Aesthetics

3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020890AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Hans De Wolf (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
90 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The course aesthetics has as its goal to on the one hand offer students some tools which empower them to think about terms like “beauty” and “art” in an aesthetically substantiated way and formulate their own opinions about this. On the other hand, its goal is also to process this information with regard to various philosophical systems and subsystems which have always been dedicated to the study of aesthetic questions. Although aesthetics as a purely philosophical discipline first appeared in the 18th century, the course will start intentionally with the aesthetic issues during the Antiquity, which is closely related to the modern aesthetic practice. The course will end with aesthetic systems from the late 19th century and with this will form a historical base on which other courses at the university will build.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Een uitgeschreven handleiding voorhanden
Digital course material (Required) : Reader

Additional info

The course is preceded by a broad general introduction in which all fundamental questions that are present in aesthetics concerning illustrations are put on portray. This introduction should show the broad decor in which the philosophical systems of the following philosophers belongs: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, the Iconoclast Movement, David Hume, Emmanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche and Konrad Fiedler. Within this list of studied philosophical systems there may be small adjustments.

The aesthetics forms a fundamental discipline for the study of the arts. The course does not only strives to offer the students generic competences related to aesthetic questions, but also stimulates them to process the subject matter critically and enrich it with their own personal insights.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students will gain generic insights into existing aesthetic models
The students can question these existing aesthetic models critically
The students are capable of creating links between the various aesthetic models
The students will study some aesthetic questions during the semester and formulate their own personal opinion relevant to these questions. They will do this with illustrations.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

examen mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: - Oral (written preparation on request)
- Main question with secondary questions
- A question in relation to the specific assignments

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation consists of the following categories:

Oral exam is 100% of the final grade

Before the oral exam students get the time to prepare a written answer of the main question asked during the exam.

The exam will be conducted as an oral exam. At the start of the exam, the students will get a main question, which relates to a voluminous part of the course, and which can be prepared on paper. This is followed by a series of smaller and detailed questions. Finally the students will get the possibility to contribute to the course personally.

Part 1: MAIN QUESTION (40%)

knowledge of the subject matter (50%)
critical interaction with the subject matter (15%)
useful addition to the subject matter (20%)
creative personal input (15%)

Part 2: SUBQUESTION (20%)

knowledge of the subject matter (50%)
critical interaction with the subject matter (15%)
useful addition to the subject matter (20%)
creative personal input (15%)

Part 3: DETAILLED QUESTIONS (15%)

Part 4: EXERCISES (25%)

value and meaning of the argument (60%)
- relevance of the contribution in regard to the exercise
illustration materials (20%)
creative personal input (20%)

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context