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Courses open for exchange students
There are several courses taught in English and other foreign languages at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology. Some courses are on Bachelor's level and some are on Advanced level (also sometimes referred to as Master's level).
Below you can find courses for 2025-2026.
Spring semester 2026
Central and Eastern European Studies
UKRA13 Memory and Identity in Ukrainian Literature, Film and Drama. 7,5 credits. Distance course. CANCELLED
ÖCKB06 Nationalism and Communism in Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary), 7.5 credits.
ÖCKB07 Central Europe since the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 7.5 credits.
ÖCKB14 Politik, kultur och identitet i Ryssland, Ukraina och andra postsovjetiska stater, 15 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish
ÖCKB16 Politik, samhälle och identitet i Ryssland, Ukraina och andra postsovjetiska stater, 7,5 credits Language of instruction: Swedish
ÖCKB17 Film, kultur och identitet i Ryssland och Ukraina, 7,5 credits, Language of instruction: Swedish,
Central and East Asian Studies
COSB35 Asian Studies: Global China, 7,5 credits. Distance course.
COSM23 Asian Studies: Contemporary Chinese Society, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
COSM24 Asian Studies: Contemporary Japanese and Korean Societies, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
COSM25 Asian Studies: Contemporary South-East Asian Societies, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
Autumn semester 2026
Central and Eastern European Studies
ÖCKR02 History, Culture and Society of Central, East and Southeast Europe, 15 credits, (Advanced level)
ÖCKR08 Central and Eastern European Studies: Russia and Eastern Europe - the Present and the Past, 15 credits (Requires 90 credits in specific subject area)
ÖCKR10 Central and Eastern European Studies: Understanding Belarus and Ukraine | Centre for Languages and Literature, 15 credits (Requires 90 credits in specific subject area)
East and South-East Asian Studies
COSB40 Asian Studies: Contemporary South-East Asia - Political Developments and Societal Issues, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
COSB55 Asian Studies: Contemporary Japanese Society, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
COSM34 Development Theories and Issues in East and South-East Asia, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
COSM45 Asian Studies: Civil Society, Movements, and Politics in Contemporary East and Southeast Asia,, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
COSM54 Asian Studies: Body Politics in East Asia, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
Spring semester 2026
Archival Science and Book History
BBHB53 Book History: The History of Printing 1450–1800, 7.5 credits.
Language of instruction: Swedish. Distance course.
BBHB54 Book History: The Industrial Print, 7,5 credits. Language of instruction: Swedish. Distance course.
Ethnology
ETNA14 Ethnology: Cultural Analytical Perspectives, Level 1, 30 credits.
Language of instruction: Swedish.
ETNA22 Ethnology: Cultural Analytical Perspectives, Level 2, 30 credits.
Language of instruction: Swedish.
History of Ideas and Sciences
ILHA10 Idé- och lärdomshistoria: Grundkurs, 30 högskolepoäng.
Language of instruction: Swedish.
ILHB32 Idé- och lärdomshistoria: Framtidens idéhistoria: Förväntningar, utopier och dystopier i historisk belysning, 7.5 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish. Distance course
ILHB33 Classics of Western Thought, 7,5 credits
Intermedia Studies
IMSB23 Intermedia studies: The Aesthetics of Popular Culture, 7.5 credits.
IMSB25 Intermedia studies:The Aesthetics of the Total Work of Art 7.5 credits.
IMSB26 Intermedia studies: The Aesthetics of Popular Live Culture 7.5 credits.
Visual Culture
KOVA16 Konsthistoria och visuella studier: Privata och offentliga rum, 30 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
KOVA23 Konsthistoria och visuella studier: Fortsättningskurs, 30 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
Musicology
MUVA22 Musicology: Level 2, 30 credits. Language of instruction: Swedish
Autumn semester 2026
Intermedia Studies
IMSM01 Intermedial Studies: An introduktion, 7.5 credits
IMSM02 Intermedial Studies: Audio Narratives in Different Media - Intermedial and Multimodal Perspectives, 7.5 credits
Visual Culture
KOVN07 Visual Culture: Theory and Methodology, 15 credits, (Advanced level)
KOVN13 Visual Culture: Histories of Modern Visuality, 15 credits (Advanced level)
KOVF10 Arts, Aesthetics and Existential Resilience, 3 credits. (Distance course)
History of Ideas and Sciences
ILHF10 Introduction to Environmental History, 3 credits (Distance course)
Spring semester 2026
Comparative Literature
LIVD02 Viking Culture Then and Now, 7.5 credits. Distance course.
LIVA07 Litteraturvetenskap: Världslitteraturen där och här, 6 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
LIVA08 Litteraturvetenskap: I gränslandet mellan fakta och fiktion, 6 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
LIVA09 Litteraturvetenskap: Poesins mötesplatser, 6 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
Linguistics, Phonetics, and Semiotics
ALSK14 General Linguistics: Level 3 - Bachelor of Arts Thesis Course,15 credits
FONK23 Phonetics: Level 3 - Bachelor of Arts Thesis Course ,15 credits
FONM10 Phonetics: Phonology, Advanced level, 7.5 credits.
LINA24 Linguistics: Level 2, 30 credits.
LINB23 Linguistics: Diversity of the World's Languages, 7.5 credits.
LINB26 Linguistics: Language Acquisition and Processing, 7.5 credits.
LINC04 Linguistics: Semantics and Pragmatics, 7.5 credits.
LINC11 Linguistics: Speech Acoustics, Perception and Prosody, 7.5 credits.
LINC12 Linguistics: Grammar - The Mechanics of Language, 7.5 credits.
LINC13 Linguistics: Perspectives on Segmental and Prosodic Phonology, 7.5 credits.
LINN16 Linguistics: Psycholinguistics, Advanced level, 7,5 credits
LINN21 Linguistics: A Typological Case Study, Advanced level, 7,5 credits
LINN25 Linguistics: The Origins of Language, Advanced level, 7,5 credits
Literature-Culture-Media
LIVR03 World Literature - Intercultural Understanding, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR13 Literature-Culture-Media: Nineteenth-Century Writing in English, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR37 Russian Modernism 1890-1928 - from the Silver Age to the Avantgarde, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR59 Literature-Culture-Media: Gender and Class in Contemporary Spanish-language Fiction15 credits, Advanced.
LIVR66 The History of Swedish Young Adult Fiction, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR82 Post World War II German Literature, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
Autumn semester 2026
Film Studies
FIVI11 Introduction to Film Studies, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
Linguistics
LINB23 Linguistics: Diversity of the World’s Languages, 7.5 credits.
LINB26 Linguistics: Language Acquisition and Processing, 7.5 credits.
LIND03 Phonetics: Theories of Production and Perception, 7.5 credits.
LIND06 Linguistics: Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics, 7.5 credits.
LIND07 Linguistics: Introduction to Psycholinguistics, 7.5 credits.
LINK23 Phonetics: Level 3 - B. A. Course, 30 credits.
SEMN02 Cognitive semiotics: Meaning, Mind and Communication, 7.5 credits (Advanced level)
FONK23 Phonetics: Level 3 - Bachelor of Arts Thesis Course, 15 credits
FONM28 Phonetics: Horizons in Prosody, 7.5 credits (Requires 90 credits in specific area)
ALSM21 General Linguistics: Language and the Brain, 7.5 credits.
Comparative Literature
LIVA05 Comparative Literature: Contemporary Literature, 30 credits. (Swedish)
LIVA07 Comparative Literature: World Literature, There and Here, 6 credits. (Swedish)
LIVA08 Comparative Literature: In the Boundaries of Fact and Fiction, 6 credits. (Swedish)
LIVA09 Comparative Literature: The Venues of Poetry, 6 credits. (Swedish)
LIVA31 Comparative Literature: Children's Literature - Level 1, 30 credits. (Swedish)
LIVR22 Advanced Russian Literary Studies, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR33 Literature-Culture-Media: Contemporary Writing in English, 15 credits (Advanced level)
LIVR45 Literature-Culture-Media: Ibsen and Strindberg, 15 credits (Advanced level)
LIVR50 Literature - Culture - Media: An Introduction, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR51 Literary Theory and Method, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR55 Literature-Culture-Media: Social Critique and Aesthetics in the Contemporary Spanish Novel, 15 credits (Advanced level)
LIVR65 The Picture Book Today, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
LIVR74 Literature-Culture-Media: Yiddish Modernism, 1907-1954, 15 credits (Advanced level)
LIVR81 German Literature After the Wall, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
Spring semester 2026
Religious Studies and Theology
CTRB57 Antisemitism, Islamophobia and Constructing the Enemy, 7.5 credits.
TRVN10 Religious Roots of Europe: Space, Art, and Identity in Synagogue, Church, and Mosque, 10 credits, Advanced.
Autumn semester 2026
CTRB58 Interreligious Relations in Istanbul and Beyond: The Role of Religion in Society, State and Secularism, 7.5 credits (Requires 60 credits in specific subjects)
HUXD01 Editing and Transcribing Premodern Texts: Digital Tools, Methods and Resources, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
RHID86 Engaged Buddhism, 7,5 credits (Distance course)
TRVN11 Religious Roots of Europe: The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
TRVN16 Religious Roots of Europe: Rabbinic Texts and Theology, 10 credits. (Advanced level)
Spring semester 2026
History
HISA24 Historia: Grundkurs, 30 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
HISA27 Historia: Fortsättningskurs, 30 högskolepoäng. Language of instruction: Swedish.
Human Rights Studies
MRSM13 Human Rights Studies: Research Methods and Research Ethics, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
MRSN02 Human Rights Studies: Thematic Specialization Course I, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
MRSN03 Human Rights Studies: Thematic Specialization Course I, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
Archaeology and Ancient History
ARKN24 Archaeology and Ancient History: GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
ARKN25 Archaeology and Ancient History: Advanced 3D Recording, Processing and Visualization in Archaeology
Autumn semester 2026
Human Right Studies
MRSM11 Human Rights in the History of Politics and Philosophy, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
MRSM12 Human Rights in the Global World: Agents, Indicators, and Institutions, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
History
HISA24 History: Level 1, 30 credits. (Swedish)
HISA27 History: Level 2, 30 credits. (Swedish)
HISB21 History: Media History, 30 credits
HISB22 History: From Stone Tablets to Bookprint, Mediahttps://www.historiska.lu.se/en/course/HISS52/ History before 1600, 7.5 credits
HISB23 History: Newspapers among other Media, 1600-1850, 7.5 credits
HISB24 History: The Rise of the Modern Media Society, 1850-1940, 7.5 credits
HISB25 History: Old and New Media after 1940, 7.5 credits
HISS50 History: Media and History: Media-historical Perspectives on Politics, Science and Culture, 7.5 credits
HISS51 History: History of Knowledge, 7,5 credits
HISS52 History: History of the Holocaust: Representations, Memory Studies and History Cultures, 7.5 credits
HISS53 History: Global History: Thinking beyond Borders, 7.5 credits
Archaeology and Ancient History
ARKE01 Environmental Humanities: New Perspectives on Global Sustainability, 3 credits
ARKN11 Archaelogical Theory and Material Culture, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
ARKN26 Archaeology and Ancient History: Text and Materiality, 15 credits (Advanced level)
ARKN27 Archaeology and Ancient History: Human Landscapes in Long-term Perspectives, 15 credits (Advanced level)
ARKN30 Archaeology and Ancient History: Theory, Method and Ethics on Advanced Level, 15 credits (Advanced level)
English Language Studies
ENGGC07 Reading and Writing in a Second Language: Connections, Theory and Practice, 7.5 credits
ENGC09 English: Drama in Practice: Shakespeare on Stage, 7.5 credits.
ENGC10 English: The Great American Novel, c. 1850-1987, 7.5 credits
ENGC16 To Write and Read Short Stories, 7.5 credits
ENGC17 English: Literature and Medicine, 7.5 credits
ENGC18 Poetry, Sustainability and Change, 3 credits (Distance course)
ENGC19 Responsible and Ethical Use of AI Tools in Teaching and Learning, 3 credits (Distance course)
ENGC21 English Literature and Fairytales, 7.5 credits
ENGC22 English: Cognitive Linguistics, 7.5 credits
ENGD02 English Literature, Film and Moving Images, 7.5 credits.
ENGD11 English Sociolinguistics, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
ENGE12 English Literature, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA04 (1806)
ENGE13 English History and Culture, 2.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA04 (1804)
ENGE14 Phonetics and Pronunciation, 4.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA04 (1803)
ENGE15 English: Academic Writing, 5 credits.
ENGE16 English: Vocabulary, 3 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA04 (1802)
ENGE17 Grammar, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA04 (1801)
ENGE24 English Literary History, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA22 (1802)
ENGE25 Literary Analysis, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA22 (1804)
ENGE26 English: Linguistic Analysis, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA22 (1803)
ENGE27 English Grammar, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGA22 (1801)
ENGE35 English Literature: Theory and Method, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGK01 (0701)
ENGE36 English Linguistics: Theory and Method, 7.5 credits.
Equivalent to ENGK01 (0702)
ENGM22 The History of English, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
Danish
- Courses are taught in Danish and Swedish
NODB09 History, Society and Culture in Denmark, 7.5 credits.
NODB11 An Introduction to Danish, 7.5 credits.
French Studies
- Courses are taught in French.
FRAB15 How did it become like this? Written French through the Ages, 7.5 credits.
FRAB16 Characters in French Speaking Novels from the 20th and 21st Centuries, 7.5 credits
FRAB18 Spoken Proficiency and French Society, 7 credits
FRAB19 French: Written Proficiency, 7 credits
FRAM20 French: Advanced Studies in Linguistics, 7.5 credits (Advanced level) Distance course
FRAM21 French: Multilingualism from Individual, Societal and AI Perspectives, 7.5 credits (Advanced level) Distance course
German Studies
- Courses are taught in German or Swedish
TYSD01 German: Written proficiency, 7.5 credits.
TYSD02 Early German Literature, 7.5 credits.
TYSD03 German: Translation, 4.5 credits.
TYSD04 German: Textual Study, including Literary and Cultural History, 7.5 credits.
TYSD05 German: Grammar, 4.5 credits
TYSD06 German: Oral Proficiency, Including Textual Studies and Life and Institutions, 7.5 credits.
Italian Studies
- Courses are taught in Italian.
ITAM13 Italian: The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Italian Language, 7.5 credits. (Advanced Level, Distance Course)
ITAM15 Acquisition of Italian in a Multilingualism Perspective, 7.5 credits. (Distance course)
Modern Greek Studies
GREM15 Greek Literary History from Ancient Times to Early Byzantine Times, 7.5 credits
NYGR15 Modern Greek: Language variation in Modern Greek, 15 credits. (Advanced level)
Japanese Studies
JAPM21 Japanese: Advanced Course - Reading Comprehension and Oral Presentation, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
JAPS01 Japanese: Topics in Japanese Linguistics, 7.5 credits. (Advanced level)
Spanish Studies
- Courses are taught in Spanish.
SPAA31 Spanish: Level 1, 30 credits
SPAA32 Spanish: Level 2, 30 credits
SPAA33 Spanish: Level 3, 30 credits
Polish Studies
POLA15 Polish Literature and Culture From Middle Ages to Modernism, 7.5 credits. (Distance course)
POLB10 Polish: Beginners’ Course 1, 15 credits. (Distance course)
Ukrainain Studies
UKRA11 Ukrainian Grammar and Language Proficiency I, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
UKRA12 Ukrainian Grammar and Language Proficiency II, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
UKRB01 Ukrainian: Beginners’ Course 1, 15 credits.(Distance course)
Yiddish and Hebrew studies
YIDC01 Yiddish: Modern Jewish Culture and the Narrative Art of Sholem Aleichem, 15 credits. (Distance course)
YIDC03 Jewish Cultural Responses to the Holocaust, 15 credits.*
YIDC09 Yiddish Grammar in Focus, 7.5 credits. (Distance course)
YIDD10 Yiddish: Beginner's Course I, 15 credits.
YIDD20 Yiddish: Beginner's Course II, 15 credits (Distance course)
Special Area Studies – SAS courses
Lund University offers Special Area Studies (SAS) courses – specially designed courses available for exchange students across faculties that have few prerequisites. Take the opportunity to learn about a subject oustide of your major!
Swedish and Scandinavian Area studies
- Technology and Swedish Culture: Historical Perspectives (SASH83) | Autumn
- Introduction to Scandinavian Culture and Society (SASH55) | Autumn & spring
- Modern Design in Scandinavia (SASH56) | Autumn
- The Religious Impact of Migration in Sweden (SASH76) | Spring
- Survey of Swedish Literature (SASH16) | Spring
- Swedish Art in a Scandinavian Context (SASH74) | Spring
- Swedish Film (SASH03) | Autumn
- Swedish History from a Nordic Perspective (SASH64) | Autumn
- Swedish Politics – Past and Present (SASH63) | Spring
- Swedish Society and Everyday Life (SASH60) | Autumn
- Viking Age Scandinavia (SASH02) | Autumn
- Scandinavia's Colonial Entanglements: Historical-Archaeological Perspectives SASH94 | Spring
European Dimension and Other Cultural Regions
- Barbarians and Romans (SASH79) | Spring
- Communism in East and Central Europe: Present, Past, and Future Perspectives (SASH62) | Autumn
- European Integration at a Crossroads: History, Identities and Values (SASH91) – Autumn
- The Emergence of European Culture (SASH85) | Autumn
- Governance and Conflict in the Middle East (SASH97) | Spring
- History of the Holocaust (SASH65) | Spring
- The Roman Empire (SASH39) | Autumn
Global Issues of Contemporary Interest
- Critical Animal Studies: Animals in Society, Culture and the Media (SASH68) | Spring
- Cultural Perspectives on Health, Lifestyle and Medicine (SASH61) | Spring
- Diversity of the World's Languages (SASH26) | Autumn & spring
- Conflicts over Truth: Conspiracy Theory and Disinformation Studies from a Humanities Perspective (SASH98) | Spring
- Gastronomy: Sustainable Eating (SASH59) | Autumn
- Health and Diet Through Human History (SASH73) | Spring
- Intercultural Communication (SASH82) | Autumn
- Inter-religious Relations: Conflict and Community in the Historical Past and the Lived Present (SASH89) | Spring
- Lund University in the Global World (SASH99) | Spring
- Media and Armed Conflicts – Past and Present (SASH67) | Autumn
- Media and the History of Political Rhetoric (SASH69) | Spring
- One World, One Language (SASH81) | Autumn
- One World, One Morality (SASH66) | Spring
- Religion and Politics (SASH49) | Autumn
- Social AI through the Looking Glas (SASH92) | Autumn
Study Swedish
If you want to develop your Swedish language skills while in Lund, Lund University offers a variety of courses. Regardless if you are interested in a short introduction to the Swedish language (SUSA course), or if you wish to deepen your knowledge or have studied as a major at your home university, you can find courses suitable for your level and information about studying Swedish in Lund here: Swedish for exchange students.
If you apply for a higher level you will be called to do a placement test to ensure you are in the course most suited to you.
Spring semester 2026
- Courses are taught in Swedish.
SUSA11 Swedish: Introductory Course for Exchange Students 1
SUSA12 Swedish: Introductory Course for Exchange Students 2
SVEE11 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 1, 7.5 credits.
SVEE12 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 2, 7.5 credits.
SVEE13 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 3, 7.5 credits.
SVEE14 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 4, 7.5 credits.
SVEE15 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 5, 7.5 credits.
SVEE16 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 6, 7.5 credits.
SVEE17 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 7, 7.5 credits.
SVEE18 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 8, 7.5 credits.
SVAM00 Grammar and Phonology in Swedish as a First and Second Language, 7.5 credits.
SVEF22 Swedish for Students with a Foreign Background: Practical Swedish Grammar, 7.5 credits. Distance course.
SVEG24 Swedish: Grammatical Description and Analysis, 5 credits.
SVEG26 Swedish: History of the Swedish Language, 5 credits.
SVEG48 Language Consultancy: Language Policy and Language Planning, 7.5 credits.
Autumn semester 2026
SUSA11 Swedish: Introductory Course for Exchange Students 1
SUSA12 Swedish: Introductory Course for Exchange Students 2
SVEE11 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 1, 7.5 credits.
SVEE12 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 2, 7.5 credits.
SVEE13 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 3, 7.5 credits.
SVEE14 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 4, 7.5 credits.
SVEE15 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 5, 7.5 credits.
SVEE16 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 6, 7.5 credits.
SVEE17 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 7, 7.5 credits.
SVEE18 Swedish for Exchange Students: Level 8, 7.5 credits.
SVEF24 Swedish for Students with a Foreign Background: Phonetics and Pronunciation, 7.5 credits (Distance course)
SVEF25 Swedish for Students with a Foreign Background: Vocabulary and Oral Proficiency, 7.5 credits. (Distance course)
SVEF27 Written Proficiency for International Professionals and Students, 7.5 credits. (Distance course)
SVEG12 Swedish: Swedish Grammar, 7.5 credits.
SVEG16 Swedish: Swedish Language in a Societal Perspective, 7.5 credits.