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NCU Faculty of Humanities:

Erasmus Basic Information

for incoming students

Faculty of Humanities

Nicolaus Copernicus University

Toruń, Poland

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FACULTY

OF

HUMANITIES

Faculty of Humanities of Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, Poland)

would like to invite international students to spend one semester

or a whole academic year in Toruń.

Erasmus+ offers a great prospect for those who want to expand their

knowledge studying in Poland.

Incoming students can expect to receive comprehensive assistance

from the International Programmes Office ([email protected])

and the Faculty Erasmus+ coordinator Prof. Zbigniew Nerczuk

([email protected]).

NCU web pages for incoming students:

http://www.umk.pl/en/cooperation/erasmus_plus/

Faculty of Humanities web pages for incoming students:

http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/

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NCU Faculty of Humanities:

Erasmus Basic Information for incoming students

Program for the incoming students: Invitation to Philosophy and Sociology

In the year 2014/15 the Faculty of Humanities is going to offer a Program in English for the

incoming students “Invitation to Philosophy and Sociology”.

Its two modules are:

1. The series of 15 lectures (90 minutes each, 30 h 4 ECTS) held at the beginning of the winter

and summer semester.

2. Set of 15 seminars on the issues outlined in the introductory lectures (20 h each, 4ECTS).

Every incoming student is required to enroll for the two selected seminars from the list below:

• Krystyna Szafraniec: Society in the mirror of youth – the sociological perspective

• Dominik Antonowicz: State, Market and Society

• Krzysztof Olechnicki: Anthropological perspective on everyday life

• Piotr Stankiewicz: Public Engagement in Science and Technology

• Łukasz Afeltowicz: Is human like an 'enactive' insect? Introduction to situated cognition and enactivism

• Radek Sojak: Science and Technology Studies: an Introduction

• Rafał Gruszczyński: Logic as a tool• Marcin Kilanowski: Philosophy of Human

Rights

• Ola Derra: Gender, science and social hope, philosophical approach to the contemporary world and knowledge

• Paweł Gładziejewski: Cognitive science of self-deception. How and why we lie to ourselves

• Anita Pacholik-Żuromska: Philosophical problems of cognitive science

• Janusz Grygieńć: Introduction to Political Philosophy

• Ewa Bińczyk: Introduction to Philosophy

• Adam Grzeliński: Main Issues of Modern Philosophy

• Krzysztof Abriszewski: Philosophy and popular culture

The more detailed description may be found at

http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/

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Institute of Information Science and Book Studies

Information ArchitectureProf. dr hab. Ewa Głowacka

Information Services to People with DisabilitiesDr hab. Malgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska

Information Searching on the WebDr Natalia Pamula-Cieslik

Multimedia in Social CommunicationDr Veslava Osinska

Networking and task managementDr Piotr Malak

Social Data Processing Tools and Analysis Using SPSSdr Piotr Malak, dr Veslava Osinska

Web DesignDr Mariusz Jarocki

Web Information Management and EvaluationDr Natalia Pamula-Cieslik

Introduction to BibliotherapyProf. dr hab. Bronisława Woźniczka-Paruzel

Social and Information NetworksDr Piotr Malak, Dr Veslava Osinska

IISBS Contact person

dr hab. Tomasz Kruszewski: [email protected]

Catalogue of all the courses offered in NCU

https://ects.umk.pl/en/

Complementary programs in English

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Invitation to linguistics, litterature and cultural studiesdr Marcin Skibicki

Daily life in the Roman provinces of Asia Minor and Thracedr hab. Bartosz Awianowicz

Metaphors across Europe: language, culture and the minddr hab. Ariadna Strugielska

Post-9/11 media and the “culture of leaks”dr Joanna Walewska

Coming back images (the “old fashioned” and “trendy”

images in nowadays culture)dr Joanna Bielska-Krawczyk

From Musical Anthropology to Sound Studies. The Death

of Music or the Rise of Audio Culture?dr hab. Dariusz Brzostek

Language, culture and identity. Ethnic minorities in Polanddr Michał Głuszkowski

The exemplary heroines and heroes of the Greek tragedy

and their reception in the worldwide literature and culturedr Barbara Bibik

Love and desire – theory and practice in the ancient,

medieval and modern Europedr Rafał Toczko

The etymological reinterpretation in the Indo-European

Languagesdr Piotr Sobotka

Is Polish a Strange and Difficult Language? From

Language Universals to Language Specificitydr Aleksandra Walkiewicz

What is language?dr Sławomir Wacewicz

Women in media: the global and the localdr Katarzyna Więckowska

Contemporary Polish literature: modern and post-modern

poetry, fiction and non-fictiondr hab. Marcin Wołk

Retro-style crime fiction (Kryminał “retro”): Polish “vintage

style” crime fiction at the beginning of the 21st century.dr Dariusz Pniewski

Myth and Narrative in European Musicdr Małgorzata Lisecka

Invitation to linguistics, litterature and cultural studiesdr Marcin Skibicki

Daily life in the Roman provinces of Asia Minor and Thracedr hab. Bartosz Awianowicz

Metaphors across Europe: language, culture and the minddr hab. Ariadna Strugielska

Post-9/11 media and the “culture of leaks”dr Joanna Walewska

Coming back images (the “old fashioned” and “trendy”

images in nowadays culture)dr Joanna Bielska-Krawczyk

From Musical Anthropology to Sound Studies. The Death

of Music or the Rise of Audio Culture?dr hab. Dariusz Brzostek

Language, culture and identity. Ethnic minorities in Polanddr Michał Głuszkowski

The exemplary heroines and heroes of the Greek tragedy

and their reception in the worldwide literature and culturedr Barbara Bibik

Love and desire – theory and practice in the ancient,

medieval and modern Europedr Rafał Toczko

The etymological reinterpretation in the Indo-European

Languagesdr Piotr Sobotka

Is Polish a Strange and Difficult Language? From

Language Universals to Language Specificitydr Aleksandra Walkiewicz

What is language?dr Sławomir Wacewicz

Women in media: the global and the localdr Katarzyna Więckowska

Contemporary Polish literature: modern and post-modern

poetry, fiction and non-fictiondr hab. Marcin Wołk

Retro-style crime fiction (Kryminał “retro”): Polish “vintage

style” crime fiction at the beginning of the 21st century.dr Dariusz Pniewski

Myth and Narrative in European Musicdr Małgorzata Lisecka

Complementary programs in English

Faculty Coordinator

dr Marcin Skibicki : [email protected]

Faculty of Languages

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How to apply?

ACADEMIC YEAR

Winter Semester: from October to mid-February

Summer Semester: from mid-February to the end of June

For more detailed information please check: Academic Calendar

DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS

1 JUNE – full academic year or first semester students

1 NOVEMBER - second semester students.

STEPS - APPLICATION FORM

I. Nomination e-mail

If you have been selected by your home university to study at the Nicolaus Copernicus University within

the ERASMUS programme, your home university should send an e-mail with your nomination to our

office [email protected] .

II. Online application (applying, uploading documents and submitting)

1.Only electronic applications https://irk.umk.pl/. (New application for 2014/2015 will be ready at the

end of April!)

2.Submitting application.

III. Sending original documents to NCU

The original application form from NCU (signed and stamped by your home university) together with

2 photos (of high quality, size: 3,5 x 4,5 cm) should be sent in an envelope by registered post to the

following address:

International Programmes Office

Nicolaus Copernicus University

Gagarina 11,

87-100 Toruń,

Poland

IV. Decision of the NCU

Other documents

1.Electronic photo (on-line)

In order to adjust the photo to the requirements of our Polish student ID-card, you will need the Java

programme which can be downloaded from here.

2.Health insurance - by e-mail – a scan of the European Health Insurance Card or of private insurance (the

latter one should be translated into English)

The more detailed description may be found at

http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/

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The Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń is the biggest university in northern Poland. The

idea of university is to widely educate students. As a university NCU is different than a typical

specialized school, it places an emphasis on giving students the opportunity to broaden their

interests. So, apart from your main course of studies, you can also learn about philosophy,

economics, physics, mathematics, law and much more if you want to. Our university was rated highly

in the universities ranking which was recently carried out in Poland. There are 18 departments at the

university. The university employs over 4.000 people, among them there are over 2.000 university

teachers and 600 professors. There are almost 30.000 students, who are studying at over 100

specializations. So far the university has produced over 100.000 graduates. Each year over 100

symposiums, conferences and scientist sessions take place at the university. Thousands of scholars

from Poland and foreign countries take part. Every year over 500 scholars from all over the world

visit our university. There are 21st century facilities waiting for you, and we have extensive experience

in managing learning.

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