Theoretical culturology

Course: Ethnoculturology with advanced study of foreign language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Theoretical culturology
Code
ННД.32
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. To have the skills of critical thinking, to present one's own thoughts in an understandable way, to carry out their argumentation PLO 2. Analyze, comment, generalize, scientific and analytical texts of an ethnocultural nature. PLO 4. Know and understand theoretical approaches.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Before studying this course, students must know the basic stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process; basic culturological teachings and methods of culturological research, basic culturological concepts and categories; ideas about the diversity of cultural achievements and values. Be able to collect and interpret information on cultural phenomena, cultural processes and events; identify current trends in the coexistence of different cultures in the context of globalization and intercultural dialogue, predict the prospects for their development, taking into account the peculiarities of cultural processes in the context of globalization; apply modern methods in the process of understanding artistic phenomena. Have basic skills in research and information management; critical attitude and forecasting regarding political, economic, cultural and artistic events and phenomena; use of foreign language professional culturological information sources.
Course content
Purpose of discipline - ensuring a stable system of knowledge about culture in the system of being, the multiplicity of types of theories of cultures in relation to cultural problems of the present and, as a result, the discovery of common foundations of various facts of modern culture. Annotation. The educational discipline acquaints students with the theoretical and methodological basis of knowledge about culture in the system of being, identifying the essence of culture in its existence, processes of functioning of spiritual culture in modern society, trends of socio-cultural development of various cultural institutes. The main tasks of the discipline: mastering the terminological apparatus of cultural studies in order to form an appropriate level of cultural competence, distinguishing theoretical, applied, valuable aspects of cultural knowledge, using them to justify practical decisions that
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Margaret Mead (1970) Culture and commitment: a study of the generation gap. N. Y., 2. José Ortega y Gasset The Revolt of the Masses (Rebelión de las masas), 3. 25th anniversary edition of authorized English translation, New York: W.W. Norton, (1930) 1957, 4. Tylor, Edward B.,( 1881), Anthropology : An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization, London: Macmillan and Co., Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Surviving the future Oxford University Press; First Edition (January 1, 1971).- 164 p. 5. Huntington Samuel P.(1993) The Clash of
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course includes 2 content parts. The first part of the course - "Essence and meaning of culture, its language", the second part of the course - "Culture and civilization, forms of culture". Forms of education: lectures, seminars, independent work. During the semester, after the lectures on the relevant topics, seminar classes are held, which are evaluated according to the types of work (oral response, additions, participation in discussions at lectures and seminar classes, final control work, credit).
Assessment methods and criteria
Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the learned material, in particular, the assessment of theoretical training - learning outcomes (knowledge), which is 40% of the total assessment, and the assessment of practical training - learning outcomes (skills, communication, autonomy and responsibility, which is 60% of the total grade. Assessment of semester work: oral presentation, additions and participation in discussions at seminars – 28/49 points; independent work #1 (summary of primary sources) – 10 / 15 points; independent work #2 (presentation of independent research on the topics of the educational.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian Language

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Iryna Viktorivna Zhyvohliadova
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy