Cultural Studies (Single honours) – Filozofski Fakultet u Rijeci

General information

Study programme title	Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) programme in Cultural Studies (Single Honours)
Type of study programme	University
Length	3 years (6 semesters)
ECTS	180 ECTS
Academic qualification	Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies(univ. bacc. cult.)
Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register	–
Study completion requirements	Passing all the exams and successfully completing the undergraduate dissertation.
Possibilities of continuing education	At the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, students can enrol on the M.A. in Cultural Studies (Single Honours)
Employment possibilities	Students will have the skills for employment in auxiliary jobs in cultural management (theatres, museums, libraries, educational institutions, festival administrations), jobs in publishing and media (TV, film, e-publishing, journalism, editorial work, strategic planning), work in cultural and congress tourism, spokesperson and protocol work, in state and local government bodies, international bodies and organizations, in the non-governmental sector, in private and public foundations, and market research.
Enrolment conditions	Further details about enrolment can be found at: Postani student

Course list

	Year 1
Semester I		Semester II
Introduction to Cultural studies	5 ECTS	Introduction to Media Studies	4 ECTS
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	5 ECTS	Introduction to Sociology	5 ECTS
Introduction to Cultural history	5 ECTS	Cultural History up to the Middle Ages	5 ECTS
Data Science in Culture	5 ECTS	Introduction to Literature	5 ECTS
Research Methods in Culture	4 ECTS	Thematic Mainstays in Cultural Studies	5 ECTS
Introduction to Philosophy	3 ECTS	Popular Culture	5 ECTS
Introduction to Studying	2 ECTS	Physical Education 2	1 ECTS
Physical Education 1	1 ECTS
	Year 2
Semester III		Semester IV
Intermediality	5 ECTS	Contemporary cultural anthropology	5 ECTS
Directions in Contemporary Cultural Theory	5 ECTS	The Sociology of culture	5 ECTS
Directions in Film Studies	5 ECTS	Cultural Theory and the History of Concepts	5 ECTS
Ethnic, National, and Racial Identities	5 ECTS	Cultural History in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era	5 ECTS
Gender and Sex Identities	5 ECTS	Language, Thought, Culture	5 ECTS
Physical Education 3	1 ECTS	Physical Education 4	1 ECTS
Elective Course	4 ECTS	Elective Course	4 ECTS
	Year 3
Semester V		Semester VI
Preparation for the Undergraduate Dissertation	5 ECTS	Undergraduate dissertation	5 ECTS
Elective Course 1	5 ECTS	Elective Course 1	5 ECTS
Elective Course 2	5 ECTS	Elective Course 2	5 ECTS
Elective Course 3	5 ECTS	Elective Course 3	5 ECTS
Elective Course 4	5 ECTS	Elective Course 4	5 ECTS
Elective Course 5	5 ECTS	Elective Course 5	5 ECTS

Elective Courses (The offer of elective courses will be decided and specified in the syllabus for each academic year)
Semester III
Basic Museum Studies	4 ECTS
Textuality and Narrativity	4 ECTS
Philosophy and Art	4 ECTS
Semester IV
Language in Society	4 ECTS
Performance Culture	4 ECTS
Media Culture	4 ECTS
Semester V
Interdisciplinarity, Science and Society	5 ECTS
Social Class in Contemporary Marxist theory	5 ECTS
Visual Culture	5 ECTS
Cultural Policy	5 ECTS
Consumerism	5 ECTS
Popular Music	5 ECTS
What is modernity?	5 ECTS
Culture in Civil Society	5 ECTS
Researching Social Networks	5 ECTS
Literary Theory	5 ECTS
Note: In semester V, students can replace 5 ECTS with extracurricular activities (as determined in a separate regulation).
Semester VI
Central European Culture	5 ECTS
Theory and Discourse Analysis	5 ECTS
Cultural Geography	5 ECTS
Science, Technology, and Culture	5 ECTS
Marx and Philosophy	5 ECTS
Journalism	5 ECTS
Myth and Culture	5 ECTS
Psychodrama and Sociodrama – from Psyche to Society	5 ECTS
Linguistic Conceptions of Social and Cultural Realities	5 ECTS
Feminist Literary Criticism	5 ECTS
Note: In semester VI, students can replace 5 ECTS with extracurricular activities (as determined in a separate regulation).
Elective courses are offered as University Elective Courses (Work Placements in Culture 1 and 3 are offered in semester I, III, and V, and Work placements in Culture 2 and 4 are offered in the semester II, IV, and VI)
Work Placements in Culture 1	3
Work Placements in Culture 2	3
Work Placements in Culture 3	3
Work Placements in Culture 4	3
Work Placement: Development of Modern Communication Technologies in Commercial Applications and Industry Note: This course is offered at both study levels (undergraduate and graduate).	4

Learning outcomes

Core learning outcomes

Collective learning outcomes	Individual learning outcomes
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS OF CULTURAL STUDIES	1. Describe the origin of cultural studies and their (inter)disciplinary specificity; note similarities and differences with other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities such as sociology, sociolinguistics, ethnology, cultural anthropology, communication, media studies, cultural history, etc. 2. Differentiate and compare theoretical trends: evolutionism, functionalism, structural functionalism, cultural relativism, analyse the relationship between cultural history and classical histories of culture, and compare different theories of socialization, collective behaviour, stratification, social institutions. 3. Using an historical perspective, define, analyse, and evaluate social phenomena in the domains of media and communication from the broader interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences and humanities, and critically reflect on the role and significance of products in the culture and media industries and key events in popular culture. 4. Explain the basic theoretical preoccupations of foundational authors fundamental for Cultural Studies: Marx, Lacan, Althusser, Foucault, Adorno, Derrida, and explain the primary concepts used in Cultural Studies: representation, appropriation, identity, the ‘Other’, modern, postmodern, anti-essentialism, reflexivity. 5. Distinguish between psychophysical, psychosocial, socio-cultural, and social identities, and compare traditional concepts of gender/sexual, cultural and ethno-national identities in contemporary concepts. 6. Outline how the concept of culture is used in different disciplines (anthropology, literary theory, and sociology). 7. Evaluate culture based on ethnographic research and analyse hierarchical approaches to culture at the intracultural and global levels, cultural constructions of the “Other” and “closer” (self-critical discourse), and cultural aspects of globalization.
RESEARCH METHODS	1. Differentiate between research strategies, methods, and techniques used in Cultural Studies, especially field research, case analysis and observation and interview methods. 2. Define the selection criteria for the appropriate methodology according to the research problem 3. Independently carry out small-scale research and analyse a cultural phenomenon or event. 4. Use basic word processing tools, images and sounds and develop a theoretical understanding, as well as the practical skills for preparing, publishing, and retrieving digital content. 5. Analyse literary texts, images and sounds as a cultural sign and as a text/image/sound with its own laws.

Collective learning outcomes

Individual learning outcomes

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS OF CULTURAL STUDIES

1. Describe the origin of cultural studies and their (inter)disciplinary specificity; note similarities and differences with other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities such as sociology, sociolinguistics, ethnology, cultural anthropology, communication, media studies, cultural history, etc.
2. Differentiate and compare theoretical trends: evolutionism, functionalism, structural functionalism, cultural relativism, analyse the relationship between cultural history and classical histories of culture, and compare different theories of socialization, collective behaviour, stratification, social institutions.
3. Using an historical perspective, define, analyse, and evaluate social phenomena in the domains of media and communication from the broader interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences and humanities, and critically reflect on the role and significance of products in the culture and media industries and key events in popular culture.
4. Explain the basic theoretical preoccupations of foundational authors fundamental for Cultural Studies: Marx, Lacan, Althusser, Foucault, Adorno, Derrida, and explain the primary concepts used in Cultural Studies: representation, appropriation, identity, the ‘Other’, modern, postmodern, anti-essentialism, reflexivity.
5. Distinguish between psychophysical, psychosocial, socio-cultural, and social identities, and compare traditional concepts of gender/sexual, cultural and ethno-national identities in contemporary concepts.
6. Outline how the concept of culture is used in different disciplines (anthropology, literary theory, and sociology).
7. Evaluate culture based on ethnographic research and analyse hierarchical approaches to culture at the intracultural and global levels, cultural constructions of the “Other” and “closer” (self-critical discourse), and cultural aspects of globalization.

RESEARCH METHODS

1. Differentiate between research strategies, methods, and techniques used in Cultural Studies, especially field research, case analysis and observation and interview methods.
2. Define the selection criteria for the appropriate methodology according to the research problem
3. Independently carry out small-scale research and analyse a cultural phenomenon or event.
4. Use basic word processing tools, images and sounds and develop a theoretical understanding, as well as the practical skills for preparing, publishing, and retrieving digital content.
5. Analyse literary texts, images and sounds as a cultural sign and as a text/image/sound with its own laws.

Elective learning outcomes

Collective learning outcomes	Individual learning outcomes
INTER/TRANS/INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CULTURE IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE	1. Master the terms used in museum studies to understand artefacts in heritage protection in specialist institutions, and to understand the political, economic, and cultural potential of museums and museum services. 2. Enable the development of (1) conceptual analysis and (2) synthesis skills – based on work using primary and secondary textual sources – students are encouraged to develop their own paths of individual research in the fields of linguistics and multilingualism, music, literature, cultural policies and civil society, feminist critique, consumer society and modern society in general. 3. Differentiate between the concepts of interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity; outline the relationship between science and society. 4. Describe how the concepts of nature and culture are used in cultural geography and in techno-deterministic discourse and provide instrumental (neutral) approaches to technology. 5. Explain the process of writing news reports, describe, and explain the following: terms comment, review, reportage, survey, interview, conversation, statement, obituary, essay; describe the process of technical editing, and apply the acquired knowledge in practice. 6. Apply theoretical ideas about culture in professional work; learn to adapt to the different activities and requirements of the project-oriented cultural sector.

Collective learning outcomes

Individual learning outcomes

INTER/TRANS/INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CULTURE IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

1. Master the terms used in museum studies to understand artefacts in heritage protection in specialist institutions, and to understand the political, economic, and cultural potential of museums and museum services.
2. Enable the development of (1) conceptual analysis and (2) synthesis skills – based on work using primary and secondary textual sources – students are encouraged to develop their own paths of individual research in the fields of linguistics and multilingualism, music, literature, cultural policies and civil society, feminist critique, consumer society and modern society in general.
3. Differentiate between the concepts of interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity; outline the relationship between science and society.
4. Describe how the concepts of nature and culture are used in cultural geography and in techno-deterministic discourse and provide instrumental (neutral) approaches to technology.
5. Explain the process of writing news reports, describe, and explain the following: terms comment, review, reportage, survey, interview, conversation, statement, obituary, essay; describe the process of technical editing, and apply the acquired knowledge in practice.
6. Apply theoretical ideas about culture in professional work; learn to adapt to the different activities and requirements of the project-oriented cultural sector.