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International studies in the spirit of 
Dag Hammarskjöld
- Giving peace a chance
Dag Hammarskjöld, secretary general o the UN between 1953 and 1961, was bornin Jönköping in 1905.Participation in the course inspired by the thinking o Dag Hammarskjöld couldbe the change o a lietime and a liestyle. Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola hasaround 300 students attending courses in music, journalism, bible studies or graphi-cal design. Other students study along with American students or a semester andnish their studies at North Park University in Chicago. Finally, around 110 studentstake courses in, e.g. Maths, English, Swedish, Civics and Religion, to get pass coursesthey need or being admitted by universities. Jönköping is one o the astest growingcities in Sweden, an expansion based on entrepreneurial spirits and creative minds….The aims o the course is to bring young students rom dierent countries together todiscuss and learn more about international relations, peace- and confict theories andglobal environment. In short – politics and attitudes can change the world! The par-ticipants attending the course in 2007 come rom Sweden, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia,Poland and the USA. The dierences, but also similarities, between the participantso those countries will denitely increase the benets o the course.
The course will take place between 7 January and 23 May, 2008.
 
COURSES
International Relations
Four classes o 40 minutes per week. Understanding is always based on knowledge.This is also one o the oundations in IR. In IR you will study how the internation-al society is composed today and which the dominating global issues are. The basic
 
tools or peaceul coexistence and troubleshooting are other parts o this course aswell as the relationship between rich and poor countries. (4 credits/semester hours)
Swedish
Five classes o 40 minutes per week. The aim o this course is to improve the skill inthe Swedish language in general, but also to give a possibility to pass the TISUS-test,which evaluates the Swedish knowledge or those rom other countries who planto apply to a university in Sweden. I there is a wish to pass this test, the Swedishknowledge must be good beore the course starts, and extra Swedish classes may alsobe given. (4 credits/semester hours)
Scandinavian History and Culture
Four classes o 40 minutes per week. Why wasn’t Sweden involved in the SecondWorld War? Was Sweden really neutral? How has Sweden being one o the powerulnations in Europe in the 17th and the 18th century aected the relations inScandinavia today? What has created the “Scandinavian model” with a well built-out social welare system? (4 credits/semester hours)
Global Environment
Two classes o 40 minutes per week. The way we are polluting our world will notlead to a healthy earth in the long run, maybe not even in the short! The greenhouse eect, the distribution o the resources o the world, the rapid decrease o rainorests. How is this dealt with in Sweden and in other countries? How must our lie-styles change to make the earth a good place or our grandchildren as well?
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