Semiotics of Culture 3700-CS1-2-SK-OG

general courses

Knowledge: students completing the course will be familiar with and understand:

- different disciplines related to cultural studies, together with their distinctive subject matter and methodologies;
- the basic terminology of cultural anthropology;
- the theories and methodologies of disciplines dealing with cultural studies;
- the links between humanities disciplines and the unique relations between different disciplines connected with cultural studies; they will acquire the basics of an interdisciplinary approach in cultural studies;
- classical philosophy authors and their ideas;
- contemporary directions of cultural studies;
- the latest achievements in developing interdisciplinary research methods in cultural studies and possible new directions of this research;
- the basic methods of interpreting a work of visual art, including iconographic and stylistic analysis
- the basic analysis methods typical of cultural anthropology, including the most important theories and traditions of different schools that emerged during the discipline’s development;
- the importance of the complex nature of language in philological and cultural studies research, be familiar with the principles of the semiotics of language and culture;
- the relationships between cultural development and social change

Skills: students completing the course will be able to
- retrieve and interpret information using different sources, including Latin and Neo-Latin sources, literary and historical texts, anthropological sources;
- interpret a work of visual art, also in the context of other sources from a given period;
- resolve research problems and produce studies on research topics while applying the main theoretical approaches and paradigms from knowledge on culture, including cultural anthropology, philology, history and the semiotics of culture;
- take part in discussions on cultural studies topics, including presenting logical argumentation and drawing critical conclusions
- present the results of their own analysis of a simple research problem in written and oral form
- autonomously identify the main theses of an oral presentation / written text in Polish and in a selected language of the Mediterranean area;
- produce a written and oral presentation taking into account the different needs of their prospective audience, using basic digital tools and internet resources useful for this purpose;

Social competences: students completing the course will be ready to
- be aware of the need for and principles of teamwork in an interdisciplinary group;
- work in a group, both as a moderator and a member performing a given task;
- carry out the work plan of their contribution to a class, according to the teacher’s guidelines
- understand the main challenges related to research on culture and inter-civilizational relations;
- take part actively in discussions in Polish and a selected Mediterranean language, respecting the views of their partners

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

• Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of 3700-CS1-2-SK-OG in USOSweb