Optional Modules 2 Field of study: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Programme code: W6-S2AK19.2025

Module name: Optional Modules 2
Module code: W6-AK-S2-MF.2
Programme code: W6-S2AK19.2025
Semester: winter semester 2026/2027
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The student chooses one of two available paths: - social path: includes two modules devoted to various forms of human functioning in a group and manifestations of individual and collective diversity. The program emphasizes the development of the ability to perceive and analyze phenomena of cultural diversity. The topics of the classes introduce the cognitive area of ​​ethnology and cultural anthropology, developed in the course of further studies - ecological path: includes two modules that aim to familiarize with various manifestations of human functioning - a cultural being in the natural environment. The content of the classes will allow you to familiarize yourself with the issues and terminology that allow you to look at selected cultural and social phenomena from an ecological perspective. The topics of the classes introduce the cognitive area of ​​ethnology and cultural anthropology, developed in the course of further studies.
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 consciously participate in social life: is aware of the existence of mechanisms that shape human culture and social life [_K_1]
 K_K01 [2/5] K_K04 [1/5] K_K07 [3/5]
acquires intercultural competences that enable overcoming the mechanisms of creation and functioning of negative categorizations of culturally different people [_K_2]
 K_K02 [2/5] K_K03 [2/5]
is able to use basic theoretical knowledge in the field of cultural anthropology and related disciplines in order to analyze and interpret human lifestyles and their functioning in various social groups [_U_1]
 K_U01 [3/5] K_U02 [3/5] K_U03 [3/5]
is able to diagnose and analyze - using anthropological tools - specific problems related to the functioning of an individual and a social group [_U_2]
 K_U03 [2/5] K_U06 [2/5] K_U11 [2/5]
has knowledge of anthropological reflections concerning broadly understood categories of "alienness" ("foreign"), as well as various manifestations that strengthen an individual's affiliation to a specific group; knows various approaches to these categories in relation to contemporary trends and currents in the humanities and social sciences [_W_1]
 K_W02 [2/5] K_W05 [2/5] K_W06 [2/5]
knows and understands the basic concepts and research problems of cultural anthropology related to the attempt to understand the processes of exclusion and acceptance in relation to the individual; distinguishes the basic categories of contemporary humanities and the most important social concepts in the field of knowledge about culture and the "other" [_W_2]
 K_W01 [2/5] K_W03 [2/5] K_W04 [2/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
discussion classes [_fs_1] 30 Description [a03] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Screen presentation [c07]  		course work _K_1 _K_2 _U_1 _U_2 _W_1 _W_2
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
Production/preparation of tools, materials or documentation necessary for class participation [a05] Preparation for classes
developing, preparing and assessing the usefulness of tools and materials (e.g. aids, scenarios, research tools, equipment, etc.) to be employed in class or as an aid when preparing for classes
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
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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