TOURISM
Country : Netherland
City : Amsterdam
Passport : Regular Passport
Visa : Student
residence permit and visa (called MVV)
University : University
of Amsterdam (UvA)
Major : Literary
Studies : Literary and Cultural Analysis
Degree
programme : BA Literary Studies
Type : Regular study programme
Mode : Full-time, part-time
Credits : 180 ECTS, 36 months
Language
of instruction : English
CROHO
code : 56802
The
reasons for choosing UvA are :
1. Rankings
The
UvA scores highly in various world university rankings (Times Higher Education,
Shanghai; Centre of Higher Education Development, Leiden). It is ranked among
the top 20 universities in Europe and the top 100 worldwide.
2. Range of study
programmes
The
UvA has one of the largest selections of international Master's study
programmes of any university in Europe, with over 130 taught in English and
several entirely unique to the UvA.
3. Depth of study
programmes
Students
benefit from excellent academic career paths, with multiple options to pursue a
study within or across disciplines, from the Bachelor's up to the PhD level and
beyond. Teaching and research are closely linked in all Bachelor’s and Master’s
programmes at the UvA.
4. International
research networks
The
UvA is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and of
Universitas 21, a leading global network of research-intensive universities. It
is also an active partner in many EU-wide initiatives with other universities
and research institutions.
5. History
The
UvA's open, tolerant and international academic tradition dates back to 1632,
when its predecessor the Athenaeum Illustre was founded. With almost 30,000
students, it is now one of the largest comprehensive research universities in
Europe.
6. Quality of life
Amsterdam
was ranked 11th out of 200 cities worldwide in Mercer's 2015 ‘Quality of
Living Survey’. In the pan-European 'International Student Barometer', 94% of
students polled were satisfied with safety, and 91% said Amsterdam was 'the place
to be'.
7. Practical support
Some
3,000 international degree and exchange students from over 90 countries are
presently enrolled at the UvA. They are actively supported by UvA staff and
fellow students during their time in Amsterdam. The UvA helps with practical
matters such as opening a bank account, applying for visas and finding
accommodation.
8. Career prospects
The
presence of numerous Dutch and international businesses (e.g. Philips, ING,
Heineken), academic institutions and cultural organisations makes Amsterdam the
commercial, social and artistic heart of the Netherlands and a prestigious
global business centre.
9. Prime location
Amsterdam
is well connected for travel within Europe and has excellent links to the rest
of world. The city has long been a cultural and commercial crossroads, and
offers students access to the many arts, entertainment and social activities of
a capital city. The UvA's faculties are located in or near the centre of the
city or in the state-of-the-art Amsterdam Science Park.
10. Personal
development
The
study programmes at the UvA offer students a high level of autonomy, reflecting
the respect for individual opinions and convictions that is characteristic of
Dutch society. The result is an interactive teaching style that encourages
students to develop self-reliance and independent thought.
The reasons for choosing
Literary and Cultural Analysis in Uva are :
·
Unique,
interdisciplinary programme: the degree combines the
best of two disciplines – Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
– offering unique philosophical and political insights into art,
literature and popular culture;
·
Tailor-made
programme: we
will be able to combine our core courses with electives in Media Studies,
Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Art History and History;
· Vibrant
community with an international outlook: we will be taught by
leading intellectuals focused on contemporary global developments in a student
community made up or more than 60 nationalities;
·
Springboard
to an academic career: the Bachelor's in Literary and Cultural
Analysis is the perfect springboard to our Master’s or Research Master’s
degrees in Cultural or Literary Studies, allowing us to pursue an academic
career leading to a PhD;
Literary
and Cultural Analysis major in UvA also has good reputation, for example :
·
UvA is ranked 52nd in the world and 1st in
the Netherlands in the Arts and Humanities category of the QS World University
Rankings 2015.
·
UvA is ranked 45th in the THE Top 100
sub-ranking for the Arts and Humanities (Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2015).
·
UvA is member of LERU (League of European
Research Universities), an exclusive network of renowned research universities.
·
UvA is a member of Universitas 21, the
network of leading research-intensive universities in the 21st century in 13
countries.
Beside, I have an active
interest in contemporary culture, literature and the arts, and I am fascinated
by philosophical and political questions. Thus, the bachelor’s programme in Literary and Cultural Analysis really suits me.
Study programme
Literary and
Cultural Analysis
The Bachelor's degree
in Literary and Cultural Analysis is a three-year programme worth 180 ECTS. The
programme is taught entirely in English.
The programme combines core courses with electives in a
wide range of subjects. Throughout the programme, you will have the opportunity
to develop your own ideas and hone your skills through interactive case
studies, focused on concrete cultural issues. You are also encouraged to pick
an additional minor (in a subject of your choice), learn another language,
study a semester abroad or do an internship.
First year
The first year consists of compulsory courses introducing
the fields, various methods of analysis and interpretation, and key theoretical
concepts. Some examples of the courses.
·
Introduction
to Literary and Cultural Analysis. This course highlights the most
important ideas, approaches, debates, and topics in the field. You will learn
about discourse, intertextuality, intermediality, cultural capital, gender,
semiotics, cultural memory and more. Key ideas are illustrated and elaborated
with the help of specific examples. You will also start analysing and
interpreting concrete works of literature, the arts, and popular culture
yourself.
·
Methods
of Analysis and Interpretation. How to analyse and interpret a story?
A metaphor? An image? A social way of talking about a particular topic? What do
stories, metaphors, and images do? How can they relate to each other? In this
very hands-on and interactive course, you try out different ways of analysing
and interpreting specific cultural artefacts: narrative, rhetorical, discourse,
and visual analysis. This course also includes a part that is dedicated to
improving your academic writing skills in English.
·
Methods
of Analysis and Interpretation: Case Studies. In this course, you
and your fellow students explore a series of case studies: a collection of
materials - literary, visual, cultural, historical, theoretical
- that are related to the same theme or topic. Through specific case
studies, you deepen and expand your analytical and interpretive skills.
Examples are: orientalism in nineteenth-century Russian literature;
"Frankenstein" in literature and film; modern primitivism in the
arts.
·
Key
Terms. A
number of philosophical concepts are presented that are right at the heart of
contemporary debates about the arts, popular culture, and literature. Those key
ideas include, amongst many others, representation, ideology, diversity,
desire, performance, subjectivity, and commodity. You will learn about the
meaning and background of a selection of those terms, and also learn how to use
them in dialogue with particular works of art, literature, and popular
culture.
·
Contexts
and Frames. Cultural
artefacts acquire meaning and relevance in light of specific historical,
social, and political contexts. But it is not always easy to pick the “right”
context: the biography of the maker, the history of the period in which
something was created, the history of when something was read or watched, the
genre or school to which something belongs? Where to begin? Where to stop? How
to choose? In this course, you will study and practice ways of relating
particular cultural, literary, and artistic objects to different contexts. This
course also includes further training in English proficiency.
·
Literary
Worlds: World Literature and Globalisation. Literary Worlds
engages with the idea of “world literature” in a time of globalisation. How did
Western and non-Western literatures relate to each other in the past, and how
do they now? Who continues to be left out, or is now excluded? Is it possible
to escape from exoticism and cultural appropriation, and to learn to engage
differently with novels and films in which “we” are not at the centre?
Second and third year
The second year will provide you with a wide-ranging
overview of Cultural Theory and Cultural Studies. In the second and third year,
you will have the opportunity to choose your own minor and elective courses in
a wide range of subjects, as well as having the option to study abroad or do an
internship.
The third and final year is partly dedicated to Philosophy of Science. In addition, you will participate in a research seminar, have the opportunity to work with fellow students on concrete case studies on diverse subjects ranging from installation art to theatre and write your thesis on a topic of your choice.
The third and final year is partly dedicated to Philosophy of Science. In addition, you will participate in a research seminar, have the opportunity to work with fellow students on concrete case studies on diverse subjects ranging from installation art to theatre and write your thesis on a topic of your choice.
·
Philosophy
of Science. Can
a literary interpretation ever be “scientific”? A philosophical argument? This
class explains the historical and philosophical background of the Humanities,
with a particular emphasis on the literary, cultural, and artistic disciplines.
·
Literary
and Cultural Theory before 1900. Plato, Dante, Kant -- these are some
of the big names who have written extensively on literature, culture, and the arts
in the past. This course offers engagement with some of the historical
philosophies that shape academic and intellectual debates to the present day.
·
Literary
and Cultural Theory after 1900. Post-structuralism, Marxism,
psychoanalysis, queer theory, and post-humanism are some of the big theories
that have contributed to the study of culture in the twentieth century up to
today. Each of these theories enables different ways of analysing,
interpreting, and reflecting on literature, the arts, and popular culture.
·
Introduction
to Cultural Analysis. Starting from the 1960s, the academic
outlook on the arts was opened up to social as well as political questions, no
longer just historical or aesthetic ones. These social and political questions
have to do with power, justice, identity, equality, inclusion, subversion,
resistance, and so on. Moreover, 'low' or sub-cultural forms of culture — not
just 'high' or elite ones — were increasingly admitted as objects for academic
and critical inquiry. You will become familiar with the debates, approaches,
and concepts that are central to this development in the
Humanities.
·
Cultural
Analysis: Case Studies. In this class, groups of students work
together on concrete case studies in cultural analysis. The case studies consist
of different topics. For example, the interaction between story and image in a
particular work of installation art; how official monuments give shape to, as
well as distort, memory and history; a theatre performance that includes bodies
we view as ‘disabled’; the ideals of the university in a time of cut-backs and
conflicts.
·
Research
Seminar Literary and Cultural Analysis. The Research Seminar
offers an interactive workshop, in which students prepare for their thesis
research and writing. Students decide the topics and approaches at stake in the
workshop; readings are compiled jointly. Groups of students work together, and
give each other feedback on their work in progress.
·
Bachelor’s
Thesis. Your
topic. Your approach. The thesis entails a largely independent piece of
research and writing. Assisted by one of the teachers, you will plan and carry
out your own research in Literary and Cultural Analysis step by step.
The programme structure
· The year is split in two
semesters. For a semester the total of courses is 30 EC (one EC = 28 hours of
study).
· Each semester covers three
teaching periods (blocks). The first two blocks are 8 weeks, the third one is 4
weeks.
· In each 8 week block course
participation is limited to a maximum of two.
The
bachelor is structured as follows:
· The first year program - the
propedeutic year - consists of required courses, for a total of 60 EC.The
students needs to obtain a minimum of 48 EC in the first year to continue with
the bachelor programme.
· The second and third year are 120
EC (2 x 60 EC) in total: - a required part, from 66 to 78 EC- 42 EC for
optional courses- a program specific optional part, 12 or 18 EC
Contact hours
An
average of at least 12 contact hours per week are scheduled in the propaedeutic
year. Contact hours are understood to refer to the following activities to be
scheduled for students (as stated in the Course Catalogue): lectures and
seminars, academic student counselling, the tutorial scheme, work placement
supervision, field work supervision, academic career counselling, excursions,
examinations held outside the four examination weeks and feedback on
examinations. Because we are disregarding activities that are held during the
four examination weeks, the total number of contact hours in the propaedeutic
year is 432 (i.e., 36 weeks x 12 hours). The Course Catalogue gives the number
of contact hours for each propaedeutic course. There are also ‘non
course-specific contact hours’, i.e., contact hours that are not associated
with any specific course but with the propaedeutic year as a whole.
Term and Subject
Tuition fees
Tuition fee rates are
divided into statutory tuition fees and institutional tuition fees.
The statutory tuition fee (except for the
part-time rate) is determined annually by the Dutch government. Institutional
tuition fee rates are set by the higher education institutions individually,
and apply to students who do not meet the conditions for the statutory tuition
fee rate.
The tuition fee rate is valid for a full academic
year. The rate for enrolment as of 1 February can be determined by calculating
7/12ths of the given rate.
Statutory tuition fees
2017-2018
|
Specification
|
Amount
|
|
full-time students
|
€2,006
|
|
part-time students
|
€1,717
|
|
dual programme
students
|
€2,006
|
|
AUC students
|
€4,251
|
|
PPLE students
|
€4,012
|
Information for students from the
Netherlands, the EEA, the EU, Switzerland and Suriname.
Students from the Netherlands, other
countries within the European Economic Area (EEA), the EU, Switzerland and Suriname
pay the statutory tuition fees if they satisfy the legal requirements.
Institutional fee for students who do not
qualify for the statutory fees
You are required to pay the institutional
tuition fee if:
·
you are not a national of an EU or EEA Member
State, Switzerland or Suriname;
·
after obtaining your Dutch Bachelor's degree
you enrol in a second Bachelor's programme;
·
after obtaining your Dutch Master's degree
you enrol in a second Master's programme;
·
you fail to satisfy all the conditions under
one of the UvA's transitional arrangements.
2017-2018 institutional
fee: per faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Institutional
tuition fee for second or next Dutch degree programme
|
|
|
Bachelor's
Master's (one year) Master's (two years) Master's (dual) Master's in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage |
€7,500
€12,025 €12,025 €12,025 €13,300 |
Methods of Living
Renting
an apartement in Egelantiersgracht, Amsterdam
A 1 bedroom apartment (completely furnished) of
approximately 46 m2 located on the Egelantiersgracht in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam.
This apartment in the Egelantiersgracht features the
following:
o Not suitable for: Pets
o Neighborhood: Quiet street
o Bathroom: Separate shower,
Toilet in bathroom, Sink
o Kitchen: Dishwasher, Microwave,
Oven, Refrigerator, 5 Burner stove, Separate Freezer
o Livingroom: Television
o Laundry room: Washing
machine
o Parking: Paid, Permit
waiting list
o Kitchen type: Half-open
Price per month € 1600
The Jordaan is where Amsterdammers most want to
live. Lots of cosy cafes and any type of restaurant can be found here.
Specialty shops are abundant in the many narrow streets. The Europarking garage
is within walking distance as is most of the city centre. It only takes 25
minutes to reach UvA.
I plan to apply
the Holland Scholarship (HS) that provides a student €5000/year
and other scholarships as many as i can get for paying my tuition fee.
Furthermore, I’d like to look for part-time job to fulfill my daily needs.
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