Ukrainian and Foreign Culture
Course: «Modern Greek philology and translation and the English language»
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Ukrainian and Foreign Culture
Code
ОК.11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO1. To communicate fluently on professional issues with specialists and non-specialists in the state and foreign languages, both orally and in writing, and to employ them for organizing effective intercultural communication.
PLO2. To work effectively with information: to select necessary data from various sources, including professional literature and electronic databases; to critically analyze, interpret, organize, classify, and systematize it.
PLO5. To cooperate with colleagues, representatives of other cultures and religions, supporters of different political views, etc.
PLO6. To use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and problems in professional activity.
PLO17. To collect, analyze, systematize, and interpret facts of language and speech, and use them to solve complex tasks and problems in specialized areas of professional activity and study.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Before starting the study of this course, students should know the key events and processes in the world history and the history of Ukraine, basic cultural concepts and categories (at the level of a graduate of a general secondary education institution); Be able to analyze and interpret literature, primary sources and reference materials dedicated to the historical and cultural development of Ukraine and other countries in the world, to use modern information and communication technologies in education. Possess elementary skills of critical thinking and teamwork.
Course content
The course "Ukrainian and foreign culture" was created on the basis of a scientific school at the Department of Ukrainian Philosophy and Culture, Faculty of Philosophy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The course involves the study of theory and functions of culture, the main stages of cultural development and the typology of world cultures, sources from history of Ukrainian and foreign culture, mechanisms of regulating cultural practice and interaction between people in the community. When studying the discipline, the emphasis is on the analysis of cultural phenomena and processes that took place in different historical periods, their interrelationships and mutual influences, cultural features in different regions of the world, including in Ukraine. The discipline involves the study of the main achievements of Ukrainian and foreign culture, the conditions of their appearance and the analysis of characteristic features, in particular, the main achievements of art of various historical periods, studying the activities of cultural institutions.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Hrytsak Ya. Y. Overcoming the Past: A Global History of Ukraine. – Kyiv: Portal, 2021. – 432 p.
Kryvda N. Theory of Myth and Mythology / Visual Studies in the Context of Theory and History of Culture: Study Guide / General Editor V. I. Panchenko. – Kyiv: Publishing and Editorial Center "Kyiv University", 2022. – pp. 91-103.
History of World Culture: Study Guide / Head of the Authoring Team L. T. Levchuk. – 3rd edition, revised and expanded. – Kyiv: Center of Educational Literature, 2010. – 400 p.
History of World Culture. Cultural Regions: Study Guide / L. T. Levchuk, V. S. Hrytsenko, V. V. Yefymenko et al. – 3rd edition, revised and expanded. – Kyiv: Lybid, 2000. – 519 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Educational activities: lectures, seminars, consultations, independent work. Teaching methods: explanatory and illustrative method, problem-based learning (problem lecture), partial-search method (heuristic method), presentation at a seminar session, educational discussion, creative and analytical tasks (summarizing, analysis of documents and works of art), consultations.
Assessment methods and criteria
Current assessment: oral presentation, additions / participation in the discussion, independent work review (creative analytical tasks), written tests. Final assessment - credit. Evaluation criteria for each form of control are given in the course program.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline