Aesthetics of Crisis: Health and Well-being
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Course • Bachelor's level • 3 credits
The Aesthetics of Crisis: Health and Well-being is an interdisciplinary distance course that offers new perspectives on how artistic expressions reflect and shape our understanding of care, crisis, and human dignity.
Start
Autumn 2025
Level
Bachelor's
Language
English
Place of study
Distance learning
Course code
TVXA11
- Overview
- Teaching and learning
- After the course
Overview
This course is designed for those interested in film, culture, and societal issues – especially in relation to health and well-being. Through lectures and seminars with researchers from film studies, law, and medicine, you’ll gain a multifaceted view of how different disciplines interpret and complement each other. You’ll learn to analyse film and music as expressions of crisis and recovery, and reflect on their significance for both individuals and society.
Course syllabus
The syllabus contains the formal and legal details of the entire course. It’s a legal document outlining the course structure and requirements, intended mainly for administrative use.
Course literature
The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.
Course literature TVXA11 (PDF, New tab)
Teaching and learning
The course is offered online at quarter-time pace during November and December, with seminars in the afternoon. You’ll work with texts and audiovisual material, discussing representations of health and well-being based on WHO’s holistic definition of health. The course is a collaboration between several faculties at Lund University and is taught in English.
After the course
After completing the course, you will have developed your ability to analyse and evaluate artistic representations of crisis and well-being. You’ll gain insight into how different academic perspectives can work together to deepen our understanding of the human condition – and how film and music can contribute to public discourse, empathy, and change.
- Dates
- Requirements and selection
- Tuition fees
Dates
Applications for this course are currently closed.
You can find information about future application opportunities here.
Requirements and selection
Prerequisites
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Tuition fees
Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens
Citizens of countries outside:
- The European Union (EU)
- The European Economic Area (EEA) and
- Switzerland
are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each \ semester.
Tuition fees, payments and exemptions
Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 5,750 \ First payment: SEK 5,750
Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.
No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland
There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
Overview
This course is designed for those interested in film, culture, and societal issues – especially in relation to health and well-being. Through lectures and seminars with researchers from film studies, law, and medicine, you’ll gain a multifaceted view of how different disciplines interpret and complement each other. You’ll learn to analyse film and music as expressions of crisis and recovery, and reflect on their significance for both individuals and society.
Course literature
The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.
Course literature TVXA11 (PDF, New tab)
Teaching and learning
The course is offered online at quarter-time pace during November and December, with seminars in the afternoon. You’ll work with texts and audiovisual material, discussing representations of health and well-being based on WHO’s holistic definition of health. The course is a collaboration between several faculties at Lund University and is taught in English.
After the course
After completing the course, you will have developed your ability to analyse and evaluate artistic representations of crisis and well-being. You’ll gain insight into how different academic perspectives can work together to deepen our understanding of the human condition – and how film and music can contribute to public discourse, empathy, and change.
Dates
Applications for this course are currently closed.
You can find information about future application opportunities here.
Requirements and selection
Prerequisites
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Tuition fees
Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens
Citizens of countries outside:
- The European Union (EU)
- The European Economic Area (EEA) and
- Switzerland
are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each \ semester.
Tuition fees, payments and exemptions
Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 5,750 \ First payment: SEK 5,750
Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.
No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland
There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
Contact us
Adacemic Advisor
Jonna Jansson
Email: jonna.jansson@kultur.lu.se
Phone: +46 46 222 74 05