University Studies in Poland in the 18th century 2300-SU-OG

1. The Enlightenment in Europe - political and social background, philosophical and educational ideas, learned societies in Europe.
2. The development and reforms of universities and high schools in Europe in the Enlightenment.
3. The university of Vilnius (Wilno) and Cracow in the Enlightenment in comparison with other European universities in that time.
4. The university of Vilnius (Wilno) and Cracow in the Enlightenment and the education in Poland in that time.
5. The history of the University of Vilnius before the dissolution of the Jesuit Order in 1773.
6. The University of Vilnius in 1773 - general ideas to reform its curriculum, authorities, organization.
7. The University of Vilnius in 1773-1781 - projects to reform its scholar life.
8. Preparations for the general reform of the University of Vilnius.
9. Marcin Poczobut-Odlanicki as a rector of the University of Vilnius.
10. The conception of universities according to the constitutions of the Commission for the National Education.
11. The University of Vilnius as the Main High School of the Great Duchy of Lithuania (1783-1792) - curriculum of studies and professors in the Moral and Physical Colleges.
12. The Main High School of the Great Duchy of Lithuania in 1793: Jan Śniadecki and Marcin Poczobut as defenders of the main schools at the Sejm of Grodno.
13. The Main High School of the Great Duchy of Lithuania 1793-1796.
14. The foundation of the Lithuanian Commission of Education.
15. The Main High School of Vilnius (Wilno) 1797-1802.
16. The school reform of the Russian tsar Alexander I - foundation of the University of Vilnius (Wilno).

Type of course

general courses

Prerequisites (description)

A student should be interested in changes of higher education in Poland from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge in the fields of:
1. The transformation of university education in Poland since the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
2. The birth and the transformation of the Vilnius Academy of universities in the era of Enlightenment.
3. Know the people of the University of Vilnius.
Skills:
1. Explain the genesis of European universities.
2. Understand the changes in university education in Poland since the Midle Ages till
Enlightenment.
3. Know the evolution of the Academy of Vilnius.
Attitudes:
1. Understand and relate to issues of university education.
2. Appreciate the diversity and variability of university education.

Assessment criteria

Attendance at lectures and the final written test (open and closed questions)

Practical placement

No.

Bibliography

1. K. Bartnicka, Działalność edukacyjna Jana Śniadeckiego, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków-Gdańsk 1980.
2. J. Bieliński, Uniwersytet Wileński, t. I-III, Kraków 1899-1900.
3. J. Kamińska, Universitas Vilnensis. Akademia Wileńska i Szkoła Główna Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego 1773-1792, Pułtusk-Warszawa 2004.
4. Kamilla Mrozowska Uniwersytet Wileński i jego szkoły, Warszawa-Kraków 1979.
5. Irena Szybiak, Szkolnictwo Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków-Gdańsk 1773.

Additional information

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