552.336 (20S) Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship

Sommersemester 2020

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First course session
18.03.2020 14:00 - 16:00 N.0.27 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 20 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 18.03.2020
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

The term globalization has become a widely used catchphrase but may mean very different things in different settings. While some greet processes of globalization with hopes for economic success, others maintain a certain sense of skepticism or even fear in the face of fast and radical changes. While both or neither may apply completely, the social and economic challenges posed by the phenomenon of globalization need to be reflected in educational settings by investigating the hierarchies and power asymmetries in the global economic system that divide rather than unite humanity and cause serious social and political injustice on a global scale. In spite of the considerable impact of globalization, the concept of citizenship has so far continued to be tied to nation states. As such, it is often defined as a legal status that entails a set of rights and duties and a feeling of belonging to a particular community. Although individuals cannot actually obtain the legal status of global citizen to date, the notion of cosmopolitan or global citizenship seeks to extend these three features to apply to a global rather than national community. The utopian element of global citizenship thus entails that every human individual is already a global citizen with varying degrees of awareness and very different degrees of agency and that all global citizens democratically participate in order to shape a sustainable and peaceful future for the global community.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

  • lecture
  • group work and discussion
  • student contributions, presentations

Course content

  • processes and aspects of globalization
  • citizenship as status, feeling and practice
  • awareness of the individual’s role as global citizen
  • intersectionality (systems of privilege and oppression)
  • social justice and sustainable development

Prior knowledge expected

English at level B2 or higher

Curricular registration requirements

English at level B2 or higher; the course is open to incoming students, teacher trainees, and  generally individuals with an interest in the subject matter

Literature

will be announced in class and partly available on Moodle

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

  • regular attendance (and active participation)
  • oral contribution (in-class presentation)
  • written end-of-term assignment

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Besonderer Studienbereich Besonderer Studienbereich Friedensstudien (SKZ: 900, Version: 05S)
    • Subject: Erweiterungsbereich (Optional subject)
      • Additional Courses from other Curricula ( 0.0h / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 552.336 Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlich ausgerichtetes Wahlfach (Compulsory elective)
      • 9.2 Issues in Culture ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 552.336 Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Kombination (Compulsory elective)
      • 10.1 Freie Kombination ( 0.0h SE / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 552.336 Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 552.336 Issues in Culture: Social Change through Global Citizenship (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

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