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Courses in the Humanities (offered in English)

355 courses offered in English within this category

• ARA4118 - Arabic Manuscripts (10 credits)
• ARA4303 - Modern Arabic Fiction and Dramatic Arts (10 credits)
• ARA4304 - Contemporary Arabic Literature: Texts and Contexts (10 credits)
• ARA4505 - Arabic Cyberspace (10 credits)
• ARA4506 - Key Concepts of Arabic Language and Culture – A Comparative Analysis (10 credits)
• ARK2120 - Hunters and Gatherers and Stone Age Technology (10 credits)
• ARK2130 - From the Bronze Age to the Vikings and Beyond. Archaeological Analysis of Past Technology (10 credits)
• ARK2410 - University of Oslo Summer School in Archaeology (10 credits)
• ARK4120 - Hunters and Gatherers and Stone Age Technology (10 credits)
• ARK4130 - From the Bronze Age to the Vikings and Beyond. Archaeological Analysis of Past Technology (10 credits)
• ARK4320 - Archaeological Field course, Mediterranean (10 credits)
• ARK4410 - University of Oslo Summer School in Archaeology (10 credits)
• CSMN4010 - Rational Agency (10 credits)
• CSMN4020 - Linguistic Agency (10 credits)
• CSMN4021 - Pragmatics and Relevance Theory (10 credits)
• CSMN4030 - Moral Agency (10 credits)
• EAL4010 - East Asian Linguistics (10 credits)
• EAL4020 - Topics in the History of East Asian Languages (10 credits)
• EAL4090 - Master’s Thesis in East Asian Linguistics (60 credits)
• EAL4110 - Readings in East Asian Linguistics (10 credits)
• EAST2504 - East Asia: Great Traditions (10 credits)
• EAST4110 - Readings in East Asian Culture and History (10 credits)
• EAST4503 - The Making of East Asian Modernities (10 credits)
• EAST4504 - East Asia: Great Traditions (10 credits)
• EAST4505 - East Asia: Security and International Relations (10 credits)
• EAST4507 - East Asia: Capital and Labour (10 credits)
• EAST4510 - Approaches to East Asian Culture and History (20 credits)
• EAST4520 - Topics in East Asian Societies and Politics (10 credits)
• EAST4530 - Topics in East Asian Culture and History (10 credits)
• EAST4590 - Master's Thesis in East Asian Studies (60 credits)
• EAST4592 - Master's Thesis in East Asian Studies (30 ECTS) (30 credits)
• ENG0111 - English for international students (10 credits)
• ENG1100 - English Grammar, an introduction (10 credits)
• ENG1101 - English Phonetics and Intonation, An Introduction (5 credits)
• ENG1102 - Translation and Practical Exercises, An Introduction (5 credits)
• ENG1103 - English Phonetics and Intonation, An Introduction (10 credits)
• ENG1111 - The English Language. Awareness and Writing Skills (An introduction) (10 credits)
• ENG1303 - British Literature, An Introduction (10 credits)
• ENG1304 - American Literature, an introduction (10 credits)
• ENG1505 - British Civilisation, an introduction (10 credits)
• ENG2151 - Systemic Functional Grammar, introduction (10 credits)
• ENG2152 - Varieties of English Texts (10 credits)
• ENG2153 - English Corpus Linguistics (10 credits)
• ENG2154 - Old English, Introduction (10 credits)
• ENG2155 - Aspects of Chaucerian Language and Literature (10 credits)
• ENG2156 - History of the English Language (10 credits)
• ENG2157 - Semantics and Pragmatics (10 credits)
• ENG2158 - Translation into English (10 credits)
• ENG2159 - Accents of English in the British Isles (10 credits)
• ENG2160 - Language and Settlement in England, ca. 400-1200 A.D. (10 credits)
• ENG2162 - Contrastive and Learner Language Analysis (10 credits)
• ENG2163 - Global English (10 credits)
• ENG2164 - The World of Beowulf (10 credits)
• ENG2301 - English Renaissance Literature (10 credits)
• ENG2303 - British Literature in the Age of the Enlightenment (10 credits)
• ENG2304 - The Romantic Period (10 credits)
• ENG2305 - The Victorian Period (10 credits)
• ENG2321 - Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (10 credits)
• ENG2323 - Women Writing: Feminist Fiction in English (10 credits)
• ENG2324 - Homotextuality: Gay and Lesbian Literature (10 credits)
• ENG2325 - The Short Story in English (10 credits)
• ENG2326 - Fiction and Film (10 credits)
• ENG2327 - Shakespeare (10 credits)
• ENG2329 - Reception Studies (10 credits)
• ENG2333 - Multicultural American literature (10 credits)
• ENG2334 - American Literature in the Fifties and Sixties (10 credits)
• ENG2335 - British and American Modernism (10 credits)
• ENG2340 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature (10 credits)
• ENG2505 - Identities in the British Isles (10 credits)
• ENG2515 - Britain since 1945 (10 credits)
• ENG2516 - Northern Ireland (10 credits)
• ENG2517 - The British Constitution (10 credits)
• ENG3100 - Thesis course, English Language (10 credits)
• ENG3300 - Thesis course, English Literature (10 credits)
• ENG3501 - Thesis course, British Area studies (10 credits)
• ENG4100 - English Language Research: Methods and Thesis Outline (10 credits)
• ENG4102 - Phraseology in English (10 credits)
• ENG4103 - Historical English Syntax (10 credits)
• ENG4104 - Chaucer and the Manuscript Tradition (10 credits)
• ENG4106 - Contrastive analysis: Syntax, lexis, discourse (10 credits)
• ENG4108 - Tense and aspect in English (10 credits)
• ENG4110 - Older English Philology and Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4114 - Text and translation (10 credits)
• ENG4115 - Texture and Linguistic Structure (10 credits)
• ENG4116 - Second Language Acquisition (10 credits)
• ENG4151 - Systemic Functional Grammar, introduction (10 credits)
• ENG4152 - Varieties of English Texts (10 credits)
• ENG4154 - Old English, Introduction (10 credits)
• ENG4155 - Aspects of Chaucerian Language and Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4156 - History of the English Language (10 credits)
• ENG4157 - Semantics and Pragmatics (10 credits)
• ENG4158 - Translation into English (10 credits)
• ENG4159 - Accents of English in the British Isles (10 credits)
• ENG4160 - Language and Settlement in England, ca. 400-1200 A.D. (10 credits)
• ENG4163 - Global English (10 credits)
• ENG4164 - The World of Beowulf (10 credits)
• ENG4190 - Master Thesis in Languages: English (60 credits)
• ENG4304 - Contemporary American and Canadian Short Fiction (10 credits)
• ENG4310 - Literary Theory in English (5 credits)
• ENG4321 - Fantasy Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4325 - Theorizing American and Canadian Short Story Cycles/Composites (10 credits)
• ENG4340 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4341 - English Renaissance Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4343 - British Literature in the Age of the Enlightenment (10 credits)
• ENG4344 - The Romantic Period (10 credits)
• ENG4345 - The Victorian Period (10 credits)
• ENG4361 - Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4363 - Women Writing: Feminist Fiction in English (10 credits)
• ENG4364 - Homotextuality: Gay and Lesbian Literature (10 credits)
• ENG4365 - The Short Story in English (10 credits)
• ENG4366 - Fiction and Film (10 credits)
• ENG4367 - Shakespeare (10 credits)
• ENG4369 - Reception Studies (10 credits)
• ENG4373 - Multicultural American literature (10 credits)
• ENG4374 - American Literature in the Fifties and Sixties (10 credits)
• ENG4375 - British and American Modernism (10 credits)
• ENG4390 - Master Thesis in English Literature (60 credits)
• ENG4391 - Writing a Thesis on a Literary Topic (5 credits)
• ENG4411 - American Drama Between the Wars (10 credits)
• ENG4413 - The Early English Novel (10 credits)
• ENG4414 - The Auto-Graphic Novel (10 credits)
• ENG4433 - Between Two Cultures: Indian Authors Who Write in English (10 credits)
• ENG4434 - 20th Century American Literature: Race, Gender, Performativity (10 credits)
• ENG4435 - The Lost Generation and the 1920s (10 credits)
• ENG4452 - Reading Dickens: Texts and afterlives (10 credits)
• ENG4453 - Jane Austen: Text and Context (10 credits)
• ENG4454 - Tom Stoppard’s Drama of Ideas (10 credits)
• ENG4455 - Reading Milton’s Paradise Lost (10 credits)
• ENG4471 - The Return of the Author (10 credits)
• ENG4472 - The Literary History of Sexuality (10 credits)
• ENG4473 - World Literatures in English (10 credits)
• ENG4515 - Britain since 1945 (10 credits)
• ENG4516 - Northern Ireland (10 credits)
• ENG4517 - The British Constitution (10 credits)
• ENG4525 - Identities in the British Isles (10 credits)
• EXPHIL03E - Examen philosophicum - English option (10 credits)
• FIL2105 - Metaphysics/Philosophy of Mind (10 credits)
• FIL2207 - Philosophy of Action (10 credits)
• FIL2403 - Philosophy of language (10 credits)
• FIL2506 - Recent history of philosophy: The heritage of Frege and Russel (10 credits)
• FIL4010 - Various philosophical topics (10 credits)
• FIL4011 - Various philosophical topics II (10 credits)
• FIL4160 - Metaphysics II (10 credits)
• FIL4170 - Metaphysics II with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4180 - Metaphysics II with long essay (30 credits)
• FIL4200 - Epistemology and philosophy of science (10 credits)
• FIL4210 - Epistemology and philosophy of science (20 credits)
• FIL4220 - Epistemology and philosophy of science (30 credits)
• FIL4300 - Ethics (10 credits)
• FIL4310 - Ethics with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4320 - Ethics with long essay (30 credits)
• FIL4400 - Logic and philosophy of language (10 credits)
• FIL4401 - Philosophy of language II (10 credits)
• FIL4410 - Logic and philosophy of language with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4411 - Philosophy of language II (20 credits)
• FIL4420 - Logic and philosophy of language with long essay (30 credits)
• FIL4421 - Philosophy of language II (30 credits)
• FIL4461 - Reference, Context and Speech acts (10 credits)
• FIL4471 - reference, Context and Speech acts with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4481 - Reference, Context and Speech acts with long essay (30 credits)
• FIL4560 - History of philosophy from 600 BC until the 17th century (10 credits)
• FIL4570 - History of philosophy from 600 BC until the 17th century with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4580 - History of philosophy from 600 BC until the 17th century with long essay (30 credits)
• FIL4600 - History of Philosophy 1600-1800 (10 credits)
• FIL4610 - History of Philosophy 1600-1800 with short essay (20 credits)
• FIL4620 - History of Philosophy 1600-1800 with long essay (30 credits)
• GRE2401 - Greek epic poetry (10 credits)
• GRE2402 - Greek philosophical texts (10 credits)
• GRE2404 - Greek historiography (10 credits)
• GRE2405 - Greek drama (10 credits)
• GRE4110 - History of the Greek language (10 credits)
• GRE4307 - Ancient medical texts (10 credits)
• GRE4408 - Greek drama (10 credits)
• HIN4010 - Hindi Literature, Linguistics and Performance Studies (10 credits)
• HIN4011 - Advanced Readings in Hindi (5 credits)
• HIS2140 - Objects and Identities in the Viking Age (c.750-c.1050) (10 credits)
• HIS2171 - Diverging Paths: social and economic development in the West and the East since c. 1700 (10 credits)
• HIS2172 - Kings, Gods and Temples in Pre-Colonial South Asia (10 credits)
• HIS2335 - Into the Ice: Norwegian Polar History (10 credits)
• HIS2376 - Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy (10 credits)
• HIS2417 - Politics, Poverty and Water in Post-colonial India (10 credits)
• HIS4157 - Gender and urban economy (10 credits)
• HIS4171 - Diverging Paths: social and economic development in the West and the East since c. 1700 (10 credits)
• HIS4172 - Kings, Gods and Temples in Pre-Colonial South Asia (10 credits)
• HIS4335 - Into the Ice: Norwegian Polar History (10 credits)
• HIS4417 - Politics, Poverty and Water in Post-colonial India (10 credits)
• HIS4421 - War, Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize (10 credits)
• IBS3101 - Ibsen’s oeuvre in a biographical, aesthetic and historical perspective (10 credits)
• IBS3102 - Henrik Ibsen’s oeuvre in the perspective of its reception history (10 credits)
• IBS3104 - Ibsen and the drama of modernity (10 credits)
• IBS3105 - Ibsen Between Cultures (10 credits)
• IBS3204 - Ibsen in Performance (10 credits)
• IBS3205 - New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies (10 credits)
• IBS4000 - Introduction (10 credits)
• IBS4001 - How to write a thesis? (10 credits)
• IBS4101 - Ibsen’s oeuvre in a biographical, aesthetic and historical perspective (10 credits)
• IBS4102 - Henrik Ibsen’s oeuvre in the perspective of its reception history (10 credits)
• IBS4104 - Ibsen and the drama of modernity (10 credits)
• IBS4105 - Ibsen Between Cultures (10 credits)
• IBS4204 - Ibsen in Performance (10 credits)
• IBS4204 - Ibsen in Performance (10 credits)
• IBS4205 - New Perspectives in Ibsen Studies (10 credits)
• IBS4390 - Master's thesis (60 credits)
• IDE2023 - Medieval intellectual history (10 credits)
• IDE2063 - Europe and the World - Travelogues from the Renaissance to the Romantic period (10 credits)
• IDE4063 - Early modern travel: Commerce, Education or Science (10 credits)
• IRSK4303 - Celtic Mythological Texts (10 credits)
• JAP1501 - Japan's Politics and Society (10 credits)
• JAP2501 - Japanese Popular Culture (10 credits)
• JAP4010 - Designing a Master’s Project on Modern Japan (10 credits)
• JAP4110 - Classical Japanese I (10 credits)
• JAP4320 - Modern Japanese Literature, Culture and Society (10 credits)
• JAP4501 - Modern Japan (10 credits)
• JAP4510 - Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture (10 credits)
• JAP4520 - Traditional Culture in Modern Japan (10 credits)
• JAP4530 - Modern & Contemporary Japanese Politics and International Relations (10 credits)
• JOUR4330 - Freedom of expression – discourses, principles and practices (10 credits)
• JOUR4421 - Trends in International Journalism (20 credits)
• KIN4111 - Introduction to Classical Chinese (10 credits)
• KIN4310 - Approaches to the Study of Chinese Civilization. Theories and Methodologies (20 credits)
• KIN4320 - Topics in Chinese History and Thought (10 credits)
• KIN4330 - Topics in Chinese Literature (10 credits)
• KIN4340 - Topics in Chinese Culture and History (10 credits)
• KIN4390 - Master’s Thesis in Chinese Civilization (60 credits)
• KIN4510 - Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society and Politics. Theories and Methodologies (20 credits)
• KIN4520 - Topics in Chinese Society and Politics (10 credits)
• KIN4590 - Chinese: Master’s Degree thesis in Asian and African Studies (60 credits)
• KIN4591 - Master's Thesis in Chinese Society and Politics (60 credits)
• KIN4592 - Master's Thesis: Chinese (AAS 30 sp) (30 credits)
• KIN4593 - Master's Thesis in Chinese Society and Politics (30 ECTS) (30 credits)
• KONS1000 - Introduction to conservation and collection care (10 credits)
• KONS2010 - Konserveringshistorie (historie, filosofi og etikk) (10 credits)
• KONS2061 - Understanding the indoor climate in museums, galleries and archives (10 credits)
• KONS2070 - University of Oslo Summer School in Conservation of Theatre Sceneries (10 credits)
• KONS4070 - University of Oslo Summer School in Conservation of Theatre Sceneries (10 credits)
• KOR1502 - Korea: Philosophy and Religion (10 credits)
• KOR1504 - Korea: History, Society, Politics (10 credits)
• KOS4002 - Fieldwork Method and Practice (10 credits)
• KOS4010 - Current Themes in Asia and Middle East Studies (10 credits)
• KOS4011 - Current Themes in Asia and Middle East studies 2 (10 credits)
• KOS4015 - New Themes in Asia and Middle East Studies (5 credits)
• KULH1492 - Cultural encounters - historical cases (10 credits)
• KUN1005E - Introductory Course in Norwegian Art History (10 credits)
• KUN2005E - Edvard Munch (10 credits)
• KUN2070 - Art 1950-2000 (10 credits)
• KUN2075 - Collisions/Collusions: Modernity and Public Art 1880-1920 (10 credits)
• KUN2230 - Art Technology Media (10 credits)
• KUN2305E - Inside the medieval church: the church room and its decoration in medieval Scandinavia (10 credits)
• KUN4070 - Art 1950-2000 (10 credits)
• KUN4075 - Collsions/Collusions: Modernity and Public Art 1880-1920 (10 credits)
• KUN4230 - Art Technology Media (10 credits)
• KUN4305E - Inside the medieval church: the church room and its decoration in medieval Scandinavia (10 credits)
• LAT2401 - Augustan poetry (10 credits)
• LAT2402 - Cicero (10 credits)
• LAT4403 - Vergil (10 credits)
• MAS2525 - Old Norse religion (10 credits)
• MAS4010 - Dissertation Seminar (10 credits)
• MAS4090 - Master's Thesis for the Master's Programme in Nordic Viking and Medieval Culture (60 credits)
• MAS4525 - Old Norse religion (10 credits)
• MAS4541 - Current issues in medieval studies with focus on history 2 (10 credits)
• MAS4550 - Current issues in medieval studies with focus on history of art 1 (10 credits)
• MAS4551 - Current issues in medieval studies with focus on history of art 2 (10 credits)
• MEVIT1110 - Audiovisual Aesthetics (10 credits)
• MEVIT3220 - Media and Globalization (20 credits)
• MEVIT4000 - Master’s thesis seminar (10 credits)
• MEVIT4091 - Master's Thesis in Media Studies, with presentation (60 credits)
• MEVIT4100 - Nordic Media in an International Perspective (10 credits)
• MEVIT4130 - Mediatized stories: Self-representations in digital storytelling (10 credits)
• MEVIT4220 - Media and Globalisation (20 credits)
• MEVIT4300 - Media Economics (10 credits)
• MEVIT4310 - Media Innovations (10 credits)
• MEVIT4325 - Media and Democratisation Processes - Summer school course (15 credits)
• MEVIT4525 - Contemporary Tendencies in Scandinavian Visual Fiction (10 credits)
• MEVIT4640 - Mobile Media Design (10 credits)
• MEVIT4800 - Perspectives and methods in media research (10 credits)
• MEVIT4895 - Conference attendance with presentation (10 credits)
• MEVIT4896 - Work as a research assistant (10 credits)
• MEVIT4899 - Self Composed Course (10 credits)
• MEVIT4991 - Practical Master's Thesis in Media Science, with presentation (60 credits)
• MUS1401 - Norwegian Music for International Students (10 credits)
• MUS2005 - Music cognition (10 credits)
• MUS4005 - Music cognition (10 credits)
• NFI1100 - Runology - General Introduction (10 credits)
• NFI2101 - Runology – Runic Inscriptions from the Migration Period to the Viking Age (10 credits)
• NFI2102 - Runology - Runic Inscriptions of the Middle Ages (10 credits)
• NFI2120 - Old Norse Palaeography, Codicology and Medieval Manuscript Culture (10 credits)
• NFI3000 - Runology - Runic Inscriptions as Artefact and Museum Objects (10 credits)
• NFI4100 - Runology - General introduction (10 credits)
• NFI4111 - Old Norse Palaeography, Codicology and Medieval Manuscript (10 credits)
• NFI4112 - Old Norse Rhetoric and Poetics in a European Context (10 credits)
• NFI4120 - Old Norse - language and texts (10 credits)
• NFI4121 - The Poetic Edda - from Orality to Literacy (10 credits)
• NFI4122 - Runology - Runic Inscriptions of the Middle Ages (10 credits)
• NFI4123 - Runology – Runic Inscriptions from the Migration Period to the Viking Age (10 credits)
• NFI4402 - Current Research in Medieval Studies II with focus on Literary sources (10 credits)
• NOR1403 - Norwegian World Literature (10 credits)
• NOR2415 - Contemporary Scandinavian Film: Cultural, Aesthetic and Literary Approaches (10 credits)
• NORAM1500 - American history (10 credits)
• NORAM1506 - American Civilization: An Introduction (10 credits)
• NORAM1510 - Introduction to American Studies (10 credits)
• NORAM2305 - Literature and Society in the United States and Canada (10 credits)
• NORAM2571 - Race and Racism in the United States (10 credits)
• NORAM2572 - American Women's History (10 credits)
• NORAM2576 - An Enlightening Lens: Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life (10 credits)
• NORAM2578 - Critical Challenges of American Government and Politics (10 credits)
• NORAM2580 - American Intellectual and Political History (10 credits)
• NORAM2582 - America in the world (10 credits)
• NORAM2584 - Religion in American History (10 credits)
• NORAM2585 - Restoring the Earth/Renewing Culture: Critical Evaluations of the Green American Tradition (10 credits)
• NORAM3500 - Thesis course, North-American-studies (10 credits)
• NORAM4305 - Literature and Society in the United States and Canada (10 credits)
• NORAM4503 - Popular Music in the United States as a Reflection of American Culture (10 credits)
• NORAM4505 - Movies and American Culture (10 credits)
• NORAM4507 - American Women's History: Sexuality, Motherhood & Mission (10 credits)
• NORAM4511 - Research Seminar in International Migration and Ethnicity Studies (10 credits)
• NORAM4512 - The American Presidency (10 credits)
• NORAM4514 - Issues in American Foreign Policy (10 credits)
• NORAM4515 - Cities and American Life (10 credits)
• NORAM4520 - Research Seminar in American Social History (10 credits)
• NORAM4550 - Theory and Method in North-American-studies (10 credits)
• NORAM4571 - Race and Racism in the United States (10 credits)
• NORAM4572 - American Women's History (10 credits)
• NORAM4576 - An Enlightening Lens: Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life (10 credits)
• NORAM4578 - Critical Challenges of American Government and Politics (10 credits)
• NORAM4582 - America in the World (10 credits)
• NORAM4584 - Religion in American History (10 credits)
• NORAM4585 - Restoring the Earth/Renewing Culture: Critical Evaluations of the Green American Tradition (10 credits)
• NORAM4590 - Master Thesis EAS Studies: North-American Studies (60 credits)
• NORINT0500 - Norwegian Life and Society (10 credits)
• REL3010 - Anthropology of Buddhism (10 credits)
• REL3181 - Religious texts in original languages (10 credits)
• REL4011 - Religionshistorisk forskningstema 1 (5 credits)
• REL4015 - Religionshistorisk forskningstema 5 (10 credits)
• REL4112 - Reading Course (10 credits)
• REL4140 - Religion and War (10 credits)
• REL4160 - The Anthropology of Buddhism (10 credits)
• REL4170 - Tibetan Literary Culture, Genres, and Language (20 credits)
• REL4181 - Historical Religious Texts (20 credits)
• REL4270 - Tibetan Literary Culture (10 credits)
• RELTIB4990 - Master's Thesis in Tibetan Studies (60 credits)
• RETKLA2020 - Ancient rhetoric: theory and practice (10 credits)
• RETKLA4020 - Ancient rhetoric: theory and practice (10 credits)
• SAN1110 - Sanskrit 1 (20 credits)
• SAN1120 - Sanskrit 2 (20 credits)
• SAN4111 - Advanced Reading in Ancient Indian Languages I (10 credits)
• SAN4112 - Advanced Reading in Ancient Indian Languages II (10 credits)
• SAN4590 - Master’s Thesis in Sanskrit (60 credits)
• SAS4011 - New Themes in South Asia Studies (5 credits)
• SAS4013 - New Themes in South Asia Studies (5 credits)
• SAS4014 - New Themes in South Asia Studies (5 credits)
• SAS4015 - New Themes in South Asia Studies (5 credits)
• SAS4210 - Religion and Politics in South Asia (5 credits)
• SAS4510 - India as a Regional and Global Actor: The Making of Indian Foreign Affairs (10 credits)
• TEA4013 - Henrik Ibsen and European Theatre 1750-1900 (10 credits)
• AAS4900 - International Project Term in Asia and Africa (30 credits)