Bachelor in European Cultures
Wrocław, Poland
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Aug 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EU citizens | €3750/year for non-EU citizens
Introduction
The undergraduate program aims at equipping students with both theoretical knowledge about the past and origins of European cultures and conceptual tools to analyse cultural phenomena of nowadays societies.
A flexibly organized set of courses (only a few are obligatory, most of them elective by students) may present in synthetic picture of the cultural diversity of the Continent. Students will learn the consequences caused by cultural phenomena for past and contemporary social life in Europe. Consequences, which were and are visible in various spheres of life: starting with everyday life, through the economy, the psychological background of social movements, up to political and administrative systems. Lectures focus on universal laws and manifestations of the cultural life of human societies but with a clear emphasis on specific elements of European past and present-day situations.
Students will be invited to make a common journey through European cultural heritage to learn how to analyze and understand not only the meaning of fine arts objects but mostly social phenomena based upon cultural relations. Therefore the proposed curriculum of study is focused on the analysis of communication systems, values' transfer mechanisms, meaning of symbolic structures used in both everyday life and politics, cultural and political history seen as an impulse for change in social life etc. Participation in the program should strengthen students' knowledge of European culture and civilizations in the context of social life and social needs.
Our students will have a unique opportunity to attend the interdisciplinary course, which consists of lectures and seminars on ancient archaeology, cultural studies, the history of art, the history of Poland and Europe, social psychology, cultural and classical pedagogy, and others. After completing studies students can be able to translate different cultural codes of communication, organize cooperation between members of societies of different European cultures, and promote understanding of cultural differentiation in social life as the only way to peaceful development in nowadays world.
Ideal Students
The European Culture program is intended for both European citizens as well as students from other parts of the world. The curriculum of the program is designed to open the possibility for all interested in the cultural life of the Continent to consciously participate in European social and cultural life. Which means that candidates are not expected to possess detailed knowledge of an academic nature, but to be open-minded and curious enough to work together to understand the cultural and social world around them. All courses will be provided in English. The rules concerning payment of tuition are regulated by the relevant rules of the University of Wrocław.
Admissions
Curriculum
1st Year Autumn
Obligatory subjects:
- Historian as a priest or a craftsman? Historiography in Europe through centuries
- Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic age: the first Western globalism
- The Origins of Theatre
- Introduction to Methodology of Social Research
- Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
- Introduction to the History of European Art
Optional subjects
- Warfare and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Health and Illness in Europe through centuries
1st Year Spring
Obligatory subjects
- Introduction to Polish History and Culture
- Introduction to Intercultural Education
- Introduction to Classical Archeology
- Methodology of Art History
2nd Year Autumn
Obligatory subjects
- Postsocialism in Central/Eastern Europe
- Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice
- History of Nationalism
- Work of Art and its Context
- Cross-cultural psychology
Optional subjects:
- Warfare and Society in Modern European History
- European History of Travelling
- Private life in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Women in the European Public Sphere (18th-20th centuries)
2nd Year Spring
Obligatory subjects:
- BA Seminar
- Great Discoveries of Modern Archeology
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th-18th centuries – culture and society
- Polish Cinema – History
Optional subjects:
- Everyday life in Greek and Roman Antiquity
- Shared or Separate Past(s)? Medieval East Central Europe
- Communication strategies and means of persuasion in the modern era. Case: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Work of Art in Period of Transition. Art History around 1900 in Central Europe
- Memory studies – history and practice
- Work of Art in the Digital Era
3rd year Autumn
Obligatory subjects:
- Intercultural communication
- Poland in the in the Era of Partitions (1772-1918)
- Europe and the United States until WWII
- Polish-Jewish relations in the 20th century
- East Central Europe under the Soviet Domination (1945-1989)
Optional subjects:
- History of Contemporary Art
- East Central Europe in the Time of Empires and the Era of World Wars (1815-1945)
- Anthropology of Europe
3rd Year Spring
Obligatory subjects:
- Poland in the in the Era of World Wars (1914-1945)
- Propaganda of the communist regime in Poland (1944-1989)
- "From guerrillas to happenings". History of the Democratic Opposition in Poland
- Selected topics of psychology
Optional subjects:
- Polish Theatre
- Americanization and anti-Americanism in Europe after 1945
- "Spring will be ours". Poland in the Era of Communism (1944-1989)
- Resistance, dissent & opposition in East-Central Europe. History and legacy
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Career Opportunities
A graduate will be a suitable candidate for a vast range of workplaces demanding mediation between people and organizations of different cultural capitals: in the Human Resources and Public Relations departments of multinational corporations and public administration, in cultural institutions and tourism, and last, but not least, in journalism.