BIP: Cultural Heritage: Issues of National Identity, Education and Sustainability

Teaching Methods

All teaching and counselling are in oral and written English.

Prior to the summer school week, the participants will work individually or in groups with literature studies and a minor initial assignment regarding cultural heritage from their local communities.

The on-campus week in August will consist of group work, lectures and visits to cultural heritage sites in (the southwestern part of) Denmark. Afterwards the participants will work individually or in groups on an exam.

Specialisation is possible both through the initial work, parts of the on-campus week and with the assessment, in a self-chosen subject area.

The Summer school will conclude with two online sessions on the 27 August and 3 September, as well as the exam to be submitted on Friday 19 September 2025.

Conditions

In order to complete the module and obtain a certificate, the student has to:

Participate actively in all parts of the course - studying the basic course material, doing the initial assignment, participating in the one-week on-campus course and submitting the exam for evaluation. This also includes active participation in group-work with other participants and planned excursions.

The on-campus week will include outdoor, onsite learning activities. Excursion(s) to cultural heritage sites are planned. These activities will occur away from the campus and will often be outdoors, whereby practical clothes and shoes are recommended.

Tuition Fee

Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay.

If you have questions, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk 

Activity 1

Course

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion candidates must have:

General competencies:

• basic competence in learning about cultural heritage in a life-long learning perspective.
• basic competence in cooperation with heritage professionals, public sector and civil society for the educational sector.
• basic competence in sense of initiative concerning uses of cultural heritage sites or objects.

Knowledge:

• basic knowledge of concepts, perspectives, and types of cultural heritage and their institutions (formal and informal).
• basic knowledge of processes affecting the understanding, conservation, use and impact of cultural heritage (like globalization, climate change, sustainability issues etc).
• knowledge of the use of cultural heritage in relation to personal and group identity (like national identity), the education system, and sustainable development.

Skills:

• basic skills in reflecting upon cultural heritage as a source of identity-making for oneself and others, intercultural conflict, injustice, inequality, and for improving intercultural dialogue and understanding.
• comprehensive skills in cultural heritage communication, both orally, written and digitally in relation to different types of audiences and groups of the population (including children and youth).

Workload: 

• 137,5 student working hours.

  The workload is based on the following: initial work with literature studies and creative assignment, one-week intensive on-campus course (11 -15 August), followed by two online seminars and an exam for evaluation.

Activity 2

Project Work/Other on-campus learning experiences

Learning Outcomes

There will be language and cultural activities throughout the week.

Group activities, group work in mixed student groups; use of visual media, such as video documentation, will be included as well.

The on-campus week will include outdoor, onsite learning activities.

Excursion(s) to cultural heritage sites are planned. These activities will occur away from the campus and will often be outdoors.

Social and/or cultural activities throughout the week (extra-curricular) in Jelling, in the local area and at the campus in Jelling.

Examination

The exchange student must hand in a group or individual assessment containing written reflections and a creative part upon themes and issues of the course:

As basis for the evaluation, students must prepare an assignment, which consists of two interrelated parts:

• A written part, which can be prepared individually, in pairs or in groups of three.
• A creative part, which must be accessible online.

The documentation must contain participants reflections regarding theoretical and practical relations between the main themes (cultural heritage, education and pedagogy and sustainability. It is not a requirement that all main themes are dealt with equally. A specialisation can occur based on the participant’s interests, educational background and/or job.

The assessment will be awarded with a pass/fail grade.

The assessment criteria regarding length of the written part differ between bachelor and master students:

Bachelor students: number of words (if prepared individually), min/max 2000 (+/- 10%).

Master students: number of words (if prepared individually), min/max 4000 (+/- 10%).