This subject combines face-to-face and blended learning in a percentage
that has yet to be confirmed. When the academic year starts, the calendar with
all of the planned teaching activities (with timetables and classrooms) will be
available from the Moodle online campus for each subject. This is a
course delivered in English and with a reflexive tone. The course is focused on
the current debates around globalization and its social and cultural impact.
The subject proposes a theoretical approach to concepts such as ‘clash of
civilizations’, ‘liquid society’, ‘postmodernity’, ‘post-nationalism’,
‘consumer culture’ or ‘cosmopolitism’. The students develop on readings and
cultural analysis (cinema and media productions) with a command on the concepts
and a list of authors. The students apply this knowledge on a range of essays
to be produced (writing and audiovisual outputs). This is a subject specially
addressed to students with research aims in the fields of culture and the
media, within an international context. English is the regular language for
communications, deliveries, assignments and in-class contributions. Therefore,
a good command of English (B2-C1) is expected to follow the course. The subject
also presupposes some skills of media production including photo and short
video editing. |