What kind of work are graduate students in aesthetics mainly engaged in?

The employment direction of aesthetics majors is to work as teachers or teaching staff in major and medium-sized schools/universities, and to work as copy editors in magazines and newspapers.

1. Introduction to the subject

1. Aesthetics is a subject whose theme is the study of the nature and significance of beauty.

2. Aesthetics is a secondary discipline of philosophy. The main object of research is art, but it does not study specific performance issues in art, but studies philosophical issues in art, so it is called "the philosophy of beautiful art."

3. The basic issues of aesthetics include the nature of beauty, the relationship between aesthetic consciousness and aesthetic objects, etc. It is different from ordinary art, nor is it simply a daily beautification activity.

2. Training objectives

1. Senior professionals with comprehensive and in-depth professional knowledge in aesthetics who can creatively engage in aesthetic research, teaching and practical application.

2. Systematically master the theory, history and current situation of the major you study, have solid knowledge of relevant disciplines, have in-depth professional knowledge in a certain field of the major you study, and understand relevant professional research at home and abroad. Progress status, being able to independently engage in scientific research and put forward their own opinions, being able to master a foreign language proficiently, and initially mastering a second foreign language.

3. Research Directions

1. Classical Poetics

2. History of Chinese Aesthetics (the research directions of each enrollment unit are slightly different, and the above is Sun Yat-sen University) Example)

IV. Exam subjects

1. 101 Ideological and Political Theory

2. 244 French or 245 German or 201 English I

3. 608 History of Western Philosophy or 609 History of Chinese Philosophy Public Exam Questions

4. 816 History of Poetic Thought (the examination subjects of each admissions unit are slightly different, the above is Sun Yat-sen University as an example)

5. Similar disciplines

Disciplines related to this major include: Marxist philosophy, Chinese philosophy, foreign philosophy, logic, ethics, religion, philosophy of science and technology, history of science and technology , sociology, anthropology, basic principles of Marxism, development history of Marxism, research on the sinicization of Marxism, ideological and political education, curriculum and teaching theory.