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Honours programmes VU, UvA and AUC
The University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Amsterdam University College and VU University Amsterdam (VU) offer an Honours programme for talented and motivated bachelor students.
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"Honoursmodule Energie en klimaat: perspectieven vanuit de natuurwetenschappen"
'We zijn enorm verwend door de unieke eigenschappen van aardolie.' Uitspraak: prof.dr. Ronald Griessen, hoogleraar Vast Stoffysica, Vrije Universiteit
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woensdag 1 februari - donderdag 31 mei 2012
Extensus Honours Association
Extensus is the Study Association for VU, UvA and AUC Honours students. It started in September 2009 as a student initiative.
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UvA Interdisciplinary Honours Courses semester 2 2011-2012
Art and Research
Is art part of your study programme, or are you fascinated by the subject of art? Would you be interested in stepping beyond the bounds of your discipline to spend a year working side by side with students from diverse fields, including from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy?
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From Brain to Society: The Science of Emotions
Ever wondered what love is? Why fear can have such a grip on us? And why do we get angry? Why do we feel proud when our national soccer team wins the European Cup?
These and more of these questions are all explored in this course that deals with what emotions are and how they function.
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Thursday 9 February - Thursday, 5 April 2012
Intelligence Studies
This course is aimed at acquiring knowledge concerning the functioning of intelligence and security agencies. For this, special methods and techniques are needed and the student will be trained in these techniques.
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Wednesday 8 February - Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Labyrint
De module Labyrint helpt ons op een wetenschappelijke manier strategieën te ontwikkelen om essentiële delen uit beschikbare informatie (totale informatie op aarde – geschat op 1 zettabyte (1 met 21nullen)) te destilleren.
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dinsdag 3 april - donderdag 14 juni 2012
Love
One of the most important drives in people’s lives is love. Romantic love is a prominent subject in science, literature and art. The World Health Organisation defines love as an ‘indeniable neural itch’.
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Monday 6 February - Monday, 16 April 2012
Masters of Suspicion: Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud on knowledge, morality, and history - 2nd semester
Lectures by professors from different disciplinary backgrounds will shed light on the theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud and the scientific and social consequences of their ideas.
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Wednesday 8 February - Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Privacy
In ten lectures, privacy issues will be discussed from various disciplines. The first lecture will be a prelude, the last a conclusion. Halfway through the program an excursion will be organized so that students will get a more concrete picture of privacy related issues in practice.
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Wednesday 8 February - Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Retorica 2nd Semester
Op basis van een modern leerboek en van Aristoteles’ tractaat over de retorica wordt een overzicht gegeven van de belangrijkste leerstukken van de retorica, ofwel de theorie van het aanvaard krijgen van argumenten.
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maandag 6 februari - maandag 21 mei 2012
UvA Interdisciplinary Honours Courses semester 1 2011-2012
Ethics in theory and application - enrollment is closed
This honours module provides a first introduction to ethics: the science of morality, or the science that deals with the conditions under which an act or decision can be called "good" or "bad". With this question, philosophers and scientists have been occupied for at least two thousand years.
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Tuesday 1 November - Thursday, 22 December 2011
Masters of Suspicion: Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud on knowledge, morality, and history - enrollment is closed
Lectures by professors from different disciplinary backgrounds will shed light on the theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud and the scientific and social consequences of their ideas.
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Monday 5 September - Monday, 19 December 2011
Power and Change - enrollment is closed
The Jasmine Revolutions in the Arab World, the interational efforts of Greenpeace, the 9/11 attacks in the United States, activism at G8 summits, Iranian president Ahmadinejad challenging the international status quo – these are all examples of people seeking change and using what power they have to achieve it.
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Wednesday 2 November - Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Retorica - enrollment is closed
Op basis van een modern leerboek en van Aristoteles’ tractaat over de retorica wordt een overzicht gegeven van de belangrijkste leerstukken van de retorica, ofwel de theorie van het aanvaard krijgen van argumenten.
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maandag 5 september - maandag 19 december 2011
The Learning Lab - enrollment is closed
What does it mean to "excel" in our time? What is being good and how do you learn that? Is excellence even a useful term?
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Tuesday 6 September - Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Wereldliteratuur - enrollment is closed
Mensen zijn verhalenvertellers. En al heel lang zijn mensen ook schrijvers. Gedichten zijn de klassieke vorm van vertellers in de orale cultuur, de roman is de vorm van de boekdrukkunst. De sociale wetenschappen hebben sinds hun opbloei in de loop van de negentiende eeuw altijd een grote fascinatie gehad met literatuur als kunstvorm. Is de roam bruikbaar als informant, als inspirator, als illustrator, als bron van kennis voor psychologen en sociologen, als beeldvormer voor historici. Of is de roman niet meer dan fictie, als een verhaal waarbij n=1?
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dinsdag 1 november - dinsdag 31 januari 2012
Carte Blanche - enrollment is closed
Omgaan met de realiteit: de natuur op zoek naar zichzelf
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woensdag 2 november - woensdag 21 december 2011