Finnish Cultural Policy and Structures (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student understands the structure of the public cultural sector, its actors and decision-making processes. The student becomes familiar with the public sector’s bodies which are supporting culture as well as the cultural organizations. The student understands the state’s, region’s and municipality’s significance and the role in cultural work and in decision-making system. The student understands the main cultural policies. The student understands the importance of the Finnish cultural politics, knows the culture’s public administration system and is able to obtain the information as well as to use the public cultural services in his/her work.

Content

Structures of the public cultural sector
- Decision-making processes of the public sector
- Support system of the public sector
- Cultural governance and decision-making system in Finland
- State’s, county’s and municipal’s main cultural administrations
- Public-supported cultural work and cultural institutions
- Cultural programming and development projects
- Cultural policy
- Culture as a tool for strategic development
- Culture statistics

Teaching methods

Exam, study diaries, assignments, oral assignment, active participation

Learning materials and recommended literature

Lectires, literature, media. A more detailed literature will be informed at lectures

Alternative completion methods of implementation

None

Internship and working life connections

Visiting lecturers, study visits

Exam dates and retake possibilities

last time, two separate exams

International connections

Comparative studies

Student workload

Total 135 h
lectures (lectures 30 h x 1,5, group assignments 20 h x 1) 65 h, 49 %
wiriting and preparing presentations (4 p x 2,5 h) 10 h, 8 %
reading (25 p x 2 h) 52 h, 36 %
exam 8 h, 7 %

Content scheduling

3rd period

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments, lectures, group exam

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates his/her knowledge about the public organizations structure and decision-making systems basics. He/she is able to obtain information from the cultural activity’s sources.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the public organizations structure and decision-making system as well as the public cultural services and is able to apply the information. The student knows how the economic, cultural- and arts policy decisions born in the public cultural sector. The student knows the main documents of the public cultural sector.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student understands the public organizations structure and decision-making system and is able to utilize his/her knowledge when planning cultural services. The student is able to put his/her own cultural policy thinking to cultural policy’s frame. The student can use supporting numerical facts when arguing.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student demonstrates his/her knowledge about the public organizations structure and decision-making systems basics. He/she is able to obtain information from the cultural activity’s sources.