Prerequisite course for this course is: EL613E English and Education: Theory of Science and Academic Writing

This course is part of the English and Education Master’s Programme.

Students will expand their knowledge of and insight into how meaning is constructed in contemporary society and how cultural analytical concepts and theories can be used to interpret and understand different texts, genres and visual expressions. Students will also develop their didactic skills and abilities, with a particular focus on planning.

The course is based on the research field of green cultural studies. The content has a thematic structure that covers areas such as culture and nature, body and gender, consumption, sustainability, tourism and the environment. Key concepts such as ecocriticism, representation, posthumanism, interculturalism and sustainable development are referred to throughout the course. The course explores a broad selection of texts, such as non-fiction, advertising, film, music, computer games, newspaper articles and online materials, expressing the complexity of the concept of culture.

On completing the course, students will be able to:

• explain, critically evaluate and describe the central concepts and theories of the course,
• apply and motivate the choice of theories suitable for analysing representation and the creation of meaning in selected popular cultural texts,
• design and develop digital and multimodal pedagogical planning for English teaching,
• review and critically evaluate teaching materials in English with regard to gender, class and ethnicity.

The course includes various learning activities such as seminars, lectures, self-study and group work.

Assessment is conducted in three parts:

Exam 1: Written Take-Home Exam, 3 credits, in which learning objective 1 is assessed.
Exam 2: Reflective Portfolio, 2.5 credits, in which learning objectives 2 and 4 are assessed.
Exam 3: Digital Learning Module, 2 credits, in which learning objective 3 is assessed.

The course includes compulsory lectures. Absence results in written tasks whose content and scope correspond to the relevant compulsory lecture. The assignment must be submitted during the course and approved by the teacher. At the start of the course, the course coordinator will state which lectures are compulsory.

Grading criteria for the course are announced by the course coordinator at the start of the course.

The basis for all assessments must be such that individual performance can be distinguished.

Garrard, Greg (2016). Teaching Ecocriticism and Green Cultural Studies. London: Palgrave Macmillan (196 s.).

Longhurst, Brian et al. (2016). Introducing Cultural Studies. New York: Routledge (462 s).

Current research articles of approximately 200 pages will also be added.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.