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Compulsory Module 1: Foundations of Studying German (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to present fundamental areas, methods and fields of application of German literary science and linguistics.
Compulsory Module 2: Fundamentals of Linguistics (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to give an overview of the subject and its fields. They are able to analyse linguistic units by methods used in central fields of German linguistics.
Compulsory Module 3: Fundamentals of Modern German Literary Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students can name the different fields of literary studies, present different approaches in literary studies and methods of literary text analysis. They are able to explain basic
terminology used in literary studies; Students are able to deal with literary texts in a methodological and critical way and are able to critically evaluate literary texts.
Compulsory Module 4: Fundamentals of Media Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to scientifically name and appropriately assess the basic terms used in
media studies. They are able to give an overview of central questions, approaches and results in media research and having gained an insight into the methods of media analysis they are able to recognise, describe and critically analyse them.
Compulsory Module 5: Writing and Communication Skills (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to plan written and verbal communication processes in a targeted way, carry them out in an appropriate way and critically evaluate them. They are also able to classify, analyse and assess written products and rhetorical genres.
Compulsory Module 6: Linguistic Structures (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to recognise, scientifically describe and critically assess linguistic
structures, describe theoretical fundamentals and research methods in the field of written communication and to use this knowledge for analysing and assessing specific texts. Students are able to describe the functions and the style of written language and to critically discuss the standards of writing and text type conventions.
Compulsory Module 7: Theory of Literature and Methods of Literary Studies(2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory module 3
Learning Outcome: Students are able to explain and assess literary theories and theoretical-methodological
paradigms of literary science. They are able to grasp the historicity as well as the
simultaneousness and the continuous differentiation of conceptualisations of literary theory and methodology and to critically assess the systematics of literary studies. They are able to describe hermeneutic and semiotic processes and to present and substantiate theoretical-methodological approaches for analysing literary texts.
Compulsory Module 8: Fundamentals of Cultural Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Insight into central issues, themes and methodological concepts of cultural studies.
Compulsory Module 9: Language Aquisition and Language Usage (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to present and describe the fundamentals of second language acquisition, interrelations between language and cognition, language and society and with this also linguistic variation and variability (social, medial, local, temporal). Phenomena related to society and individual phenomena in relation to language varieties
and multilingualism can be discussed in a problem-oriented way. Students are able to present theoretical fundamentals and research methods in the field of oral communication and to analyse and classify specific communicative genres in the field of spoken language. Moreover they are able to outline the differences between written and spoken language and discuss standardisation in the field or oral communication.
Compulsory Module 10: Modern German Literary Studies I (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory modules 3, 7
Learning Outcome: Students are able to name interrelations of literary and cultural history with the example of representative authors, works and genres. They are able to describe the processes of canonisation. They can outline the interactions developments in society, literature and cultural history (e.g. gender-specific developments) and are able to independently analyse and interpret literary texts based on scientific standards.
Compulsory Module 11: Fundamentals of Conveyance of Literature (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory module 3
Learning Outcome: Students are able to recognise and assess central themes of disseminating literature
(evaluation strategies, production and formation of brands).
Compulsory Module 12: Fields of Linguistics (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to independently deal with a theme from the field of German linguistics in a scientific way. They are able to discuss basic questions of the interrelations between
language, media and communication and to apply basic methods of linguistic media and
communication analysis.
Compulsory Module 13: Modern German Literary Studies II (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 3, 7
Learning Outcome: Students are able to name interrelations of literary and cultural history with the example of representative authors, works and genres, especially from the 18th to the middle of the 19th century. They are able to describe the processes of canonisation and reception. They can outline the interactions developments in society, literature and cultural history (e.g. gender-specific developments) and are able to independently analyse and interpret literary texts based on scientific standards.
Compulsory Module 14: Medieval German (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory module 6
Learning Outcome: Students can explain important aspects of the development of the history of the language; They are able to name and analyse phenomena of historic grammar with the example of texts.
Compulsory Module 15: Intercultural Communication (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students area able to describe central issues of culture an identity
from a culturally based perspective, outline and critically assess important theories and concepts of cultural actions, especially in dealing with the perception of "the own" and "the foreign" and they can name the varied aspects of culture-specific communication.
Compulsory Module 16: Language Analysis (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 2, 6
Learning Outcome: Ability to review and critically reflect on the state of research of a selected topic; competence to use this knowledge for a specific linguistic question; adeptness in analysing texts and utterance from different linguistic perspectives; ability to write a conclusive seminar paper corresponding to scientific norms on the results gained.
Compulsory Module 17: Medieval German Literature (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory module 14
Learning Outcome: Students are able to outline interrelations with literary history and cultural history of older literary epochs; They are able to apply the required means of literary science and to analyse texts.
Compulsory Module 18: Advanced Topics in Literature (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 10, 13
Learning Outcome: Ability to review and critically reflect on the state of research relating to a selected topic; competence to apply this knowledge to actual questions of literary science; adeptness in analysing texts and utterances from different perspectives of literary science; ability to present the results conclusively and corresponding to scientific norms within the scope of a seminar paper
Compulsory Module 19: Revision Course: Reading List (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 10, 13
Learning Outcome: Students have a wide-ranging knowledge of literary history. They are able to formulate
different approaches to interpretation, to assess literary texts in a differentiated and
analytically founded way, not only with regards to developments in literary history with the example of authors and works, but also in relation to developments in contemporary literary life.
Compulsory Module 20: Bachelor's Thesis (10 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: For a Bachelor's Thesis in Contemporary Linguistics: successful completion of compulsory
module 16
For a Bachelor's Thesis in Modern German Literary Science: successful completion of
compulsory module 18
For a Bachelor's Thesis in Medieval German Literary Science or Medieval Linguistics:
successful completion of compulsory module 17
Learning Outcome: Students are able to apply the theoretical and methodological instruments of German
Philology for specific problems.
Compulsory Module 21: Interdisciplinary Skills (10 ECTS-Credis)
Prerequisites for registration: the prerequisites of the respective curricula do apply
Learning Outcome: Expansion of the study programme and acquiring of additional qualifications.
Providing the availability of places, courses corresponding to 10 ECTS-Credits can be freely chosen from the curricula of the Bachelor and/or Diploma Progammes at the University of Innsbruck.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).