European Culture History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design Literary London Livability in the Modern City Strategies for Urban Livability Sustainable by Design Venice: Power, Art, and Urban Space What to Sustain in 21st Century Urban Habitat

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Optional Study Tours

Vienna: Capital of Classical Music Fall & Spring, 1 credit Gain a better appreciation of the music of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mahler.

>> EUROPE AS YOUR CLASSROOM Optional Study Tours are integrated with a 1- or 3-credit elective course. Delve into a specific topic in the classroom before traveling with your classmates and instructor to the destination. Earn class credit as you equip yourself with the background knowledge of what you will see. >> BRING LEARNING TO LIFE Your studies come to life with visits to various museums, sites, neighborhoods, and events. Your instructor will lead the study tour, so you will have his/her passion and expertise at your disposal. The itinerary is designed so you see the city through a focused lens and learn about the topic and destination, one through the other.

Literary London Fall & Spring, 1 credit Explore Britain’s culturally trailblazing capital; home of renowned authors, influential artists, and a history that goes back 2,000 years.

Turkey: Ancient Conquest and Legacy Fall & Spring, 1 credit Delve into Hellenistic, late Roman, and Byzantine culture and Venture behind the facade St.and Petersburg history while investigating theinlife times ofand Alexander Moscow to better understand the enigma that the Great and other legends of the Ancient world. is, and always has been, Russia

Nordic Culinary Culture Fall & Spring, 1 credit Dig into the concept of ‘New Nordic’ cuisine by visiting local producers, sampling seasonal fare, and exploring regional techniques.

Classical and Renaissance Rome Fall & Spring, 1 credit Experience grand masterpieces and the timeless architecture of the Eternal City.

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Venice: Power, Art, and Urban Space Fall, 1 credit Examine Venice through the lens of the art, architecture, and urban space in order to understand how the city communicated its power and glory to the outside world.

Barcelona: Football is Never Just a Game Fall, 1 credit Explore European football and why F.C. Barcelona calls itself “more than a club” and operates as a symbol of Catalonia.

Iceland: Vikings and Sagas Spring, 1 credit Explore the stunning Icelandic landscape as you gain insight into the colorful personalities of the Icelandic sagas and Viking era.

Holocaust and Genocide Fall & Spring, 3 credits Contextualize the Holocaust through visits to the Neuengamme ‘work camp’ and the historic city of Hamburg.

Impressionism in Paris Fall & Spring, 1 credit Marvel at the masterpieces and meander along the boulevards to discover why Paris was the heart of the Impressionism movement.

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Danish Language and Culture Courses The language of a nation is a window to its culture. Yet most Danes speak English, so why should you study the Danish language and grapple with new and exotic sounds such as Æ, Ø, and Å? Words are not neutral, they are reflections of cultural realities that you learn about through language. It’s a whole lot of fun too, which is why over 60% of DIS students enroll in Danish Language and Culture courses. If you want to be more than a tourist passing through and actually immerse yourself in Copenhagen, DIS highly recommends you enroll in a Danish Language and Culture course during your semester - it will give you a deeper understanding of your new home and open up the local culture and lifestyle in a meaningful manner.

WHAT TO EXPECT You can expect an engaging, interactive classroom focusing on culture and real-life situations, that includes field studies in and around Copenhagen. LANGUAGE The linguistic focus will be on speaking, reading, listening, and understanding Danish. At the end of the semester you will be able to: • Read and understand various simple texts in Danish (passive knowledge of the language) • Have short informal conversations with new friends • Handle everyday situations such as going to a café, restaurant, or grocery store CULTURE The culture element will be used as an opener to Danish culture, history, and identity. It will: • Provide you with an overview of the historical development of Denmark • Enable you to understand and decode the Danish mentality and self-perception • Require you to analyze contemporary life and culture through a comparative lens and your own first-hand observations

Field Studies into the Heart of Danish Culture The course includes four field studies with your instructor and classmates based on what is happening in Copenhagen when you are here. Past examples include: • Café Night at the start of the semester to introduce you to your classmates and the Danish concept of hygge (coziness) • A visit to Tivoli, Copenhagen’s famous amusement park • A visit to Christiania to explore an iconic and unique Danish communit • A historical tour of one of the many spectacular castles in the region • Attending a ballet or opera performance at the Royal Theater

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Course Options Danish Language and Culture Level I (3 credits) Danish Language and Culture Level I & II (6 credits)

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From the Danish mindset, I learned that happiness can be found in the most simple things. Whenever I asked my host morfar (grandpa) how he’s doing (hvordan går det), he always answered, ‘could be worse’ with a smile. Most Danes that I’ve met find happiness in the most basic but the most essential elements of life like hygge with family or a small group of friends. I will never forget the meaning of hygge; the feeling that you get when you have candles lit on a table while you enjoy good company with a cup of tea or a glass of wine, creating coziness even in the midst of a dark cold winter.

Danish Language and Culture for Child Diversity & Development Students Level I (3 credits) Higher level courses are available for fullyear students in their second semester and can be arranged for students arriving with various levels of proficiency in Danish.

Did You Know ? • Danish is a North Germanic language with around six million speakers • The letters C, Q, W, X and Z are not used in the spelling of indigenous Danish words • There are officially 29 letters in the Danish alphabet since 1980, when the letter W was officially recognized • Danish is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian, and more distantly to Icelandic and Faroese • There are eight vowel letters in Modern Standard Danish, but there are around 20 different vowel sounds

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Academic Engagement with the DIS Faculty DIS faculty are passionate about sharing their knowledge and experience in the classroom, and often work as professionals in the areas they teach. Our instructors come from academia, government, the public sector, or professional industries, so they ‘teach what they do’. This gives students direct access to leading hospitals and health professionals, politicians, business leaders, architects, and activists in Denmark – and throughout Europe when on DIS study tours.

Guest Lectures DIS faculty introduce you to their professional network of experts with special guest lectures throughout the semester.

Faculty-Led Study Tours Faculty bring to life the course themes on study tour with their own local knowledge of the area alongside that of local experts.

Inside the DIS Classroom DIS faculty are constantly engaging you with burning issues of our time, connecting theory, practice, and reflection.

Field Studies Faculty-led field studies in Copenhagen allow you to visit locations and sites normally off limits to the public.

Courses Outside of the Classroom Venture behind the facade in St. Petersburg and toto better understand the enigma that IfMoscow you wish gain hands-on is, and always been, Russia experience, DIS has faculty lead you through theory in the classroom to prepare you for off-site placements in practicums, labs, and service learning.

Professional Critiques Several DIS courses and studios have project work that is critiqued by our faculty’s network of experts in the field.

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Housing Options Where you live is one of the most important aspects of your learning experience abroad. DIS offers six distinct housing options. >> HOMESTAY Immerse yourself by living with Danish hosts in their home and spending time with them at meals and through activities. >> LIVING & LEARNING COMMUNITY (LLC) With eight themed housing choices, this option is great if you wish to pursue a passion alongside other like-minded students and interact in a meaningful way with the local community. >> KOLLEGIUM Live like a local in student housing with Danes and international students. You must be independent and ready to knock on your neighbor’s door to make connections! >> DIS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY (DRC) You will live with other DIS students in a DIS-run hall, and can seek engagement with Danes through immersion activities. >> FOLKEHØJSKOLE Have a truly unique Danish communal living experience with local and international students in a tight-knit residence community within a tradition reaching back 150 years. >> DANISH ROOMMATE If you are independent and self-reliant and wish to live like a Copenhagener, you will have your own room in a local’s apartment.

Homestay

I live in a homestay about a 30 minute commute to DIS. We spend time together on the weekends and at night (I would never miss one of my host mother’s dinners!). Yes, there are times when my friends are going out on Friday night and I have to choose between dinner with my Danish family and going out. Do you want to know the truth? I pick my family almost every time: home cooked meals, that comfortable couch, and an incredible host mother who teaches me a little Danish. Living in Denmark is one thing, but living with the Danes is a whole other level of cultural learning! SAM HOSMAN PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY DIS STUDENT BLOGGER

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DIS Residential Community (DRC)

The commute to DIS varies - for some students it is a walk or bike ride, for others, it can be a substantial bus or train commute, but for everyone it is a central part of their study abroad experience!

Living & Learning Community (LLC)

FolkehĂ¸jskole Danish Roommate

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Engage in the Community Make friends, make a difference, and create new and unforgettable memories. Engaging yourself in the Danish community increases your understanding of the world as well as your own culture, and DIS has many opportunities for you to explore outside of your comfort zone.

Visiting Family Program If you aren’t living in a homestay, request a Danish Visiting Family.

One thing is certain: I wouldn’t have the understanding of Danish culture I do today if it weren’t for the friends I’ve made this fall. And I wouldn’t have made those connections if I hadn’t thrust myself into new situations, been active in pursuing my interests, or stayed curious - and acted on that curiosity - throughout my time in København. To immerse yourself is to engage fully with your environment, venturing into the uncertain, allowing yourself to become vulnerable. What better place to do that than here? Big enough that there is still a plethora of nooks left to explore, yet small enough to feel familiar and secure, I’ve found København to be a vibrant and beautiful city, in terms of the energy, architecture, and people - so why hold back? LAURA SMITH VASSAR COLLEGE DIS STUDENT

Buddy Network Organize social events and excursions with a network of DIS and Danish university students.

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Clubs

Evening Seminars

Pursue an interest by joining clubs from Danish cooking classes, to wine tasting, to sports and LGBTQ clubs.

Spend an evening at a panel seminar or debate with DIS faculty and guest lecturers discussing burning issues of our time.

Studenterhuset Go to an event or grab a coffee at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student union, just blocks from DIS, where students from all Copenhagen universities mingle.

Volunteering Engage with the local community with different commitment-level options from day events, to the DIS Volunteer Program, to the credit-bearing Service Learning Seminar.

Danish Language & Culture Course Over 60% of DIS students enroll in this course and rate it as one of their favorites at DIS.

Day Trips & Activities Go local with DIS day trips to iconic locations such as castles, parks, and museums in and around Copenhagen.

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DIScovery Trips

Finland: Snow and Sauna Embrace the winter weather and head to southern Finland for a weekend of snowshoeing, ice fishing, and frosty fun!

>> PURSUE A PASSION Full of activities and challenges, DIScovery Trips allow you to explore an interest, try something new, and just have fun! DIScovery Trips are for you if you want explore Europe, travel with fellow enthusiasts, and enjoy a unique adventure. >> OFF THE BEATEN PATH Venture outside Europe’s well-trodden cities and experience a destination that you might not otherwise discover! Whether it is the fjords of Norway or the markets of Southern France, there is something for everyone.

Explore the Norway Fjords Tall Ship Sailing

An unforgettable expedition to Norway’s western fjord region: kayak, trek, and bike your way past sheer cliffs, roaring waterfalls, and sleepy meadows.

Denmark consists of more than 400 islands. Venture out to sea and explore the Danish waters and coastline on a beautiful tall ship.

Portugal: Surf the Atlantic Escape to Ericeira, Portugal’s surf mecca, to learn to ride the waves. Your days will be filled with surf lessons and discovering the local culture.

Bornholm Bike Trip Cycle the beautiful bike paths that crisscross the quaint Danish island of Bornholm. Sample the famous smoked herring and explore the many picturesque villages.

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Sweden Canoe and Hike Trip Venture to the beautiful Kullaberg Peninsula in southern Sweden for a weekend of canoeing, hiking, rappelling, and orienteering.

Skiing in the Alps A ski trip to the Alps, the crème de la crème of mountains, is not something you will easily forget.

Czech Trek Rock climb, rappel, cave-crawl, zip-line, and explore the nature of Ceský ráj, what many call the ‘Bohemian Paradise’.

Scandinavian Glass Blowing Create an original piece of glasswork on this unique glass-making tour.

Sustainable Samsø Bike and hike the Danish island of Samsø famous for becoming 100% environmentally sustainable in 10 years.

Southern France: Culinary Exploration Join your fellow foodies on a gastronomic adventure to southern France, one of the world’s most exciting regions for food and wine.

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A Day in the Life

Peter Monday

Jackie Tuesday

Ellie Wednesday

Liz Thursday

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Study on train 8:00

Friday

Abby The Weekend

Finish homework before class

Bike to DIS

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Patrick

Breakfast with friends at Folkehøjskole

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Walk to DIS