Course Syllabus
Course Description
This three credit course (V482/V582) takes place at DIS Copenhagen, a study abroad nonprofit attracting students from all over the world. Classes will focus on a comparative perspective, introducing students to alternative shapes of nonprofit organizations and civil society. Class sessions will include lectures from both O’Neill faculty and Danish nonprofit and political leaders, as well as visits to political, historical, and nonprofit sites around the city. The class will look at ways that the Danish nonprofit sector is responding to a number of global challenges, including the COVID-19 Pandemic, refugee crisis, religious pluralism, and climate change. Students will be staying in a residential neighborhood, experiencing the daily life and rhythms of this modern, Nordic city.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, students will:
- Be familiar with the historic, cultural, and government context of Denmark and Scandinavia broadly
- Give examples of how history, politics, and culture create possibilities and constraints with regard to sustainability for nonprofit, public, and business sectors
- Understand how Scandinavian governments and nonprofit organizations respond to global events (and articulate how those responses differ from those in the U.S.)
- Recognize differences in roles and organizational structures for nonprofit organizations. Identify how different resources and contexts shape the challenges faced by nonprofit and public managers.
Meeting Times and Location
Class normally meets from about 10 am to 4 pm each day from June 7 to June 27, except for the weekends of June 13-14, and June 19-21. Some start and end times may differ.
The classroom location will be assigned by DIS. There will be a variety of site visits to Danish nonprofit organizations and government institutions.
Readings
Readings will be available electronically and linked in course modules.
Course Summary:
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