Sinology

Bachelor Chinese Studies ( 611 [5] - Version 2022)

Introductory and Orientation Period (StEOP) (17 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M02 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History (compulsory module)
• EXAM REMOTE COMM M03 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Political History (compulsory module)

M01 Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (9 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE COMM M01 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150106 KSTEOP [ de zh ] ( OV ) Repetitorium to Modern Chinese 1a

M02 Introduction to Chinese Cultural History 2 (4 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M02 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History (compulsory module)

M03 Introduction to Chinese Political History 2 (4 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE COMM M03 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Political History (compulsory module)

M04 Introduction to Modern Chinese 2 (6 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M04 Module Exam: Introduction to Modern Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150106 KSTEOP [ de zh ] ( OV ) Repetitorium to Modern Chinese 1a

M1 Elementary Chinese (14 ECTS)

M1-1 Elementary Chinese 1 (8 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M1-1 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150085 KU [ de zh en zh ] Modern Chinese 1b (M1-1)

M1-2 Elementary Chinese 2 (6 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M1-2 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150089 KU [ de zh zh ] Speaking Practice 1b (M1-2)

M2 Pre-Intermediate Chinese (30 ECTS)

M2-1 Pre-Intermediate Chinese 1 (10 ECTS)

• EXAM M2-1 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150074 KU Modern Chinese 2b (M2-1)
• 150086 KU [ de zh ] Modern Chinese 2a (M2-2)

M2-2 Pre-Intermediate Chinese 2 (20 ECTS)

• EXAM M2-2 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150090 KU [ zh ] Speaking Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150091 KU [ zh ] Writing Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150143 KU [ de zh ] Reading 2b (M2-2)

M3 Intermediate Chinese (31 ECTS)

M3-1 Intermediate Chinese 1 (16 ECTS)

• 150134 KU [ zh ] Writing and Reading B (M3-1)
• 150155 KU [ zh ] Listening and Speaking B (M3-1)

M3-2 Intermediate Chinese 2 (15 ECTS)

• 150083 KU Specialist Language (M3) - Business Chinese
• 150096 KU [ en zh ] Newspaper Reading and Media Language (M3-2) - Taiwan
• 150183 KU Classical Chinese (M3-2)

M4 Basic Knowledge (11 ECTS)

• 150063 VO Politics and Law in China
• 150109 VO Economic Development of China (M4)

M5 Basics of Academic Research and Writing (10 ECTS)

• 150081 UE Foundations of Academic Research and Writing in Chinese Studies
• 150095 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Working with Academic Literature (Social Sciences) - Exploring Research on China’s One-Child Policy
• 150216 UE Working with Academic Literature (Cultural Studies) - Mädchen im taiwanischen Kinderbuch

M6 Applied Methods of Chinese Studies (8 ECTS)

• 150088 UE Social Science Research Methods in Chinese Studies
• 150092 UE [ en ] Cultural Studies Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Tracing the colonisers: Postcolonial built environments in visuals and narratives in the Sinophone world
• 150132 UE Cultural Studies Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Judges, Detectives and Criminals - Sociological Film Analysis

M7 Research Topics in Chinese Studies (12 ECTS)

• 150073 SE [ de en ] Hong Kong 101 - the (post)colonial City, its cultures and the making-of
• 150077 SE Social Sciences Seminar

M8 Bachelor (11 ECTS)

• 150163 SE Bachelor's Colloquium (M8)

M8 Bachelor (11 ECTS)

• 010080 SE Religion in Focus - Soka Gakkai
• 010103 VU [ en ] Introducing Shinto
• 010114 VU [ en ] Epic, Heroes and Myths of Mongolia: From the Mongol Empire to the Present
• 030269 KU [ en ] Introduction to Chinese Legal History
• 140226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)
• 150096 KU [ en zh ] Newspaper Reading and Media Language (M3-2) - Taiwan
• 150098 UE Methods in East Asian History
• 150110 UE [ zh ] Chinese Reading and Writing
• 150133 UE Altervative Extensions: New Chinese Literature - Alternative Extensions: Modern Chinese Literature
• 160176 VO [ en ] Theory of Grammar and Structure of a Non-Indo-European Language: Tangut

Bachelor Sinology (611 [3] - Version 2016) - discontinued

Introductory and Orientation Period (20 ECTS)

M 01 Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (9 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M01 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150106 KSTEOP [ de zh ] ( OV ) Repetitorium to Modern Chinese 1a

M 02 Introduction to Modern Chinese 2 (6 ECTS)

• 150106 KSTEOP [ de zh ] ( OV ) Repetitorium to Modern Chinese 1a

M 03 Introduction to Chinese History, Literature and Politics (5 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE M03 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Political History (compulsory module)
• EXAM ON-SITE M02 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History (compulsory module)

Compulsory Modules (130 ECTS)

M 1 Language Acquisition Basic (15 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M1-2 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• EXAM ON-SITE M1-1 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150085 KU [ de zh en zh ] Modern Chinese 1b (M1-1)
• 150089 KU [ de zh zh ] Speaking Practice 1b (M1-2)

M 2 Advanced Language Acquisition (30 ECTS)

• EXAM M2-1 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• EXAM M2-2 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150074 KU Modern Chinese 2b (M2-1)
• 150086 KU [ de zh ] Modern Chinese 2a (M2-2)
• 150090 KU [ zh ] Speaking Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150091 KU [ zh ] Writing Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150143 KU [ de zh ] Reading 2b (M2-2)

M 3 Language Acquisition Intermediate (30 ECTS)

• 150083 KU Specialist Language (M3) - Business Chinese
• 150096 KU [ en zh ] Newspaper Reading and Media Language (M3-2) - Taiwan
• 150134 KU [ zh ] Writing and Reading B (M3-1)
• 150155 KU [ zh ] Listening and Speaking B (M3-1)
• 150183 KU Classical Chinese (M3-2)

M4 Basic Knowledge (11 ECTS)

• 150063 VO Politics and Law in China
• 150109 VO Economic Development of China (M4)

M 5 Research Methods and Academic Writing (9 ECTS)

• 150081 UE Foundations of Academic Research and Writing in Chinese Studies
• 150095 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Working with Academic Literature (Social Sciences) - Exploring Research on China’s One-Child Policy
• 150216 UE Working with Academic Literature (Cultural Studies) - Mädchen im taiwanischen Kinderbuch

M 6 Extended Knowledge (12 ECTS)

• 150088 UE Social Science Research Methods in Chinese Studies
• 150092 UE [ en ] Cultural Studies Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Tracing the colonisers: Postcolonial built environments in visuals and narratives in the Sinophone world
• 150132 UE Cultural Studies Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Judges, Detectives and Criminals - Sociological Film Analysis

M 7 Applied Research Methods and Academic Writing (12 ECTS)

• 150073 SE [ de en ] Hong Kong 101 - the (post)colonial City, its cultures and the making-of
• 150077 SE Social Sciences Seminar

M 8 Bachelor Module (11 ECTS)

• 150163 SE Bachelor's Colloquium (M8)

Elective Module Sinology International (15 ECTS)

EM Elective Subject Sinology Abroad (15 ECTS)

Further Elective Courses (e.g. for Alternative Extensions)

• 010114 VU [ en ] Epic, Heroes and Myths of Mongolia: From the Mongol Empire to the Present
• 030269 KU [ en ] Introduction to Chinese Legal History
• 140226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)
• 143211 VO [ en ] The African Diaspora in China: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
• 150053 VO Japanese Society
• 150096 KU [ en zh ] Newspaper Reading and Media Language (M3-2) - Taiwan
• 150098 UE Methods in East Asian History
• 150100 UE Japanese Calligraphy
• 150110 UE [ zh ] Chinese Reading and Writing
• 150133 UE Altervative Extensions: New Chinese Literature - Alternative Extensions: Modern Chinese Literature
• 150135 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
• 150140 VU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Regionalism, Institutions and Transnational Crimes in East Asia

Master Sinology (811)

Scientific Track

M1 Module Advanced Language Acquisition (20 ECTS)

• 150093 UE [ de zh ] Translation Practice
• 150113 UE [ de zh ] Translation Practice

M2 Basic Module Topics in China Studies (18 ECTS)

• 150008 PS [ en ] The status of girls in Taiwanese society in past and present
• 150070 SE Chinese Cinema: Reflections on Politics and Society

M3 Advanced Module - Topics in China Studies (35 ECTS)

• 150070 SE Chinese Cinema: Reflections on Politics and Society
• 150084 SE Beijing Spring - the Chinese Democracy Movement 1978-1981 (M3)

M4 Methods of China Studies (22 ECTS)

• 150061 SE [ de en zh ] MA Colloquium
• 150069 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium

Teaching Track

MU1 Module Advanced Language Acquisition (26 ECTS)

• 150093 UE [ de zh ] Translation Practice
• 150113 UE [ de zh ] Translation Practice

MU2 Module Linguistics (12 ECTS)

• 150011 UE [ de zh ] Sprachwissenschaft des Chinesischen

MU3 Module Topics in China Studies (10 ECTS)

MU4 Module Teaching Methodology (29 ECTS)

• 150173 UE [ de zh ] Teaching Experience
• 150195 SE [ de zh ] Teaching Methodology Chinese
• 160116 VO Introduction to Language Teaching/ Language Learning

MU5 Module Introduction to Schoolpedagogy and Theory of School (5 ECTS)

• 490001 VO ( REMOTE OV STEOP ) Professionalism and School

MU6 Module Pedagogy (6 ECTS)

• 490043 VO Principles of Individual and Developmental Psychology of Education and Learning
• 490050 PS ( MIXED ) Teaching and Learning - Das Unterrichtsprinzip Politische Bildung in den Schulen
• 490085 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Communication
• 490100 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Communication - Systemtheoretisch-konstruktivistische Perspektiven
• 490130 PS ( PH-NÖ ) Communication
• 490131 PS ( PH-NÖ ) Communication - Grundlegende Aspekte der Kommunikation/Interaktion und Gruppendynamik
• 490136 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Teaching and Learning - Schule 4.0. Didaktisches Design des technologieunterstützten Unterrichts
• 490137 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Teaching and Learning
• 490149 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Communication
• 490205 PS green pedagogy and education
• 490209 PS Teaching and Learning - Lehren und Lernen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Chancen und Probleme fächerübergreifenden Unterrichts

MU7 Module Master (7 ECTS)

• 150061 SE [ de en zh ] MA Colloquium
• 150069 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium

Extension Curriculum Understanding China (156 [2] - Version 2022)

M1 Basic Knowledge (12 ECTS)

• 150063 VO Politics and Law in China
• 150109 VO Economic Development of China (M4)

M2 Advanced Knowledge (4 ECTS)

• 150077 SE Social Sciences Seminar
• 150088 UE Social Science Research Methods in Chinese Studies