UCJCN136 Life and institutions

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mag. Christina Breitegger (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mag. Christina Breitegger
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the course students will learn about the Austrian history, culture, architecture, art, music and cuisine. This course will give students an insight into the social and cultural Austria in the past and today. This course will bring Vienna`s history and societz into focus. Students will have to work independently on certain Vienna topics (gothic, baroque, art nouveu, etc.). They will have to collect details and information about their topics and they will prepare a guided tour (theme-parkour) which they will present in Vienna.
Syllabus
  • 1. Who are the Austrians? A question of identity
    2. Geography, climate, population
    3. 9 times Austria - The Austrian federal states with focus on Vienna
    4. Austrian history: 100 Years of contemporary history
    5. Austrian history: back to the beginning. Ostarrichi, Babenberger and Habsburg
    6. Austria as a country of taste with focus on Vienna
    7. Austrian German. Between dialect and standard German
    8. Austrian history of Art with focus on Vienna
    9. Cultural-, Literary- and Music-Country Austria with focus on Vienna
    10. Educational Austria
    11. media landscape of Austria: Kronen Zeitung
    12. state, politics, religion and European Union
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
- final exam
- attendance
- active participation
- preparation of the guided tour
- guided tour in Vienna
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2014, recent)
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