Arts and Culture

Course descriptions

The course descriptions of the year 2012-2013 are available either by clicking on the picture on the right (Curriculum Catalogue).

The Curriculum Catalogue provides information per module, and also includes schematic overviews of each year. Next to the course descriptions, the catalogue also provides you with some basic practical information. The back cover of the catalogue, for instance, includes a 2012/2013 calendar. This diagram shows all important education-related data.

The course descriptions system below provides an overview of the year 2013-2014 (you can select other academic years).

Bachelor Arts and Culture year 1 regular
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Apollo and Dionysus incl. Introduction in Ethics	Course		Period 1	10.0	ACU1000
Apollo and Dionysus incl. Introduction Read more
Portfolio-Coaching, year 1	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU1503
Portfolio-Coaching, year 1 Read more
Academic Skills	Skills training		Period 1	3.0	ACU1504
Academic Skills Read more
Diagnostic Test: English Language	Skillstest		Period 1	0.0	ACU1505
Diagnostic Test: English Language Read more
Research and Writing I, part 1	Paper		Period 1	7.0	ACU1900
Research and Writing I, part 1 Read more
Knowledge and Criticism	Course		Period 2	10.0	ACU1001
Knowledge and Criticism Read more
Reading Philosophy	Skills training		Period 2	3.0	ACU1500
Reading Philosophy Read more
Disenchantment and Ideology incl. Research and Writing skills training I, part 2	Course		Period 4	10.0	ACU1002
Disenchantment and Ideology incl. Resear Read more
Debates among historians	Skills training		Period 4	3.0	ACU1501
Debates among Historians Read more
Style and Modernity	Course		Period 5	10.0	ACU1003
Style and Modernity Read more
Analysis of Paintings and Literary Texts	Skills training		Period 5	3.0	ACU1502
Analysis of Paintings and Literary Texts Read more

Bachelor Arts and Culture year 2 regular
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Network Society	Course		Period 1	8.5	ACU2000
Network Society Read more
Close to the Foreign	Skills training		Period 1	3.0	ACU2500
Close to the Foreign Read more
Portfolio-Coaching, year 2	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU2502
Portfolio-Coaching, year 2 Read more
Cultural Pluralism	Course		Period 2	8.5	ACU2001
Cultural Pluralism Read more
Theory of Science and Interdisciplinarity	Skills training		Period 2	3.0	ACU2501
Theory of Science and Interdisciplinarit Read more
Research and Writing II: The first step	Paper		Period 3	6.0	ACU2900
Research and Writing II: The first step Read more

Major Cultures of Knowledge and Technology
In order to have the major stated on the certificate the student needs to have passed at least: - 2 courses of the specialization; - the bachelor thesis in the field of that specialization; - one second- and the third-year tutorial of that specialization.
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU3500
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3 Read more
New! The Culture of Innovation	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU2010
New! The Culture of Innovation Read more
Terra Cognita/Biopolitics part I	Skills training		Period 4	3.0	ACU2701
Terra Cognita/Biopolitics part I Read more
Research Lab Cultures of Knowledge and Technology	Skills training		Period 4	6.0	ACU3700
Research lab Cultures of Knowledge and Read more
The Design of Man	Course		Period 5	12.0	ACU2011
The Design of Man Read more
Terra Cognita/Biopolitics part II	Skills training		Period 5	3.0	ACU2700
Terra Cognita/Biopolitics part II Read more
Bachelor thesis specialisation CKT	Paper		Period 4	12.0	ACU3900
Bachelor thesis specialisation CKT Read more

Major Literature, the Arts and Culture
In order to have the major stated on the certificate the student needs to have passed at least: - 2 courses of the specialization; - the bachelor thesis in the field of that specialization; - one second- and the third-year tutorial of that specialization.
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU3500
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3 Read more
Myth and Disenchantment	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU2004
Myth and Disenchantment Read more
Main periods in Literature, the Arts and Culture: From the Renaissance to Romanticism	Skills training		Period 4	3.0	ACU2702
Main periods in LAC: Renaissance-Romanti Read more
The Future of the Arts	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU3000
The Future of the Arts Read more
Literature, the Arts, Culture: Methods and Theories	Skills training		Period 4	6.0	ACU3701
Literature, the Arts, Culture: Methods a Read more
After the Apocalypse	Course		Period 5	12.0	ACU2005
After the Apocalypse Read more
Main periods in Literature, the Arts and Culture: From Realism to Postmodernism	Skills training		Period 5	3.0	ACU2703
Main periods in LAC: Realism-Postmoderni Read more
Bachelor thesis specialisation LAC	Paper		Period 4	12.0	ACU3901
Bachelor thesis specialisation LAC Read more

Major Media Culture
In order to have the major stated on the certificate the student needs to have passed at least: - 2 courses of the specialization; - the bachelor thesis in the field of that specialization; - one second- and the third-year tutorial of that specialization.
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU3500
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3 Read more
Observing and representing: History of the senses	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU2008
Observing and representing: History of t Read more
Media Culture: History, Theory, Concepts 1	Skills training		Period 4	3.0	ACU2706
MC: History, Theory, Concepts 1 Read more
Always already new? Theorising and Historicising Old and New Media	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU3006
Always already new? Read more
Research skills in Media Culture	Skills training		Period 4	6.0	ACU3703
Research skills in Media Culture Read more
Logo & Imago: Identity in Media Culture	Course		Period 5	12.0	ACU2009
Logo & Imago: Identity in Media Culture Read more
Media Culture: History, Theory, Concepts 2	Skills training		Period 5	3.0	ACU2707
MC: History, Theory, Concepts 2 Read more
Bachelor thesis specialisation MC	Paper		Period 4	12.0	ACU3903
Bachelor thesis specialisation MC Read more

Major Political Culture
In order to have the major stated on the certificate the student needs to have passed at least: - 2 courses of the specialization; - the bachelor thesis in the field of that specialization; - one second- and the third-year tutorial of that specialization.
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3	Skills training		Period 1	1.0	ACU3500
Portfolio-Coaching, year 3 Read more
The European State	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU2006
The European State Read more
Political History of the 20th century	Skills training		Period 4	3.0	ACU2704
Political History of the 20th century Read more
The Appeal of Totalitarianism	Course		Period 4	12.0	ACU3001
The Appeal of Totalitarianism Read more
Researching Political Culture	Skills training		Period 4	6.0	ACU3702
Researching Political Culture Read more
Power and Democracy	Course		Period 5	12.0	ACU2007
Power and Democracy Read more
Global Justice and Human Rights	Skills training		Period 5	3.0	ACU2705
Global Justice and Human Rights Read more
Bachelor thesis specialisation PC	Paper		Period 4	12.0	ACU3902
Bachelor thesis specialisation PC Read more

Extra electives year 2
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
New Fellow Countrymen. Identities and neighborly relations in the Selfkant between shifting borders, 1949 and 1963.	Project	Introductory	Period 5	6.0	acu2020
New Fellow Countrymen Read more

Bachelor Arts and Culture year 3 electives
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics	Course		Period 1	12.0	ACU3005
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics Read more
Kunst- en cultuurbeleid	Course		Period 1	12.0	CWE3005
Kunst- en cultuurbeleid Read more
European Environments	Course		Period 1	9.0	EUS3001
European Environments Read more
Qualitative interviewing	Skills training		Period 1	3.0	EUS3500
Qualitative interviewing Read more
Museum Meanings	Course		Period 2	12.0	ACU3004
Museum Meanings Read more
Cultuuroverdracht in een museale context	Course		Period 2	12.0	CWE3004
Cultuuroverdracht in een museale context Read more
One World	Course		Period 2	9.0	EUS3000
One World. Europe and the non-European Read more
Virtual ethnography	Skills training		Period 2	3.0	EUS3501
Virtual ethnography Read more

Minor Arts and Heritage
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics	Course		Period 1	12.0	ACU3005
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics Read more
Museum Meanings	Course		Period 2	12.0	ACU3004
Museum Meanings Read more
Paper Minor Arts and Heritage	Paper		Period 3	6.0	ACU3904
Paper Minor Arts and Heritage Read more

Minor Kunst, Cultuur en Musea
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Kunst- en cultuurbeleid	Course		Period 1	12.0	CWE3005
Kunst- en cultuurbeleid Read more
Cultuuroverdracht in een museale context	Course		Period 2	12.0	CWE3004
Cultuuroverdracht in een museale context Read more
Paper Minor Kunst, Cultuur en Musea	Paper		Period 3	6.0	CWE3904
Paper Minor Kunst, Cultuur en Musea Read more

Minor Globalization and Development
Minor Globalization and Development
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Globalization and Inequality	Course		Period 1	12.0	MGD3000
Globalization and Inequality Read more
Development and Poverty in the 21st Century	Course		Period 2	12.0	MGD3001
Development and Poverty in the 21st Cent Read more
Globalization and Development Seminar & Symposium	Course		Period 3	6.0	MGD3002
Globalization Seminar & Symposium Read more

Minor Crucial Differences
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
The Making of Crucial Differences	Course		Period 1	12.0	MCD3000
The Making of Crucial Differences Read more
Crucial Different Lives	Course		Period 3	6.0	MCD3002
Crucial Different Lives Read more
Crucial differences in the 21st century	Course		Period 2	12.0	MCD3001
Crucial Differences in the 21st Century Read more

Joint Minor Art, Law and Policy Making
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics	Course		Period 1	12.0	ACU3005
Arts and Culture: Policy and Politics Read more
Museum Meanings	Course		Period 2	12.0	ACU3004
Museum Meanings Read more
Paper Minor Arts and Heritage	Paper		Period 3	6.0	ACU3904
Paper Minor Arts and Heritage Read more
Private international law	Course	Intermediate	Period 3	4.0	PRI3018
Private International Law Read more
Law and Art: The Free Movement of Cultural Property	Course	Intermediate	Period 4	6.0	IER3004
Law and Art: The Free Movement of Cult. Read more

Minor Creative Writing
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
Reading Like a Writer	Course		Period 1	12.0	MCW3000
Reading Like a Writer Read more
Your first story, a deeper investigation of plot	Course		Period 2	12.0	MCW3001
Your first story, a deeper investigation Read more
Translation, Short Stories or Poetry	Course		Period 3	6.0	MCW3002
Translation, Short Stories or Poetry Read more

Minor A Non-European Modernity: India in a Globalizing World
BA Arts and Culture
Title	Type	Level	Period	Credits	Code
A Nation and its Fragments: Democracy, Political Economy, Globalisation	Course		Period 1	12.0	MIN3000
A Nation and its Fragments: Democracy, P Read more
Living with Difference: Politics of Culture	Course		Period 2	12.0	MIN3001
Living with Difference: Politics of Cult Read more
Nation-Building: Science, Technology and Modernity	Course		Period 3	6.0	MIN3002
Nation-Building: Science, Technology and Read more