Courses
Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture
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Bachelor's Programme Linguistics according to the curriculum 2010 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (relevant course examinations)
Compulsory Modules 132.5 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 2: Fundamentals of Linguistics (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Basic knowledge of fundamental theories and methods of linguistics and language analysis; awareness of the complexity of linguistic utterances, expansion of language awareness; insight into topics of applied linguistics.
Compulsory Module 8: Historical Linguistics and Reconstruction (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the skill to name basic phenomena of historic linguistics. They are able to apply the required means for reconstruction in a methodologically appropriate way.
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VO Historical Linguistics and Reconstruction (VO / 2h / 2,5 ECTS-AP)
Katharina Zipser
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VU Historical Linguistics and Reconstruction (VU / 1h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katharina Zipser
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Compulsory Module 18: Bachelor's Thesis (15 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: minimum of 60 ECTS-Credits from the successfully completed compulsory modules 1 - 17 or elective modules 1 - 5
Learning Outcome: Students must show that they are able to independently apply the theoretical and methodological instruments used in linguistics for discussing a specific question.
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UE Bachelor thesis (UE / 2h / 15 ECTS-AP)
Ivo Hajnal, Shinhyoung Kang, Elisabeth Mairhofer, Marlene Mussner, Pavel Ozerov, Claudia Posch, Gerhard Rampl, Ursula Schattner-Rieser, Tim Zingler, Katharina Zipser
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Minors (Complementary Subject Area)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) (30 ECTS-Credits)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) für Bachelor's Programmes at the University of Innsbruck
Minor: Ancient Near Eastern Languages (30 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: (1) The Minor "Ancient Near Eastern Languages" covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by regular degree students of bachelor's and diploma programmes at the University of Innsbruck if the respective curriculum provides for the opportunity to pass a Minor.
(2) The individual modules and courses of the Minor "Ancient Near Eastern Languages" may be passed providing the availability of places.
Learning Outcome: Graduates of the Minor "Ancient Near Eastern Languages" are able to present and independently use theories and tools of historical language research and philology. On the basis of their acquired and deepened language competences, they can classify different languages of the Ancient Near East and its contact zones and independently describe and edit them linguistically and philologically. They recognise the cultural and socio-political backgrounds of the emergence and spread of various ancient oriental writing systems. They can derive and analyse commonalities and differences as well as the underlying diachronic and synchronic language change processes from the languages and language families dealt with. They sharpen their logical thinking and broaden their sensibility and understanding for foreign ways of expression through the confrontation with foreign cultures and forms of society.
(1) The following compulsory modules covering 20 ECTS-Credits are to be passed. Students of the Bachelor¿s Programme in Linguistics pass 10 ECTS-Credits from the elective module 1 - 8 instead of compulsory module 1. Students of the Bachelor's Programme Classica et Orientalia pass 10 ECTS-Credits from the elective modules 1 - 8 instead of compulsory module 2.
Compulsory modules (20 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory module 1: Methodological Fundamentals of Historic Linguistics (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to describe the research fields, theories and methods of linguistics. They can explain the tools and working methods of historical linguistics and use them independently. They have an overview of the Proto-Indo-European language and the subsequent languages resulting from it and can present the problems and research approaches of Indo-European studies.
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VO Historical Linguistics and Reconstruction (VO / 2h / 2,5 ECTS-AP)
Katharina Zipser
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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).