Bachelor of Arts in 文化研究
Bachelor of Arts in 文化研究 offered in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) at the University of the Incarnate Word challenges students to investigate culture and individual experiences, social relations and power structures, and discover approaches to the challenges of today’s world.
为什么是文化研究?
With their broad understanding of culture, its drivers and its interpretations, students 文化研究 are students of the workings of the world. Combining the strengths of the social sciences and the humanities, 文化研究 draws on methods and theories used in traditional disciplines such as Literary Studies, 社会学, 人类学, 沟通研究, 历史, 哲学, 政治经济, Psychoanalysis and Religious Studies. 文化研究 also draws on theories and methods from the growing fields of Gender Studies, 民族研究, 后殖民主义研究, Feminist Studies and Media Studies. By working across the boundaries of these fields, students 文化研究 can address new questions and problems arising in today's world.
文化研究 Curriculum
B.A. in 文化研究 is a 124-hour degree program that offers students the most variety of courses to choose from at the University. Since 文化研究 is an interdisciplinary field, these courses reside in numerous programs, 包括社会学, 艺术历史, 英语, Business Marketing and 历史. Courses in this field explore the relations between culture, understood as human expressive and symbolic activities, 和文化, understood as distinctive ways of life.
学生 in the 文化研究 discipline will be able to investigate and articulate theories drawing from both traditional and non-traditional fields, the relationship between culture and politics, the formation of knowledge and institutions, and the nature of cultural antagonisms and crises. 简而言之, 文化研究 is more than a single body of theory or methods; it is a series of interrelated questions and answers drawn from numerous disciplines.
As students move through the program, they will be required to take three 1-hour credit courses, the 文化研究 Colloquia, which will help them to apply what they are learning in their required 文化研究 classes to their 文化研究 electives. 综上所述, this coursework will prepare students to complete a culminating research project in their senior year, synthesizing the knowledge they gained throughout their course of study. A second major or minor is highly recommended.
选修课的选择
There are a myriad of ways that students of this degree program can tailor their academic experience. 文化研究 includes over 100 electives such as: 艺术历史, 历史 of Photography, 墨西哥现代艺术， Technology and Society, 媒体伦理, 电影研究, 文学理论, 美国文学, Psychology of Clothing, 时尚营销, Colonial Latin America, Politics of Sugar and Coffee, Latin American Economics, 消费者的行为, 女权主义哲学, 亚洲哲学, 拉丁美洲/灵性, 解放神学, Environmental Theology and Ethics, Social Issues Through Cinema, 犯罪及违法行为.
Careers in 文化研究
批判性思维, 写作, and interpersonal skills developed in the program prepare students for a competitive and highly diverse marketplace. 研究生s of 校本's 文化研究 program have gone on to work in a variety of areas, including higher education administration, 非营利组织, 广播和音乐, and international business. Add to those options K-12 education, museums, advertising and marketing, and publishing. Others have gone to graduate school, law school or started their own business.