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(en) Polish Popular Culture for Beginners

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Course ID: 3004-PKPA1-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0220) Humanities (except languages), not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (en) Polish Popular Culture for Beginners
Name in Polish: (en) Polska kultura popularna dla początkujących
Organizational unit: Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners "Polonicum"
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses (ONLY FOR FOREIGNERS!)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Type of course:

general courses

Short description:

The introduction to Polish contemporary culture through the most

important and interesting popular phenomena.

Full description:

The students will get a broader knowledge about important and

interesting people, events, and facts of contemporary Polish culture

and its pop-cultural dimension. You will learn about specifically

Polish elements, but also find out how much of the cultural offer and

identity comes with the global flows. Additionally, you will learn

some of the basic terms in Polish, referring to Polish culture.

Pop-Cultural Heroes of Polish Imagination, Pop-cultural look at the

Polish history (i.e. Warsaw Uprising), The sports, The phenomenon

of Legia Warszawa football club, Polish Cult Movies, Polish songs,

Polish Hip-Hop Culture, Songs about Warszawa, Polish video

games, Graphic novels.

* this is an e-learning course, there are no real-time meetings.

** due to the COVID-19 regulations of the UW administration, the syllabi could have been accordingly adjusted. The lecturers provided you with the information via the USOSmail.

Learning outcomes:

Students will get a broader knowledge about important and interesting people, events, and facts of contemporary Polish culture and its pop-cultural dimension. You will learn about specifically Polish elements, but also find out how much of the cultural offer and identity comes with the global flows. Additionally, you will learn some of the basic terms in Polish, referring to Polish culture.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Homeworks, tasks, tests

Homeworks/Tasks 60%; Final Test 40%

This course is not currently offered.
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