All classes at Culture, Communication and Globalization are conducted in English. You will have a varied schedule, switching between preparation, project writing and lectures, workshops and group work, where your professors will take you through the programme's central subject areas, theories and methods. You have the opportunity to tailor your studies to reflect your dreams and interests when choosing your educational profile. You will be able to choose from: Consumption and Market Communication, Organisation and Leadership or International Politics, Migration and Movements. At the end of the programme, you can choose a specialisation: Arctic Studies, Global Gender Studies or Chinese Area Studies, or follow various electives covering current issues.

Graduates of Culture, Communication and Globalization have a strong international profile. With this Master’s, you will be able to carry out intercultural communication and analysis tasks, among other things. You will have in-depth knowledge of collaboration and communication across cultures and national borders, and you will be able to analyse and evaluate development trends in the global society. Having completed an English-language Master’s also makes you desirable on the international job market.

With a Master's in Culture, Communication and Globalization, your door will be open to job opportunities in both public and private organisations in Denmark and abroad. You will have a deep understanding of how culture, communication and global processes interact, and this skillset is useful in many different industries. You can work in communication, PR, marketing or HR in private companies – and you can also get a job in NGOs and international organisations working with social and political issues.
 
At Aalborg University, courses are always project- and group-oriented. This means that you and your fellow students work on solving relevant real-world problems during your studies. This gives you the skills to collaborate with others to overcome practice-relevant challenges.

1st and 2nd semester - Understanding culture and communication in a globalisation perspective

The coursework on the 1st and 2nd semesters of the CCG prorgamme is composed by Core Courses, followed by all the students and Profile Courses which the students follow depending on how they choose to tailor their CCG studies.

Some of the examples of the courses offered at the CCG programme, fall semester include (please note that the titles and the content of the courses can vary from one year to another).

Core courses:

• Cultural Worlds/Worlds of Culture
• Intercultural communication
• Globalization
• Philosophy of Science and Methodology
• Applied methods

Profile courses:

Consumption and Market Communication

• Understanding Consumption
• Online Marketing

Organisation and Leadership

• Organisational Culture and Leadership
• Organisational Culture and Communication

International politics, migration and movements

• Social Movements
• Migration connections

Finally, the students can either choose an elective course on current issues or one of the following specialisations:

Specialisations

The Master programme in Culture, Communication and Globalization offers the following possibilities of specialisations that will allow you to add a personal profile to your Master's degree:

• Arctic Studies
• Global Gender Studies
• Chinese Area Studies

If you choose one of the specialisations, you will follow two specialisation modules of 5 ECTS at your 1st and 2nd semesters respectively. At your 3rd semester you will produce an element-based project within a problem area relevant to the chosen specialisation area (15 ECTS). At your 4th semester you will write your Master’s thesis with an emphasis on one or more dimensions of the chosen specialisation (30 ECTS).

3rd SEMESTER:

All students choose between either undertaking an internship or a mobility stay in Denmark or abroad.

4th SEMESTER:

Thesis writing. During your last semester you will write your final thesis – potentially in collaboration with your former internship place.  

Mobility stay

Instead of the internship, you may choose to take a semester at another programme at a university or research institute in Denmark or abroad.

No courses are offered on the 3rd semester.

Traineeship

Internship - or studies at another programme
Your internship or mobility stay/studies at another programme can take place either in Denmark or abroad. You make your own contacts and plan your own content, which the programme coordinator approves. The duration of the internship is minimum 3 months. As an integral part of a private company, nonprofit organization or public institution (e.g. ministries and municipalities), you will be working with strategic and analytical tasks. The internship must have an international and/or intercultural dimension and be relevant to the CCG studies.

Examples of previous internship placements include:

• Amnesty International
• UNESCO
• Red Cross
• Lego
• Green Globe
• Embassies all over the world
• Arla Foods
• Vestas
• Torm

See the curriculum here

AAU Career helps you on your way from student life to job life in Denmark by giving you the tools to examine your options and find out what to do.

While studying at AAU, you can participate in career and job-related events, find help on our website, and book a personal career counselling session to talk about e.g.:

• Finding your way in your career
• Danish working culture
• Application and CV the Danish way
• What you can offer an employer
• How to go about job search in Denmark – both student job, internship and full-time job

Read more about AAU Career here