Proseminar

obligatory courses
proseminars

For second year, first cycle students of indology

Classroom

The proseminar is aimed at broadening and deepening students’ knowledge pertaining to essential aspects of literary and socio-cultural phenomena in South Asia, acquired by students during the 1st year of studies, as well as developing skills at analysing and synthesising them.

The proseminar is aimed at broadening and deepening students’ knowledge pertaining to essential aspects of literary and socio-cultural phenomena in South Asia, acquired by students during the 1st year of studies, as well as developing skills at analysing and synthesising them. To serve this purpose, firstly, student’s own work on a chosen subject (the subject can be chosen by a student and accepted by the teacher or it can be proposed by the teacher) and regular presentations of the results of this work to all participants of the seminar are done, and, secondly, reading, analysis and interpretation of selected works is conducted.

Selected by the teacher depending on language group and students' academic intrests.

K_W01

has basic knowledge of the place and importance of Oriental studies in the humanities and their specificity in relation to the subject and methodology

K_W17

knows the state of research in chosen aspects pertaining to South Asia

K_W20

knows and understands the basic terms and rules of copyright and protection of intellectual property

K_U01

can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources

K_U11

has a good command of a foreign language at least at the B2 level

K_U16

can fluently use the script of a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit/Tamil) and the necessary tools to learn and analyze it (traditional and electronic dictionaries, lexicons, linguistic corpora, data bases, etc.)

K_U18

has the necessary skills to prepare seminar papers: can select and find sources and analyses in a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit/Tamil), knows the methodology of writing seminar papers

K_U19

can use basic knowledge in the scope of methodology of cultural research in a seminar paper

K_U20

can choose and formulate a subject of a BA thesis, select and find sources in a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit/Tamil), make references to basic theoretical approaches

K_U21

has a skill in presenting detailed aspects within the scope of cultural issues of South Asia in Polish and in a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit Tamil) taking into consideration the intellectual tradition of South Asia

K_U22

has a skill at formulating own opinions and conclusions in writing and in speech both in Polish and in a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit/Tamil)

K_U23

has the ability of substantive argumentation with the use of other authors’ views

K_U24

can use electronic and internet tools both in Polish and in a chosen Indian/South Asian language (Bengali/Hindi/Sanskrit/Tamil)

K_U25

can communicate with specialists in the fields of academic research and in academic disciplines pertinent to the Oriental studies using contemporary IT technology

K_U26

can acquire knowledge independently and develop research skills following the research supervisor’s instructions

K_K01

understands the need to learn all one’s life

K_K04

can set appropriate goals and ways to achieve them in the context of academic, professional and social activity

K_K10

is ready to initiate actions in the public interest and to think and act in an enterprising manner

– attendance control (2 unjustified absences and up to 3 justified absences with medial proof)

– continuous assessment and activity (participation in discussion);

– semester paper on a subject accepted by the tutor.

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