Knowledge:

After completing the course, students should be familiar with the main concepts and theories of aesthetics.

Skills:

After completing the course, the student should be able to

- thoroughly understand philosophical aesthetics

- explain important positions in philosophical aesthetics

- identify and critically analyze various theories within the topics of the course

Competence:

The course may be suitable to support specialization in fundamental questions in connection with the study of other subjects.

Teaching is offered in the form of lectures and/or seminars.

Individual tuition: up to 1 hours per student.

The number of gatherings may be reduced if the number of students attending the course is less than 4. In that case, the students will be compensated with individual or group tutoring.

An approval of compulsory requirements is valid for three semesters, including the semester in which the approval is given.

Submission of a draft of the semester assignment paper before supervision.

Individual supervision given by the teacher of the course.

Oral presentation

Two written assignments to be handed in before a deadline set by the department. The first assignment is between 1500 and 2000 words (excluding table of contents, list of references, etc.). The second assignment is between 2500 and 3000 words (excluding table of contents, list of references, etc.), and is supervised. Each student chooses her or his own subject, which has to be approved by the supervisor in advance. With regards to the final grade, the first assignment makes up 30 % and the supervised assignment 70 % of the grade.

Exams in the course are held every semester.

The compulsory activities have to be formally approved before one can take an exam in the course.

The compulsory requirements have to be formally approved in a semester in which there is teaching in the relevant course in order to register for the examination in a semester in which there is no teaching in that course.