6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1023317ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
People are often (implicitly) guided in their actions and thinking by larger narratives about the society and their own role in it. These are called cultural narratives and they play a role in many domains of society from politics, culture, education and within the personal lives of people. As they can have such a large impact on human actions and thinking, they cannot remain blind spots. We must not only learn to see them, but also to rhetorically examine them. We must analyze how they are constructed, understand how they impact people, and learn how we can determine their ethical value within a broader social debate. After sketching a broader theoretical framework, we will examine a number of important cultural narratives (from politics, education and culture) in the lectures of this course.
Digital course material (Required): powerpoint slides, student notes, texts and articles that accompany a number of classes, via the electronic learning platform Canvas.
Purchase of book (Required): cost estimated at 20 EUR (through VUB Press, publication date start of 2023). More information will follow in the first class.
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The evaluation consists out of the following assignment categories:
Exam Written determines 60% of the final grade
WPO Practice Assignment determines 40% of the final grade
Within the category Exam Written the student must complete the following assignments:
Written exam with a weight of 60 and so 60% of the final grade.
Explanation: multiple choice and essay questions about the course
Within the category WPO Practice Assignment the student must complete the following assignments:
Individual assignments with a weight of 40 and so 40% of the final grade.
Explanation: Individual assignments about 1 aspect of the course
Absence on at least one of the obligatory exam parts (assignments and written exam) leads to absence for the complete grade. You must pass for every exam part to pass this course. If you fail for one or more of the parts, you will receive 9/20 or the average score if lower.
The partial grades of the categories for which you succeeded in the first exam period, can be transferred to the second exam period and will thus not have to be resubmitted or retaken.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor samenleving en cultuur (only offered in Dutch)