Academic year 2012-2013
To see the courses offered in the Academic year 2011-2012, go to the list on the right bar.
Here below the preliminary list of BSRS courses in the academic year 2012-13. The complete list with course descriptions will be published soon.
Registration to the courses in the first session, if not mentioned otherwise.
Other interesting courses: http://www.soc.utu.fi/laitokset/poliittinenhistoria/ajankohtaista/europeanstudies/index_eng.html
North American Studies http://www.hum.utu.fi/sivustot/nams/index.html
Autumn semester 2012
BSRM0270 Interdisciplinary Introduction to the Baltic Sea Region 6 ECTS
The module consists of the introduction lecture and 3 courses that can be taken separately:
Schedule: September (- early October)
1.1. Introduction lecture (2 hours, no separate exam)
1.2. BSRM0271 History of the Baltic Sea Region
Instructor: Academic Director, Dr.Soc.Sc Markku Jokisipilä
Contact Hours: 12 Hours of Lecture
ECTS credits: 2
1.3. BSRM0272 Baltic Regional Dynamic and Challenges
Responsible Persons: PhD, Docent Marko Lehti
Contact hours: 12 Hours of lectures
ECTS credits: 2
1.4. BSRM0273 Culture, Art and Imagination
Responsible person: PhD Kirsi Tuohela
Contact hours: 12 Hours of Lectures
ECTS credits: 2
TAHI2593 The Baltic Sea Region in Art History
Responsible person: MA Eeva Hallikainen, (Department of Art History)
ECTS credits: 3 (+ 2, optional)
Contact hours: lectures 24 h
Schedule: September – December 2012
BSRS0019 Transmission, dissemination and translation - Literary culture in medieval Baltic Sea Region
Person in charge: MA Maria Kallio, Researcher, Finnish history
ECTS: 3 ECTS
Level: basic/ intermediate
Contact hours: 18
SUKI1308 Knowledge about Finland
Responsible person: MA Leena Maria Heikkola, University teacher (Department of Finnish, Åbo Akademi University)
ECTS credits: 3
Level: basic
Contact hours: 12 h
Schedule: Period 1, (September–October)
BSRS9835 Introduction to Intercultural communication
Responsible persons: Fred Dervin, Professor of Multicultural Education, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki; Adjunct Professor, University of Turku & Minghui Gao, MA, Department of Sociology, University of Turku
ECTS credits: 3
Duration: 15 contact hours. Intensive course, October-November
Level: intermediate
BSRS0021 Baltic Sea Region as an Emerging EU-Macro region: Environment, Sea and Energy
Person in charge: Daria Gritsenko (MES), Researcher, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
ECTS: 3 (lecture + exam) OR 5 (lecture + exam + seminar)
Level: Intermediate
Number of contact hours: 20 h, lectures, 4 hours seminar, independent work/literature
Schedule: October - November 2012..
HERIxxxx Urban History and Heritage: A Baltic Sea Region Perspective
Person in charge: Prof. Hannu Salmi
ECTS 5-10
Modes of Learning: Lectures (24 hours, in Dec 2012), case study, teamwork (in Jan 2013)
Assessment: Lecture diary, web-based exercises, case study
E-LEARNING
The BSRS program has a quota of 5 students in this course. Note: the course starts in October and will end in February
Identities in European History (4-5 ECTS)
The aim of the course is to examine, how ideas of identity are created, reinforced and modified in European history. This question will be studied from different viewpoints and time periods. The focus will be on the questions of language, politics and religion. These questions will be examined in different time periods and topics.
Students will learn to use key concepts concerning European identity in history. Course takes place in web-based international and local study groups.
Preliminary timetable: the course will be arranged between October - 2012 and February 2013
http://verkko-opetus.utu.fi/historia/kurssit.php?kurssi=48
Spring semester 2013
BSRS9713 Cross-Border Areas in the Baltic Sea Region
Person in charge: Professor Helena Ruotsala, European Ethnology (with other teachers)
ECTS 3
Level: basic/intermediate
Mode of teaching: 18 hours of lectures
BSRS0020 History, Memory and Narratives in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region in the 20th Century
Person in charge: Pertti Grönholm, Ph.D., Docent, Department of General History
ECTS credits: 5 (+3)
Level: Intermediate
Contact hours: 24 hours of lectures (including two film presentations and discussions)
Modes of teaching: Lectures (20 hours), Independent work and additional literature.
SUKI1307 Variations and the Development of the Finnish Language
Responsible person: MA Leena Maria Heikkola, university teacher (Department of Finnish, Åbo Akademi University)
ECTS credits: 2
Level: basic
Contact hours: 14 h
Schedule: Period 3, spring term 2013 (January–February)
Modes of teaching: lectures and literature
SUPU2028 Nordic Gender System and Cultural Representations of Gender in Finland
Coordinator: Taru Leppänen, PhD, lecturer (taru.leppanen@utu.fi)
ECTS credits: 5 ECTS/op
Organizing institutions: Gender Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Contact hours: 20