Admission requirements
This course is available for students of the Humanities Lab
If you have received your propaedeutic diploma within one academic year, your academic results are good and you are a very motivated student, you may apply for a place in the Humanities Lab.
Description
Is the world that which presents itself to us as it is, or that which we create through the categories with which we apprehend it? Do we rule the world through our norms, categories, values, and practices? Are our norms, categories, values, and practices universal or particular? If they shape how and what we know, are they themselves knowable to us? We will explore these questions through an examination of concepts commonly associated with political economy; i.e. production, consumption, and exchange.
Course objectives
Familiarize students with different theoretical approaches within the humanities to categories and norms.
Introduce students to key problems concerning the concept of normativity, including questions about possible effects of virtualization, globalization, and digitalization.
Present students with a number of tools (case studies, thought-experiments, new concepts) for critical thinking.
Train students in applying insights from the Humanities to problems of topical interest in science and society.
Timetable
Courses of the Humanities Lab are scheduled on Friday afternoon from 13.00 to 17.00. For the exact timetable, please visit the following website for the first semester and the second semester.
Mode of instruction
- Seminar.
Course Load
Total course load 5 EC = 140 hours:
Seminar meetings 6 × 4 = 24 hours;
Readings, ca. 400 pages = 80 hours;
Individual assignment = 4 hours;
Conclusive paper 32 hours.
Assessment method
Active participation (25%)
Individual assignment (15%)
Conclusive paper (60%)
If the final grade is insufficient (lower than a 6), there is the possibility of retaking the final assignment. Contact the course lecturer for more information.
Weekly attendance is mandatory.
Attendance
Attendance is compulsory for all meetings (lectures, seminars, excursion). If you are unable to attend due to circumstances beyond your control, notify the Humanities Lab office in advance, providing a valid reason for your absence, and hand in your weekly assignment in writing to the lecturer (if applicable). Being absent without notification and valid reason may result in lower grades or exclusion from the course.
Blackboard
Required readings will be made available through Blackboard or on the Library’s course reserve shelf.
Reading list
Will be made available later.
Registration
Students of the Humanities Lab will be registered via uSis by the administration of the Humanities Lab. More information about registration for courses will be provided on Blackboard.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
Lecturer: Dr. N. Latif
Humanities Lab office: e-mail
Remarks
If all participants of this course are Dutch native speakers, this course will be taught in Dutch.
This course is part of the Humanities Lab programme, visit the website for more information.
Visit the Honours Academy website for more information about the Honours College.