General information about the Honours programme
Read more about the educational vision, admission and enrollment of the Honours modules.
The IIS offers a range of interdisciplinary Honours modules for students who want to get more out of their degree programme. These modules are open to students from the UvA, the Amsterdam University College (AUC) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Below you can find all Honours modules taught in the first semester of the academic year 2022 - 2023:
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Beyond the Culture of Contest (6 ECTS)
How does a healthy work environment look? What is needed for strengthening cooperation and trust within the current environment or organisation we are in? [September - December] -
Big History (6 ECTS)
How have the histories of the cosmos, life, Earth and human societies influenced each other and jointly shaped important aspects of the world we live in now? [February - May] -
China's Ambitions in the 21st Century (6 ECTS)
What is the impact of the war in Ukraine on China’s position vis-à-vis Europe and Russia? What is the role of propaganda and (dis)information in Chinese social media? [September - December] -
Deep Ecology: Surfing the Waves (6 ECTS)
How can we grow healthy, diverse and inclusive Urban Ecosystems in interaction with the environment? Do we need an overview of the systems we are part of, or can we learn to surf the waves from within? [April- June] -
From Home to Homeland (6 ECTS)
What do 'feeling at home', 'homemaking' and 'sense of belonging' mean? How important are these emotions in politics and our private lives? [September - December] -
From Fact-checking to Argument-checking (6 ECTS)
How can we detect, analyse, identify, and assess arguments in given contexts? What are the ethical challenges and opportunities posed by digital communication tools? [September - December] -
Material Europe: Networks and the Technopolitics of European Integration (6 ECTS)
How did networks of trains, roads, boats and planes contribute to Europe's integration? How have technopolitical interventions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic changed the political power of Europe? [September - ... -
Reimagining Equality as Academic Citizens (6 ECTS)
How can we – as academics - reimagine the meaning of equality in our rapidly changing society that is characterised by increasing diversity, complexity, and polarisation? [September - December] -
The Next Great/Small Transformation (6 ECTS)
Our world is ridden with urgent, but daunting transition challenges. Uncertainty about the direction of change, and resistance to change are ubiquitous. How to move forward? [February - May] -
The Three Ages in English Literature (6 ECTS)
What does ‘growing up’ mean in Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, and how does it relate to political authority? What happened to middle age in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby? [September - December] -
Towards an AI society: Challenges and Chances (6 ECTS)
What are the advantages the widespread use of AI is expected to yield? How can we examine the profound social and ethical challenges an AI society must overcome? [September - December] -
Uit de ivoren toren! Wetenschapsjournalistiek en -communicatie (NL) (6 EC)
Hoe maak je de vertaalslag van moeilijke informatie uit een wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar video, sociale media of een nieuwsbericht voor een breder publiek? [September - December] -
What We Talk About When We Talk About Waste (6 ECTS)
What is waste? In resisting our managerial, neutralising and objectifying grasp, waste is increasingly forcing our thought. How can we learn to listen to what it has to say? [September - December] -
Wicked Challenges in Health (6 ECTS)
How can we solve the complex and multifactorial challenges in health, present at the interspace or overlap of various professions, institutions and/or societal domains? [February - May] -
From Hell to Paradise: Dante's Journey Through the Arts and Sciences (6 ECTS)
What are Dante's ideas about literature, music and the visual arts? How were artists, writers, intellectuals, scholars and scientists inspired and influenced by Dante’s poetry? [October- February] -
Migration at IDFA (6 ECTS)
How can documentaries offer an alternative perspective and deepen our understanding of the complexities of migration, displacement and exile in ways that differ from mainstream journalism? [October- February] -
Feeling Science (6 ECTS)
What role do bodies, feelings and affects play in scientific knowledge-making? How are our bodies as scientists involved in research practices in various ways? [September- November] -
Social Entrepreneurship (9 ECTS)
How to conceive ideas for social enterprises and how to write a business plan to address the social needs of the underprivileged in helping themselves through social entrepreneurship? [October - February] -
The Dangerous World of Mathematics & Statistics (6 ECTS)
How can we judge when people “lie with statistics” and use mathematical and statistical techniques in the correct way? [November - January] -
The Discovery of Nature (6 ECTS)
How has humankind viewed, researched and interpreted nature from the 16th to the 19th century and how does this relate to our present-day knowledge and attitude towards nature? [November - December] -
World Building for Changemakers & Storytellers (NL) (6 EC)
Waar bestaat een fantasiewereld, zoals we die kennen uit boeken, series en games, uit? Hoe kun je die wereld gebruiken om onze eigen wereld kritisch te bekijken én veranderen? [Oktober - Februari]