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IIS-Honoursmodules
Aanbod Semester 2 - 2025-2026
Voor studenten die meer uit hun studie willen halen, biedt het IIS verschillende interdisciplinaire honoursmodules aan. De modules zijn toegankelijk voor studenten van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, het Amsterdam University College en de Vrije Universiteit. Hieronder vind je alle Honoursmodules die in het tweede semester van academisch jaar 2025-2026 te volgen zijn.
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(Re)Energize – The Transformation of Power (6 EC)
How to secure our energy demands in a sustainable way, now and in the future, is one of the main challenges we are currently facing. [February - May] -
Animal Languages and Cultures (6 EC)
How can we view other animals differently? How can we gain insight into their lives ? [April - June] -
Big History (6 EC)
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] -
Birds - Our Shared History, Habitats, and Future (6 EC)
What makes these wild animals so fascinating and how can we take interest in the lessons we can learn from them, if we are to find a new balance between nature and human activity? [February - May] -
Citizenship, Democracy, and Education in a Digital World (6 EC)
This course is designed to broaden students' understanding of how digitalisation intersects with themes like citizenship, democracy, and education. [February - March] -
Complexity: Can it be simplified? (6 EC)
After developing a common language to consolidate and communicate complex concepts, you will learn to quantify them and build a simple but complex system yourself. [February- May] -
Cre[AI]tive Writing: Literary Invention in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (6 EC)
This course is a diverse exploration of creative writing as a discipline and an art form. [February-May] -
Creating Connections through Arts-based Research (6 EC)
In this Arts-Based Research (ABR) course, where traditional boundaries are challenged, you will rethink research and tackle complex issues through creativity. [February-May] -
Data Literacy (6 EC)
What is data? How is it used? What are the ethical and epistemological issues that arise in the use of data in science, medicine, business, and policy-making? [February - May] -
Femicide. Understanding Pathways to Deadly Gender-based Violence (6 EC)
Femicide or feminicide, the intentional killing with a gender-related motivation, is the most brutal and extreme manifestation of gender-based violence of women and girls. [April-June] -
Future Belongings (6 EC)
Who are we in a catastrophic world? Future Belongings is an interdisciplinary course that invites students to explore the evolving notions of belonging. [February - April] -
Games and Decisions (6 EC)
How to fairly allocate prize money or ad revenue? What is the power of political parties in a democracy? And how to decide whether a company should advertise or not? [February-May] -
Globalisation: Culture, Politics, Society (6 EC)
This interdisciplinary course explores the concept of globalisation in relation to various cultural forms and debates over the last three decades. [February - April] -
How to Deal with Climate Anxiety? An Existentialist Approach (6 EC)
Using existentialist philosophy and thinking, this course provides an intellectual framework for students to reflect on the climate crisis. [February-April] -
Imagination in Theory and Practice (6 EC)
Our imagination is central to magnificent achievements. According to some, current global crises largely stem from an inability to imagine better futures. [February - June] -
Open Source Investigations: Methods for Digital Research (6 EC)
Despite rampant misinformation and fake news, digital media plays an increasingly more critical role in journalistic and legal investigations. [February-May] -
Power, Conflict, and Cooperation (6 EC)
Power, Conflict, and Cooperation explores the forces that shape how people lead, influence, resist, and collaborate in teams, organizations, and societies. [April - June] -
Radical Utopia (6 EC)
In times of polarization and anxiety where big changes are taking place it is (high) time to explore alternative ways of living. [February - May] -
Regenerate y/our Education (6 EC)
Have you ever wondered if there is more potential to learn – in different ways – about how to be humans in today’s and tomorrow’s world? [February - March] -
Religious Practices Today (6 EC)
Are you interested in the ways religion and spirituality are practiced today? [February - May] -
Scientific Programming 101 (6 EC)
This course is a great starting point to learn computer programming in Python, one of the most used programming languages in the world. [February - May] -
Sex in the Year 2050 (6 EC)
What will sexual behavior look like in the year 2050? That is the central question of this course. [February - April] -
FitTok – Social Media, Health, and Well-being (6 EC)
On a daily basis, we are confronted with information that influences our health decisions. [February - April] -
The Universe that Made Us (6 EC)
Embark on a captivating journey through the universe. From the origins of the cosmos to the formation of Earth and the unique conditions that allow life to exist—we will explore it. [February-May] -
Witches, Masons, and the Caribbean Intellectual as Revolutionaries (6 EC)
Perhaps the revolution that most impacted the course of Western history during the 1800s, and some would argue into our present day, was the Haitian revolution. [February - May]