Courses for exchange students / Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Courses provided in English and other languages for incoming exchange students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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How to choose your courses

The courses listed below marked with ALL are open to all exchange students of JYU, regardless of their background studies at home Universities.

Level of a course: see the course codes xxxP00 = basic studies; xxxA00 = intermediate studies; xxxS00 = advanced studies

Course offerings from other faculties

Department of History and Ethnology

The Department of History and Ethnology has a separate for exchange students that are majoring in History in their home Universities. Please notice that all courses in the International Programme are not taught every year, they vary.

Autumn 2024

  • HELA002 Introduction to Finnish History, ALL, contact teaching 2.9.2024–16.12.2024
  • HISA1004 International and Global History I, 5 ECTS, ALL, independet study or exam
  • HISS2025 International and global history II, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 29.10.2024–10.12.2024

Please note that students majoring in history can also take independently completed courses from the separate

Spring 2025

  • HELA002 Introduction to Finnish History, 5 ECTS, ALL contact teaching 13.1.2025–5.5.2025
  • HISA1004 International and Global History I, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 26.2.2025–21.5.2025  
  • HISS2013 History of Political Cultures, 5 ECTS, ALL contact teaching 17.1.2025–28.2.2025
  • HISS2024 History of Society and Social History II, 5 ECTS, ALL,  contact teaching 18.3.2025–20.5.2025
  • KUMA022 International cultural politics, 5 ECTS,  ALL, contact teaching 15.1.2025–19.3.2025  
  • KUMA017 Anthropology of climate change, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 9.1.2025–6.2.2025
  • KUMS030 Culture and sustainable development, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 9.4.2025–8.5.2025   
  • KUMS027 Development ethnology, 5 ECTS, ALL contact teaching 13.3.2025–31.3.2025

Department of Language and Communication Studies

Communication, Intercultural Communication and Journalism

Course descriptions, terms and timetables can be found through the where the courses are updated in June. For timetables of a course: Open the course on the Study Guide -> Open the course unit brochure on Sisu -> Select Completion methods -> Select Teaching > Select Groups and teaching times.

Please note that all of the courses have a limited number of seats.

Autumn 2025, preliminary programme

  • LACS1010 Introduction to Intercultural Communication 5 ECTS, ALL
  • KVVS1010 Conflict and Intergroup Communication 5 ECTS, ALL
  • LACS1022 Dynamics of Migration 5 ECTS, ALL
  • JOUS1020 Global Reporting 5 ECTS
  • VIES1001 Artificial Intelligence in Organizations and Society 5 ECTS
  • LACS1018 Approaches to Teaching Interculturality 5 ECTS (only if there are seats after the degree students)

Spring 2026, preliminary programme

  • LACS1010 Introduction to Intercultural Communication 5 ECTS, ALL
  • LACS1020 Diversity in Organizational Communication (5 ECTS), ALL
  • LACS1023 Media and Interculturality 5 ECTS, ALL
  • VISA1012 Communication in Small Groups and Teams 5 ECTS
  • JOUS1020 Global Reporting 5 ECTS (independent study)

Languages (major and minor students)

At the Department of Language and Communication Studies we offer language studies for those students who already have good language skills in the language in question. You may take our courses if you are studying a certain language as a major or minor subject at your home university and you are accepted on the Department of Language and Communication Studies.

NB. If you are not a language student select your language courses at the . Elementary and intermediate language courses aimed for all other exchange students are offered by the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi). 

For timetables of a course: Open the course on Sisu study guide -> Open the course unit brochure -> Select Completion methods -> Select groups and teaching times.

Finnish Language and Finnish Language and Culture courses 2024-25
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Courses are open to exchange students who possess high enough Finnish skills for participating in the courses with Finnish native speakers. 
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Study guide -
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Study guide -  
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; See also "Language and Communication Courses for Exchange Students" offered by Movi language centre. 

Finnish Sign Language autumn 2024
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Courses are only open for exchange students coming through the Erasmus+ agreements of Finnish Sign Language, that is from the following universities: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universität Hamburg, and Stockholms universitet.
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Access to courses will be negotiated course by course so please contact us for more information on available courses.
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; The programme will be published at  

Courses offered in Languages 2024-25 
French (Romance Philology)
German language and Culture
Russian Language and Culture
Swedish 
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English 
English courses are open only to students coming within the exchange agreements of the English Section, that is from the following universities: Université Catholique de Louvain, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universität Mannheim, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and University of Limerick.

• NB. Students accepted at other subjects should choose English courses offered by the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi). MOVI courses offered can be found at Study guide:  

•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; If there are places on our English courses, we may be able to take to our courses some extra students who study English as their major/minor subject at their home university and are coming through 
o    bilateral agreements from outside Europe
o    Erasmus agreements of other languages of the Department of Language and Communication Studies
o    Erasmus/bilateral agreements of the Faculty of Education and Psychology

Courses offered in 2024-25 will be published in
•&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Please note that you are allowed to register only for one written communication course in subject or advanced studies per year (course codes EKIA100x or EKIS1xx)

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Music courses are mainly aimed for students who have Music as their major or minor subject at home University. Courses marked ALL are open for all students regardless their study background. Study guide MUTKU_EXCHANGE Studies  

Autumn 2024

  • HYTP2001 Introduction to Finnish Art and Culture, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 16.9.-22.11. 
  • MUSS2003 Contemporary Issues in Music Research, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 13.9.2024–13.12.2024 
  • MUPS2002 Music and emotions, 5 ECTS, ALL (independent study)
  • MUSA2003 Music and Computing 1, 5 ECTS, contact teaching 12.9.2024–13.12.2024
  • MUSS1055 Embodiment in Music, 5 ECTS (independent study)
  • MUSS057 Musical Creativity, 5 ECTS, (Independent study)
  • MUSS2001 Music and Neuroscience, 5 ECTS, contact teaching 6.9.2024–13.12.2024
  • MUSS2007 Issues in Music Therapy Research, 5 ECTS, contact teaching 10.9.2024–3.12.2024
  • TAIA1102 Aesthetic Perception, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study or exam
  • TAIS601 New approaches to the study of heritage, online course 15.10.2024–12.11.2024

Spring 2025

  • MUTS1101 Arts and Wellbeing, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 17.1.2025–16.5.2025
  • MUPS2002 Music and emotions, 5 ECTS, ALL (independent study)
  • MUSS2005 Music Psychotherapy, 5 ECTS, contact teaching 7.1.2025–6.5.2025
  • MUSA2004 Music Information Research, 5 ECTS, contact teaching 7.1.2025–13.5.2025 
  • NKTS1201 Quality of scientific evidence (in social sciences) and research integrity, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 24.3.–23.5.2025
  • TAIA1102 Aesthetic Perception, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 15.1.2025–14.5.2025

Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Autumn 2024

  • CRIA5001 Crises, Conflicts and Security, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 11.9.2024–3.10.2024
  • DEVM5002, Special Courses in Dev. Studies; Civil society organizations in development and humanitarian action, 5 ECTS, ALL, 
    contact teaching 28.10.2024–28.11.2024
  • DEVS3015 Current Trends in Development Policy, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching5.9.2024–24.10.2024
  • FILA5011 Ethics of War, 5 ECTS, (some background in Ethics), independent study
  • FILS2011 Good and Evil, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study
  • FILY4001, Ethics of Science, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study
  • KKES5002 Energy and Society, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching  5.9.2024–17.10.2024
  • POLA2016, Theory of World Politics, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study
  • POLS3016 Contemporary Political Theory, 5 ECTS, (BA level studies in Political Sciences required), independent study
  • POLS3020 Political Critique, 5 ECTS, (BA level studies in Political Sciences required), contact teaching 3.9.2024–3.10.2024
  • SOSS3109 Climate change and society, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 10.10.2024–14.11.2024
  • SPTA2013 Intersectionality and Critical Theory of Race, 5 ECTS, ALL, eExam
  • SPTA2013 Intersectionality and Critical Theory of Race, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study (written assignment)
  • SPTA2014 Body and Materiality, 5 ECTS, ALL, eExam
  • SPTA2014 Body and Materiality, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study (written assignment) 
  • SPTA2015 Feminism and Utopia in Enlightenment Political Thought, 5 ECTS, ALL. contact teaching 9.9.2024–28.10.2024 
  • SPTA2017 Gender Studies Seminar, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 4.9.2024–4.12.2024
  • YKPS3102 Migration Policy, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 28.10.2024–16.12.2024
  • YKPS3103 Care Policy: Ageing, Disability and the State, 5 ECTS (background studies from Social Sciences required), contact teaching 28.10.2024–2.12.2024

Spring 2025

  • CRIA5001 Crises, Conflicts and Security, 5 ECTS ALL, independent study
  • FILA5011 Ethics of War, 5 ECTS (some backfround in Ethics), contact teaching 18.3.2025–20.5.2025 
  • FILS2011 Good and Evil, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching  20.3.2025–15.5.2025
  • FILY4001, Ethics of Science, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study
  • POLA2016, Theory of World Politics, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 18.3.2025–10.4.2025
  • POLS3016 Contemporary Political Theory, 5 ECTS (BA level studies in Political Sciences required), contact teaching 15.1.2025–6.2.2025
  • POLS3020 Political Critique, 5 ECTS, (BA level studies in Political Sciences required), independent study
  • SOSS3106 Environmental Sociology, 5 ECTS, ALL contact teaching 26.3.2025–8.5.2025
  • SOSS3109 Climate change and society, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study, CANCELLED
  • SPTA2013 Intersectionality and Critical Theory of Race, 5 ECTS, ALL, eExam
  • SPTA2013 Intersectionality and Critical Theory of Race, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study (written assignment)
  • SPTA2014 Body and Materiality, 5 ECTS, ALL, eExam
  • SPTA2014 Body and Materiality, 5 ECTS, ALL, independent study (written assignment) 
  • YKPA470 Family, Care and Social Policy, 5 ECTS, ALL, contact teaching 17.3.2025–12.5.2025

Exchange students to Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy can also choose courses from various Finnish University networks that JYU is a partner in. These networks are:

Network for Gender Studies,
UniPID Virtual Studies,
SOSNET Virtual Studies,
Finnish University Network for Asian Studies,

Registering for the courses provided by the networks mentioned above, happens through the webpages of the network in question.

Summer School in Human Sciences

Exchange students staying for a year or a spring semester may also apply for the . The Summer School runs from late May to early June.

How to look for courses on SISU

Descriptions and timetables of courses are available in the study data system SISU. 

If you are not yet a registered student at JYU, continue your course search without logging in and write the course code in the search field. The results can be filtered, for example, according to the academic year and the language of instruction. 

The button to switch to English version is  located in the upper right corner (Suomi/FI).