Induction 1.S2.MLA.10
Course objectives
- familiarising with academic study context at Master level studies
- undestanding interdisciplinary education and research
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Course content
1. Interdisciplinary education and research
2. Introduction to humanities: linguistics and communication, cultural studies arts
3. Overview of methodologies in humanities and social sciences
4. Career planning - during and after the studies
5. Identifying students' professional and intellectual goals and the resources to achieve them during the study course
6. Recognizing potential labor and activity markets for the MLA students
7. Project oriented and team-based work
8. Social responsibility of academia (debate)
9. Diversity in academia
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity
discussion, readings, in class writing, IT tools/MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2023/24-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
1. The student knows specificity of the subject and range of methodology of humanistic sciences (k_W07/ P7S_WG)
2. The student knows specificity of the subject and range of methodology of social sciences (k_W08/ P7S_WG)
3. The student knows political and ethical, economic and regulatory challenges connected with interdisciplinary research paradigms and their applications (k_W14/ P7S_WK)
4. The student knows principles of operation and discourses of organizations relevant to professional activity in various field as education, culture, media, arts, professional communication, entrepreneurship (k_W16/ P7S_WK).
Skills:
5. The student can work in a team, assume various roles in a project, including that of a leader, plan and manage the work of others in the team (k_U14/P7S_UO).
Social competences:
The student is ready to
6. assume attitudes and motivations that allow freedom of expression and self-fulfilment through high academic achievement (k_K08/ P7S_KO).
7. take account of and respect cultural differences and diverging opinions in the professional, academic and public sphere (k_K09/ P7S_KO).
8. actively participate in cultural life making use of various forms of artistic interventions (k_K10/ P7S_KO).
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes
1. Active participation in class activities to improve English language skill – 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
2. Cultural difference reflections and other in-class writing – 30% of the final grade (outcome 5,6,7,8)
3. Career Trajectory Mapping & Personal Assessment – 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,4,5,6,8)
Bibliography
Reading list:
Reading materials will be provided by the teacher
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: