| Code | BBS-SII |
|---|---|
| Organizational unit | Wydział Humanistyczny |
| Field of studies | Borders and Boundaries (studies in English) |
| Form of studies | Full-time |
| Level of education | Second cycle |
| Educational profile | academic |
| Language(s) of instruction | English |
| Admission limit | 30 |
| Duration | 2 years |
| Recruitment committee address | Polacy: rekrutacja-hum@usz.edu.pl Cudzoziemcy: admissions@usz.edu.pl |
| WWW address | https://kandydaci.usz.edu.pl/ii-stopien/borders-and-boundaries-studies-studia-w-j-angielskim/ |
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Borders and Boundaries Studies is a modern, interdisciplinary, English-language course of study for people who want to pursue their life goals and interests around border issues. It is one of the few courses of this kind in the world and is unique in Poland.
The course of study is conducted in cooperation with other universities located in borderlands. Boundaries are one of the most interesting problems of the contemporary world. The hybrid lectures shall be taught by the best experts from Poland and Central European countries. They will provide graduates with a broad and practical knowledge of the past and present of border regions and Boundaries, their significance, economy, opportunities and threats.
- interdisciplinary methods for studying political, economic, environmental, social and cultural processes that take place nowadays and have taken place over the centuries in the creation of different types of borders and borderlands;
- how to acquire and analyse information about the above-mentioned processes, how to understand and interpret the processes of border creation;
- how to discover multifaceted processes shaping borderlines of ideas, statehood, nationality and cross-border activities;
- how to explain the causes of phenomena occurring at borders and borderlands in the past and present.
- Ancient roots of border & contacts zones,
- History of borders and border regions in the 20th century,
- Field research in the borderland,
- Fear and reconciliation in cross-border relations,
- Cultural Anthropology of Borderlands,
- Border conflicts in the Caucasus Region,
- From borderlands to Euroregions – borders in contemporary Europe
- specialists in research institutions, cultural and educational institutions, local action groups (LAGs) dealing with knowledge dissemination, NGOs – dealing with borderland issues, especially in the aspect of cultural transfer and shared cultural heritage,
- animators of cross-border activities, international cooperation,
- specialists in institutions, governmental and self-governmental administrations at various levels dealing with cross-border cooperation,
- promotion and cultural departments of state and local administration institutions,
- museums and other cultural heritage institutions.
Enrolment Criteria:
1st degree (undergraduate) studies graduation diploma – diploma grade
Candidates must have a command of English sufficient to study in this language.