Faculty of Humanities AGH University of Science and

Faculty of Humanities AGH University of Science and Technology GENERAL PRESENTATION

Faculty of Humanities The Faculty of Humanities in AGH – UST offers both full time and extramural studies in two disciplines: § a three-year BA programme in sociology, with the specialization in Multimedia and Social Communication § a graduate two-year MA programme in sociology, with the specialization in Economic Sociology: State, Markets, Institutions § a three-year BA programme in cultural studies, with the specialization in New Media and Intercultural Communication § a graduate two-year MA programme in cultural specialization in Culture of New Media studies, with the

Faculty of Humanities SOCIOLOGY with the specialization in Multimedia and Social Communication

Faculty of Humanities SOCIOLOGY with the specialization in Multimedia and Social Communication The specific advantage of our Faculty in relation to other sociology programmes consists in the bloc of courses related to media studies, Public Relations issues, multimedia techniques, advertisement and promotion. Students attend also mandatory courses in fundamentals of computer science, databases development, multimedia presentations, computer graphics, picture and sound laboratory.

Faculty of Humanities SOCIOLOGY with the specialization in Economic Sociology: State, Market, Institutions

Faculty of Humanities SOCIOLOGY with the specialization in Economic Sociology: State, Market, Institutions At present, growing labor market demand the specialists with social science competences, equipped with skills to analyze and diagnose various relationships between social processes and the economy. This specialty will allow for a combination of classical university education with the ability to carry out a sociological analysis of practical social determinants of specific business processes. Obtaining a master's degree graduates should have knowledge of the logic of interconnectedness of the economy and its social environment, built on the basis of the canon of sociological knowledge.

Faculty of Humanities SOCIOLOGY Summary Internet Technologies Public Relations Advanced Techniques of Computer Based Data Analysys Communication Cultural Antropology

Faculty of Humanities CULTURAL STUDIES with the specialization in New Media and Intercultural Communication

Faculty of Humanities CULTURAL STUDIES with the specialization in New Media and Intercultural Communication Our cultural studies have the distinguishing value of focusing on the communication aspect of culture. Alongside the classical subjects, the curriculum offers a diverse bloc of courses related to media expertise, culture anthropology, Public Relations, persuasion techniques and problems of intercultural interpretation, as well as new tools of intercultural communication.

Faculty of Humanities CULTURAL STUDIES with the specialization in Culture of New Media

Faculty of Humanities CULTURAL STUDIES with the specialization in Culture of New Media Cultural studies with the specialization in New Media are designed for all those students who want to obtain competence in the field of culture management and application of modern computer and web technologies in combination with indispensable culture expertise. This specialization allows students to perceive cultural values and paradigms in two principal dimensions: in the traditional order and the inter-medial (virtual) perspective.

Faculty of Humanities CULTURAL STUDIES summary Media Studies Religion Studies Cyberculture and Cybersociety New Media’s Art Culture Animation and Management

Faculty of Humanities The main research areas An innovative subject area at AGH-UST is research projects within the wide scope of humanities, whose characteristic feature is combining knowledge from the broad field of social sciences and humanities with the knowledge related to modern information and communication technologies applied in various domains of social and economic life.

Faculty of Humanities § Within the framework of the discipline of information and knowledge society, the main area of analysis is the influence of communication transformations on the functioning of economic organizations, new forms of civic activities in contemporary world. § The research areas in the field of sociology, psychology and philosophy comprise research into the reflection of economic, social and cultural transformations in contemporary sociology. § The discipline of political and historical sciences comprises social and political transformations in the 20 th and 21 st centuries.

Faculty of Humanities Within the framework of the research areas listed above, projects dealing with the following subjects are conducted: § § § § the formation of information society, education and professional careers of AGH-UST graduates, aging of Polish society, living conditions and social activities of AGH-UST students with disabilities, spirituality and analysis of cultural messages, marriage and family life transformations in Poland, the influence of new technologies on democracy, the institutionalization of local selfgoverning bodies in Poland, sociological analysis of the genesis and structure of Polish entrepreneurship, the analysis of the conditions of the Polish labour market, as well as the issues of social dialogue. § Individual research projects of the faculty members are also available on this website.

Faculty of Humanities There are currently two research grants financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education conducted at the Faculty of Humanities: § I love NH. The gentrification in old part of Nowa Huta district in Krakow, Poland. Project Director - dr Jacek Gądecki. § Electronic democracy at the local level. The use of Internet by local government structures. Project Director - Professor Leszek Porębski. § Contemporary Roma women in Poland - identities, decision-making and life choices: qualitative research of ethnic transformation of Bergitka Roma and Polska Roma female leaders. Supervisor’s grant. Project Director - Professor Maria Szmeja. Researcher and Doctoral Student - Ms

Faculty of Humanities New methodological and research possibilities have been created by the establishment of the Faculty of Humanities of the Research Center for Bridging Technology and Society whose one of the aims is to conduct empirical research commissioned by external institutions. Center Director: Maria Nawojczyk, Ph. D.

Faculty of Humanities Accomplishments The Faculty of Humanities became a platform of exchange of scholars and students interested in contemporary social and cultural transformations in Central and Eastern Europe. We closely collaborate with universities in Ukraine, Georgia, Germany, Macedonia. Among others, students from Mexico (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro) who are interested in Europe come to us to participate in our summer school “Arts and Culture”.

Faculty of Humanities In the Faculty of Humanities, students have the opportunity to participate in courses taught by Visiting Professors from various countries (France, the US, India). The Faculty organizes public lectures given by well known representatives of the worlds of politics and social sciences, the examples being, in 2010, Professor David Ost (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, the US), a highly recognized specialist in the systemic transformations in post-communist societies, and American statesman and political scientist, political adviser to three American presidents, Professor Morton Halperin.

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Faculty of Humanities Why Cracow? It’s the best place for you to express yourself.

Faculty of Humanities Why AGH – UST ? Because it’s one of the best universities in Poland.

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Faculty of Humanities Why Faculty of Humanities? And we always have a lot to say – not only to the Student Radio.

Faculty of Humanities Why Faculty of Humanities? „The quality of sociological teaching on AGH – UST is a great publicity of this university… It creates standards for other centres of sociological teaching. ” The State Accreditation Committee 2009. 05. 02 In other words we’re good…

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