Course content – Media and Digital Studies

Note:

Since the Masters programme presented on this page is a German-language programme (with the exception of some seminars taught in English), the module overview is also presented in German.

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)
• Knowledge and Research in Digital Cultures (5 CP)

The four core modules (40 CP) focus on the following subject areas:

• History
• Philosophy
• Social Organisation
• Aesthetics

The special feature here is to counter a cultural loss of order and orientation in digital cultures. The focus on fundamental historical, philo­sophical, aesthetic and social questions is intended to absorb and expand the methodo­logical experiences and know­ledge of existing specialist cultures and make them fruitful for the under­standing of digital cultures.

In the elective area (20 CP), students can choose from a wide range of electives run jointly by the various Master's programmes at the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. Electives expand the topic of digital cultures through current issues and approaches from different ‘studies’.

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.

In the area Master's forum/Master's thesis (30 CP), students are supported and accompanied in writing their Master's thesis. The Master's Forum in Cultural Studies must be completed and the Master's thesis must be written.

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.