Cultural institutions and their principles 3700-CS1-2-IKZ-OG

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;
- contemporary directions of cultural studies;
- 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;
- contemporary cultural life in Poland and a selected country of the Mediterranean area;
- the relationships between cultural development and social change

Skills: students completing the course will be able to

- acquire research skills enabling them to formulate and resolve research problems of cultural studies; to this aim, they will be able to perform basic analyses with the help of interdisciplinary research methods and tools;
- 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;
- be aware of the dynamic development of culture and the emergence of new research methods and paradigms
- work in a group, both as a moderator and a member performing a given task;
- understand the principle of tolerance and cultural differences
- understand the importance of preserving the richness, integrity and awareness of Europe’s cultural heritage, including the individual traditions of the Mediterranean area
- take part actively in discussions in Polish and a selected Mediterranean language, respecting the views of their partners

Provided by the lecturer.

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-IKZ-OG in USOSweb