13. Provisional weekly schedule
WEEK 1
w/c 01 Feb

Introductions
• Exploring identity: Where are you from?
• Overview of module

Instructions for Individual Project: My Culture and Identity Portfolio
Complete 2 pages
WEEK 2
08 Feb
Who am I?
• How does language shape who you are?
• What personality type are you?
• Physical identity: appearance and tattoos

Complete 2 pages on your personality

WEEK 3
15 Feb
What is (your) culture?
• Definitions of culture
• What has influenced you most in your life?

Complete 4 pages on your cultural background
WEEK 4
22 Feb
Stereotypes and realities
• Exploring stereotypes, their origin and use
• Reality TV: celebrity culture

Complete 2 pages on stereotypes
WEEK 5
29 Feb

Objects and their significance
• The cultural meaning of artefacts
• The concept of cultural hybridity
• Field trip 1: British Museum (has To be said what are the thing from Angola”my country” i found there)

Complete 4 pages on your field trip
WEEK 6
07 Mar
Culture and history
• Family trees
Review tutorials (in normal seminar time)

WEEK 7
14 Mar
Creativity in business
• The power and reach of global brands
• Marketing blunders

Complete 4 pages
WEEK 8
04 Apr
National culture
• What values do the British have?
• Field trip 2: shopping Harrods Departament store

Complete 2 pages
WEEK 9
11 Apr
Regional culture
• London as a multicultural melting-pot

Complete 2 pages
WEEK 10
18 Apr
Looking to the future
• Setting smart goals for your future career

Complete 4 pages
WEEK 11
25 Apr
Planning ahead
• Travelling off the beaten track
• Group and individual preparation

Complete 4 pages
WEEK 12
02 Mar
Exhibition, Review and Reflection
• Grading of portfolios
• Feedback given to students

Submit Reflection Essay via Blackboard with electronic version of your portfolio