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Culture and Education

The school offers education at Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral levels, and research is conducted in all subjects.

The School of Culture and Education offers the following subjects: Aesthetics, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, Gender Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Rhetoric and Swedish, as well as the Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge. The Development Unit for Higher Education Pedagogy is also located at the school. Additionally, any student at the university, regardless of their academic school, can get help from the Study Support Unit External link., which has staff from the subjects of Swedish, Rhetoric and English.

All the school’s subjects offer freestanding Bachelor’s courses. These can be combined to lead to a degree. Eight Bachelor’s programmes are based at the school: Aesthetics; Communication Management; Gender Studies; Liberal Arts; Media, English and Globalisation; Media Studies; Philosophy, Politics and Economics; and Rhetoric Studies.

Most subjects also offer one or two-year Master’s programmes, and many also have degree-awarding powers at doctoral level. The school has around 40 active doctoral students, most of whom are associated with the research area of Critical and Cultural Theory; research projects often span the boundaries between subjects and schools, and many have links to the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe.

Studies in the Educational Sciences is a research area that is located within Teacher Education; it includes the subjects of Comparative Literature, Media and Communication Studies, Swedish and the Theory of Practical Knowledge. Many subjects at the School of Culture and Education work with Teacher Education, as the school’s teaching staff work on the university’s teacher training programmes.

The School of Culture and Education has around 250 staff and is led by the head of school and deputy head of school. It conducts education at Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral levels, and all its subjects conduct research and external collaboration. The school has eight academic departments, each led by a head of department:

  • Department of Media and Communication Studies
  • Department of Aesthetics, Art History
  • Department of Comparative Literature
  • Department of Philosophy and Practical Knowledge
  • Department of Rhetoric
  • Department of English
  • Department of Swedish
  • Department of Gender Studies

The School of Culture and Education also has the research area of Critical and Cultural Theory External link., as well as the Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge External link., the Development Unit for Higher Education Pedagogy External link. and the Study Support Unit External link.. The school also has an administrative unit.

We offer courses and programmes in the following subjects: Aesthetics, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, Gender Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Swedish and the Theory of Practical Knowledge. You can study up to Master’s level in all subjects, although the Theory of Practical Knowledge only offers a one-year Master’s degree.

We also offer a number of programmes at Bachelor’s level. These consist of programme-specific courses and course combinations in subjects offered by the school and, in some cases, from other schools. The main subject is always one of the school’s subjects. We also have one-year Master’s programmes in Gender Studies and the Theory of Practical Knowledge. Several programmes focus on professional education and training.

There are also some courses that cover less than one semester of full-time study. These include access courses in writing and multilingualism, history of philosophy and courses in gender studies.

Courses can be studied at different rates, either full-time or part-time. For more information about our courses and programmes, please visit the subject’s webpage or the university’s programme and course webpages.

Students and the labour market

Our students benefit from good contacts with the surrounding community, thanks to visiting lecturers and study visits. A significant proportion of the students’ degree projects are conducted in collaboration with various organisations, public agencies and businesses, and many of our programmes include placements. Students have access to SH Innovation at Södertörn University, which offers advice on how to develop an idea and make it reality.

Contract education

We have developed a range of contract education over the years, such as courses from the Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge and in Swedish.