2013/2014
BA-HAS_CEPO Cultural Economics and Politics (for
students enrolled 2012 or ealier)
English Title |
Cultural Economics and Politics (for
students enrolled 2012 or ealier) |
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Language |
English |
Exam ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Quarter |
Course period |
Fourth Quarter
The course is offered for the last time according to the 2012
Study Regulations in spring 2014 |
Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Service
Management
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Course
coordinator |
- Trine Bille - Department of Innovation and Organizational
Economics (INO)
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Main academic
disciplines |
- Experience economy and service management
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Last updated on
08-08-2013
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Learning objectives |
In the end of this course the
students should be able to:
- Explain the central models, concepts and theories presented
through the course
- Critically assess the strengths and weakness and the value and
relevance of the models, concepts and theories presented through
the course in relation to their practical application.
- Apply the models, concepts and theories presented throughout
the course on concrete cultural economic problems.
- Analyze a problem based on selected theories and methods and
argue for the cultural policy implications.
- Reflect on the consequences of applying different theories and
perspectives on a selected cultural economic
problem.
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Course prerequisites |
English language skills equal to B2
level (CEFR) and math skills equal to Danish level B are
recommended. |
Examination |
Cultural
Economics and Politics:
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Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
Individual or group exam |
Group exam, max. 3 students in the
group |
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Group size: max 2-3 students |
Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
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The project can be max. 10 standard pages in
length. |
Assignment type |
Project |
Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
Exam period |
Summer Term |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Another examination form
Make-up examinations are given as an
individual oral exam based on the group project.
Re-take examinations are given as an individual oral exam based on
the group project handed in for the regular examination, as well as
a supplementary piece, max. 5 standard pages in
length
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Description of the exam
procedure
The final exam is a 72-hour group
project.
The project will be followed by an individual, 20 minutes oral
exam, which takes its point of departure in the group project, but
also natural relations to theory and models from syllabus. The
individual assessment is based on a combined evaluation of the
written group project and the individual oral
exam.
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Course content and
structure |
Course content:
The course will provide an overview of the cultural sector,
cultural economics and cultural policy. The course will show how
economic theory can be used to analyze economic problems in the
cultural sector, dealing with issues like market demand for arts
and culture, determinants of participation in arts and culture,
market failures like externalities and public goods in the cultural
sector, non-market demand for arts and culture, cost-benefit
analysis, production, productivity and the earning gab (Boumol and
Bowens disease). Cultural policy will be analyzed using relevant
theoretical models, and concrete examples of cultural policy at the
national as well as at the local level will be analyzed and
discussed. Current issues such as culture in local and regional
development and experience economy will be covered.
Course aim:
The course aims at giving knowledge about cultural economics and
cultural politics in a Western context. Cultural economics will be
introduced as a discipline dealing with economic questions of the
cultural sector. The course aims at giving the students knowledge
about how cultural economics can be used to analyze economic
problems in the cultural sector, especially relating to public
finance of culture and thereby providing arguments for cultural
politics. Besides the course will introduce cultural policy,
characterize different models for cultural policy and show
different goals and instruments of the different
models.
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Teaching methods |
The teaching is based on lectures
giving overview of the theory, guest lecturers from the industry,
and student presentations of selected cases. It is expected that
students prepare before classes by reading relevant articles and
chapters as suggested in the reading schedule (on LEARN). |
Student workload |
Classes |
30 hours |
Preparation for class |
107 hours |
Exam |
70 hours |
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Expected literature |
- Ruth Towse (2010): A textbook of Cultural Economics, Cambridge
University Press
- Compendium including articles on cultural economics and
politics.
Please note, minor changes may occur. The teacher
will upload the final reading list to LEARN two weeks before the
course starts.
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Last updated on
08-08-2013