Course content – Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization

2^nd Semester (2 x 5 CP)

• Democracy, Public, Emancipation (5 CP)
• Gender, Queerness, Bodies (5 CP)
• Organization, Power, Economies (5 CP)
• Arts, Museum, Archive in Practice (5 CP)
• Media, Technology, Know­ledge (5 CP)

3^rd Semester (2 x 5 CP)

• Film, Sound, Text (5 CP)
• Capitalism, Conflict, Disruption (5 CP)
• Migration, Circulation, Mobility (5 CP)
• Organization, Aesthetics, Materiality (5 CP)
• Cities, Urban Spaces, Infrastuctures (5 CP)

Alternatively, the modules "Management & Change" in the winter semester and/or "Contemporary Issues in Management & Entrepreneur­ship" in the summer semester from the study programme Management & Entrepreneur­ship can be completed as elective modules.

In the core area (40 CP) of stu­dy, stu­dents explore key to­pics in the field of or­ga­niza­t­i­ons and or­ga­ni­zing cul­tu­re and the arts, cul­tu­ral en­tre­pre­neurship, di­gi­tal me­dia and cul­tu­ral so­cio­lo­gy.

The elec­tives (20 CP) al­low stu­dents to both fo­cus and broa­den their stu­dy of cul­tu­re and or­ga­niza­t­i­on, e.g. with mo­du­les on or­ga­niza­t­i­on theo­ry, di­gi­tal cul­tu­res or cri­ti­cal stu­dies. It is also pos­si­ble to choo­se en­tre­pre­neurship or busi­ness stu­dies mo­du­les as electives.

The Cultural Studies inte­gration modules (15 CP) connect students from all Cultural Studies Master's programmes at Leuphana and intro­duce them to the history and metho­dology of Cultural Studies as well as current debates in the field.

Du­ring the fourth se­mes­ter of their Master's pro­gram­me, stu­dents em­bark on their thesis. Theses link ad­van­ced theo­ries to an in-depth en­ga­ge­ment with core em­pi­ri­cal pheno­me­na of cul­tu­re and or­ga­niza­t­i­on. A de­di­ca­ted Master's Fo­rum brings all stu­dents to­ge­ther with teaching staff and is a space in which stu­dents can pre­sent their work in pro­gress, learn about me­thods, and re­cei­ve peer-to-peer feed­back. As a collec­tive pro­cess or­ga­ni­zed around thesis-wri­ting, stu­dents will sha­re their ex­pe­ri­en­ces and re­cei­ve re­gu­lar sup­port from peers and teaching staff: the thesis is not simply an individual challenge.

The Complementary Studies are an essential part of the special teaching model of Leuphana. It supplements and expands students' subject-specific learning with the following three modules (5 CP each) with critical academic and practical perspectives from all faculties:

1. Engaging with Know­ledge and Sciences (in the 1^st Semester)
2. Reflecting on Research Methods (in the 2^nd Semester)
3. Connecting Science, Responsibility and Society (in the 3^rd Semester)

Generally, the Master's thesis is written at the end of the degree programme after you have assured yourself of your interests in terms of content and methodology in the previous semesters.

All the information about the Master's thesis and how to organise your Master's thesis in five steps has been compiled for you on the website Master's thesis.

In addition, helpful courses for writing the Master's thesis are regularly offered as part of the GradSkills.

The following link provides access to documents which set out the general conditions for examinations, an overview of the curriculum, as well as detailed and legally binding regulations.

General Assessment Regulations and the Subject-Specific Schedules

In the course catalogue you can get an overview of the courses currently offered and their specific contents.