Faculty Course: Semiotics as Theory and Method

About this programme

The course introduces semiotics as an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on the concepts of sign, meaning, communication, culture, cognition, etc. The course discusses various theories and research areas within semiotics, e.g., cultural semiotics, cognitive semiotics, visual and social semiotics. Basing on these theories, the student writes a semiotic analysis of a certain phenomenon and presents it in a written and oral form. The course consists of two parts: Semiotics I (discussion), 5 credits Semiotics II (oral presentation and final assignment), 2,5 credits Your message goes to Infocenter, and they’ll make sure it gets to the right person – so you get the best and most relevant reply.