Second Semester

Course Objectives

 To enable the student to analyse and explain major theories that both influenced and came out of Cultural Studies and its approach to ‘high’ and popular culture. 

 To equip the student to apply one or more concepts of cultural studies to unique research problems. 

 To demonstrate the practicality of cultural studies theory to new situations and practices relevant to the everyday experience of students. 

Learning Outcomes 

By the end of the semester the student will be able: 

 To discover the contours of Cultural Studies as a field of inquiry, situating their learning within explorations of the disciplinary and historical context of the field. 

 to use interdisciplinary critical perspectives to examine the diverse and sometimes contested meanings of cultural objects and processes, establishing a basic knowledge of the theoretical paradigms of Cultural Studies.

  to connect cultural knowledge to everyday life and practices, gaining a preliminary understanding of the relationship of methodology (paradigms for study) to inquiry in Cultural Studies.