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Arts and Culture

Courses & curriculum 2022 - 2023

After the first year and a half of the programme, you start customising your programme by choosing 2 out of 6 electives. In the third year, you can study abroad, do an internship, or take a minor or courses at another institution. You can find all of the many subjects below. Please be aware that the curriculum below is meant for current students and is subject of change. The curriculum is improved and updated on a yearly basis.

Maastricht University implements UM-wide minors that are open for (almost) all Maastricht University bachelor's students. These minors offer you the opportunity to get acquainted with a different field of study. Information and deadlines can be found on the UM Minor webpage.

 Download the programme overview 2022/2023. More detailed information about the courses can be found below.

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Binding Study Advice

This programme has a Binding Study Advice. This means that in your first year of the programme, you must obtain a minimum of 42 out of 60 ECTS credits. Students who fail to earn enough credits will receive a negative Binding Study Advice that leads to exclusion from the programme for a period of six years. All students who are at risk of receiving a negative Binding Study Advice will receive a warning after the first semester.

Courses

 

Period 1:
Sept-Oct

Period 2:
Nov-Dec

Period 3:
Jan

Period 4:
Feb-March

Period 5:
April-May 

June
Year 1

Apollo and Dionysus  
9 ECTS

 Knowledge and Criticism  
9 ECTS
​		 Research and Writing I
or
Onderzoeks- en Schrijfvaardigheden I
7 ECTS		 Disenchantment
and Ideology 
9 ECTS
 
 Art and Modernity 
9 ECTS		  
 

Academic Reading across Disciplines 
4 ECTS

Diagnostic Test:
English Language
0 ECTS

 Finding Sources 
4 ECTS		 Doing Conceptual Analysis 
4 ECTS		 Analysing Arts 
4 ECTS		  
       
Mentor programme  1 ECTS  
Year 2 Technological Society 
9 ECTS

Cultural Pluralism 
9 ECTS

 Research and Writing II
or
Onderzoeks- en
schrijfvaardigheden II 
9 ECTS

Course Electives  
9 ECTS:

  • Othering Europe
  • Art, Literature and Technoscience
  • ​Living in a Digital Age
 Course Electives
9 ECTS:
  • Power and Democracy
  • Vulnerable Bodies
  • Authority, Expertise and Environmental Change
  
 

Doing Etnography 
4 ECTS

 Doing Discourse Analysis 
4 ECTS		   Skills Elective I 
3 ECTS:
  • Advanced Document Analysis
  • Interviewing
  • Analysing Arts II

Skills Elective II  
3 ECTS:

  • Doing Conceptual Analysis II
  • Doing Discourse Analysis II
  
   
  Mentor Programme  1 ECTS
Year 3 5th Semester abroad, minor, internship

Doing Research in Arts and Culture
7 ECTS

Writing a Research Proposal 
or
Onderzoeksvoorstel schrijven
7 ECTS

BA Thesis
or
BA Scriptie

16 ECTS

 
  Mentor programme, not compulsory  0 ECTS