Course content – Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization
On this page you can inform yourself about the curriculum of the Masters programme Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the contact points listed under "Contact and Counselling" and make use of the counselling services offered by the Graduate School.
Course structure
Elective modules
2nd Semester (2 x 5 CP) + 3rd Semester (2 x 5 CP)
- Auditory Culture
- Capitalist Dynamics and Social Change
- Crises and Ruptures in a Global Context
- Democracy and the Public
- Digital Sound Cultures
- Gender, Queerness, Bodies
- Knowledge and Research in Digital Cultures
- Migration and Circulation
- Organization: Space, Aesthetics, Materiality
- Organization: Structure, Power, Economies
- The Arts in Practice
- Technology and Culture
- Urban Culture and Space
- Violence and Social Protest
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.
Subject-specific area
Core Area
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.
Electives
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.
Integration modules
The Cultural Studies integration modules (15 CP) connect students from all cultural studies Masters programmes at Leuphana and introduce them to the history and methodology of Cultural Studies as well as current debates in the field.
Master's Thesis/Master's Forum
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.
Complementary studies
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:
- Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences (in the 1st Semester)
- Reflecting on Research Methods (in the 2nd Semester)
- Connecting Science, Responsibility and Society (in the 3rd Semester)
Master's thesis
Generally, the Master's thesis is written at the end of the degree programme. 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.
Study regulations/subject-specific schedule
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
Course catalogue
In the course catalogue you can get an overview of the courses currently offered and their specific contents.
Contact and Counselling
First contact point
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- general information on the application procedure
- initial questions about the study programmes offered at Leuphana
- making an appointment with the Graduate School Student Counselling Service.
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