No university course without formalities. We keep it simple and adaptable to your specific circumstances but we are required to demand a certain amount of work from you to be able to award the ECTS (25 hours = 1ECTS).
The course consists of lectures, group work, and plenary discussions. To ensure sufficient engagement with the course’s content, to enable peer-learning, and to encourage networking across disciplines, **physical attendance** is mandatory and no digital alternatives for participation are provided. We are aware of the fact that PhD students are busy people and will therefore grant shorter leaves of absence. In case you cannot attend a lecture, please contact the course responsible (thomas.berker@ntnu.no) with a very brief description why you cannot participate.
The course is taught in two variants, **KULT8851 and KULT8850**. The variants are identical except that KULT8851 demands a longer assignment text (4000-5000 words) than KULT8850 (500-1000 words).
Required readings are described in the course program. All the literature is accessible online or is made available to the participants on this site. The readings that are marked as 'essential' must be read before the lectures. Please make sure to prepare some comments/questions.
