The module includes:

- General Orientation Course for International Students

- Introduction to Academic Culture and Degree Studies

- Library course:  Basics of Information Literacy

- Preparing a Personal Study Plan

Please note that the Library course: Basics of Information Literacy will start in the first study period in September. You will find the schedule and enrolment guidelines in Library's webpage.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.

Course will be offered in cooperation with University of Lapland.

Students will be accepted to the course in the following order:

1. degree students of the MDP Media Education

2. degree students of the MDP Teacher Education

3. other degree students of UTA

4. exchange students

KASSO5 course module can be made in August-September 2017 by participating the EARLI2017 conference as a student volunteer (see www.earli2017.org). Register as a volunteer at https://www.lyyti.in/earli2017assistants. 

You are required to write and submit a thematic report (3-5 pages) of the most interesting studies presented as papers, posters or keynote speeches during the conference. Choose a title, summarize shortly the studies with references and discuss particularly the practical implications of the studies in developing teaching and learning in schools, other institutions, or outside.

By NettiOpsu till 15th October.

Luentosarja "Current Issues of Speech Communication" on kokonaisluentomäärästä 14 tuntia, 2 op ja sillä on vierailevia luennoitsijoita II periodissa.

Current Issues in Speech Communication' is only a part of entire course (14 h). Teaching is in English language on 31.10.-12.12. and this part (2 ECTS) is for exchange students too. Coordinator: Senior Lecturer Tuula-Riitta Välikoski.

The module includes:

- General Orientation Course for International Students

- Introduction to Academic Culture and Degree Studies

- Library course:  Basics of Information Literacy

- Preparing a Personal Study Plan

Please note that the Library course: Basics of Information Literacy will start in the first study period in September. You will find the schedule and enrolment guidelines in Library's webpage.

This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.

Students will be accepted to the course in the following order:

1. degree students of the MDP Media Education

2. degree students of the MDP Teacher Education

3. other degree students of UTA

4. exchange students

Students will be accepted to the course in the following order:

1. degree students of the MDP Media Education

2. degree students of the MDP Teacher Education

3. other degree students of UTA

4. exchange students

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international UTA Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students. Other degree and exchange students may join if there are free places.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

The course is arrranged for the students of the Master's Degree in Teacher Education and the Master's Degree in Media Education. Max 18 students.

By NettiOpsu till 15th October.

Luentosarja "Current Issues of Speech Communication" on kokonaisluentomäärästä 14 tuntia, 2 op ja sillä on vierailevia luennoitsijoita II periodissa.

Current Issues in Speech Communication' is only a part of entire course (14 h). Teaching is in English language on 31.10.-12.12. and this part (2 ECTS) is for exchange students too. Coordinator: Senior Lecturer Tuula-Riitta Välikoski.

This course presents a timely snapshot on ICT4D, HCI4D, MIL4C and their applications in higher education, digitalization of learning and cross-cultural collaboration. It is suitable for master's and PhD students in Human-Technology Interaction, Media Education and other relevant fields.

Guest speakers include

• Prof. Manisha Pathak-Shelat from MICA, Ahmedabad, India,
• Prof. Keyur Sorathia from IIT-Guwahati, Assam, India and
• Head of Design and UX Saurabh Srivastava from Conduent Labs, Bengaluru, India.

By 13th of December (12:00)

The module includes:

- General Orientation Course for International Students

- Introduction to Academic Culture and Degree Studies

- Library course:  Basics of Information Literacy

- Preparing a Personal Study Plan

Please note that the Library course: Basics of Information Literacy will start in the first study period in September. You will find the schedule and enrolment guidelines in Library's webpage.

This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.

Students in Media Education programme will participate in SOMEJAM2018 project. The Project Studies module includes participation in the meetings, excursion to Helsinki, taking part in the All Youth event and SOMEJAM intensive weekend in April.

SOMEJAM2016 Tampere is an intensive weekend event in 13-15 April 2018. Students will work together with young people, youth workers and with students of various fields of study.

The course offers a media educational perspective to the participants in a real youth work at the City of Tampere. Somejam kicks off on Friday evening. Multi-talent teams have time from Friday to Sunday (meetings during daytime) to create new concepts in the form of apps, games or web services for youths with the help of team mentors who are top specialists in new technology.

Get to know the Hackathon better, please see Somejam Tampere 2016:

https://www.somejam.fi/tampere/

Organizing partners: University of Tampere, Verke - the National Center for Digital Youth Work in Finland and Tampere City Youth Service

Only available for students in Media Education programme

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international UTA Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students. Other degree and exchange students may join if there are free places.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

Islamism is one of the most important political ideologies and social movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Propagated as a “revival” by its proponents, and labeled as “fundamentalist” by its opponents, it is also often described as “political Islam” or “Islamism.” This course has three main objectives: (1) To understand the historical, socio-economic, political and cultural context in which the Islamicate world has gone through a significant change and has produced Islamist contention. (2) To understand why Islamism is a populist movement, its relationship with Western hegemony over the world, globalization and global political economy, especially its relationship with social classes and economic and political struggles. (3) To understand why and how a jihadist version emerged, that is to say, a version of Islamism which employs violence and terror as a political instrument; the role of globalization and technology in jihadism; the relationship between violence and politics in jihadist ideology.

 Keep in mind that we will not approach Islamism as an isolated, self-contained object, some sort of evil worldview without any social context, or simply and exclusively rooted in the religion of Islam. On the contrary, we will see Islamism as an opportunity to unfold, analyse and discuss a number of social, economic and political problems we have on a global level, from social and economic inequalities to questions of secularism and religion, or the relationship between violence and politics. The main idea of the course is precisely that this is the healthiest way to understand Islamism.   

Requirements:

1. Attendance is required and constitutes the 10% of the overall grade.

2. Verbal participation in class discussion is essential and it is 15% of the grade.

3. Three response papers to be submitted in weeks 4, 7 and 11. A response paper is double-spaced, minimum 7-8 pages response to the reading material. Each is 25% of the overall grade. A couple of simple explanations about “response paper”:

(a)    Your response to the material is not simply stating your opinion (“good” or “bad”) about the reading, nor is it a summary of it, but a discussion of a certain aspect of it (a concept, an article, an issue). Your response paper may include not only the required reading but also the suggested further reading (indeed I strongly encourage you to do so). Example: for your first response paper, you may choose to discuss Edward Said’s idea of “an epistemological and ontological distinction between the West and East, made by Orientalism” (its meaning, its implications, or its criticism!). Or, you may like to discuss the relationship between Islam and colonialism (how colonialism influenced Islam, how Islam responded to colonialism, the long-run implications, etc.)

(b)   Although this is not required, you are also encouraged to bring your own resources to discuss the readings and topics we have covered in class. Keeping with the example of the first response, you may find a criticism of Said and introduce it in order to discuss Said’s argument.

4. Calculation of grades: Attendance: %10

                                                                   Participation: %15

                                                          Response papers: 3x%25

                                                                 ----------------------------------

                                                                   Total: %100

Office Hours: Wednesday 2.00-3.00 pm. You are welcome to ask questions about any aspect of the course and discuss the subject further in the office hours. If the office hour is in conflict with your own individual schedule, please feel free to make an appointment with me.  

Weekly Schedule:

Week 1: Introducing the Course (12 February 2018)

A short introduction to Islam; some history; secularism and religion.   

Week 2: Islam and Colonialism (19 February 2018)

S.V.R. Nasr: “European Colonialism and the Emergence of Modern Muslim States”

F. Fanon: A Dying Colonialism, excerpts.

Week 3: No class (26 February 2018)

Week 4: Orientalism and Colonialism (5 March 2018)

Edward Said: Orientalism, Introduction.

Gayatri Spivak: “Rani of Sirmur” pp. 253-254.

NB: Response paper 1 is submitted in class.

Week 5: Islam, Modernity and Secularism (12 March 2018)

Mahmut Mutman: “Under the Sign of Orientalism”

Jamal Elias: “Early Reformists”

Suggested further reading:

Sayyid Qutb: Milestones, excerpts.

Week 6: Islamism as a Political Movement (19 March 2018)

Sami Zubaida: “Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey”

Suggested further reading:

Deniz Kandiyoti: “The Travails of the Secular: Puzzle and Paradox in Turkey”

Sami Zubaida: “Islam and Nationalism: Continuities and Contradictions”

Week 7: The Political Economy of Islamism (26 March 2018)

Joel Beinin: “Political Islam and the New Global Economy”

Suggested further reading:

Evren Hosgör: “Islamic Capital/Anatolian Tigers”

Evren Hosgör: “The Question of AKP Hegemony”

NB: Response paper 2 is submitted in class.

Week 8: No class (2 April 2018)

Week 9: Jihadism, Globalisation and Network Theory (9 April 2018)

Faisal Devji: Landscapes of Jihad, excerpts.

Olivier Roy: “Lure of the Death Cult”

Faisal Devji: “ISIS: Haunted by Sovereignty”

Mahmut Mutman: “Islamophobia”

Suggested further reading:

Antoine Bosquet: “Complexity Theory and the War on Terror”

Nafeez Ahmed: “Follow the Oil, Follow the Money”

Week 10: Jihadism, Media and Technology (16 April 2018)

Handout: Religion and Technology

Film: The Clanging of Swords

Jihadist Press. Dabıq

Week 11: No Class (23 April 2018)

Week 12: Jihadism, Politics and Violence (7 May 2018)

Thomas Keenan: “A Language that needs no translation”

Suggested Further Reading:

Nasser Hussain: “The Sound of Terror”

Week 13: Review and Discussion (14 May 2018)

NB: Response paper 3 is submitted in class.

Compensations:

-JOVMS2C Tilat, ruumiit, kanssakäymiset,

-JOVMS2B Media, moderni ja myöhäismoderni

- other compensations to be agreed with the teacher responsible

The module includes:

- General Orientation Course for International Students

- Introduction to Academic Culture and Degree Studies

- Library course:  Basics of Information Literacy

- Preparing a Personal Study Plan

Please note that the Library course: Basics of Information Literacy will start in the first study period in September. You will find the schedule and enrolment guidelines in Library's webpage.

This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.

Only available for students in Media Education programme.

Students in Media Education programme will participate in SOMEJAM2018 project. The Project Studies module includes participation in the meetings, excursion to Helsinki, taking part in the All Youth event and SOMEJAM intensive weekend in April.

SOMEJAM2016 Tampere is an intensive weekend event in 13-15 April 2018. Students will work together with young people, youth workers and with students of various fields of study.

The course offers a media educational perspective to the participants in a real youth work at the City of Tampere. Somejam kicks off on Friday evening. Multi-talent teams have time from Friday to Sunday (meetings during daytime) to create new concepts in the form of apps, games or web services for youths with the help of team mentors who are top specialists in new technology.

Get to know the Hackathon better, please see Somejam Tampere 2016:

https://www.somejam.fi/tampere/

Organizing partners: University of Tampere, Verke - the National Center for Digital Youth Work in Finland and Tampere City Youth Service

Only available for students in Media Education programme

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international UTA Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students. Other degree and exchange students may join if there are free places.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

Enrolment in NettiOpsu

Maximum number of participants: 30

Independent work: The course includes weekly reading and writing excercises. Altogether independent work counts for 117 hours.

Class participation is obligatory.

No lecture on March 28th because of university's Easter Holiday.
___________________________

Vaihtoehtoisesta suorituksesta sovittava Kaarina Nikusen (kaarina.nikunen@uta.fi) kanssa syksyllä ennen marraskuun alkua ja keväällä ennen huhtikuuta. 

Alternative studies have to be agreed in the Autumn term before November and in the Spring term before April (kaarina.nikunen@uta.fi). 

Islamism is one of the most important political ideologies and social movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Propagated as a “revival” by its proponents, and labeled as “fundamentalist” by its opponents, it is also often described as “political Islam” or “Islamism.” This course has three main objectives: (1) To understand the historical, socio-economic, political and cultural context in which the Islamicate world has gone through a significant change and has produced Islamist contention. (2) To understand why Islamism is a populist movement, its relationship with Western hegemony over the world, globalization and global political economy, especially its relationship with social classes and economic and political struggles. (3) To understand why and how a jihadist version emerged, that is to say, a version of Islamism which employs violence and terror as a political instrument; the role of globalization and technology in jihadism; the relationship between violence and politics in jihadist ideology.

 Keep in mind that we will not approach Islamism as an isolated, self-contained object, some sort of evil worldview without any social context, or simply and exclusively rooted in the religion of Islam. On the contrary, we will see Islamism as an opportunity to unfold, analyse and discuss a number of social, economic and political problems we have on a global level, from social and economic inequalities to questions of secularism and religion, or the relationship between violence and politics. The main idea of the course is precisely that this is the healthiest way to understand Islamism.   

Requirements:

1. Attendance is required and constitutes the 10% of the overall grade.

2. Verbal participation in class discussion is essential and it is 15% of the grade.

3. Three response papers to be submitted in weeks 4, 7 and 11. A response paper is double-spaced, minimum 7-8 pages response to the reading material. Each is 25% of the overall grade. A couple of simple explanations about “response paper”:

(a)    Your response to the material is not simply stating your opinion (“good” or “bad”) about the reading, nor is it a summary of it, but a discussion of a certain aspect of it (a concept, an article, an issue). Your response paper may include not only the required reading but also the suggested further reading (indeed I strongly encourage you to do so). Example: for your first response paper, you may choose to discuss Edward Said’s idea of “an epistemological and ontological distinction between the West and East, made by Orientalism” (its meaning, its implications, or its criticism!). Or, you may like to discuss the relationship between Islam and colonialism (how colonialism influenced Islam, how Islam responded to colonialism, the long-run implications, etc.)

(b)   Although this is not required, you are also encouraged to bring your own resources to discuss the readings and topics we have covered in class. Keeping with the example of the first response, you may find a criticism of Said and introduce it in order to discuss Said’s argument.

4. Calculation of grades: Attendance: %10

                                                                   Participation: %15

                                                          Response papers: 3x%25

                                                                 ----------------------------------

                                                                   Total: %100

Office Hours: Wednesday 2.00-3.00 pm. You are welcome to ask questions about any aspect of the course and discuss the subject further in the office hours. If the office hour is in conflict with your own individual schedule, please feel free to make an appointment with me.  

Weekly Schedule:

Week 1: Introducing the Course (12 February 2018)

A short introduction to Islam; some history; secularism and religion.   

Week 2: Islam and Colonialism (19 February 2018)

S.V.R. Nasr: “European Colonialism and the Emergence of Modern Muslim States”

F. Fanon: A Dying Colonialism, excerpts.

Week 3: No class (26 February 2018)

Week 4: Orientalism and Colonialism (5 March 2018)

Edward Said: Orientalism, Introduction.

Gayatri Spivak: “Rani of Sirmur” pp. 253-254.

NB: Response paper 1 is submitted in class.

Week 5: Islam, Modernity and Secularism (12 March 2018)

Mahmut Mutman: “Under the Sign of Orientalism”

Jamal Elias: “Early Reformists”

Suggested further reading:

Sayyid Qutb: Milestones, excerpts.

Week 6: Islamism as a Political Movement (19 March 2018)

Sami Zubaida: “Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey”

Suggested further reading:

Deniz Kandiyoti: “The Travails of the Secular: Puzzle and Paradox in Turkey”

Sami Zubaida: “Islam and Nationalism: Continuities and Contradictions”

Week 7: The Political Economy of Islamism (26 March 2018)

Joel Beinin: “Political Islam and the New Global Economy”

Suggested further reading:

Evren Hosgör: “Islamic Capital/Anatolian Tigers”

Evren Hosgör: “The Question of AKP Hegemony”

NB: Response paper 2 is submitted in class.

Week 8: No class (2 April 2018)

Week 9: Jihadism, Globalisation and Network Theory (9 April 2018)

Faisal Devji: Landscapes of Jihad, excerpts.

Olivier Roy: “Lure of the Death Cult”

Faisal Devji: “ISIS: Haunted by Sovereignty”

Mahmut Mutman: “Islamophobia”

Suggested further reading:

Antoine Bosquet: “Complexity Theory and the War on Terror”

Nafeez Ahmed: “Follow the Oil, Follow the Money”

Week 10: Jihadism, Media and Technology (16 April 2018)

Handout: Religion and Technology

Film: The Clanging of Swords

Jihadist Press. Dabıq

Week 11: No Class (23 April 2018)

Week 12: Jihadism, Politics and Violence (7 May 2018)

Thomas Keenan: “A Language that needs no translation”

Suggested Further Reading:

Nasser Hussain: “The Sound of Terror”

Week 13: Review and Discussion (14 May 2018)

NB: Response paper 3 is submitted in class.

Compensations:

-JOVMS2C Tilat, ruumiit, kanssakäymiset,

-JOVMS2B Media, moderni ja myöhäismoderni

- other compensations to be agreed with the teacher responsible