HO CHI MINH CITY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE FOR CULTURAL STUDIES SECTION

1. General information about the module

1.1. Course name: Cultural studies

1.2. Course code:
1.3. Condition:
- Prerequisite courses: none
- Pre-study module: Have basic knowledge of Vietnamese history, culture
and society and have the skills to analyze and evaluate a problem or a socio-
cultural phenomenon.
1.4. Training program: Higher Education
1.5. Number of credits: 2
1.7. Requirements for the module: Projector, microphone, whiteboard, marker.
2. Summary of module content
The module provides learners with basic knowledge about Cultural Studies,
including the following issues:
- General theory of culture: courtesy forms culture and civilization; concept,
structure and characteristics of culture.
- General theory of cultural studies: history of cultural formation; Research objects
and methods of cultural studies.
- Practical knowledge: includes knowledge about basic cultural elements of
Vietnam: cognitive culture, organizational culture, behavioral culture.

3. Module objectives

3.1. Professional capacity

- Identify and initially visualize the rules of cultural formation and change.
- Arrange and classify acquired knowledge into a system.
- Understand clearly the characteristics of Vietnamese culture, distinguish national
culture from the culture of other countries of the same culture.

3.2. Professional capacity

- Reasonable and objective assessment of the meaning and role of culture in real
life.
- Ability to apply knowledge for each specific case into professional practice.
- Apply cultural understanding as a theoretical basis to clarify an issue of
Vietnamese culture.
- Have a serious attitude and awareness of national cultural identity as well as a
spirit of respect for differences in recognizing and evaluating other cultures.
4. Detailed content of the module
Chapter one. Overview of culture and cultural studies
1.1 Overview of culture
1.1.1. Concepts of culture, civilization, civilization and artifacts
1.1.2. Concept, characteristics, structure, functions of culture
1.1.3. Types of culture
1.2 Overview of cultural studies
1.2.1. History of cultural formation
1.2.2. Some research theories in cultural studies
Chapter two. Locating Vietnamese culture
2.1. Cultural subject
2.2. Cultural time
2.3. Cultural space (Vietnamese cultural regions)

Chapter three. Some aspects of Vietnamese culture

2.1. Cognitive culture
2.1.1. Cosmic awareness
2.1.2. Human awareness
2.2. Organizational culture
2.2.1. Organize collective life
2.2.2. Organize your personal life
2.3. Cultural behavior
2.3.1. Dealing with the natural environment
2.3.2. Dealing with the social environment

Chapter four. Vietnamese culture in the integration period

4.1. Globalization context
4.2. Some new cultural trends (Post-structural; Post-Modern, Post-humanist)
4.3. Vietnamese culture approaches new cultural trends and international integration

5. Student's duties
- Attend 80% of the classes
- Read the documents and do the exercises as requested by the instructor
- Practice presentations in groups.

6. Teaching plan
Num
Teaching
ber of
Week methods/fo
perio
Content rms
ds
Chapter one. Overview of culture and cultural
studies - The
4LT teacher
1-2 lectures
2TH
- Students
practice
individually
3-4 Chapter two. Locating Vietnamese culture (1) 4LT - The
2TH teacher
Cultural subject and time
 lectures
- Students
practice
individually
Chapter two. Locating Vietnamese culture (2)
5-6
Cultural regions

Chapter three. Some aspects of Vietnamese

- Students
culture (1) practice in
Focus on Cultural Awareness: 4LT, groups
7-8
2TH - Teacher
Yin and Yang, Three Resources, Five Elements evaluates
Two doubts, Four images, Eight trigrams and adds

Lunisolar calendar and Can chi system

Chapter three. Some aspects of Vietnamese
culture (2)
9-10 Focus on the Culture of personal life
organization: Beliefs - religion - customs -
festivals

Chapter four . Vietnamese culture in the

integration period
- The
Globalization context teacher
lectures
11-12 Some new cultural trends (Post-structural; 4LT,
2TH - Students
Post-Modern, Post-humanist) practice
individually
Vietnamese culture approaches new cultural
trends and international integration
 7. Learning materials

6.1. Subject curriculum

1. Lecture collection of General Cultural Studies
2. Tran Ngoc Them: Vietnamese cultural foundation , Ho Chi Minh City
Publishing House, 1999.
3. Tran Quoc Vuong: Vietnamese cultural foundation , Ho Chi Minh City
Publishing House, 2008
6.2. References
1. AA Belik: Cultural studies. Cultural anthropological theories. – H:Culture
and Arts Magazine, 2000
2. Phan Ke Binh (1990), Vietnamese customs , Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House.
3. Other materials are provided by the classroom teacher.
6.3. Usable website
www.vanhoahoc.edu.vn/lyluanvanhoahoc
www.vanhoahoc.hcmussh.edu.vn

8. Evaluate learning outcomes

Formative assessment (50%) End-of-course exam

Diligence Group homework Midterm
article/presentation
ten% 15 – 20 % 20 - 25% 50%
7.1. Due diligence review:
- Format: roll call
- Score: 10.0

7.2. Group homework:

- Format: Group homework
- Score: 10.0

7.3. Mid-term test

- Format: written/presented
 - Score: 10.0

7.5. End-of-course exam:

- Format: Multiple choice
- Score: 10.0

Information about lecturers developing syllabi

Lecturer 1 Lecturer 2 Lecturer 3

First and last Le Thi Ngoc Le Huyen Trang Nguyen Ngoc Tho
name Diep

Academic title, Doctor of Master of Cultural Associate Professor,

degree Cultural Studies PhD. School culture
Studies

Unit: Department of Faculty of Literature Department of Cultural

Cultural Ho Chi Minh City Studies
Studies High School University of Social
University of Sciences and
Social Humanities
Sciences and
Humanities

Email letthingocdiep Trangc503@gmail.co ngoctho@hcmussh.edu.

@hcmussh.edu m vn
.vn

Main research Vietnamese School culture;

directions culture, Vietnamese culture;
religious Social rituals
culture, gender
culture.

City. Ho Chi Minh, date month year 2021