Single courses

FAQ

• When can I apply to single courses?
  
  The online application system for the Autumn semester opens on 15 June. Application deadline is 1 August.
  
  The online application system for the Spring semester opens on 15 October. Application deadline is 1 December.

• When can I submit my documents?
  
  As soon as possible after you register your application, and no later than the application deadline.

• Which documents must I submit?
  
  Which documents to be submitted depends on the admission requirements of the course you apply to.

• What are the admission requirements to a single course you apply to?
  
  Admission requirements to each single course can be found below under the relevant faculty.

• The course which I want to apply to is not open for application. What to do?
  
  If you have an agreement with a study advisor to take a course which is not listed as an open course, you must add the choice "ANNET" (other) in the application portal and specify the course code and name in the field for remarks.

• I need to take some courses to complete my bachelor's degree. Whom can I ask for help in regard to which courses I can take?
  
  Contact the study advisor of the relevant programme.

• Who gets admission? Are there limited places for admission to single courses?
  
  All qualified applicants to the single courses which are listed as open will get admission. The study places are not limited.

• Is there a minimum required GPA (Grade Point Average)?
  
  The minimum GPA for admission to single courses which are part of a master’s programme is C on the ECTS grading scale.

• When can I expect to get an answer to my application?
  
  The results are usually sent in the middle of August for applications to the Autumn semester.
  
  The results are usually sent in the middle of December for applications to the Spring semester.

• I have accepted the offer. What should I do next?
  
  After you accept the offer, you will get a study right. when you get the study right, you will have to log in to studentweb in order to register for the semester, register for the exam and pay the semester fee.

• How do I register for the courses?
  
  In studentweb, you will have to put in the course code in order to find the relevant course and register to it.

• When is the deadline to register and pay the semester fee?
  
  The deadline for registration for the Autumn semester is 1 September, and the deadline for registration for the Spring semester is 1 February.

• Why didn't I get admission to all the courses I applied to?
  
  This is because either you were not qualified, didn't meet the required prerequisite knowledge, or the course you applied to was not listed as open.

• I don't want to take all the courses I got admission to, what can I do?
  
  In studentweb, you can only register the courses you want to take in the relevant semester.

Single courses at the UiS Business School Autumn 2021

There will be no open courses taught in English at the UiS Business School in the Autumn semester 2021.

Single courses at the Faculty of Health Sciences Autumn 2021

There will be no open courses taught in English at the the Faculty of Health Sciences in the Autumn semester 2021.

Single courses at the Faculty of Social Sciences Autumn 2021

Admission requirement is a completed bachelor's degree and English according to the Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse):

• GEN530 Transnational Perspectives on Nordic Gender Equality and Welfare (10 ECTS)
• GEN550 A posthuman era? New theoretical reflections on the human and its relations (10 ECTS)
• GEN560 Intersectionality: Critical perspectives on inequality and power (10 ECTS) 

Single courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology Autumn 2021

• IND650 Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (10 ECTS)
• RIS520 Technical safety (10 ECTS)
• OFF590 Industrial Services and Strategies (10 ECTS)
• OFF570 Human-Technology-Organization in Complex industrial systems (10 ECTS)
• STA500 Probability and Statistics 2 (10 ECTS )
• STA510 Statistical modelling and simulation (10 ECTS)
• STA530 Statistical learning (10 ECTS)

• MLJ500 Water Chemistry (10 ECTS)
• MLJ520 Environmental Microbiology (5 ECTS)
• MLJ530 Environmental Process Analysis (5 ECTS)
• MLJ560 Oilfield Production Chemistry (10 ECTS)
• MLJ650 Aquatic Ecotoxicology (10 ECTS)
• MLJ660 Sustainable Resource Recovery (10 ECTS)
• MLJ680 Bioprocess Modelling (5 ECTS) Prerequisite: MLJ610 Water and Wastewater Treatment or equivalent subjects.
• MLJ690 Methods in Water Science and Technology (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Environmental Engineering
  
  

• MLJ540 Instrumental Analysis (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Biological Chemistry or Environmental Engineering
  
  
  
  
• BIO500 Biophysical Chemistry (10sp)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Biological
  
  
  
  
• BYG500 Urban Analysis and Planning Methods (10 ECTS)
• BYG510 Placemaking (10 ECTS)
• BYG620 Urban Development Project 7 (10 ECTS)
• BYG650 Internship/studio work 2 (10 ECTS)
• BYG655 New Technologies and Ideas for Sustainable City Development (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in City and Regional Planning.
  
  
  
  
• BYG550 Mechanical Vibrations (10 ECTS) Prerequisite: BYG140 Structural Mechanics 1
• BYG540 Structural Integrity (5 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Engineering Structures and Materials, specialisation Structural Engineering
  
  
  
  
• MSK550 CAD/CAM and Additive Manufacturing (10 ECTS)
• MSK580 Welding and In-service Inspection Technologies (10 ECTS)
• MSK585 Welding and In-service Inspection Technologies (5 ECTS)
• MSK560 Fluid Dynamics (5 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Engineering Structures and Materials, specialisation mechanical Engineering
  
  
  
  
• OFF515 Offshore Field Development (5 ECTS)
• OFF550 Subsea Technology (10 ECTS)
• OFF605 Marine Operations (5 ECTS)
• OFF585 Engineering mathematics and dynamics (10 ECTS)
• OFF610 Offshore Wind Turbine Engineering (5 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Marine and Offshore Technology
  
  
  
  
• PET505 Directional Drilling and Well Flow Engineering (10 ECTS)
• PET510 Computational Reservoir and Well Modeling (10 ECTS)
• PET690 Well Completion and Intervention (10 ECTS)
• PET675 Well Integrity and Permanent P and A (10 ECTS)
• PET640 Advanced Energy Conversion Technologies (10 ECTS)
• PET515 Energy, energy technologies, and energy system integration (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in petroleum Engineering.
  
  
  
  
• GEO510 Structural Styles (10 ECTS)
• GEO520 Seismic Reflection Methods (10 ECTS)
• GEO550 Sequence Stratigraphy and sedimentology (10 ECTS)
• GEO670 Seismic Analysis and Inversion (10 ECTS)
• GEO630 Reservoir Characterisation (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in Petroleum Geosciences Engineering
  
  
  
  
• GEO690 Petroleum Systems (10 ECTS)
• PET500 PVT of Petroleum Reservoirs and Fluids (10 ECTS)
• PET670 Formation Evaluation (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements to MSc in petroleum Engineering or Petroleum Geosciences Engineering
  
  
  
  
• MOD500 Modeling for Decision Insight (10 ECTS)
• MOD510 Modeling and Computational Engineering (10 ECTS)
• PET660 Reservoir Simulation (10 ECTS)
• PET685 Economics and Decision Analysis for Engineers (10 ECTS)
• PET665 Reservoir Geomechanics (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements for MSc in Computational Engineering
  
  
  
  
  
  
• DAT510 Security and Vulnerability in Networks (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements for master in Computer Science
  
  
  
  
• MAT510 Manifolds (10 ECTS)
• MAF500 Deep learning and dissemination in mathematics (10 ECTS)
• FYS500 Analytical Mechanics and Field Theory (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirement for master in Mathematics and physics
  
  

• RAG500 Foundations of risk analysis and risk science (10 ECTS)
• RAG600 Security and resilience (10 ECTS)
• RIS610 Selected topics in risk management (10 ECTS) prerequisite: RIS500 or RAG500
• RIS650 Enterprise risk management (10 ECTS)
  
  See admission requirements for master in Risk Analysis and Governance

Single courses at the Faculty of Arts and Education Autumn 2021

There will be no open courses taught in English at the Faculty of Arts and Education in the Autumn semester 2021.