Course Code: 032602
Course Name: Introduction to Culture
Course Type: Specialty course
Periods: 48
Credits: 3
Target Students: Undergraduates Majoring in Management of Cultural
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Courses: The history of Chinese culture; The History of World Culture
Introduction to Culture is a basic course for the culture management industry, which involves the nature, function, structure, types, spread, transitions and development rules of culture. It has great significance in nurturing the national spirit and constructing modern socialist culture by introducing fundamental theory of Culture and understanding the development aspect of human culture. The course includes three parts and nine chapters. Chapter one: introduction, the division and studied object ; chapter two: the origin and development of culture; chapter three: the studied method of culture; chapter four: culture genres; chapter five: the analysis of concrete culture phenomenon's; chapter six: the conflict and transformation of cultures; chapter seven: the model and transition of culture; chapter eight: the nationality and epoch of culture; chapter nine: the modernization and construction of Chinese culture.