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MA Seminar

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Course ID:	WF-OB-SUMASEM
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.2 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. / (unknown)
Course title:	MA Seminar
Name in Polish:	MA Seminar
Organizational unit:	Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups:	(in Polish) Zajęcia w językach obcych w Instytucie Ekologii i Bioetyki
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 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.
Language:	English
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W02 OB2_W11 OB2_U02 OB2_U04 OB2_U08 OB2_U14 OB2_K07 OB2_K08 OB2_K09
Short description:	The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization. The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.
Full description:	First semester (30 hours) 1-2. Basic information on the topic of the bachelor seminar 3-4. Information on the methodology of scientific writing 5-6. Content and scope of the term "culture" 7-8. Basic concepts of culture 9-10. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism 11-12. Culture and ecology 13-14. Enviromentalism and cultural diversity Second semester (30 hours) Selected concepts of cultural development 1. Evolutionism 2. Diffusionism 3. Functionalism 4. Holism 5. Ethno-psychological approach 6. Structuralism 7. Neo-evolutionism 8. Cognitive Anthropology 9. Symbolic anthropology 10-14. Presentation of master's projects
Bibliography:	BARNARD A., History and theory in anthropology, New York: Cambridge University Press, [2012]; Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW: Warszawa 2006. CAMPBELL B. G., Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge 1996; Ekologia człowieka: historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych, tłum. z ang. M. A. Bitner, PWN: Warszawa 1995. CHMIELEWSKI P., Kultura i ewolucja, PWN: Warszawa 1988. GAJDA J., Antropologia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, cz. 1, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: Toruń 2003. KRAWCZAK E., Antropologia kulturowa. Klasyczne kierunki, szkoły i orientacje, Wydawnictwo UMCS: Lublin 2003. MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. NOWICKA E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, PWN: Warszawa 2004. PALUCH A. K., Mistrzowie antropologii społecznej, PWN: Warszawa 1990. TOWNSEND P. K., Environmental Anthropology, From Pigs to Policies, Waveland Press: Prospects Hights 2000. TYLOR E. B., ANTHROPOLOGY : an introduction to the study of man and civilization, Forgotten Books, 2015; Antropologia: wstęp do badań człowieka i cywilizacji, tłm. z ang. Aleksandra Bąkowska, Pro Filia: Cieszyn 1997.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	KNOWLEDGE: Student knows the role and importance of the natural environment for humans; knows and understands the relationships between the environment and human health, the culture and the legal and economic conditions; The student describes the problems of civilizational threats on a global, regional and local scale and on sustainable development. SKILLS: The student, on the basis of logical premises, puts the correct hypotheses on the causes of ecological threats; COMPETENCE: The student demonstrates an understanding of the need to follow the principles of sustainable development, including the rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale. ECTS: Participation in the MA seminar - 60 hours Reading literature for master's thesis - 120 hours writing a master's thesis - 50 hours Consultant with tutor - 10 hours Sum: 240 [240/60=4] Number of ECTS: 4
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	KNOWLEDGE: Grade 2: the student does not know the role and importance of the natural environment for humans; he/she does not know or understand the relationship between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; Moreover, it cannot describe civilizational threats on a global, regional and local scale and on sustainable development. Grade 3: the student knows in a limited way the role and importance of the natural environment for humans; Similarly to a limited extent, he/she knows and understands the links between the environment and human health, culture and legal and economic conditions; Moreover, he/she correctly describes only some of the problems of civilizational threats on a global, regional and local scale and on sustainable development. Grade 4: the student knows the role and importance of the natural environment for humans; Knows and understands the relationships between the environment and human health, the culture and the legal and economic conditions; he/she also properly describes the problems of civilizational threats on a global, regional and local scale and on sustainable development. Grade 5: the student is well versed in the role and importance of the natural environment for humans, knows and understands well the relationships between the environment and human health, the culture and the legal and economic conditions; Moreover, he-she exemplifies the problems of civilizational threats on a global, regional and local scale and on sustainable development. SKILLS: Grade 2: the student is not able to propose correct hypotheses about the causes of the ecological threats. Grade 3: based on logical premises, the student reasonably proposes correct hypotheses about the causes of ecological threats. Grade 4: based on logical premises, the student correctly proposes correct hypotheses on the causes of ecological situations. Grade 5: based on logical premises, the student proficiently proposes hypotheses about the causes of ecological threats. COMPETENCE: Grade 2: The student does not demonstrate an understanding of the need to follow the principles of sustainable development, including the rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale. Grade 3: The student in a limited way demonstrates an understanding of the need to follow the principles of sustainable development, including the rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale. Grade 4: The student demonstrates an understanding of the need to follow the principles of sustainable development, including the rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale. Grade 5: The student proficiently demonstrates an understanding of the need to follow the principles of sustainable development, including the rational management of environmental resources on a local, regional and global scale. ASSESSMENT METHODS: The assessment of individual participants in the seminar depends on the stage of study: FIRST SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS: 1) working out the title of dissertation; 2) working out the initial structure of the dissertation; 2) collecting literature on the preparation of the dissertation; 3) presentation of one chapter of the master's dissertation. ASSESSMENT METHODS: Assessment based on the one full chapter of the master's thesis presented by the student and his commitment to collecting literature and working out the structure of the thesis. SECOND SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS: 1) presentation of the second full chapter of the dissertation; 2) expanding the literature in the scope of the work being prepared. ASSESSMENT METHODS: Assessment based on the second chapter presented by the student and his involvement in collecting literature and writing master's thesis. THIRD SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS: 1) presentation of the third full chapter of the dissertation (until Easter); 2) presentation of the entire dissertation (with Introduction, Conclusion and Bibliography) - at the first classes after the so-called long weekend in May. ASSESSMENT METHODS: Assessment based on the entire dissertation presented by the student and his commitment to its preparation.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU SEM W SEM TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Ryszard Sadowski, Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors:	Ryszard Sadowski, Jacek Tomczyk
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a0c8adf29d7fc453aa3ac1c1a0fd1ef76%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=77f2bf42-5361-4f00-9eac-04c24151338d&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Seminar - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:	Lectures are held via the MS Teams platform, the access code to the lectures is: dnbiuj9. The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization. The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.
Full description:	First semester (30 hours) 1-2. Basic information on the topic of the bachelor seminar 3-4. Information on the methodology of scientific writing 5-6. Content and scope of the term "culture" 7-8. Basic concepts of culture 9-10. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism 11-12. Culture and ecology 13-14. Enviromentalism and cultural diversity Second semester (30 hours) Selected concepts of cultural development 1. Evolutionism 2. Diffusionism 3. Functionalism 4. Holism 5. Ethno-psychological approach 6. Structuralism 7. Neo-evolutionism 8. Cognitive Anthropology 9. Symbolic anthropology 10-14. Presentation of master's projects
Bibliography:	BARNARD A., History and theory in anthropology, New York: Cambridge University Press, [2012]; Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW: Warszawa 2006. CAMPBELL B. G., Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge 1996; Ekologia człowieka: historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych, tłum. z ang. M. A. Bitner, PWN: Warszawa 1995. CHMIELEWSKI P., Kultura i ewolucja, PWN: Warszawa 1988. GAJDA J., Antropologia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, cz. 1, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: Toruń 2003. KRAWCZAK E., Antropologia kulturowa. Klasyczne kierunki, szkoły i orientacje, Wydawnictwo UMCS: Lublin 2003. MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. NOWICKA E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, PWN: Warszawa 2004. PALUCH A. K., Mistrzowie antropologii społecznej, PWN: Warszawa 1990. TOWNSEND P. K., Environmental Anthropology, From Pigs to Policies, Waveland Press: Prospects Hights 2000. TYLOR E. B., ANTHROPOLOGY : an introduction to the study of man and civilization, Forgotten Books, 2015; Antropologia: wstęp do badań człowieka i cywilizacji, tłm. z ang. Aleksandra Bąkowska, Pro Filia: Cieszyn 1997.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2022-02-01 - 2022-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU SEM W TH SEM FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a0c8adf29d7fc453aa3ac1c1a0fd1ef76%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=77f2bf42-5361-4f00-9eac-04c24151338d&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Seminar - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning z podziałem na grupy
Short description:	The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization. The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.
Full description:	First semester (30 hours) 1-2. Basic information on the topic of the bachelor seminar 3-4. Information on the methodology of scientific writing 5-6. Content and scope of the term "culture" 7-8. Basic concepts of culture 9-10. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism 11-12. Culture and ecology 13-14. Enviromentalism and cultural diversity Second semester (30 hours) Selected concepts of cultural development 1. Evolutionism 2. Diffusionism 3. Functionalism 4. Holism 5. Ethno-psychological approach 6. Structuralism 7. Neo-evolutionism 8. Cognitive Anthropology 9. Symbolic anthropology 10-14. Presentation of master's projects
Bibliography:	BARNARD A., History and theory in anthropology, New York: Cambridge University Press, [2012]; Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW: Warszawa 2006. CAMPBELL B. G., Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge 1996; Ekologia człowieka: historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych, tłum. z ang. M. A. Bitner, PWN: Warszawa 1995. CHMIELEWSKI P., Kultura i ewolucja, PWN: Warszawa 1988. GAJDA J., Antropologia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, cz. 1, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: Toruń 2003. KRAWCZAK E., Antropologia kulturowa. Klasyczne kierunki, szkoły i orientacje, Wydawnictwo UMCS: Lublin 2003. MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. NOWICKA E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, PWN: Warszawa 2004. PALUCH A. K., Mistrzowie antropologii społecznej, PWN: Warszawa 1990. TOWNSEND P. K., Environmental Anthropology, From Pigs to Policies, Waveland Press: Prospects Hights 2000. TYLOR E. B., ANTHROPOLOGY : an introduction to the study of man and civilization, Forgotten Books, 2015; Antropologia: wstęp do badań człowieka i cywilizacji, tłm. z ang. Aleksandra Bąkowska, Pro Filia: Cieszyn 1997.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO SEM TU W SEM TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a0c8adf29d7fc453aa3ac1c1a0fd1ef76%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=77f2bf42-5361-4f00-9eac-04c24151338d&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Seminar - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:	Lectures are held via the MS Teams platform, the access code to the lectures is: dnbiuj9. The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization. The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.
Full description:	First semester (30 hours) 1-2. Basic information on the topic of the bachelor seminar 3-4. Information on the methodology of scientific writing 5-6. Content and scope of the term "culture" 7-8. Basic concepts of culture 9-10. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism 11-12. Culture and ecology 13-14. Enviromentalism and cultural diversity Second semester (30 hours) Selected concepts of cultural development 1. Evolutionism 2. Diffusionism 3. Functionalism 4. Holism 5. Ethno-psychological approach 6. Structuralism 7. Neo-evolutionism 8. Cognitive Anthropology 9. Symbolic anthropology 10-14. Presentation of master's projects
Bibliography:	BARNARD A., History and theory in anthropology, New York: Cambridge University Press, [2012]; Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW: Warszawa 2006. CAMPBELL B. G., Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge 1996; Ekologia człowieka: historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych, tłum. z ang. M. A. Bitner, PWN: Warszawa 1995. CHMIELEWSKI P., Kultura i ewolucja, PWN: Warszawa 1988. GAJDA J., Antropologia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, cz. 1, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: Toruń 2003. KRAWCZAK E., Antropologia kulturowa. Klasyczne kierunki, szkoły i orientacje, Wydawnictwo UMCS: Lublin 2003. MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. NOWICKA E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, PWN: Warszawa 2004. PALUCH A. K., Mistrzowie antropologii społecznej, PWN: Warszawa 1990. TOWNSEND P. K., Environmental Anthropology, From Pigs to Policies, Waveland Press: Prospects Hights 2000. TYLOR E. B., ANTHROPOLOGY : an introduction to the study of man and civilization, Forgotten Books, 2015; Antropologia: wstęp do badań człowieka i cywilizacji, tłm. z ang. Aleksandra Bąkowska, Pro Filia: Cieszyn 1997.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2023-02-01 - 2023-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO SEM TU SEM W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors:	Dominika Dzwonkowska, Jacek Tomczyk
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a0c8adf29d7fc453aa3ac1c1a0fd1ef76%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=77f2bf42-5361-4f00-9eac-04c24151338d&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Seminar - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning z podziałem na grupy
Short description:	The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization. The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.
Full description:	First semester (30 hours) 1-2. Basic information on the topic of the bachelor seminar 3-4. Information on the methodology of scientific writing 5-6. Content and scope of the term "culture" 7-8. Basic concepts of culture 9-10. Anthropology, culture and environmentalism 11-12. Culture and ecology 13-14. Enviromentalism and cultural diversity Second semester (30 hours) Selected concepts of cultural development 1. Evolutionism 2. Diffusionism 3. Functionalism 4. Holism 5. Ethno-psychological approach 6. Structuralism 7. Neo-evolutionism 8. Cognitive Anthropology 9. Symbolic anthropology 10-14. Presentation of master's projects
Bibliography:	BARNARD A., History and theory in anthropology, New York: Cambridge University Press, [2012]; Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW: Warszawa 2006. CAMPBELL B. G., Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, Routledge 1996; Ekologia człowieka: historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych, tłum. z ang. M. A. Bitner, PWN: Warszawa 1995. CHMIELEWSKI P., Kultura i ewolucja, PWN: Warszawa 1988. GAJDA J., Antropologia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, cz. 1, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek: Toruń 2003. KRAWCZAK E., Antropologia kulturowa. Klasyczne kierunki, szkoły i orientacje, Wydawnictwo UMCS: Lublin 2003. MILTON K., Environmentalism and Cultural Theory. Exploring the role of anthropology in environmental discourse, Routledge: London - New York 1999. NOWICKA E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, PWN: Warszawa 2004. PALUCH A. K., Mistrzowie antropologii społecznej, PWN: Warszawa 1990. TOWNSEND P. K., Environmental Anthropology, From Pigs to Policies, Waveland Press: Prospects Hights 2000. TYLOR E. B., ANTHROPOLOGY : an introduction to the study of man and civilization, Forgotten Books, 2015; Antropologia: wstęp do badań człowieka i cywilizacji, tłm. z ang. Aleksandra Bąkowska, Pro Filia: Cieszyn 1997.

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