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Departments and disciplines

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is divided into seven departments. Within these there are a number of subjects. For more information, see the links below.

Karlstad Business School

  • Working life science
  • Business Administration
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Economics
  • Project management
  • Statistics

Department of Artistic Studies

  • Ingesund School of Music
  • Dance
  • Art History and Visual Studies
  • Music and Sound Production

Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies

  • History
  • Cultural Studies
  • Religious Studies
  • Risk- and environmental studies
  • Civics
  • Political Science

Department of Social and Psychological Studies

  • Gender Science
  • Social Work
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural studies

  • English
  • Intercultural Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Spanish
  • Swedish as a Second Language
  • Swedish Language

Department of Geography, Media and Communication

  • Geography
  • Human Geography
  • Media- and Communications Studies
  • Tourism Studies

Department of Educational Studies

  • Educational Work
  • Special Education

Administrative department

Author: Linda Fridberg
Last update: 2025-03-11
  • Departments and disciplines

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    • Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies
    • Department of Social and Psychological Studies
    • Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies
    • Department of educational studies
    • The administrative department
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