Knowledge of the cultural and media sector

Structure Type: Course
Code: KMAKMT
Level:
Credits: 5.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Leikkari, Esa
Teacher Team: Saarela, Jukka ; Kareinen, Jussi
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
KUMU-2014   1 autumn   5.0   2014-09-01   2014-12-31  
KUMU-2015   1 autumn   5.0   2015-08-01   2015-12-31  
KUMU-2016   1 autumn   5.0   2016-08-01   2016-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students will
- learn to analyse the roles of arts and media in society and to analyse these roles from the perspectives of the artistic world, audience and arts criticism
- become familiar with essential cultural political and administrative structures
- learn principal artistic trends of traditional narrative cinema, which form the foundation for contemporary cinema
- become familiar with various genres in cinema
- learn to interpret visual images as cultural products

Student's Workload

Student's total workload 125 hours

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required

Contents

- The role of arts in society
- Finnish cultural policy and structure of the cultural administration
- Historical development of cinema
- Interpretation of audiovisual products
- various tasks in culture- and mediaindustry

Recommended or Required Reading

- Alaston totuus taiteesta ( ed. Sini Moilanen ), 2014

- Taiteen ja kulttuurin kentät, Perusrakenteet, hallinta, lainsäädäntö ja uudet haasteet
( eds. Ilkka Heiskanen, Anita Kangas ja Ritva Mitchell ), 2014

Students will be informed of other material to be used at the beginning of the course

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

-introductory lectures, visiting lecturers, independent study, field trips

Assessment Criteria

Grade 5 Students have excellent knowledge of structures in the cultural and media field and they know how make use of these structures during the production process
Grade 3 Students have good knowledge of structures in the cultural and media field and they are aware of the importance of these structures for the production process
Grade 1 Students have passable knowledge of structures in the cultural and media field. (See assessment methods to see how the assessment is structured)

Assessment Methods

- lecturers' assessment
- self-assessment

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