Universität Wien

340114 PS Culture and Communication: English (2015W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Students who are not present in the first unit will be de-registered from the course. Students can de-register until the third unit. Attendance is mandatory for a passing grade, up to 2 excused absences for important reasons are possible.
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 07.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 14.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 21.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 28.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 04.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 11.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 18.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 02.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 09.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 16.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 13.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 20.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Wednesday 27.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 7 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course deals with various topics relating to culture and communication in the English speaking world. The course aims at providing relevant knowledge in the respective contexts and encouraging students to deal independently with related issues. (The special focus of this course will be on historical and recent immigration and immigrants in the U.S.)

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance and active participation in class are mandatory. Grades will be based on seminar paper (70%), written assignments (15%), and oral assignments (15%). An advanced level of English is required (oral and written).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the course is to promote culture-specific knowledge as well as awareness for the complex relations between culture and communication. This process will be stimulated by students' independent work on historical, cultural and social questions relating to the topic of the course. The following skills will be strengthened: speeking freely on a topic, formulating personal views, writing coherent texts.

Examination topics

The course will be held in English. Students will develop their own areas of interest within the topic of the course. They will be provided with a reading list, but will also do their own research. Understanding of the topic will be deepened through individual and group work, presentations and discussions. Academic writing will be practiced through exercises and the production of a seminar paper (Proseminararbeit).

Reading list

Please read the preparatory text: "Introduction: mass immigration, past and present" In: Gerber, David A. 2011. American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, pp.1-13.

The literature list which will be distributed in the first unit.

Association in the course directory

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