Interpretations of Popular Culture Field of study: English Studies: Literature and Culture
Programme code: W1-S1EL25.2025

Module name: Interpretations of Popular Culture
Module code: W1-ELS1-IPC-1
Programme code: W1-S1EL25.2025
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
This module introduces students to the academic study of popular culture. Through discussion and analysis of selected cultural texts—such as film, music, television, or digital media—students begin to explore how popular forms reflect and shape cultural values, identities, and ideologies. The course introduces selected interpretive approaches and methodologies used in cultural analysis and encourages critical thinking about everyday cultural phenomena within broader social and ideological contexts.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is prepared to engage critically and thoughtfully with popular culture and to reflect on its significance in contemporary society [KO1]
 EL_K01 [1/5] EL_K04 [2/5]
analyzes popular cultural texts in relation to their social, cultural, and ideological context [U01]
 EL_U03 [2/5] EL_U05 [3/5] EL_U07 [3/5]
formulates independent and coherent spoken and written statements about popular culture using the interpretive tools introduced in the course [U02]
 EL_U05 [2/5] EL_U08 [2/5]
is familiar with selected interpretive approaches and methods used in the analysis of popular cultural phenomena. [W01]
 EL_W01 [2/5] EL_W02 [3/5] EL_W04 [2/5] EL_W10 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
practical classes [C] 30 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Screen presentation [c07] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work KO1 U01 U02 W01
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
Analysis of the corrective feedback provided by the academic teacher on the results of the verification of learning outcomes [d01] Consulting the results of the verification of learning outcomes
reading through the academic teacher’s comments, assessments and opinions on the implementation of the task aimed at checking the level of the achieved learning outcomes
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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