Course syllabus
Autumn 2021
Course syllabus, Autumn 2021
Title
New Scholarship on Culture and Society
Swedish title
Ny forskning om kultur och samhälle
Course code
KK486A
Credits
7.5 credits
Grading scale
UA / Excellent (A), Very Good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Pass (E) or Fail (U)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Faculty of Culture and Society
Syllabus valid from
2021-08-30
Syllabus approval date
2019-09-04
Level
Basic level
Entry requirements
A minimum of 60 Higher Education Credits
Main field
No main field.
Progression level
G2F / First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Progression level in relation to degree requirements
The course can normally be included as a part of a general degree at undergraduate level.
Course objectives
In this course students engage with and learn from specialized research conducted by course teachers. The aim is that students more clearly understand the processes of doing research within the field of study. With reference to a number of theoretical and scholarly texts, students learn how to locate and participate in current debates of a field of specialisation and how to find evidence and critical support for the discussion.
Course contents
The content is dependent upon the field of research chosen by the teacher.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the field of specialisation;
- demonstrate knowledge of the processes of doing research
- analyse scholarly texts with a particular attention to the field of the specialisation;
- independently locate and discuss critical sources that pertain to the specialisation.
- research, design and articulate an independent position paper
Learning activities
Dependent upon topic and teacher
Assessment
1 position paper.
Course literature and other study material
No information available
Course evaluation
The University provides all students who are participating in, or have completed, a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation which is organized at the end of the course. The university will collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by them. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).
Interim rules
When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.