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UNIVERSITY OF VAASA
Faculty of Philosophy
Languages and Communication, and Language Centre
CURRICULUM FORM
COURSE CODE:
NEW COURSE
NAME of COURSE
in Finnish:
in English: Introduction to Semiotics
in other languages:
Number of Credits (ECTS): 5
Partly or fully replaces the course(s): CCSK1004
The course is compulsory part of the following DEGREE PROGRAMME(S):
X
Kielikylpykoulutuksen koulutusohjelma (KIKY)
Kotimaisten kielten kandidaattiohjelma (KOTI)
Saksan kielen ja kulttuurin kandidaattiohjelma
Viestinnän, nykysuomen ja englannin kandidaattiohjelma (VINE)
Comparative Cultural Studies -maisteriohjelma (CCS)
Kieliasiantuntijuus erikoistuneessa yhteiskunnassa -maisteriohjelma (KEY)
Ruotsin kielen ja kielikylvyn maisteriohjelma (MAISS)
Teknisen viestinnän maisteriohjelma (TEVI)
Viestinnän monialainen maisteriohjelma (VIMA)
Master’s Degree Programme Intercultural Studies in Communication and Administration (ICS)
other: CCSK
The course is a part of the following STUDY BLOCK (which degree programme/major subject/minor subject):
X
basic studies, d.p./major/minor
intermediate studies, d.p./major/minor
advanced studies, d.p./major
general studies of a specific degree programme, d.p./major
general studies, d.p./major
language and communication studies, d.p./major
other:
other:
other:
TIMING (e.g. 1st year autumn, 2nd year spring)
autumn, 2nd period
PREREQUISITES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
You know how Semiotics, the study of signs, conceptualizes meaning-making, representation, and communication.You understand
how communication in different media functions, you understand how meaning in different, also multimodal, texts is constructed,
and you understand the intricate relationship between signs and space. You familiarize yourself with two major semiotic approaches
to the study of signs, namely "social semiotics" and the analysis of "semiotic landscapes". You understand how to apply these
approaches to analyse multimodal communication (for example, tutorial videos on youtube, fan art on tumblr) or signs in specific
spatial settings (for example, multilingualism in Vaasa, city walks, guerilla marketing, grafitties).
CONTENT OF THE COURSE
Sign conceptions, language, its structure and its functioning, verbal and non-verbal communication in different media, multimodality,
social semiotics and semiotic landscapes.
LANGUAGE
teaching language(s): English
suorituskieli/-kielet:
COURSE WORK
Teaching: Lecture plus integrated exercises
(e.g. Lectures 24 hours / Seminar sessions 12 hours)
Course work (teaching hours):
Lectures
20
Exercises
Other contact teaching:
Time spent on learning outside class (estimated hours used by a student):
1
Reading literature
30
Preparing for examination
20
Independent study
20
Other, what: Group work, online dossier preparation.
45
An estimate of the hours spent by a student (hours and study credits): 135 (1 ECTS = 27 hours)
COMPLETION OF THE COURSE
Active participation, group work, final assessment (summative)
COURSE MATERIAL
Examined or supplementary reading material, with number of pages:
Bezemer, Jeff et al. 2016: Multimodality, Learning and Communication. New York etc. 2016.
Chandler, Daniel 2007: Semiotics. The Basics.
GRADING
x
approved / fail
on a scale 1–5 / fail
OBLIGATORINESS
C = Compulsory
A = Alternative, please define with which course this is an alternative to: CCSK1005
X
O = Optional
SIZE OF GROUP
no limitation
x
max. number of students
min. number of students
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Updated: 22.3.2016 Daniel Rellstab
Viimeksi vahvistettu:
Please return this form by e-mail (rtf-format) to Hanna Korpela ([email protected]).
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