Searching by theme in the Course Planner

Are you looking for a special course outside your study programme, but don't feel like browsing through all sorts of exam programmes? From now on, you can also search by theme in the Course Planner. 

You can search the entire range of courses offered by Utrecht University. For practical reasons, not all faculties are participating yet, but from next year onwards, all faculties will be connected. For example, the Humanities courses are not yet linked to themes.

How does it work?

On the Course Planner's start page, you can select one or more exam programmes as well as themes. Under the theme Technology and Society, for example, you will find all courses related to technology such as social media and privacy. Ideal when choosing which optional courses to do! Not satisfied with the selection? Then go back to the selection page and choose another theme.

For each course you can see to which (sub-)themes and exam programmes the course is linked. This will help you easier find themes and courses that may be of interest to you.   

Have your say about the updated Course Planner

If you have a suggestion about the new Course Planner or if you want to comment on the themes, please let us know via studentencommunicatie.gw@uu.nl! We are looking forward to your feedback so we can make this new way of searching even better.

Themes and sub-themes

The themes are subdivided into topic, form and competence. Most themes also have sub-themes, which allow you to search further in the list of possible electives.

Topics

  • Sustainability
  • Youth
  • Open Society, Diversity
  • Globalisation
  • Body and mind
  • Digitalisation
  • Technology and society

Form

  • Interdisciplinary
  • Community Engaged Learning
  • Honours
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Create working format
     

Competence

  • Intercultural
  • Open Science

Sub-themes Topics

Sustainability
  • No Poverty (1)
  • No Hunger (2)
  • Good Health and Well-being (3)
  • Quality Education (4)
  • Gender Equality (5)
  • Clean Water and Sanitation (6)
  • Affordable and Clean Energy (7)
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth (8)
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (9)
  • Reduced Inequalities (10)
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities (11)
  • Responsable Consumption and Production
  • Climate Action (13)
  • Life Below Water (14)
  • Life on Land (15)
  • Peace, Justice and Strong Institions (16)
  • Partnerschip for the SDG's (17)
Youth
  • Infants
  • Toddlers
  • Schoolage
  • Adolecenten
  • Dysfunctional Development
  • Language Acquisition
  • Cognitive Development
  • Social Development
  • Family
  • School
  • Pedagogics/Education
  • Physical Development
  • Preterm Birth 
  • Addiction 
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Bullying
  • Migration and Refugee Issues
  • Other
Open Society, Diversity
  • Inclusiveness
  • Gender
  • Discrimination
  • Activism
  • Open Science
  • Diversity
  • Migrants in Society
  • Other
Globalisation
  • Alter-globalism
  • Diplomacy
  • Imperialism
  • Migration and Refugee Issues
  • Postcolonialism
  • Relatedness of Goods
  • Connectedness of Ideas
  • Affiliation of Capital
  • Connectedness of People
  • World Citizenship
  • Other
Body and mind
  • Mind-body Problem
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Conciousness
  • Cognition 
  • Thinking
  • Mindfulness
  • Mental Health
  • (Psycho)pathology
  • Public Health
  • Ageing
  • Evolution/Heredity
  • Nature-Nurture
  • Growth and Development
  • Metabolism
  • Nutrition
  • Infections
  • Medical Humanities
  • Other
Digitalisation
  • Algorithms
  • Bias and Discrimination
  • Big Data
  • Data Visualisation
  • Data, Information, Knowledge
  • Digital Methods
  • Filterbubbles 
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Future of Work
  • Platforming
  • Programming
  • Surveillance
  • Other
Technology and society
  • Smart Cities 
  • Social Medias / Fake News
  • Robotics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biotechnology
  • Changing Labour Market
  • Knowledge Infrastructure
  • Privacy / Cybersecurity
  • Communities
  • Life Long Learning
  • Other

Sub-themes Form

Interdisciplinary
  • Complex Issues
  • Conceptual thinking
  • Creativity
  • Integration
  • Social Relevance
  • Metaperspective
  • Reflection on Science
  • Collaboration
  • Making Connections
  • Science Communication
  • Other
Community Engaged Learning

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Honours

-

Entrepreneurship
  • Business, Finance and Management
  • Innovation and Startup
  • Societal Impact
  • Skills and Challenges
  • Other
Create working format

-

Sub-themes Competences

Intercultural
  • (Cultural) diversity
  • Multiculturalism
  • Intercultural communication
  • Cultural/national identity
  • World Citizenship
  • The other
  • Stereotyping
  • Tolerance
  • Inclusion
  • Intercultural sensitivity
  • Self-awareness
  • Reflection
  • Switching Perspective
  • Awareness of one's own culture ('bubble')
  • Other
     
Open Science
  • Scientific literacy
  • Research ethics and integrity
  • Co-creation
  • Information literacy
  • Science and society
  • Other