General information about the IIS electives
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IIS Electives
Course Listing Semester 2 - 2023-2024
Every semester, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies offers a wide variety of interdisciplinary elective courses. Below you will find all IIS electives that are taught in the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024:
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Disability Studies (6 ECTS)
The course aims to inspire you to reflect on and learn more about pressing concerns about disability. [February – June 2024] -
Food Forestry (6 ECTS)
The course Food Forestry: Experiencing the Future of Nature and Agriculture familiarizes you with a novel agricultural paradigm in which nature is perceived as an ally, not an enemy to food production. [April – June ... -
Data Literacy (6 ECTS)
What is data? How did data become so important for seemingly everything, from science to policy, passing by activism and art? How are data collection and use regulated? [February – June 2024] -
Big History (6 ECTS)
How did the histories of the cosmos, life, earth and human societies influence each other and shape important aspects of the world together? What does big history mean for our future? [October 2024 - February 2025] -
Complexity: Can it be Simplified? (6 ECTS)
How do we solve our most urgent societal challenges and understand and communicate such interdisciplinary problems? [February – June 2024] -
Digital Warfare: The Future of Cyber Threats in the Twenty-first Century (6 ECTS)
How does hacking and influencing work out in cyberspace? How has Stuxnet - the world's first cyber weapon - changed the way of warfare? [February – May 2024] -
Cultures of Conspiracy (6 ECTS)
In a world overflowing with suspicion, how do we differentiate between healthy scepticism and dangerous paranoia? [February – June 2024] -
Sexology (6 ECTS)
This course aims to provide you with an introduction to sexology research that is safe, up-to-date, and inspiring. [September–December 2024] -
Building Bridges for Local-Global Challenges (6 ECTS)
Many complex problems on a global scale have local implications - and vice versa. How can we solve one of these local-global challenges? [March – July 2024] -
Dier-Mens Studies (6 EC) (NL)
Finding Nemo. De muis in je huis. De hond op schoot. Het kalfsvlees op je bord. Dieren zijn overal: in ons alledaagse leven en de maatschappij, in onze menselijke culturen en verbeelding. [april - juli 2024]