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Degree-seeking students at CILAS follow a development-oriented liberal arts curriculum along the guidelines below.

Non-degree seeking students may choose to follow any of the courses offered (see below the guidelines) by CILAS.





First Intake
(September 1st, 2013)

First trimester 
(Sep. 1st - Dec. 19th 2013)

Period One

Two core courses + two skill courses
Period Two

Two core courses + two skill courses
Second trimester 
(Jan. 5th - March 27th 2014)

Period One

Two thematic courses + one skill course + community service
Period Two

Internal capstone project + community service

Third trimester 
(April 6th - June 26th 2014)

Period One 

Two thematic courses + one skill course + community service

Period Two

External capstone project
Second Intake (October 27th, 2013)
Four core courses + four skill courses
Two thematic courses + one skill courses + community service
Internal capstone project + community service
Two thematic courses + one skill course + community service
External capstone project

At the beginning of each trimester degree-seeking students may choose to attend either morning or afternoon classes in order to be able to work part time or enroll in undergraduate studies on the side. Applicants should note that coursework requires around ten hours of class work and at least ten hours a week for reading and homework assignments.



First Trimester
Core 
courses


Second Trimester
Thematic courses
Arts

Arts and Media




Art and the Built Environment
Culture

Civilisation and Orientalism




Urban Culture


Natural Sciences

Progress and the Environment




Green Economy


Social Sciences

Social and Political Thought




Governance in the 21st Century

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