Bachelor of Science in Peace and Development Studies
Linnaeus University
Key Information
Campus location
Växjö, Sweden
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
SEK 330,000 **
Application deadline
Request info *
Earliest start date
03 Sep 2024
* Oct 16th 2023 – applications open
** total tuition fee
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Introduction
The program studies conflict and peace, peacebuilding, sustainable development, socio-economic relationships, human rights, and security.
Peace and Development Studies is your main subject within the program. If you wish to graduate with a double bachelor's degree, you can choose an additional major from either Sociology, Gender studies, Economics, or Political Science. This combination gives you an added advantage when you enter the labor market and also broadens your possibilities for acceptance into a Master’s program. However, you can also combine Peace and Development Studies with an array of courses from all other areas, as long as they are relevant to our subject area.
All classes within Peace and Development Studies are taught in English, this familiarizes you with an international working environment. However, in order to complete their degree, students will choose from a variety of other areas which might feature classes taught in Swedish. The program includes one semester where you can choose to do an internship or study abroad.
During your studies, you are invited to participate in different activities related to your future working life, such as visits to different organizations and seminars with visiting practitioners.
This is Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University is a modern, international university in the southeast of Sweden. We are located in two nature-loving cities, one by the Baltic sea and one surrounded by lakes in the greenest city in Europe. More facts about Linnaeus University:
- Founded in 2010 through a merger between Kalmar University and Växjö University;
- Located in Kalmar and Växjö;
- 44,000 enrolled students;
- 2,200 enrolled international students;
- 6th largest university in Sweden in terms of the number of students;
- 780 partner universities in more than 80 countries;
- 100-degree programs on the first-cycle level, 8 of them taught in English;
- 80-degree programs on the second-cycle level, 35 of them taught in English.
Växjö
Roughly 15 minutes by bike from the city center, you will find Linnaeus University’s campus. It is like a small society with a university, student accommodation, and student life. Here you become part of a creative knowledge environment.
What will you come across on an excursion in Växjö – the city of contrasts? You will find good restaurants, a celebrated hockey team, and cozy cafés where you can enjoy a latte with lingonberry flavor. In Växjö, beautiful nature is always just around the corner; the city is surrounded by lakes and forests. Students like the combination of the city center and the active student life on campus. Your dream of the future starts here!
Career Opportunities
You can work in international and local non-governmental organisations, private businesses, and public institutions with international questions. Sometimes work in Sweden is combined with time abroad, as an administrator in an embassy, or as a project coordinator with an organisation.
Curriculum
The Peace and Development Programme combine an interdisciplinary approach to conflict, peace, development, and security issues with in-depth, subject-specific analysis and case studies. During the first year, students are introduced to the study of peace and development, forming the foundation of the interdisciplinary and problem-oriented, and emancipatory approach of their main field of study. In their second year, students study peace and development issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging in advanced studies related to their field, including for instance gender studies. They also develop their capacity to apply peace and development to particular cultural or professional contexts with a focus on regional studies, communication, and project work. During the third year, students study the final level in peace and development (G2E) and complete their studies with either an internship, elective classes (30 credits), or a semester of studies abroad.
Throughout the program, students are offered activities supporting the work-related elements of the program such as lectures, simulation exercises, workshops, and seminars focusing on their future working life. Training in problem-based learning (PBL), both individually as well as in groups, provides students with the skills necessary to master their future profession within the field.
Program Courses
(*= Course within the main field of study)
Specific entry requirements are applied for the courses included in the program, which are provided in the course syllabuses. The order of the included courses may be altered. Some of the courses may be studied together with students from other programs and courses.
Year 1
Semester 1
- Peace and Development Studies I, 30 credits (G1N)*
Semester 2
- Peace and Development Studies II, 30 credits (G1F)*
Year 2
Semester 3
- Development Work in a Gender Perspective, 7.5 credits (G1F)
- Community Development, 7.5 credits (G1F)
- Human Security and Sustainable Development, 7.5 credits (G1F)*
- Migration, Conflict and Development, 7.5 credits (G1F)*
Semester 4
- Africa South of Sahara: Political Development and Conflicts, 7.5 credits (G1F)*
- Conflict, Security, and Development from a Regional Perspective, 7.5 credits (G1F)*
- Project Development, Communication, and Evaluation, 15 credits (G1F)
Year 3
Semester 5
- Peace and Development Studies III, 30 credits (G2E)*
Semester 6
- Internship, 30 credits (G2F)*
or - Optional courses, 30 credits
The optional courses are aimed at broadening or deepening the subject-specific knowledge. The courses can be taken at Linnaeus University, at another higher education institution in Sweden, or at a university abroad.