Cancelled Brazil – Society and Communication
Course content
Cancelled
This new elective module has been designed for students of all faculties who wish to get a compact and solid expertise on the World’s 5th largest country and 8th economy, its legendary diversity, thrilling culture, but also its challenges with universal impact. In addition, students will acquire basic reading and communication skills in Brazilian Portuguese, the third most spoken European language in the World. The module targets at students who already studied the Spanish-speaking part of Latin America and wish to extend this knowledge to the continents biggest power, but also at those who are interested in studying global challenges and tendencies, especially with regard to problem-solving strategies in developing countries and North-South relations, for all of which Brazil is a show case. Furthermore, it is an offer for those who wish to build competences in a truly interdisciplinary approach of Area Studies, learning to command a broad range of theories and methods and training to take over other perspectives and to practice interculturality. Last, it is a package customized for those who plan to include a Brazilian aspect in their thesis, or even those who pretend to study, do an internship, or carry out field work in Brazil.
The elective module consists of two courses (you can do both or just one of the two, including the second one without having done the first):
Brazil – Society and Communication
In this course students work on cases which represent the core issues of Brazil today, such as Human Rights, Environment Protection, Race Relations and Multicultural Society, Reduction of Inequality, Poverty and Criminality, Strengthening of Good Governance practices, Accountability and Participatory Democracy, as well as Brazil’s role as advocate of the South and Global Player. Continued imbedded training of reading skills is supplemented with applied practice of basic oral and written communication.
Class instruction
Textbook, jornalistic and scientific articles, online databases, audiovisual material, among others.
The elective module consists of two courses (Fall and Spring, 15
ECTS each) but students can also select to take only one of them.
It is perfectly possible to study only the second one (Spring)
without having done the first (Fall). All contents can be adapted
to the students’ needs and interests.
Kurset udbydes til alle kandidatstuderende på Institut for Engelsk,
Germansk og Romansk, samt som KA-tilvalg for studerende fra andre
institutter.
Det kan tages som en del af studiemønstret Brasilienstudier eller
som frit emnekursus.
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Portfolio, A joint portfolio uploaded in digital exam: Deadline June 7th 2024
- Type of assessment details
- Udprøvning af læsefærdigheder i portugisisk (4 sider): vægtes ¼. Skriftlige opgaver/“Response papers” (7 sider): vægtes ¼. Fri hjemmeopgave (10-14 sider): vægtes 1/2.
Criteria for exam assessment
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/engelsk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/fransk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/italiensk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/portugisisk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/spansk/
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/tysk/
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Preparation
- 353,5
- English
- 409,5
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- HPOK13012U
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Price
-
Dette er et kursus via tompladsordningen mod betaling på Åbent Universitet. Tilmeld dig og se aktuel prisoversigt på denne side.
- Schedulegroup
-
See schedule
- Studyboard
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinator
- Georg Walter Wink (10-6d6b75786d347d6f7471466e7b7334717b346a71)
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