Courses
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Module 1: Core Area: Applied Linguistics (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Sound and broad knowledge of a main field of Applied Linguistics; critical examination of special problems in this field.
Module 2: Core Theme: Applied Linguistics/Media Linguistics (15 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Broadened skills for exemplary analysis and independent examination of theories and models; critical handling of methods of empirical Communication Analysis.
Module 3: Argumentation (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have detailed knowledge of the discipline's theories and are able to compare them critically and apply them to analyse different phenomena in argumentative texts.
Module 4: Interactive Media (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Understanding the effectiveness and dynamic development of interactive media.
Module 5: Journalism (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Understanding mechanisms and conditions of production in journalism.
Module 6: Business Communication (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Understanding the problems and effective forces in Business Communication.
Module 7: Website Translation (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Fundamental techniques of web content translation, skills for analytical examination of WWW, hypertext and related technical, linguistic and cultural requisites.
Module 8: Media and Culture (10 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: In-depth knowledge and skills in the field of Media and Culture Research and Analysis.
Module 9: American Film, Media and Culture (10 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Consolidation of knowledge about concepts and theories of Film, Media and Cultural Studies; (inter)cultural competence in American Film and Cultural Studies.
Module 10: Film, Art and Society (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Proficiency in film- and media-specific methods of analysis, knowledge in the field of Film and Media Theory as well as History of Russian and Soviet Film, taking into account Alterity and Gender.
Module 11: Core Area: Conveyance of Literature (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are enabled to deal with issues of literature business independently.
Module 12: Core Theme: Literary Criticism and Conveyance and Media (15 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Sound, broad knowledge of main issues of Conveyance of Literature and critical examination of its practice.
Module 13: Literary Business Administration (15 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students acquire skills required in order to evaluate events and relations between production (authors), reception (readers), conveyance (e.g. literary critics) and processing (embedding of phenomena of literary business in an overall cultural context) and transfer the knowledge acquired. They are especially enabled to understand and solve economic and legal problems in a literary context as well as fundamental issues of conveyance of literature.
Module 14: Intermediality and Interculturality (Basics) (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students develop fundamentals in the field of intermediality and interculturality research and acquire knowledge in the fields of Literature and Music / Painting / Architecture / Photography / Film / Dance / Video / Installations / New Media as well as Literature and Philosophy / Religion / Economy / Law / Politics / Society / Ecology.
Module 15: Intermediality (In-Depth Study) (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students consolidate their theoretical knowledge in the field of intermediality research. One
the one hand they broaden their theoretical knowledge by exemplary examination of the fields Literature and Music / Painting / Architecture / Photography / Film / Dance / Video / Installations / New Media while on the other hand they prove their knowledge and skills actively in a practical field of application (e.g. publishing, expositions, theatre, cinema, culture and project management, journalism).
Module 16: Comparative Literature and Media Theories (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students consolidate their knowledge in the field of text, literary and cultural theories and broaden their skills for fertilising these findings for concrete literary and (inter)cultural phenomena. Besides, the students acquire the skill to critically evaluate media phenomena and their problems.
Module 17: Language and Gender (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Understanding of interactions among language and perception as well as social and linguistic change; sensitisation for differences between scientific and ideological argumentation.
Module 18: Gender Studies (Advanced) (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Capacity to describe and reflect on 'gender', gender relations and gender differences in language, its representations in the media and cultural texts.
Module 19/20: Module from other Master Programmes of the Faculty of Humanities 2 (5/5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: The registration requirements established in the relevant curricula shall be complied with.
Learning Outcome: According to the learning outcome defined for the module, an insight to another discipline is gathered.
A maximum of two modules with a total of 5 ECTS-AP each or one module with a total of 10 ECTS-AP may be taken from the Master of Arts programmes of the Faculty of Humanities 2 of the University of Innsbruck. Media-related modules are especially recommended.
Module 21: Internship (15 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: The internship may not be taken earlier than after having completed the second semester.
Learning Outcome: The students apply knowledge and skills acquired to a professional environment; after having completed the module, they have deeper insight into the conditions of professional and/or scientific practice.
In order to test and apply the knowledge and skills acquired or as an orientation on the conditions of professional practice as well as in order to achieve additional qualifications, the students have the opportunity of taking an internship with a total of 360 hours and 15 ECTS-Credits. The internship may also be taken during the vacation period. The internship shall be taken in institutions according to section 1 subsection (4) 3. A certificate of the institution stating duration, scope and content of the practical work performed shall be submitted; besides, a report shall be elaborated. Before starting the internship, permission of the Director of Studies shall be applied for.Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).